Books like Winter of discontent by Jeanne M. Dams

After an October blizzard, Laura's family retreats from their claim shanty to the nearby town, confronting a harsh winter that a Sioux Indian prophesied will last seven months of relentless bad weather.

Cold Mountain follows wounded Confederate soldier Inman's perilous journey home to his love Ada, interweaving his odyssey through the war‑torn South with Ada’s struggle to revive her family farm, as both confront a nation and themselves in transition.

Miss Marple finds herself in the Caribbean, where a mysterious old soldier hints at a strange coincidence that could spark adventure.

In "Winter Garden", sisters Meredith and Nina are reunited by their father's illness and the promise of a forgotten fairy tale, which leads them to uncover their mother Anya's harrowing World War II past in Leningrad and a family secret that reshapes their identity.

An orphaned mechanic named Peter Lake partners with a flying Brooklyn milkhorse, Athansor, to weave love and justice across New York City in the year 2000.

Retired teacher Dorothy Martin finds a quiet holiday in Iona gone awry when a storm, a missing key, and a dangerous cave lead her to uncover secrets that threaten the island’s fragile community.

Retired Carole Seddon unwittingly becomes the sleuth when, with her Labrador Gulliver, she discovers a body on Fethering beach that vanishes before the police act. Together with eccentric neighbor Jude, she tackles a mystery the authorities ignore.

In 1920s Alaska, Jack and Mabel, striving to start a homestead, encounter a mysterious snow girl who disappears after the first snowfall, leaving behind faint tracks and a lingering sense of wonder.

A sweeping tale of Catherine the Great’s ascent, seen through the eyes of Varvara, a servant trained in the intrigues of 18th‑century Russia, who becomes confidante to the future empress Sophie.

A contemporary Scottish writer uncovers a secret from 1708 involving a Jacobite invasion and a long‑lost tragedy, as a haunting ancestral memory threatens to unleash the buried truth for all to see.

Dorothy Martin, a retired teacher, becomes an amateur sleuth when her son Bob is accused of stealing a Sevres tea set from Brocklesby Hall's informal toy museum, leading her through village secrets and miniature wonders.

American widow Dorothy Martin, 60, lives in an English village and, after a Christmas service, discovers the body of the local canon. Her unconventional hat style and curious nature spark a sleuth partnership with the widowed chief constable.

Crimson Snow follows the unsolved 1904 murder in an Indiana estate, exploring class, ethnic tensions and the rise of Swedish maid Hilda as a pioneering woman detective.

American Dorothy Martin and her husband uncover a mysterious death on Alderney, turning a holiday into a suspenseful investigation of cold‑blooded murder on a picturesque English Channel island.

American Anglophile Dorothy Martin tackles a tricky puzzle in the historic university town of Cambridge. Dorothy Martin isn't overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation. But St. Stephen's turns out to be recently renovated, and, bolstered by en suite facilities, Dorothy is looking forward to exploring the historic and beautiful city. It is not long, though, before disaster strikes: lost in the maze of college buildings, Dorothy stumbles into a laboratory...and is shocked to find what looks like a pool of blood on the floor. She flees, to fetch help, but when Alan checks it out, there is nothing to be found. Was she mistaken? Or has a terrible crime been committed? Dorothy, who can never resist a puzzle, determines to find out.

One late-summer's evening, before the beginning of the new term, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Newbitt, are guests at Sherebury University art department's drinks party to introduce the new teaching assistant sculptress Gillian Roberts. However, tragedy strikes on a tour of the art department, when the lift breaks down ans a corpse is discovered at the bottom of the shaft. Dorothy and Alan become involved in the ensuing investigation, putting their local knowledge and sleuthing skills to good use once again. But when another member of the art faculty goes missing and someone receives threatening phone calls, it seems the killer still has something to hide and may very well strike again.