Barbara B Graham

Barbara Graham

Barbara Graham (June 26, 1923 June 3, 1955) was an American criminal and convicted murderer. She was executed in the gas chamber on the same day as two convicted ...

Murder by Vegetable: Baby Quilt (Quilted Mysteries)

Spring, with a full moon, arrives in tiny Park County, Tennessee and induces the well-named madness in its residents and visitors alike. Sheriff Tony Abernathy and his staff must slog through a morass of stupidity and bad behavior. The Ramp Festival at Sheriff Tony Abernathy's family's folk museum o...

Murder By Artifact (A Quilted Mystery)

Wrapped Up In Murder.It's not just the summer head wave making Sheriff Tony Abernathy hot under the collar. He's got trouble every which way in his Tennessee town. But the murder of the mayor's wife, "Queen" Doreen Cashdollar, is particularly disturbing. Using a vicious-looking artifact, someone kil...

Murder By Serpents (A Tony and Theo Abernathy / Quilted Mystery)

Murder by Music: The Wedding Quilt (Five Star Mystery Series)

Autumn brings cooler temperatures to the Smoky Mountains. The weather may be cooling down in tiny Park County, Tennessee, but crime is heating up. Weevil Beasley, the county’s loan shark, dies and the body count begins. Sheriff Tony Abernathy is soon up to the top of his bald head in murder and mayh...

Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother

With A New Epilogue by editor Barbara GrahamIn this groundbreaking collection, twenty-seven smart, gutsy writers explode the clichés and tell the real stories about what it's like to be a grandmother in today's world. Among the contributors:Judith Viorst exposes the high-stakes competition for Most ...

Proof of Guilt: Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America

Barbara Graham might have been a diabolical dame in a hard-boiled detective story—beautiful, sexy, and deadly. Charged alongside two male friends in the murder of an elderly widow during a botched robbery attempt, “Bloody Babs” became the third woman executed in California—after a 1953 trial that pl...

Murder by Sunlight The Charity Quilt (Five Star Mystery Series)

Tennessee Sheriff Tony Abernathy and his small staff are hoping the upcoming celebration of the nation's birthday will be a quiet one. The quilters are hanging a show and antique cars promise to liven up the parade. Life is good. And then it's not. A man's body is found in a tree and suddenly the co...

Murder by Gravity: The Coffin Quilt (A Quilted Mystery)

Snow before Halloween shocks the residents of tiny Park County Tennessee. While dealing with a multitude of minor issues Sheriff Tony Abernathy is contacted by a charter pilot who claims his passenger jumped without a parachute into the most remote spot in the county. After riding mules into the wil...