Jingle bells, bagpipes - and murder …
What could be more romantic than Christmas in a snowy castle in Scotland?
For Genie and her great-great-aunt Adriana, their visit to Taverner Castle is a fairytale come true. To make their trip perfect, it also comes with the chance of trackin ...
Climb aboard the Aerial Express for its London-Constantinople flight!
Loosely based on the Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Aerial Express follows Lady Isabelle Huxley as she investigates the murder of the airship's owner. Could the killer be the ship's captain or one of the magnate ...
Sheridan and Brett are looking forward to some alone time – and a long-needed break from work and crime. They rent a cabin in the woods, planning to enjoy nature and hike the trails in the adjacent ...
An abandoned house, an abundance of dogs. And a dead body or two. Sheridan Hendley’s volunteer position at Pets & Paws takes a new turn when more than twenty malnourished dogs are found at a rundown house on the outskirts of town. When the body of an elderly woman is found amidst mountains of cl ...
Ex-cop-turned-P.I. Maggie Doyle is stuck chaperoning a group of bratty summer camp kids to an archaeological dig on Whisper Island. After a day of fart jokes, fidget spinners, and fist fights, Maggie's regretting volunteering—and then one of her feral charges discovers a skeleton. At first it looks ...
Resthaven Cottage is managed by the ever-helpful Jillian Osborne and her husband, Peter. It’s a charming getaway where unexpected changes and mysteries unfold. Jillian’s unconventional problem-solving methods lead to transformations for the guests and uncover secrets. With the help of her loyal Labr ...
Boston, 1933. Amanda Burnside yearns for more. Dutifully hitting the social scene and volunteering for charity, the young former debutante is delighted to be dating a doctor yet wishes for excitement. But she wasn't expecting a stroll on Boston Common with her beau to end with the discovery of a ...
Kapellmeister Joseph Haydn would like nothing better than to show his principal violinist, Bartó Daboczi, the door. But with the Empress Maria Theresa’s visit scheduled in three weeks, Haydn can ill-afford to lose his surly virtuoso. But when Bartó disappears—along with all ...
Plunged into the middle of a celebrity murder investigation, horoscope writer Amber Reed is desperate to convince the scarily handsome special agent assigned to solve the case that she can help him catch the killer. Hmm...maybe she shouldn't have wished for more excitement in her life after all!
A missing locket. A nosy Yorkie. A mystery she didn’t see coming.
The day before heading home to visit her dad in the small town of Apple Station, Virginia, advice columnist Olivia Penn stumbles into a mystery inside her Georgetown cond ...
Murder & Mermaid Legends… not the normal mystery. When Morgan Seaver returns to her family's beach house on Pearl Island, she is expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she finds her aunt has been murdered, and that she is the prime suspect. A mysterious mist develops and protects Morgan as she se ...
Fred’s wife is found dead. Murdered. Skewered to a tree with an arrow.
What?! Fred has a wife?
Not anymore.
In other bad news, Rick is back together with Grace. When he stands her up, ...
If there’s one thing more dangerous than fireworks, it’s dating.
Note to self: Lying facedown on the floor while my vacation home gets ransacked isn’t romantic. That break-in wrecked our simple lunch. Definitely not the date I had in mind.
My only reason for spend ...
Nothing stays dead and buried forever... Unemployed reporter Zoe Clarke has spent her life chasing her big break. She’s never been afraid to stick her nose where it doesn’t belong, so when she receives a job offer in Moon Grove, she jumps at the chance to make a name for herself. But Moon Grove is u ...
With Casper, Wyoming's only homicide detective out of commission, Jake Rand and his wife Emma step in to crack the latest case. Will the accidental detectives be able to keep the killer from striking again?
Julienne has her ideal job as an event planner at a prestigious resort. During a luncheon event she coordinated, a renowned celebrity pastor is killed next to the buffet. All eyes turn to her as the suspect. If she wants to stay out of jail or even keep her job, Julienne needs all the help she can g ...
Three Sisters introduces twenty-six-year-old amateur sleuth Emily Castles in this entertaining new mystery series from best selling British author Helen Smith. Emily receives an invitation to a party in a large house at the end of her street, hosted by a mysterious troupe of circus performers. She a ...
A murdered chef, a missing gingerbread recipe and a holiday secret to die for… A murdered pastry chef and a stolen family recipe turn Barkview’s annual holiday gingerbread doghouse competition into a canine cat-astrophy. Has this competition turned dog-eat-dog or is it something more sinister? A ...
A year has passed since the Hamiltons celebrated a holiday as one family. Blake Hamilton—the family patriarch—invited his growing family to a remote Colorado lodge for more reasons than enjoying Christmas. He should’ve known that with his sons and daughter, trouble would find them. The important new ...
Sheriff Rich got the call every lawman dreads – a relative’s murder. And it’s even worse when it’s your sister. Brigid moved back to Cottonwood Springs to be with friends and family when her marriage and her publishing company both ended. When her best friend’s murdered, she’s determined to fin ...
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 mur ...
Two Times, Two Crimes… Dee Flanagan loves Irish history, bad rom-coms, and red lipstick. Dead clowns, injured time travelers, and shoot-outs don’t make it onto the small-town reporter’s Top Ten list. After the bullets stop flying in Dunleagh Castle’s courtyard, it’s up to Dee to convince people she ...
When Shay Reynolds moved back to her small hometown to open an escape room business, she had no idea she’d need to solve a murder. She never thought she’d discover something shocking about her own past. She never dreamed she’d have an opportunity to fall in love. She never expected she’d ...
A series of burglaries A new romance But is he too good to be true? Suzie, the sous-chef at DeeDee’s restaurant, Deelish, can’t talk enough about her new boyfriend and feels that he just might be “the one.” DeeDee’s thrilled for Suzie, but things get a little dicey when Jake, DeeDee’s husband, is hi ...
Jamie Sharpe, the latest heir to the Sharpe legacy, becomes e ...
Palms swaying, tensions rising… and a killer’s footprints in the sand. Blind private investigator Steve Smiley is pulled into another case when his partner's father suspects corporate espionage. But after an employee is left battered and comatose, it's evident that more sinister forces are at pla ...
Answering this Call Could be Her Downfall … Two weeks ago she was a complete nobody. Now everyone’s out to get her. Get set for the dramatic, hilarious conclusion to the Doreen Diller Humorous Mystery Trilogy! Doreen’s acting career was in the dumpster—until she played a serial killer on TV. Now she ...
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 murder ...
When the spotlight turns on her, Ginny has to prove she's not playing the villain.
Theatrical agent Ginny Fellows thought she'd seen her fair share of drama—but nothing prepares her for becoming a suspect in a real-life murder. When a member of the loc ...
2012 LEFTY AWARD FINALIST BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY "Sample's sleuth is an endearing character readers will adore." RT Book Reviews Discovering she has two left feet isn't the biggest problem for Laurel McKay when she agrees to learn a foxtrot routine for her best friend's Lake Tahoe wedding. Stumbl ...
A handsome chocoholic comes to Death by Chocolate, eats three of Lindsay’s desserts and rescues her from her ex, Rickhead. The mysterious man is her new best friend. She sends him on his way with a complimentary box ...
Running from her past lands Kat in whole lot of trouble in the present.
She thought after she moved to the island, all her troubles, both magical and mundane, would be over. She was wrong. Acceptance on the Shrouded Isle is hard earned. Becca Shaw has put down roots in Scotland with her two daughters, but even with her roles as Keeper of the Forest, witch-in-training, a ...
Amanda Warren is looking for a second chance in the cozy coastal town of Ocean Wood, but what she finds is a psychic cat and a purrfectly puzzling mystery!
Out of luck and out of money, Amanda’s pink dog grooming van is running on fumes when she rolls into the foggy town o ...
The question is, how do you get rid of a hitchhiker when its riding around in your head Oliver Atkinson's life is busy enough. He's already got his hands full trying to write a book, look after the children, do the housework, and ignore Amanda the beautiful and sneaky con artist that keeps trying to ...
A cookie factory being burned down in a small Florida town, Miss Suzie's Delicious CC (chocolate chip) Cookies that may or may not be part of a drug cartel aka the Bunny Hop Gang and then there's the unfortunate murder - let's face it, what murder is ever fortunate - of the new owner of the cookie f ...
Murder. Mayhem. A madcap lady vicar. In the village of Upton St. Mary, gossip arises as word spreads that a body has been found in the woods. Once the investigation begins, the forensic team finds that it has been there for years. But the question remains: who was buried there all those years ago ...
Linda Gordon Hengerer combines her cooking talents and her love of crafts in Dying for Holiday Tea. Although the town is fictional, much of the lore within is fact. Pour yourself a cuppa and settle into a cozy read at the Beach Tea Shop.
Love is part of life and death in Dying f ...
Christmas comes with chaos—and a murder—in the fifth book in the Down South Café cozy mystery series! Amy Flowers thinks her biggest problem is going to be creating an enormous cake dummy to mount atop her car for Winter Garden’s upcoming Christmas parade. But when one of Roger's employees is murder ...
A lifeless hand rises ghost-like from a car mechanic's pit. Who does it belong to? And what happened? Annabelle and DI Nicholls set out to solve the murder, but find themselves wrapped up in not one, but three different mysteries. A puppy helps, too.
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 sch ...
The holidays are a little different at sea. Hayley and Olivia are happy to trade a white Christmas for white sand beaches. Snorkeling in the warm waters of the Caribbean is a pretty spectacular way to spend the holidays, but it isn’t a typical Christmas. Instead of time off for the holiday, Olivia h ...
In this novella, Devilly Peen, a writer of detective fiction uses her imaginative skills to solve a series of gruesome murders. She inhabits a mildy dystopian world, a vast agglomeration of plastic waste that circulates gently in the western Pacific Ocean. This is the Great Pacific Gyre. Devilly's a ...
Antiques can be a dangerous business. Especially when you’re dealing with a desperate politician, a sexy ex-cop, and a couple of "spirited" companions.
Anna Yesterday owns Yesterday's Antiques in small town USA. When she finds an old newspaper clipping lini ...
Bobbi Sue Baxter longs for the summer of 1988 to be over so she can leave her boring hometown of Wildcat Springs behind forever. Start using her journalism degree on stories with some excitement. She has no idea more excitement than she’s ever wanted is about to come after her. On her way home from ...
2016 Murder & Mayhem finalist. Anne Hillstrom is hunting antiques, a diet that works and her Great Aunt Sybil's killer. This book tells the story of Anne and CC, two estate sale bloggers and antique hunters, who get more than they bargain for when they discover a killer who is hunting the antique ...
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 bod ...
When the young for ...
Gracie Andersen is up to her eyebrows in wedding details when her mother, Theresa Clark concocts an intervention for a friend who’s become a hoarder. Just as Gracie’s plans for a casual outdoor wedding turn into a literal pipe dream, Theresa stumbles into a mystery surrounding a stolen h ...
Belly up to the bar and help Ricki solve a few murders!
A Top Shelf Triple contains:
The Body on the Barstool
Whiskey Kills
Name Your Poison
When New Yorker Ricki Fontaine inherited her uncle's dive bar in an Ohio River town, she expected to have to work har ...
Feisty private eye, Emily Parker, is finally moving forward in her relationship with the hunky Paradise Valley police detective--that is, until a new friend suddenly goes missing and wedding plans are put on hold. Suspicions are flying that one of Emily's closest girlfriends may be involved, exposin ...
Rhee Abbott is a reluctant witch with powers that never seem to do what she wants. But her new job as manager of the Drake's Rest Inn is her chance to start over with the normal life she has always yearned for--until she finds a dead body in a guest room just days before the Inn's grand opening. Eve ...
There's a new radio DJ in Po’thole, riling the natives because of his accent and attitude. He's from further north of the South Carolina state line. He has colluded with the local chamber of commerce to have a turkey parade complete with an obstacle course. What could possibly go wrong? Parker Bell ...
A psychic raven, meddling ghosts, and a few odd locals serve up trouble on the island of Capers Cove! Bartender Edie Allan might be a little odd, she can talk to ghosts and her pet raven, Poe, but she turns sleuth when a body shows up in the sand, and she discovers the cute new tavern owner might ju ...
He has no badge and no authority, in a county full of corruption, drugs and murder. When Fen Maguire left office as sheriff nine months ago Newman County was clean and safe. But the dead drug dealer found floating down the river says things may be changing… and not for the better. Fire engulfs th ...
Between These Walls tells the story of Alana, who thought renting out rooms in her grandparents' home was a good idea. Until she learns secrets about her new roommates. Secrets that lead her in a dangerous direction. One shell have to fight her way out of to survive.
In What I Deserved, a ...
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 dea ...
When a bad dream and reality merge, Quinn and Toni go undercover as contestants in a matchmaking competition to find a killer (and maybe even true love) and put a stop to Quinn’s murder-dreams, hopefully forever. Quinn Delaney thought she’d seen it all, but then her crazy life takes an unexpected ...
A Cozy Café nightmare! Hounded by deadly gossip, Scarlett's determined not to give in to the pressure to close the family business and she’ll do anything to turn things around and give her sisters a better life. Anything, except murder! The shocking death points to the café as the likely cause an ...
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, ...
Romance, suspense, and a little voodoo. Sloppy drinking habits. Stunted love life. Professional humiliation in a doomed celebrity trial. It’s no wonder high-strung Texas attorney Katie flees for the serenity of a tropical island, even if it’s the one where her parents died in a tragic accident. But ...
Tony Wagner's former foster daughter, Christi Fischer, asks him to investigate when one of her client's disappears. Chisti is a social worker at a women's shelter in Pueblo, Colorado.
Miranda Carrington had moved to her own place a month before. When her parents reported her missing, inve ...
Her criminal past is behind her. The road to revenge is ahead. But the pit stop she makes along the way could reroute her life. Amanda Martin refuses to burn for the crimes of her manipulative ex-boyfriend. After all, he was the one who strong-armed her into committing fraud and left her to shoulder ...
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 ...
The fact that Katrina Pomeroy had been murdered was in and of itself a newsworthy event. The fact that she had been murdered on Friday October 13th exactly eleven years after she’d been one of five teenagers to survive the Friday The 13th Massacre, made her passing worthy of notice by the nati ...
A marauding chicken. A deadly discovery. Will Anne regret her move to Carolan Springs, Colorado? The beauty of Colorado beckons, so Anne heads west to start her new life. Yet, before Anne's completely settled in, her neighbor is found dead in his compost pile. What’s worse is that Anne’s quirky youn ...
Jewelry designer Kat Ramos comes to Banshee Creek to break the infamous Hagen House curse. To do so she must marry Liam Hagen, embrace her witchy heritage, and solve a centuries-old murder. That's quite a to-do list. Will she be able to do it all, or will the Hagen House curse prevail once and for a ...
How long does it take to get accused of murder…?
Leaving behind a bad relationship is not the only changes Laura Howcroft has made in the last three months. A newcomer to the quiet life of Millerfield Village and receptionist for The Woodend Cottage Hotel, Laura can&r ...
How far will one person go to stop the HOA? Andi Stevenson knew her life would never be same after purchasing her new condo on Euphoria Lane. On day one, she finds the body of the Homeowners’ Association president. Day two, she discovers the property manager is her former fiancé. Day three, the new ...
Mutterly Mistaken and a trail of confusion. Can Kibbles show Alex where the missing quilts are before she's out of the competition for good? Quilts have gone missing at the annual Christmas Quilt Show. Barely having had enough time to complete her own quilt between Pressing Matters and Threading Tro ...
3 full-length novels of paranormal cozy adventure fun! This is no boring librarian shushing people from behind a desk. This librarian corrals rogue magic. But more importantly, she has a frog and a cat, and she’s not afraid to use them!
The only thing worse than a ship overrun with Elvis impersonators is having to find the missing one. When Elise Pepper decides to take a long overdue vacation, she discovers that her Caribbean cruise isn't going to be quite the relaxing trip she'd hoped for.Instead of enjoying a quiet getaway, she f ...
A celebrity television chef with a fledgling VIP catering company.
A 10-year-old niece she didn’t know she had.
Mix those with poison, car bombs, and murderers, and her carefully laid out plans for a future life become completely upended!
Tragically, Dani Rosetti's parents ...
Weddings always make hairstylist Marla Shore shed a tear of joy, especially when she attends her friend Jill’s reception as a member of the bridal party. Marla’s own nuptials are weeks away, and she’s busy following her frenetic to-do list. Her plans go awry when she discovers Jill’s matron of honor ...
An upset at the Harvest Festival , a Fright Night fundraiser with a deadly twist, and a realtor-turned-sleuth caught in the middle of both. Tabby is finally ready to go on a casual fun date with Detective Jay Jameson at the local church’s Harvest Festival, but her witch friends are holding their Fri ...
A collection of tantalizing tales with more twists than braided hair:
Mystery, murder and mayhem – plus a moment of romance.
Sympathize with a doomed husband and connect with an altruistic robot. Explore an isolated Scottish isle and touch down on a far-flung a ...
A story of an historic area of Washington, D.C. called Georgetown, once an active port on the Potomac River, now an upscale neighborhood, home to legislators, media moguls, and a menagerie of quirky shops. Georgetown has reinvented itself time and again. Will its history inspire one of its ...
Heather Munro’s youthful devotion to The Girl Detective led to a passion for digging around in history. Now pursuing her Master's Degree in Celtic Studies, Heather must balance exploring Edinburgh with her determination to excel in her all–male classes at the University. Unfortunately, on her first ...
It's not every day you are responsible for the wedding of the year, but Maddy Carson is up for the challenge... At least she was until she found her missing DJ murdered in a closet. Now with her BFF a suspect she will have to figure out who the killer is to clear her friend's name.
Mags and her gang of renegade octogenarians have a deadline. They have to rob Bayside Community Bank, the bank about to foreclose on the mobile home park where they live, by a week from Friday so they can pay off the mortgage and save their homes. They’ve cased the joint, planned carefully, assemble ...
In the quaint, twinkling town of Christmas Hills, Destiny Mellowes is just about finished with wrapping the last present of the day. When a charming stranger named Carson walks into the modest gift shop owned by her parents and asks for directions to the nearby resort, Destiny has no idea her hol ...
Hairstylist Marla Shore has a bad hair day when one of her clients dies in the salon’s shampoo chair. As if that’s not enough, handsome Detective Vail accuses he ...
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 posse ...
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 bu ...
"I hadn't planned on a trip to the French Riviera, but then I hadnt planned on shooting a London crime lord in his well-padded derrière."
Meet Angel Doyle, semi-reformed hacker and accidental P.I.
After an unfortunate incident involving a ketamine dart, Angel is i ...
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 ...
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 p ...
Exactly whose handfasting is this? Senna feels like naught but an inconvenience at her own wedding.
Lyran’s father seems determined to take over in his pursuit of power, and Senna worries that the man she’s marrying is nothing more than his father’s puppet.
Written as a prequel to the He ...
Book 1 on sale for $0.99: Books 2-4 on sale for $1.99! The only thing Olivia Twist wants more than her ex-fiancé is redemption. With one year left on the statute of limitations for her one-time theft, she secretly moves home to hide in plain sight as Madame Mystic, the sole psychic in Shadow Falls. ...
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 q ...
Growing African violets can be murder. Lilliana Wentworth expects the First Annual African Violet Club Show and Sale at the Rainbow Ranch Retirement Community to be thrilling. The former librarian has developed her first hybrid, a plant with unusual deep blue flowers, and hopes to win a first pla ...
The rural, seaside town of Whispering Cove, Oregon holds many secrets. Catherine Landen has moved to the enchanting coastal community of Whispering Cove, after inheriting the Saltwater Inn from a grandmother she never knew. Ready for a fresh start in a quaint coastal village, she joins the Whisperin ...
No, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has NOT come to life in Redemption, Wisconsin. No matter how much it might look like it.
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 ...
When Father Mike holds a big garage sale at the Gold Leaf Valley church, senior sleuth Martha is keen to snap up a table. She has some odds and ends she’d like to sell, and Pru, her roommate, agrees to help. When the three of them arrive at the garage sale, they enjoy greeting their friends and n ...
