If you read Murder in the Village by Yvonne Mason, then you already know some of the players in the second book Duct Tape, Tarp and A Shovel. This book is one of the first releases by Midnight Publishing for 2026. It is a dramady and fall down funny. The usual suspects have returned.

Lala and Dante Sherman have both been released from confinment. Lala from the institution of the insanely stupid and Dante from prison because of an alleged technicality. Chuck Bennett has returned for whatever reason and there is a new woman in the shadows who looks vaguely familiar. A woman who was supposed to be dead.
Once again Greer O’Malley is up to her neck with accusations of murder,madness and mayhem. Will she find out why there are bodies piling up wear nothing but thongs? Who put the thongs on the grass in a straight line? Why is Lala hellbent on making Greer the bad guy? Has Greer moved into the village of the living dead?
Amanda Peacock Rochester, Andrew Jackson and Henry Wadsworth, join Greer on this journey of comedy, drama, murder, madness and meyhem. We can’t forget the queens who show up to help solve the crimes.
Duct Tape, Tarp and A Shovel is the second book from the Murder in the Village Series.