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Hot Chocolate (book 1) is a cozy mystery with an astrology theme. Meet the middle-aged Alcott sisters: Madge, Lila Mae and Dorothea, heiresses to the Alcott Chocolate fortune and mavens of Houston’s elite River Oaks. Madge ambushes Lila Mae with Dorothea’s manipulative plea: she can’t care for Bernie, their 92-year old father, any longer. Lila Mae explodes in a hissy fit—she had warned Dorothea ye ...

In the heart of a raging blizzard Sheriff Jeff McQuede discovers a woman frozen to death in her car. At first he believes her death to be an unfortunate accident--until he finds clues that point to cold-blooded murder. Margaret’s husband, Arthur, left her in the stalled vehicle to brave the storm and manages to reach Joe Trevino’s isolated ranch. The case becomes more complicated because of the re ...

2016 LEFTY AWARD FINALIST BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY To Laurel McKay, there is nothing better than spending an autumn afternoon munching on caramel apples and cinnamon donuts. It’s a good thing her daughter Jenna has landed a seasonal job at Apple Tree Farm and Bakery. Then Laurel stumbles over the bakery owner coated in powdered sugar. Axel Thorson was a well-respected member of the community. Who wan ...

When Annalise Jordan discovered a beautiful double wedding ring quilt in her mother’s hope chest, she had no idea it would change her life. The quilter’s name on the label wasn’t familiar but further investigation revealed not only was the quilter known to her mother, but she had been widowed when her husband was murdered in 1966. The killer had never been found, but now the quilt’s discovery prov ...

Santa Cruz husbands are being murdered. The local news media is buzzing because a dark-clad figure witnesses describe as Death has been seen lurking nearby each time a murder is committed. When new widows start hiring real estate agent Regan McHenry to sell their houses, she discovers all the murdered men have something in common: their wives belong to a walking group called The Widow’s Walk Leagu ...

When Chad Garrett offers psychic sleuth and restaurateur, Daisy O'Connor a ghost-busting gig with a fat paycheck, she dives into the supernatural deep end. The only catch? The ghost, aptly named Mr. Sandman for his nocturnal visits, can't remember his own name or how he ended up ghosting around.

Daisy, a feisty redhead with a knack for solving both earthly and otherworldly puzzles, is a ...

Feisty. Ballsy. Bold. ... And not your average seventy-year-old woman. After a late-night tryst with a much younger man, Maisie Fezziwig wakes to a harrowing scream outside. Curious, she removes a pistol from her dresser drawer and walks outside to investigate. The sleepy street is still and calm at first, until Maisie stumbles on a grisly murder that will change her life forever.

Competition in the job market is murder, but is it fur real? Investigative reporter Cat Wright sure thinks so when she posts an assistants position and finds one applicant dead and the other accused of murder. Is this a rivalry gone deadly or something more sinister? The only witness is a Jack Russell Terrier. Can a feline fan learn to speak dog before she becomes the next victim?

The 1980s are rolling merrily along and Esbeth Walters’s friends often tell her she’s a retired school teacher in her 70s and shouldn’t be messing around solving crimes. She rather enjoys helping out her local law enforcement, particularly when she’s right more often than they are, and Esbeth wouldn’t have been involved at all if she hadn’t found an arm in that bed of Coreopsis. She didn’t know it ...

Vampire Career: A new vampire, a gnawing hunger, and a friendly guy equals disaster just a heartbeat away. Newly turned vampire Georgia can deal with the "dead all day" part, but the rest of her new lifestyle desperately needs a training manual. Review for Vampire Career by S. T. Hailstock VAMPIRE CAREER is book one in Phoebe Matthews' Turning Vampire series. Read it...read it...read it. If you ar ...

From Book 1: USA Today bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke, brings you an unconventional sleuth hot on the heels of high-living lowlifes in book 1 of the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series. Even in a desert paradise, life is full of surprises like A Dead Husband. 

"My first day as a sleuth was more Stephanie Plum than Miss Marple." Meet Jessica Huntington, an a ...

Could you commit murder to complete an antique set? Looks like someone did! Marty's a recently divorced antique and art appraiser who moves from the Midwest to live with her sister in High Desert, California, just outside of Palm Springs. Since their early childhood days, her sister has always possessed unexplained psychic abilities that often enable her to predict future events. An antique apprai ...

A dark anniversary Just before Oliva Stanton Welsh boards a cruise ship, she discovers a body in her car. What’s worse is the woman is dressed exactly like her. But Oliva’s dread of the worst day of her life drives her to board the boat anyway. Being the owners daughter has its perks, and Oliva and her protection dog settle in for two weeks of luxury. But she can’t find the rest she’s longing for ...

The Pineapple Port crew takes a road trip to the Outer Banks, North Carolina, only to discover “body bits” in their vacation home. The nursing home next door is run by some suspicious characters and one of their residents is missing. 
Hmm...

The Strange Affair of October 24th, 1859: When a flurry of forgeries appear in museums and among collectors, the members of the Agora, a society dedicated to the betterment of man, take it upon themselves to stop the rogues. 

But among the members, there is a traitor. Among the forgers, there is a murderer. 

As friends betray their own and souls are sentenced to dea ...

When Kayla Sanders accepts a free Caribbean cruise aboard the Aurora, she gets sucked into a modern-day mutiny culminating in the murder of her ex-lover, Patrick MacIntyre. When Kayla was denied a well-deserved promotion, she resigned. Kayla’s shipboard friends applauded her bravery, but she knew the truth. Reeling from the painful humiliation inflicted by an unfaithful lover, Kayla welcomed an ...

The summer of 1988 is possibly one of love, and that’s the problem. Aspiring journalist Bobbi Sue Baxter has feelings for a man who’s engaged. But then again, he seems to return the vibe. Adding more mud to the already unclear waters, his fiancée might be involved in a murder that happened in the building where Bobbi Sue was taking an aerobics class. So should Bobbi Sue get involved? That’s a defi ...

No, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has NOT come to life in Redemption, Wisconsin. No matter how much it might look like it.

Book 2 of the Black Orchid Enterprises Mystery series finds Johnny Ly, Dianne Cortez, and JD Thompson trying to celebrate their first year in business in a small Central Texas town. The weather outside is frightful, and indoors isn't looking too good either, not when a crazed hairless cat invades their Christmas party and leaves a trail of destruction in his wake. The murder in the backyard doe ...

Maisie Swenson has seen a lot of strange things in her career as a hotel manager, so when Mr. Dayton insists there are ghosts in his suite, she handles it with her usual aplomb. When he demands that she visit his room to show her the items that have been moved, she suspects the two empty wine bottles and a half empty brandy bottle might be where the “ghosts” come from. 
But to reassure him, she po ...

ezabelle Jingle and her neighbors in the Penderghast section of Brilliant, Minnesota, have a mystery on their hands.Someone is stealing sections of hardwood floors in their homes and the thefts may be connected to a long-hidden treasure left by the founders of Brilliant. Not only that, there's a dead body in a basement to add to the mix. Can Jezzy and her quirky friends figure out the puzzle and f ...

Welcome to Enchanted Bay, a picture-perfect small town on the coast of Northern California. Meg Walton comes from a long line of witches. It's a secret her family has been keeping for generations. The Waltons have been living a quiet existence, running the local donut shop in town. All that changes when a murder occurs. Enter Connor Smith, Meg's former crush, who left for San Francisco ten years b ...

Murder comes to Missenden Hall… Araminta Templeton returns home to the English countryside when her aunt, Lady Winthrop, sends out a plea for help. Facing financial ruin, the impoverished Winthrops are reluctantly opening their ancestral home, Missenden Hall, to the public, with Araminta drafted in as tour guide. She’s barely finished the first tour when disaster strikes. A visitor is found ...

When the mayor's wife is murdered, Liz, along with her two dogs, Brandy Boy and Winston, has to find the killer to save the spa's reputation.

Pat’s fledgling private investigation company, PIP Inc., has a promising new case. Pat is still wearing a wrist cast after breaking her arm in a confrontation with a killer, so when she’s hired by the City of Watsonville to unearth the identity of an older woman who died in her bed, she’s delighted that her next job promises to be a simple computer-based research project. Why is it that things are ...

In the great tradition of Grantchester, the Rabbi Small mysteries, and the Cadfael Chronicles, Life Without Shoes confronts a modern-day monastic with a horrifying crime. It’s late summer and Father Ambrose is looking forward to an abundant and joyful harvest at New Life Ecumenical Retreat. That dream is shattered when someone dumps a body in one of their orchards. As Abbot, Ambrose is forced into ...

Morgana has spent the last year undercover in sweater sets and pearls, searching for a magical serial killer. When she follows a lead to Ireland, she sets off an unforeseen chain of events – a death in Oracle Bay and the waking of an ancient curse. Donovan Davies is a thorn in Morgana’s side and possibly the killer she’s been hunting. He’s also the only one who can see past the façade she’s honed ...

Not since the days when Vlad the Impaler rampaged the quaint countryside of Wallachia Romania, has anyone deserved to go to prison more than George Shulz. Unfortunately, we have to prove he did something wrong first. Self-proclaimed sociopathic lawyer George Shulz is a cross between a “get off my lawn” guy and Hannibal Lecter. A less likeable individual would be hard to find in Deer Hollow. So, wh ...

New town…new start…same old problems. When sister witches Mag and Clara Balefire moved to the sleepy town of Harmony, Maine, to take over leadership of the coven there, they thought they’d have achance at a new life. Fate had other plans. The Balefires hardly have time to get unpacked when they stumble over a dead body. Local authorities consider the death an open and shut case, but Mag and Clar ...

USA Today bestselling author brings you fun, food, cats, and mystery. A second chance romance, too, for Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler who meet in an unusual way! Read the first three novellas in the Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series. Here's a message for you from Georgie: "Welcome to my world--Marvelous Marley World! It's not always so marvelous at the 'cat factory,' an entertainment empi ...

When Hollywood A-listers swarm Bartell County for a celebrity funeral, Miss Lillian takes in a temporary houseguest. After all, Abby Ruth is away and her room is sitting empty. She'll never be the wiser. But after the charming visitor leaves, Abby Ruth's adored arsenal has also vamoosed. Lil, Maggie, and Sera are in one hot mess trying to find the guns before Abby Ruth gets back. And when Abby Rut ...

She’s looking for a fresh start. But with eerie noises in the night and murder most foul, can she keep from going down for a crime she didn’t commit? Miami, Florida. Skye Brigid O’Shea is desperate for an escape. Losing big in a nasty divorce and taking the fall for a patient’s death, the stressed-out thirty-two-year-old jumps at the chance to move to Ireland after inheriting her grandmother’s ...

Whose secret is a motive for murder? Sandra is murdered while working late at the office and the investigation drives Detective Elliot crazy because everyone has secrets. Ian is trying to hide illicit activities, Henry has a darker, hidden side, George needs money and will make it any way he can, Nathan wants escape from a mundane existence, Brody seeks power and respect, and Brooke wants to ...

If evil comes knocking don't sell it a death curse. Nicole Scott possesses a unique gift. She can see and hear ghosts. When a body turns up at her Aunt Patsy's doll shop, Nicole recognizes the victim. The woman is - or was a client of Nicole's estate liquidating company. Early evidence points to a death curse spoken by her aunt the curse wielder. Nicole disagrees, but talking to the deceased is ou ...

Regan McHenry, is a Santa Cruz realtor, whose work puts her in the midst of mystery, mayhem and even murder. The amateur crime solver uses tools and techniques she’s learned during her career and skills she’s honed as a keen observer of human nature to solve mysteries ─ just not always soon enough to stay out of trouble. She’s aided in her sleuthing by her husband, Tom Kiley, a former computer pro ...

“You fight back when you are turned into 'bait' for killers” When mankind reaches the stars, some things will still be the same: People still get murdered, and innocence or guilt still must be proven. When she finds the body of a retired shopkeeper on the beach, a series of mysterious events draws Lady Jayla into a web of passion, terror, and murder; if she wants to stay alive, she must figure ...

Restaurateur and psychic sleuth, Daisy O’Connor is not about to let trivial things like being banned from the rez or blackmailed by a corrupt sheriff prevent her from investigating the apparition of a Lakota Sioux Ghost Dance. Some people say it’s a harbinger of death because someone dies each time the ghostly figure is spotted in the Dakota Badlands. During a stake-out, Daisy notices the Dancer’s ...

Mike, the sheriff of Beaver County, Oregon and his wife Kelly, the owner of Kelly’s Koffee Shop, have just returned from a fly fishing trip to Cuba. On the drive home from the airport Mike gets a call informing him that the owner of Doggie Love Kennel, where they had boarded their dogs when they were in Cuba, has been murdered. To make matters worse, all of the dogs in the kennel, includ ...

Jimmy Katz, a young journalist from the Big City, throws in the towel after he's robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He finds a job at the Twinkle Independent News in Twinkle, Texas, 385 miles from the closest shopping mall. He settles into country life in the town of 3,000 at Mrs. Potts' boarding house with his Amazon parrot, Guppy, who has an extensive vocabulary. Three months into his new ...

Small towns have secrets...and murders. Bestselling author and cyber security company owner Parker Bell and the always caffeine-and-sugar infused Lady Gatorettes seem to have more than their fair share of craziness, mischief, mayhem, and murders. A laugh out loud madcap set of adventures in Po'thole, pronounced Po Ho by the locals and Pothole by anyone north of the Florida-Georgia line. Crazy isn' ...

Kalina Greystone’s return home to Ellesworth, MA to take over the family’s comic book shop brings back old friends and even older secrets. The death of her Great Aunt Agatha in plain sight at the annual Solstice Fair pushes her to snoop where she doesn’t belong–much to the chagrin of former high school sweetheart, Detective Christian Harper. As Kalina digs into her great aunt’s past, she uncovers ...

Seven long stories by seven bestselling and award-winning authors. The perfect gift for readers who love good, clean, traditional mysteries.

When Addie Keane finds a dead body at a wedding reception, her witchy senses light up in a way that cries murder. Even though the hot sheriff declares the death an accident, she suspects foul play, and if she can unravel the clues in her visions, she not only puts a murderer behind bars, she will be one step closer to freeing her family from the centuries-old curse that controls their supernatura ...

Most of us have faced the fact that an owl will never come with our acceptance letter to Hogwarts. Find out what this teen does to take matters into her own hands. Nerdy high school outcast, CLARISSA LAWRENCE, has always felt like she didn't belong in this world. More than anything, she wants magic to be real--and not just because she's obsessed with Harry Potter and tries to go to Narnia by readi ...

Ten years ago, young Beth Ridley disappeared on her way to school. No trace of her was found, except for a single doll’s leg found in the street.

Now, on the anniversary of her disappearance, Detective Inspector Graham is giving Beth’s case another look. 

With a properly steeped tea in hand and a ready team around him, Graham steps headlong into a cold ...

Oh my goodness! A reporter has come to Asheville to do a special story on Becky Tibbs as a medium! Will the savvy young newscaster be open-minded? Is she for or against Becky? Could she be in favor of our favorite medium or ready to roast Becky on a spit? We don't yet know! Of course, ask anyone who truly knows Becky, and they will tell you that she is the real deal, a bonafide medium, and a true ...

“Golden Legacy” blends historical adventure with modern-day mystery in an exciting novel that follows two time lines. Embarking on a harrowing treasure hunt, two daring heroines tackle the hazards of gold country more than a century apart. Although a stand-alone novel, readers who have already met Kayla and Steven in the High Seas Mystery series, may enjoy their continued love story in the Rockies ...

Join witch Eira Snow, her cat familiar Niles, and a cast of quirky characters as they solve the toughest mysteries and twistiest crimes in the quaint Welsh village of Caerleon. Included in this box set: Where There’s a Witch, There’s a Way (Book1) A Word to the Witch (Book 2) The Witch is in the Fire (Book 3) Put your Best Witch Forward (Book 4) No Witch is an Island (Book 5) If you lik ...

A missing girl. An amateur sleuth. And a whole lot of croissants. Meet Molly Sutton, recently divorced and ready for a new life, who moves to the village of Castillac in France to open a B&B. She’s looking for peace, pastry, and beautiful gardens—an altogether slower life than the one she’d had in Boston. But you know what they say about the best intentions…. Molly has ...

All Lizzie wants for Valentine's Day is for her fiancé NOT to be the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Is that too much to ask? Lizzie Hart is finally living the dream. She's engaged to the love of her life, Blake Morgan, and more importantly, she hasn't even given a thought to dead bodies or murder investigations for an entire year. The only hurdle in Lizzie and Blake's way to wedded ...

In a race against time, Paranormal Investigator Marna Langley and her fearless crew delve into the sinister mysteries of an infamous cemetery caretaker’s haunted abode.

With eerie whispers of spectral sightings echoing through the night, they embark on a treacherous quest to unveil the existence of restless spirits.

As they navigate through the veil between the living and the ...

Who knew a New Year’s trip to Budapest could be so deadly? The tour must go on – even with a killer in their midst! In this series starter, tour guide Lana Hansen must sleuth out who is killing her clients before she also ends up floating in the Danube. The Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mysteries are heartwarming stories about making friends, traveling, and celebrating new experiences. Join Lana as sh ...

Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts, 1931. Aggie Burnside is ready for her next chapter. But when her New York job falls through unexpectedly, the registered nurse jumps at another opportunity and moves to her best friend’s hometown. Though she’s ...

In this 2nd book of the Willows Bend Cozy Mystery series, Heather Stanton’s aunt’s past is slowly catching up to her. Julia had always run away from situations she chose not to deal with, but running these days is impossible since she’s stuck in a small town doing community service. Ever since Heather ran into her aunt in this speck on the map called Willows Bend, dead bodies have been turning ...

Aliens, fairies and murder, oh, my! In small-town Doyle, California, UFO abductions are a budding tourist attraction. So when Susan Witsend brings a UFO festival to town, she’s ready for some well-deserved time in the sun. What she gets instead is the corpse of a UFO conspiracy theorist, brained with a bottle of local wine. Susan may be the owner of a UFO-themed B&B, but she doesn’t wish on st ...

2018 LEFTY Award Finalist Best Humorous Mystery When newlyweds Laurel McKay and Tom Hunter embark on their honeymoon cruise, they look forward to sunny days exploring the Caribbean islands and intimate evenings together. Their dream quickly goes “poof,” when Laurel’s family decides to tag along and their romantic duet turns into a party of eight. The first night on the ship, Laurel witnesses someo ...

When the Christmas grand opening to his small-town enterprise is crashed by a killer, will this young lawyer’s fresh start get buried?

Beauchamp, Texas. JD Thompson has had his fill of stuffy legal offices. Escaping corporate law to go all-in with friends operating out of a Victorian mansion, the socially in-tune attorney prays he can pay off his student debt while serving the greater g ...

Wine tasting, murder, and more. A murder and a toxic substance in a vineyard would spell doom for the manager of any winery. And when that manager is a woman, a rarity in the wine industry, people are quick to place the blame on her shoulders. Even though Sheridan's husband, Brett, and his partner are already on the case, the amateur sleuth, is quick to jump in. In her search for clues, S ...

A corpse, a cantankerous camel, an entertaining array of suspects, and a yule tide of problems along the way…it must be a Flo and Agnes Christmas! Who would have guessed Agnes would rub Penelope the cranky camel the wrong way? Or that Flo would find herself ankle deep in camel dung while fending off a masked murderer? Or that TC would, once again, get on the wrong side of her handsome detective in ...

Oh no! Our sweet Becky Tibbs has a troll! In the 11th book of this sweet, clean cozy mystery series with ghost stories, someone is stalking Becky on social media and the things they are saying are NOT kind. #AshevilleMedium Becky has been so busy with ghost cases, helping friends and family, AND living her new life as a newlywed loving Patrick that she has very little time for any online social ne ...

The First Ladies Club tells the story of the first female pastor to be called to the pulpit of the struggling First Baptist Church of Bannoch, Oregon. Please let me introduce you to the charming Reverend Doctor I. Merrill Bishop, Th.D., the lead in our story. That's her, on the cover. Pastor Merrill, as she prefers to be called by her flock, is eager to serve the Lord in this small seaside c ...

Molly May meets murder in this charming cozy mystery! Molly returns to Tulip, Mississippi with her pride battered after losing a prestigious job at a world-renowned bakery. When she inherits her aunt’s home and cat café, she’s instantly caught up into a small-town murder mystery. Aunt Rosemary led quite the life in sleepy Tulip, and it ended in a scandalous murder. Between her aunt’s nosy friends, ...

Join Liz Lucas, the owner of the Red Cedar Lodge and Spa, her dogs, and her new friend, Roger, as they become involved in solving murder mysteries. This boxed set contains the first three books in the best selling series. Second chances, quirky characters, and challenges abound. Plenty of recipes, good food, and dogs! The author has been named seven times by Amazon as one of their All-Stars.

For everything there is a season… Once the star student of her training class, Captain Liz Laika is now an outcast, a casualty of family scandal. Now stuck in the worst post in the Fleet, she should keep her head down. But when a Cerulean passenger is found decapitated, and Liz is framed for the murder, she has no choice but to fight for her life. No easy feat when she's facing kidnapping, ship-ea ...

The hilarious first book in a brand new cozy witch mystery

Famous songwriter, Maeve O’Dare, left the drama of Hollywood -- and a broken heart – behind, eager for a fresh start in the small town of Wisteria Pines. As if by magic, she makes a new friend of the local town gossip, lands the perfect spot for her new café, Listen: It’s old Fashioned, and a stray dog named W ...

Tj Jensen and her family head to Turtle Cove Resort for summer vacation, but their plans for rest and relaxation are thwarted when they find a dead treasure hunter in the attic of the resort’s main house. Initially vowing not to get involved, Tj quickly changes her tune when the Gull Island deputy on the case closes it after a bare bones investigation. All evidence points to foul play, and Tj’s de ...

Coming out of retirement can be deadly… After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees. Yet after their first assignment – the recovery of a rare medieval prayer book from an eccentric col ...

Poison Pens Can be Deadly Annie Malone. Wanna-be ghostwriter and sleuth. Friend and confidante. And little firecracker who loves working at The Lighthouse Inn despite it being a magnet for mayhem. Annie, Lizzy (her bestie), and the crew are back. On a snowy Sunday night, Annie's biggest concern centers on a mysterious woman she sees canoodling with Donovan, Annie's prospective beau. Things quickly ...

Meet Lizzie Hart. Small town girl...big time problems. Hindered only by her raging crush on the office hunk, wannabe sleuth Lizzie Hart spies, accuses, and gossips her way to the truth in this bestselling first book of The Lizzie Hart Mysteries Series! The sleepy town of Liberty hasn't seen murder in...well...ever. Residents are stunned when the body of a young woman is found strangled, and report ...

The trail is about to go cold. Ice cold. Mittens and Alex pursue criminal mastermind Ruffled Feathers up a Canadian mountain, where he hides among guests at a remote ski lodge. But before the detectives can decide which of the suspects is an imposter, a blizzard traps everyone inside. Then the “accidents” begin. A string of near-fatal incidents thins the crowd, one suspect at a time. Can Mittens a ...

When Santa offers efficiency expert Holly Jamison a job at the North Pole, she’s delighted to accept. It’s not that she loves the Christmas holidays. Far from it. Everywhere she looks, from the piles of presents to the thousands of cheery elves hard at work, Holly sees ways to improve the whole operation. Even Nick Claus, Santa's charming son, fails to draw Holly into the holiday spiri ...

When murder propels him backstage, Haydn is forced to confront a deadly killer. . .

When the Burgtheater’s impresario unexpectedly meets his maker, Joseph Haydn is relieved to learn no one expects him to look into the matter. The impresario was murdered—and the Salzburger believed to be the killer is already behind bars.

But the impr ...