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Friends and Enemies
As the town prepares for the twenty-fifth reunion of Mellingham High School, police chief Joe Silva discovers that some members of the Class of '69 are more interested in revenge, violence, and murder. Reprint.
251 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published May 1, 2003
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About the author
Susan Oleksiw
41 books58 followers"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading." Logan Pearsall Smith
I can't imagine a life without books. Some of my best memories of a quiet rainy afternoon when Dad let me poke among his books and pick something to read.
Born and raised in New England, I have long been fascinated by the traditional New Englander and the way of life found here. I try to capture that world in two of my series.
My most recent book, Below the Tree Line, is set on a farm in central Massachusetts. Felicity O'Brien has inherited the family farm, but she has also inherited, from her mother and ancestors, the ability to heal. This is both a blessing and a burden.
My first mystery series features Chief of Police Joe Silva, in the town of Mellingham. The books in the series follow the ups and downs of people in the town but also the changes in Joe's life. He begins as a bachelor and in the most recent books is clearly a happy stepdad.
In the second series, my sleuth is an Indian-American photographer who lives at her aunt's tourist hotel on a popular beach. Raised in India, she has no desire to leave and follow her parents home to the States. She finds herself involved in all sorts of problems trying to keep her aunt's hotel solvent and out of trouble. Her aunt, for her part, despairs of ever turning Anita into a proper young Indian woman. The stories give me a chance to write about a country where I once lived and which I have loved since a child.
All three series are cozies, with fun as well as surprises.
Series:
* Joe Silva Mellingham
* Anita Ray
I can't imagine a life without books. Some of my best memories of a quiet rainy afternoon when Dad let me poke among his books and pick something to read.
Born and raised in New England, I have long been fascinated by the traditional New Englander and the way of life found here. I try to capture that world in two of my series.
My most recent book, Below the Tree Line, is set on a farm in central Massachusetts. Felicity O'Brien has inherited the family farm, but she has also inherited, from her mother and ancestors, the ability to heal. This is both a blessing and a burden.
My first mystery series features Chief of Police Joe Silva, in the town of Mellingham. The books in the series follow the ups and downs of people in the town but also the changes in Joe's life. He begins as a bachelor and in the most recent books is clearly a happy stepdad.
In the second series, my sleuth is an Indian-American photographer who lives at her aunt's tourist hotel on a popular beach. Raised in India, she has no desire to leave and follow her parents home to the States. She finds herself involved in all sorts of problems trying to keep her aunt's hotel solvent and out of trouble. Her aunt, for her part, despairs of ever turning Anita into a proper young Indian woman. The stories give me a chance to write about a country where I once lived and which I have loved since a child.
All three series are cozies, with fun as well as surprises.
Series:
* Joe Silva Mellingham
* Anita Ray
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June 29, 2025
Joe Silva, thoughtful chief of police in this small coastal town, finds it hard to believe that one of the local businessmen has collapsed in his home of unknown causes, the same night his wife disappears, just as a coincidence. Vic and his best friends, all part of the local paper industry, have been taking part in their 25th high school reunion, along with a classmate from New Hampshire. His wife, however, never spoke of her past or her family. It takes a few even stranger coincidences before Joe finds out what happened to Mindy and why Vic is lying in the hospital in a probably irreversible coma. Written with the depth of a novel, this does lose points for a few loose ends and an elaborate murder method that seems ill-matched to the culprit.
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