Shot Through the Hearth
Shannon’s good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life, but he can’t stay unoccupied for too long. He’s started the Marigold Foundation that helps …
Category: Mystery
The mystery genre is a type of fiction in which a detective, or other professional, solves a crime or series of crimes.
Can’t Judge a Book by Its Murder
As Sugar Springs gears up for its all-class high school reunion, Mississippi bookstore owner Arlo Stanley prepares to launch her largest event: a book-signing with the town’s legendary alum and …
Murder in the First Edition
Addie’s getting into the spirit for the upcoming Charity Auction—especially since she’s got an 1843 copy of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to donate. Her former colleagues at the Boston …
Death of a Gigolo
Daisy Kincaid is in her sixties and a heiress to a fortune. Now she wants to make a name for herself as a romance author, with a little help from …
Have Yourself a Beary Little Murder
Sasha and her sister Maddie are thrilled that the Silver Bear Shop and Factory has won the Teddy Bear Keepsake Contest, which means they get to produce a holiday specialty …
Christmas Cocoa Murder
Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O’Connor Siobhán O’Sullivan’s hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot …
A Merry Murder
The Pennyfoot halls are decked with boughs of holly, a magnificently decorated tree graces the lobby, and the hotel’s bookings are finally looking up. Owner of the Pennyfoot, Cecily Sinclair …
The Candy Cane Caper
With Christmas approaching, Sadie is preparing for a large blended-family gathering, including many new grandchildren, in their home in Fort Collins, Colorado. Even with the festive chaos, Sadie drops everything …
Here Comes Santa Paws
As Melanie attempts to deck the halls in a house overrun by pampered Poodles, her event planner friend, Claire, is busy playing Santa—beard, and belly not included—for the wealthiest clientele …
Séances Are for Suckers
Ellie has an ailing sister to care for and working as a ghost hunter who doesn’t believe in ghosts helps cover the bills for both of them. When she’s lucky, …
Autumn Alibi
Keli is hoping that Mabon, the Wiccan Autumn Equinox, will bring balance back into her life. But it’s death that comes calling when she’s asked to consult on an estate …
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 …
Late Checkout
Field reporter Lee Barrett is not happy that her hours are being cut back at WICH-TV, although it is nice to spend more time volunteering with Aunt Ibby, a research …
Tide and Punishment
It’s Christmastime in Charm, North Carolina, and while Everly Swan would prefer to focus on decorating her iced tea shop for its first holiday season, Great-Aunt Fran has decided to …
Fudge Bites
It’s late October, the off-season for tourists, but locals are up and lurching for the annual zombie walk charity event. Though everyone’s living it up, trouble is just a few …
The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking
Dr. Georgia Thackery is back at home with her parents after finding a new adjunct position at Bostock College. Everyone is excited about their first family Christmas with nothing to …
Last Pen Standing
As the new co-owner of Tundish Montana’s stationery shop WANTED, Delta Douglas knows how to organize a killer crafting event. Creativity and cardstock are all she needs to move one …
Fatal Cajun Festival
Grab your tickets for Cajun Country Live!, the pickers’ and crooners’ answer to the legendary New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Maggie Crozat, the proprietor of the Crozat Plantation B&B, …
Deep Dark Secrets
You’re invited to visit Deep Lakes, Wisconsin and meet a new friend, Francine “Frankie” Champagne. The 40-something owner of Bubble and Bake — bakery by day, wine lounge by night …
A Curio Killing
Callie Reed is looking forward to her first Keepsake Cove spring festival. But her excitement dims when she learns that her ex-boyfriend, Hank, will be performing with one of the …
The Garden Club Murder
Literary caterer Letitia ‘Tish’ Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek’s annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of …
Murder at the PTA
The latest target of ruinous rumors from the website Dirty Laundry is newly elected PTA president Sandra Wallage. After a heated meeting with outraged parents, Sandra runs into fellow school …
