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Ricki and the Top Shelf crew have worked for weeks preparing for the launch party for Logan Parker’s book. Waterton is abuzz, not just about their very own newspaper editor writing what promises to be a bestseller, but also about the movie based on the book that might be filmed on location in Waterton. But when the location scout drinks from the wrong energy drink—well, nothing ruins a party like ...

There's never a dull moment in Willows Bend these Days! Heather Stanton and her Aunt Julia are making a home for themselves in the small town of Willows Bend as Julia works to complete her community service hours. But dark secrets from her past are about to catch up to her. Julia's unscrupulous ex-partner and former suitor, arrives unannounced with plans to reignite their romance, but Julia and ...

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Màiri Maguire teaches in top schools all over the world, but on days like today she wishes she had never left Glasgow! 8:10 a.m. on 15th August 1970. They’ve only been in Paris one evening. but this morning Lianna is in jail, charged w ...

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 tent full of knife-proficient suspects complicates everything. When Sandy’s sister is accused of th ...

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…Rifle Shells? Blind private investigator Steve Smiley and his partner hear a rifle shot. Hordes of Christmas shoppers scatter. A famous big-game hunter drops to the sidewalk. They grab the beautiful teen who was arguing with the man and flee to safety. The girl, the victim’s adopted daughter, has one passionate request: find her birth parents. Smiley and McBlythe’ ...

What's happening at Kensington Manor? Join me, Mr. Peabody, Mrs. Kensington's favorite boarder, confidant, and self-appointed envoy, as I attempt to unravel the duality of mystery that consumes my hostess and lady-of-the-house. Mrs. Kensington, widowed since the turn of the century, gravitates toward the kindness of strangers to remediate her loneliness as she opens her Manor house for boarding. T ...

Jamie Sharpe is adoring her new role managing the Terrowin Hotel. But Grandpa Sharpe has alluded that the mysterious hotel, a legacy passed down from her uncle, could contain secrets and treasures too dangerous to unearth.

When she’s invited to a gathering at the historic Story Mansion for the Gloucester family reunion, she eagerly accepts. Jamie is hoping to get the e ...

All the fun of Mardi Gras—without the hangover! Book 1: RESCUED BY A KISS: One kiss and her world turns upside down. Can she solve the case that threatens his life? Brandy Alexander never thought living in the Big Easy could feel so dull. And, as she waits painfully for her long-time NOPD boyfriend to propose, she’s not sure their hearts are beating to the same tune. When she’s kissed b ...

When murder comes to Harvest Falls, amateur sleuths abound. But the killer’s game pits friend against friend, and everyone’s in danger of a final turn.

A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS is an amateur sleuth mystery novel with humorous elements. It plays on cozy mystery tropes and flips them on their heels.

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Charlie Goode is struggling t ...

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Shee McQueen grew up skip tracing and hunting military criminals with her fathe ...

Maggie Quinlan has hit rock bottom. A failed marriage to an abusive ex, the termination of yet another job, and the sudden death of her beloved father—what more could happen? After her beautiful and wealthy cousin, Angelique, has everyone’s DNA tested and the cousins find which historical family they share their DNA with, a trip to England is called for. However, it seems as though trouble has tag ...

Owning a bed and breakfast was an unattainable dream until Sofia inherits the entire estate of a grandmother she's never met. All her life, her mother refused to discuss her past, or why she severed ties with her family decades ago. Despite the shock of being named heir to a veritable stranger, Judith Hall's sprawling ancestral home presents a business opportunity Sofia can’t pass up. But fr ...

Pineapple Port Mysteries by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant, is a funny, clean, and gore-free small-town, female amateur sleuth series, but with all the pulse-pounding excitement of a detective thriller.

When Declan and his uncle Seamus find a dead woman in the master closet of a house for sale, Seamus hopes that means he'll get a deal...but private dete ...

Has America’s pastime gone to the dogs? Bat boys replaced by bat dogs! Cat Hawl, KDOG's editor-in-chief, has a bone to pick with professional baseball. When a million-dollar baseball card is stolen and a celebrity bat dog's collar is discovered at the crime scene, she learns exactly how high the stakes are. Barkview’s iconic candy company, Canine Caramel, teeters on bankruptcy while stolen sports ...

When a six-foot-tall elf arrives at Laurel McKay Hunter's detective agency, it can only mean trouble. Then her eccentric grandmother refers her to an old flame who wants Laurel to track down the rustlers who have stolen his herd. Of reindeer! On top of everything, her best friend ropes her into filling in for an injured member of the Elf cast. Amid all the chaos, Laurel discovers her grandmother i ...

A casual evening of listening to music by a local cover band turns into a murder investigation when a drive-by shooting destroys the tranquility of the night and critically injures two of the band members. Lily Dreyfus stressed and unsettled from having been at the concert, is informed that one of the dead band members is the nephew of her coworker at the Forever Friends Animal Shelter. Lily will ...

A secret liaison. A violent murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count? Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to risk her career by listening to the scandal. But she’s shaken to her core when the police arrive with news ...

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When Mariska trades the brisket she won at “meat bingo” for three tickets on the new Gulf Voyager cruise ship, she, Darla, and our detective Charlotte enjoy a ladies' cruise to Key West. But when passengers start dropping like anchors, they find themselves afloat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico...and a murder mystery.

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A stitch in time saves lives… When Eva Perkins, Annalise Jordan, Jennifer Ryder, and Sarah Pascal start a quilt club, the last thing they expect to be discussing at their meetings is their paranormal abilities. Even less likely—using them to find a killer. But when Jennifer finds her great-aunt Sadie dead from a fatal blow to the head and the police run out of clues to solve her murder, everything ...

A Christmas mystery where Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant has Pineapple Port's "Santa" found dead...wearing a gingerbread man costume...with a shelf-elf stuffed in his mouth... Just another day in Pineapple Port!

Sheriff Frank asks newly-minted private detective Charlotte to help him crack the case, but she has no idea those darn gingerbread men will ...

The eggs aren't the only things dyeing in Buttercup... It's springtime on Dewberry Farm, and homesteader Lucy Resnick is busy putting together her wares for the Easter Market. She's just finished potting the last of her herb starts when a tornado rips through her farm, destroying her crops, scattering her livestock, and tearing up the barn. As Lucy searches for two kids lost in the storm, she ...

She's just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more...erm...homicide. Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, rolling countryside. The nearest big city is over an hour away and big city ways are rejected at the Hollow. Unfortunately, the big city isn’t the only place where bad things can happen. Things like murder…which has a funny way o ...

Pat is hired by attorney Jason Forman to “get some dirt” on his daughter’s fiancé. Before she gets very far in her investigation, the young man is murdered. Did his past catch up with him or is what Pat fears, that there’s a serial shooter going after Christmas Eve grooms, the reason he was killed?

On New Year’s Eve in The Sisters, Texas, anything is possible. Madison and Brash deCordova are hosting a masquerade party, so a bit of mystery and drama is expected. Murder, however, seems a bit drastic, even with Madison’s knack for finding dead bodies. The victim is Anastacia Rowland, owner of the new café in town directly competing with New Beginnings. Madison’s best friend Genny owns New Begin ...

Winner of the 2021 Indie Cozy Mystery Tribe Book of the Year Award Secrets and a Patchwork of white lies. Can Alex string together the truth before her life unravels? Alex Bailey's heart feels threadbare. Struggling with the dubious practices of her NYC law firm, she's left her high-profile career and is eager to clear her conscience with a trip home to care for the woman who raised her. But ...

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The Pineapple Port crew goes undercover in an assisted living community in the latest Pineapple Port Mystery by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant.

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When Mick and his retired military gun-for-hire “fixer” service is hired by a United States Senator to find his missing son, he enlists the help of his daughter, Siofra “Shee” McQueen. An experienced tracker, Shee quickly ...

Oak Harbor is a 168 year old plantation house in North Carolina that has been shrouded in mysteries since it was built. Millions of dollars have been stolen from the family trust. Murder, suicide, and violent death has stocked each generation that has owned the old estate. Some long-term residents believe that the house is cursed since it is rumored to have been built over a Tuscarora burial groun ...

My name is Naida Griffith and I’m a sorceress. I actually found that out not too long ago. I’ve lived with an undefined something burning in my belly for a while, feeling as if something wasn’t quite right under my skin. Then, on my eighteenth birthday I started getting headaches. Bad ones. And random stuff started following me around. Recently I was approached by a group called the Société of Dir ...

A quiet new chapter disrupted by a submerged skeleton. Facing cryptic clues and falling for a mysterious man, can she solve a puzzling cold case? Aubrie Ann Anderson is brimming with excitement. Putting her librarian days behind her after inheriting her aunt’s 500-acre lakeside estate, she dreams up big plans to turn the majestic property into a darling bed and breakfast. But her first day is anyt ...

Senior Martha, her fluffy white puppy Teddy, and their roomie Pru, who is an assistant librarian, meet Chantal the fortune teller in the small Californian town of Gold Leaf Valley. Pru is reluctant to get her fortune told, but Martha can’t wait! When they stumble across a dead body outside the senior center, Martha declares that their senior sleuthing club is on the case! While interviewing ...

Cozy Mysteries in a Small Town Where Everyone Is Having a Worse Holiday Than You Young attorney JD Thompson looks forward to a quiet Thanksgiving week when a raging storm floods Central Texas, confining him and his partners to the Victorian mansion where they work and live. The fine print of their agreement with the house’s owner kicks in, and he and his partners must run a disaster shelter for ...

New friends, a book signing, and a dead author. All the makings of an exciting mystery. When Jessica Murdoch, the successful, established author, Fiona, Lori, and Christie convene at the East Coast's largest book signing, they never expect to find one of the authors dead at the foot of the stairs. With the help of a nosy basset hound and their own detective skills, the four authors form the Mys ...

A high school nemesis. A misuse of powers. An Unexpected Consequence. Sixteen-year-old Charley Cooper is furious when her cousin Danu uses her powers to get back at a high school nemesis without considering the consequences. When someone attacks the other girl and she ends up in a coma, Danu becomes the prime suspect. As annoyed as she is at her cousin, Charley doesn't want her to go down for som ...

Even a well-planned vacation can go astray… With week-long plans at the beach, Brash deCordova makes it clear to his wife Madison: no snooping, no stirring up trouble, and absolutely no mysteries. This week is about resting, relaxing, and spending time with family. They’re staying at The Mermaid’s Retreat on Bolivar Peninsula, where the upper Texas Coast promises sunshine, sand, and ...secrets? ...

When materials engineer Zoey Butler lands her dream job at Future State Energy, she believes her research in renewable energy will make headlines. Unfortunately for her, she’s right. Zoey is working on her latest experiment when FBI Special Agent Alexis Thompson and her K-9 partner, Waffle, raid Future State and arrest the head of the development for fraud. Zoey helps the FBI find answers in the a ...

A psychic, a treasure map, and a murder... Even psychic Annalise Jordan couldn’t have predicted the chain of events set off by the discovery of skeletal remains in the Kenduskeag River. If she had, she might never have revealed the details of a mystery her family had kept secret for nearly a hundred years. As a member of the Cozy Quilts Club, Annalise and her friends put their paranormal ab ...

The hunt for the elusive Douglas Diamond continues with the murder of a respected centenarian who leaves Cat Wright a tell-all-diary accusing a prominent political family of a cover up that strikes at the foundation of Barkview’s elite. Has the tale of the Douglas Diamond just been an elaborate hoax to hide an eighty year old conspiracy? As the Douglas Diamond’s prophecy begins to play out, Cat re ...

A cat café Murder Who is the killer? Lauren Crenshaw and her Norwegian Forest Cat Annie run their own certified cat café in the picturesque small town of Gold Leaf Valley, Northern California. Lauren’s fun cousin Zoe helps out as well. Lauren, Annie, and Zoe are shocked when one of their favorite customers is poisoned. Steve came into the café nearly every day – but who wanted him dead? The trio f ...

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Charlotte’s friend Tilly dies and leaves her a cryptic message about the Cozy Mystery Killer—an assassin who has a grudge against amateur detectives. She's left more clues hidden inside tea cosies stashed all over Pineapple Port, which is good, because someone has robbed her home, leaving Charlotte with few leads.

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A cozy mountain town with elemental magic that goes back generations. An earth witch that sets off a sequence of events leading to love and consequences. Layers of hidden fae magic that could make or break a town. And the magical family connections that stay true through it all. From her first meeting with Laith, Penny knew their connection held a destiny of love and loss. Years later, with a myst ...

Shelby Wolfe’s life has gotten complicated—two eccentric aunts, too many attractive men, and too many roommates—both living and dead. It’s winter in Goose Lick, and Shelby Wolfe is settling into her new home. Chief Jebediah Carpenter doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move on, but when Lillian Harris, a local lawsuit-crazy woman, is stabbed to death with one of the café’s knives, Shelby is kind ...

When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, Charlotte’s eager to nab the culprit. Before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge. Moments later, a stranger demands the return of a mysterious wooden box… or else.

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Newly-minted detective Charlotte Morgan discovers a mysterious box in her attic, the contents of which lead her to a hotel packed with strange characters and a link to her family's past. Trusting the crafty, Yorkie-toting manager will be as difficult as tracking down a missing child...and the woman who might be her aunt...

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Jess, a spirited woman at a crossroads in life, returns to her roots after weathering a stormy divorce and bidding farewell to big city life. Seeking solace and a fresh start, and with her loyal collie Jigsaw at her side, she reinvents herself as the owner of a dog daycare center. In the midst of their new beginnings, tragedy strikes when one of the pets enrolled at Happy Pooch is left unclaim ...

Officer Jax Diamond doesn’t always play by the rules, and he’s in the hot seat again with the captain of his precinct. So, when a brazen little puppy alerts him of a crime, Jax is ordered to stand down or get canned. On the streets, broke and alone, Jax beats himself up for making the wrong decision. Even the little tramp who keeps trailing him everywhere can’t lift his spirits. But crime ne ...

NEW RELEASE! Someone is trying to sabotage a local wedding venue out of business. A goat invasion during their latest event pushes the owner to call on Charlotte and Declan of the Charlock Holmes detective agency for help. Short on funds, she offers to pay them with a free wedding, which pushes them to start planning their nuptials and collecting other ...

Once bit, forever shy. Can she make it through a matted mess of missing dogs to catch a deadly criminal? A feline loving investigative reporter living in the dog friendliest city in America, what can go wrong during dog show week when the quaint seaside town turns dog-eat-dog? Cat can almost handle dogs, but she finds the delicate balance bitterly disrupted when two opposing Cavalier King Charles ...

The infamous Puzzle Killer returns to Charity, Florida, in search of a rival murderer, and when two serial killers battle, Charlotte, Declan, Seamus and a naked cat find themselves on the chopping block!

A REMOTE ISLAND, A MURDER, AND A HUSBAND IN CUFFS… What’s not to love about an exotic honeymoon on a remote Australian island known for a legendary hidden treasure? Cat Wright is all in, until she arrives at Canine Cay and the Great Dingo Spirit speaks to her. Forget hunting for the treasure. Her new husband has been arrested for murder! Convinced they have their man, the police aren’t looking ...

Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers she’d dragged along for the ride. But that was before the New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a member of the town council wound up dead and everyone at the party became a suspect. And before she was forced to unravel the ...