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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 ...

Have you ever had a day that made you want to curl up with coffee and essential oils? Me too, but all I get is a body in the stairwell, and a handsome detective who makes putting a full sentence together an impossibility.

Someone is after my beloved ess ...

Rooftop shadows hide more than storms. Only fools would be out on a rooftop on a wild, stormy night… and those with nefarious intentions. All Riley wants is to stay out of the weather, and stay out of trouble, but trouble comes looking for him. The Skywalkers often emerge when the city shuts down ...

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 towar ...

1917. Vienna. File clerk turned British agent, Fiona Figg, is more comfortable wearing a fake mustache than a ballgown. When a royal ball ends with a royal body in the middle of the dancefloor, Fiona trades her dancing slippers for practical oxfords and sets out to investigate. As she tracks her ...

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 ...

The Maid is the 2nd book in the 'Yucky' Yates series. PI Russell 'Yucky' Yates receives a simple request from Marilyn Munroe. Investigate the man who wants to marry her daughter. Marily is not exactly as she presents herself, & Jason appears to be a nice guy. Things get crazy from there.

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 t ...

Lizzie Yoder has always lived by the rules. As a devoted Amish woman, she finds solace in her faith, family, and grandmother’s cherished yarn shop, Simply Yarn. But when her grandmother, Widow Yoder, dies under suspicious circumstances, Lizzie’s peaceful life is turned upside down.

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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 woma ...

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?

Maddie Clark seeks out Private Investigator Dev Haskell in The Spot bar. They had a short term relationship years earlier. Now Maddie owns a number of barbecue restaurants and she'd like Dev to provide security at an event. He accepts the job. Two days after the event he's contacted by Maddie. So ...

‘Although there’s a distinctly dark edge to the story at times, there’s a really lovely lightness to the writing — with plenty of warmth, and the most perfectly judged touches of humour. This is the kind of crime writing I enjoy.’ Annie Williams, RNA Media St ...

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 ...

Welcome to Silver Pines—where the coffee’s strong, the locals are quirky, and even the furniture has secrets.

After years away, Clare Garner is back in her hometown, happily restoring antique pieces and running her family’s furniture gallery. With her high school sweetheart, Jackson Barre ...

Returning home to star in a movie about going home, Jan Fairchild stirs up old resentments galore. When the actress is found dead the morning after a nostalgic pajama party, several of her former high-school girlfriends become murder suspects—including amateur sleuth Ginger Barnes. Before the pol ...

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 Watert ...

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 ...

Midlife—when the magic really begins… Happy Birthday and hello Mid-life crisis to me. At forty-five, I thought life was over. Dead-end job, empty nest...it was just me and the cat. But when I lost my house and moved in with my senior citizen mom—that was the icing on my cake. Then, out of nowhere ...

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, J ...

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The Burnside sisters are getting married at a double ceremony. Which only means double the complications. 

Terry is in trouble!

Back in Bald Eagle Falls, Erin needs a vacation from her vacation. But she doesn’t get much of a chance to relax and get ready for Halloween before the unthinkable happens.

This time, Erin is not the suspect in a murder investigation, her sweetheart Officer Te ...

Vet tech Mitchell Morales seeks Lily’s help for a fowl problem. A wild turkey has taken up residence near a community garden. Tensions flare between the folks who see the turkey as a cool mascot, and those who find him a nuisance.

When  Mitchell doesn’t show up for work the sta ...

Nothing Ruins Your Morning Joe like a Murder

For small-town barista Josie Malloy, it was supposed to be just another day. But when she stops by her Aunt Mae’s coffee shop that night for a forgotten item she stumbles upon a shocking discovery: a ...

A beautiful ghost takes center stage on Broadway. New York City, 1923 The suspicious death of a chorus girl sends PI Jax Diamond and his courageous partner, Ace, to the oldest theater on Broadway. At the murder scene, they stumble upon a clue too bizarre to share with the cops or with Jax’s sweethea ...

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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 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 He ...

A flash of lightning is the warning of an approaching storm... But for Mackenzie Aldkin, the lightning can also signal something far more sinister. Set along the picturesque coastline of South Florida, Whispered Voices, the first installment of the Storm Voices series, follows Mackenzie "Mac" Aldkin ...

Puppies have taken over book NINE of the hilarious Pineapple Port mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Amy Vansant!

“Another hit - Ms Vansant did it again. I always worry about ...

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. 
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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 ...

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 hun ...

Big Jim Reid, a notorious San Francisco crime boss, is murdered at his exclusive speakeasy on the night prohibition ends. His son’s rifle lies next to his body. Inspectors Fitzgerald and Thompson find themselves embroiled in a web of family conflicts, infidelity, intrigue, and bl ...

Accidental drowning… or murder? It’s up to the blind detective to find out. Found at the bottom of his exercise pool, police believe the death of Steve Smiley’s friend is an accident. Smiley doesn’t buy it. There are a lot of things a blind man can do, but solve a murder alone isn’t one of them. ...

Porter Mills’ most cantankerous resident, Alma Hargrove, is finally getting her way—Thornhaven Manor is set to be renovated under her watchful (and widely despised) eye. Disliked by nearly everyone—including her own daughter—Alma had no shortage of enemies. But when ...

Tour guide and amateur sleuth Lana Hansen is back on the road! And where Lana travels, trouble is sure to follow…

When Lana’s boyfriend, Alex Wright, gets into a jam during his first tour as a guide for Wanderlust Travels, Lana is sent to Costa Rica to help out.

Yet nothing cou ...

Book EIGHT of the hilarious Pineapple Port mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Amy Vansant has Charlotte awaking to find Mariska and Bob gone, kidnapped from their home.

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Hairstylist Marla Shore is looking forward to a romantic interlude with her fiancé, Detective Dalton Vail, on their first Caribbean cruise. Her excitement hits a snag when she discovers his parents have come along for the ride. It isn’t how she might have chosen to meet her future in-laws, but sh ...

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When the eldest sister of the Four Sisters tomato sauce dynasty is plagued by night terrors that she thinks might be related to something sinister that happened in their home, Charlotte and Declan are invited to e ...

Stolen Diary explores the challenges a gifted child, who is also on the autism spectrum, must face growing up with a disengaged mother who cannot relate to her, and a doting grandfather who encourages her genius. Unable to deal with her mother’s rejection, Jasmin escapes into a world of science a ...

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 sta ...

Amanda's glamping getaway in Canada turns into a fur-nomenal fiasco when her psychic cat stumbles upon a body! Can Amanda and her forgetful feline sidekick solve the campground caper before it becomes a cat-astrophe?

Dog groomer Amanda Warren is taking a paws from her cli ...

Cat magic, killer landscaping, and a kleptomaniac...no holiday's complete at the Phoenix Inn until it ends in murder.

As Mercury’s cat guardian I’ve been exposed to ghosts, zombies, and the vengeful claws of the kitchen cat, but everything pales to Mercury’s mom visi ...

Fall is always busy in the village of Shenandoah Springs, Virginia, and this year is no exception. Brynn McAlister is juggling the grand opening of a new local business and preparations for the big Harvest Festival.

But when expensive koi fish vanish from Sally’s Pond Plants & Supplie ...

In The Wedding Planner’s Secret, Molly Harrington, co-owner of Harrington House Bed-and-Breakfast, becomes entangled in a murder mystery after discovering the wedding planner's lifeless body in the rose garden during a country club e ...

Fashion victims and fabulous felines – can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe discover who killed a local fashion designer? While serving plenty of cupcakes and coffee, of course! Lauren Denman, cupcake baker and owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café, along with her fur baby Annie, and her cousin and assistant ...

A year ago, Ellie and Aubrie were kidnapped by a rogue deputy.  They were rescued but he was never found.  Ellie enlisted Sheriff John Clarke to mentor her as an upcoming detective for the sheriff’s office.  There are several questions to which they are diligently searching for the ...

Three thousand miles and five years of silence — but some bonds refuse to stay buried.
A telegram from San Francisco shatters Catherine Borden's carefully constructed life at Fairhaven Academy. The man she left behind five years ago is coming East — but so is his ruthless mother. Separated b ...

When a Pineapple Port resident is found dead during an approaching hurricane, Charlotte fears someone’s trying to disguise murders as storm-related accidents. The first two victims have more than the storm in common – both were hoarding valuable storm supplies like toilet paper and wate ...

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 ...

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 histori ...

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......

 When personal concierge Keri Armstrong swings by her favorite client’s mansion to drop off groceries, she expects a heartfelt chat along with a cup of tea—not Fiona Sullivan dead in bed and her room ransacked. Though police chalk it up to a botc ...

Someone clearly isn’t in the holiday spirit when the Glen Lake First Annual Christmas Craft Fair is plagued by nefarious attempts to sabotage its success.

When Annalise, Eva, Jennifer, and Sarah, otherwise known as the Cozy Quilts Club, signed up for a vendor’s table at the Fair, they nev ...

Now you see a murder, now you don't...

The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. It's the annual Awards Banquet at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and Vivian Steele can’t wait for the star-studded event. She’s attending with her best friend, Carole Lombard, a ...

First, no coffee. Then a dead guy. This is one killer vacation.

I thought being forced into a Mother’s Day trip with my entire family on the Oregon Coast was bad. Then came the dead bodies.

Turns out Mom’s cozy vacation spot kept its high murder count a secret.

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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!

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 thei ...

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 ...

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 h ...

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Dive into the whimsical world of Florida Retirement Is Murder, where retirement isn't just about rest and relaxation but an unexpected adventure into the heart of Central Florida's most colorfully quirky community. 

Follow Stewart Johnson, a rece ...

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 S ...

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 meeti ...

Can Anne help her friend or is Hope hiding something? Newlywed Anne is dismayed with tensions running high with her friend, Hope. When tongues start wagging and fingers point toward Hope’s shop being connected with a recent suspicious death, Anne must help her friend before she loses everything. ...

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 themse ...

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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 so ...

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When vandals first began plaguing Skylar Bishop’s boutique winery in southeastern Arizona, she hoped it was just bored teenagers out for mischief. When it turned violent, she knew bette ...

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 become ...

A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes’s neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations tighten tensions on otherwise peaceful Beech Tree Lane. Then elderly eccentric Letty MacNair ...

Solve the mystery of how it all started! How did two sisters in their thirties, living in a peaceful beachside community, become involved in a world of mystery and crime? This prequel to the Sister Sleuths Mystery Series is a whodunit that will keep you guessing until the end. A fascinating explanat ...

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 rand ...

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

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead. Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent h ...

Small town council meetings are usually boring, but not when Ricki and murder are involved! When Waterton councilman and local pharmacist, Ralph Waites, takes a wrong turn after a council meeting and ends up face down in the Ohio River, the Waterton police at first think it was an accident. The m ...

Someone is killing cozy mystery detectives!

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 i ...

"Think Stephanie Plum goes to Florida. With Jack Reacher. Highly recommended.”— ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Carmen Amato, bestselling author of the Detective Emilia Cruz police series and 30-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Cozy up in a comfy chair, here are 7 full-length cozy mysteries for you to binge-read!

In the picturesque town of Sparrow Haven, tranquility is shattered, and mysteries are found around every corner.

Olivia Harper, the town’s insightful l ...

A fur-raising whodunit as dog groomer Amanda Warren and Grok, her talking cat, dive nose-first into a whisker-twitching mystery!

In the small coastal town of Ocean Wood, where the salty breeze carries butterflies and secrets, Amanda’s quest to restart her life takes a wil ...

Mesopotamia, 1930: When Agatha Christie invites fellow members of the Detection Club to witness the famous excavations at the ruins of Ur, Dorothy L. Sayers, her quick-witted assistant Eliza Baker, and Theo Sharp expect ancient wonders – not fresh corpses.

But when an archaeologist is fou ...

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 the ...

Ginny Fellows is a theatrical agent with a knack for drama—though she prefers it to stay on-screen. Living in the charming English town of Shepton Rise, she represents a unique group of actors: “The Dead Actors.” Each of her quirky clients gained fame for their on-screen deaths, bu ...

New Yorker Erica "Ricki" Fontaine's n'er-do-well uncle has dropped dead and left her a dive bar in a small Ohio River town. Now she's trying to change the Top Shelf from a bar known for its Friday night fights into the kind of drinking establishment where you can bring your granny. Finding her ex-hu ...

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Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant introduces you to even more wonderfully lovable Pineapple Port characters in books FOUR-SIX of the hilarious mystery series keeping readers on the edg ...

Murder and men! Sometimes Ricki Fontaine wishes she’d stayed in New York! When Daniel Fuller, a hotshot real estate developer, chases a double shot of bourbon at the Top Shelf with a double shot to the chest in the parking lot, the police arrest Trey Franklin, the grandson of Waterton’s only taxi ...

The Pineapple Port crew have quick minds and slow pets in the latest Pineapple Port Mystery by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant.

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Lindsay’s only secret is the recipe for her chocolate chip cookies, but she is surrounded by people with deadly secrets. Suddenly she finds herself battling poisoned chocolate, a psycho stalker, and a dead man who seems awfully active for a corpse. She will need more than a chocolate fix to survi ...

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 ...

SHE PLAYED ONE ON TV, BUT NOW THAT HER LIFE DEPENDS ON IT, CAN MAIZIE ALBRIGHT ACT LIKE A DETECTIVE FOR REAL?

For fans of romantic comedy mysteries like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and Meg Cabot's Heather Wells Mysteries. The Wall Street Journal bestselling and international a ...

Hours after seven people receive a reunion invitation, one ends up dead—coincidence, or is there a hit list? Fake psychic Olivia Twist isn’t sure, but she suspects her ex-friend—one of the seven invitees—is hiding something. And she can’t catch the killer until that secret is revealed. 

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