Poppy Harmon and the Shooting Star
Poppy never planned on speaking to her old acting rival Serena Saunders again, let alone accepting her as a client. But familiar drama barges back into her life when Serena …
Category: Older/Senior Sleuth
A person who is typically older than the average sleuth or detective and/or is retired who solves crimes.
Honeymoons Can Be Hazardous
Millie’s decidedly not Amish best friend, Lois Henry, is outspoken, colorful, and so hopelessly romantic, she’s had four husbands. Millie doesn’t judge, and she also doesn’t expect to run into …
Murder in the Library
Julia Bird had imagined the quiet village life in the Cotswold would be soothing after years in the city, but she finds she can’t just sit still. Determined to throw …
Murder Most Grave
With a new grandkid to care for at home, Stella has little time to spare. Her hands are especially full since Savannah, her teenage granddaughter, developed a crush on a …
Stitched in Crime
The Craft Fair may have hit a few snags lately, but knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger is hopeful her quiet life will return to its usual patterns in no time. Her …
Jane Darrowfield and The Madwoman Next Door
Megan, who’s purchased the house next to, Jane needs some help from her busybody neighbor. Megan’s been having blackouts, hearing voices, and feeling like someone’s following her. Are these symptoms …
Marriage Can Be Mischief
Millie is happy that her childhood friend, Uriah Schrock, has returned to Harvest after decades away. He was sweet on Millie in their school days, but she only had eyes …
Killer Words
Bookshop owner Sam and Nana Jo are back in sleepy North Harbor, Michigan, where Sam is eagerly awaiting the publication of her first book. In search of more immediate excitement, …
Murder at Mabel’s Motel
The Blurb As quirky as McGill’s residents can be, they usually welcome society’s oddballs and outcasts into the community with open arms. But the three members of the Lone White …
Murder at Veronica’s Diner
During the breakfast rush, waitress Teri Jo seems stressed out. Not surprising on a busy morning, though Alberta, her sister Helen, and her granddaughter Jinx find it odd when Teri …
Courting Can Be Killer
Some Amish men don’t know what’s good for them. That’s what Millie Fisher told herself when young Ben Baughman set his heart on marrying Tess Lieb. With Tess’s father refusing …
Furmidable Foes
Spring arrives in northern Virginia, and as the ground thaws and the peonies begin to bloom a bright magenta, the women of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church prepare for a Homecoming …
Read Or Alive
It’s springtime, and septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins is celebrating new blooms and old books. To her delight, the Georgia Antiquarian Book Society has brought its annual fair to Catalpa Springs …
Murder in the Corn Maze
It doesn’t take cash, just some good old-fashioned creativity, to turn a pillowcase into a ghost costume or a trashcan into a suit of armor. So even if she has …
A Bias for Murder
Oliver Harrington II was one of the most beloved members of Crestwood’s community. Despite being the picture of health at age 52, he died from a sudden heart attack, leaving …
Clause & Effect
Nestled in the picturesque Catskills, the village of Lenape Hollow prepares to celebrate the 225th anniversary of its founding. Freelance book editor Mikki Lincoln has been drafted to update and …
Jane Darrowfield Professional Busybody
Jane Darrowfield is a year into her retirement, and she’s already traveled and planted a garden. She’s organized her photos, her recipes, and her spices. The statistics suggest she has …
Crime & Punctuation
When perky novice writer Tiffany Scott knocks at her door holding a towering manuscript, Mikki expects another debut novel plagued by typos and sloppy prose. Instead, she finds a murder …
The Hour of Death
As Yuletide settles upon Gwenafwy Abbey, the rural Welsh convent’s peace is shattered. Tiffany Reese, president of the Village Art Society, is found dead on the floor of the parish …
Better Off Read
Librarian Cleo Watkins won’t be quietened when the new, young mayor threatens to permanently close down her tiny town’s storm-damaged library. She takes to her bookmobile, Words on Wheels, to …
Class Reunions Are Murder
Widowed and stuck in a middle-aged funk, Poppy has been running on cookies, infomercials, and one-sided chats with her cat for months. The last thing she wants to do is …
Not According to Flan
Jane Marsh has empty nest syndrome. She needs to recover from the death of her first and second husbands, by starting over in a new place. She sells her home …
