Murders in Bloom at the Cozy Corner

DEMISE IN DENIM

This week we got a lawyer hiding in the attic of an old Victorian in Savannah, Georgia after being accused of murder in Demise in Denim, A Consignment Shop Mystery by Duffy Brown. This Southern charmer is full of wit, and twists and turns that will have you rummaging through old clothes looking for clues to solve the case.

About: It’s springtime in Savannah, Georgia, in the newest Consignment Shop Mystery from the national bestselling author of Pearls and Poison. The azaleas and magnolias are in bloom—and Walker Boone is on the run. . .

When Reagan Summerside turned the first floor of her old Victorian home into a consignment shop, she never imagined she’d be harboring a fugitive in her attic. But after a dead man is found in a bathtub and local lawyer Walker Boone is accused of doing the dirty deed, she suddenly has a new houseguest.

Having the lawyer who took her to the cleaners in her divorce settlement—and who has been getting under her skin ever since—in close proximity is enough to drive Reagan to distraction. For the sake of her sanity—and Walker’s freedom—they need to put their heads together to find out who is trying to get the lawyer out of the picture . . .

THE READAHOLICS AND THE FALCON FIASCO

If you’d rather be in Heaven, Colorado then stop in and visit THE READAHOLICS AND THE FALCON FIASCO, Laura DiSilverio’s first book in her new A Book Club Mystery Series. The club needs a new member—one just died after hiding secrets she should have shared and Ivy and her literary sleuths could use your help putting a suspect behind bars.

About: Amy-Faye Johnson’s book club, the Readaholics, enjoys guessing whodunit in mysteries like The Maltese Falcon. But when a murder happens in their midst, they discover that solving crimes is harder that reading about them…

Amy-Faye has always loved her idyllic Rocky Mountain town of Heaven, Colorado. Her event-planning business is thriving, her fellow book-obsessed Readaholics are great, and her parents live only a few blocks away. But lately her hometown has felt a little less heavenly. First, she agrees to plan a wedding without realizing the groom is her ex-boyfriend. Then, Ivy, one of her fellow Readaholics, dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances.

The police rule Ivy’s death a suicide by poisoning, but Amy-Faye and the remaining Readaholics suspect foul play. Amy-Faye soon discovers that Ivy was hiding dangerous secrets—and making deadly enemies. Taking a page from her favorite literary sleuths, Amy-Faye is determined to find the real killer and close the book on this case. But finding the truth could spell her own ending…

SHADOW OF A SPOUT

You can take a break with a spot of tea in Gracious Grove, until it’s time to run off to the annual convention of the International Teapot Collector’s Society and get Sophie’s grandmother cleared beyond a Shadow of a Spout of the murder of a famous teapot appraiser. Amanda Cooper’s second book in A Teapot Collector Mystery is brewing up trouble, and it couldn’t be more enjoyable.

About: Avid teapot collector Rose Freemont takes a break from her Victorian tea house only to find a new mystery brewing elsewhere... Leaving her home in Gracious Grove behind her, Rose is off to the annual convention of the International Teapot Collector’s Society. Her granddaughter Sophie is minding the tea house while she’s away. Rose is eager for tough cookie Zunia Pettigrew to appraise a prized antique teapot she believes may be a holy water vessel from China. But when Zunia declares the pot a fake, Rose is really steamed. After Zunia’s found dead beside Rose’s dinged-in teapot, Sophie must rush to her grandmother’s aid and find the real killer—before Rose is steeped in any more trouble…

BUY A WHISKER

The snow is still on the ground in the coastal town of North Harbor, Maine and a proposed waterfront development project can cause a controversy, especially when the only person opposed to the renovations ends up dead. Sofie Ryan’s second book in A Second Chance Cat Mystery will treat you to another look at that sly cat Elvis who can see through a lie faster than you can figure out who murdered the local baker in this race to catch a killer Buy a Whisker.

About: Things have been quiet in the coastal town of North Harbor, Maine, since Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, solved their first murder. Sarah is happy running Second Chance, the shop where she sells lovingly refurbished and repurposed items. But then she gets dragged into a controversy over developing the waterfront. Most of the residents— including Sarah—are for it, but there is one holdout—baker Lily Carter.

So when Lily is found murdered in her bakery, it looks like somebody wanted to remove the only obstacle to the development. But Sarah soon discovers that nothing is as simple as it seems. Now, with the help of her cat’s uncanny ability to detect a lie, Sarah is narrowing down the suspects. But can she collar the culprit before the ruthless killer pounces again?

HORSE OF A DIFFERENT KILLER

If you’d like to read about a grown woman talking to animals, head for Jacksonville Flordia this spring and meet Grace Wilde, animal whisperer. She’s got a hunky beau in sergeant Kai Duncan, and an uncanny ability to find herself in the midst of trouble—but can you blame a gal determined to clear her sister’s name in a murder investigation? It will take a Horse of a Different Killer to stop this sleuth from answering A Call of the Wilde Mystery by Laura Morrigan.

About: Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde’s psychic ability gives her insight into the minds of all kinds of creatures. If only humans were as easy to read…

Dead men may tell no tales, but they can screw up your life with a few phone calls. Grace’s abusive ex-brother- in-law, Anthony Ortega, needs her help—at least that’s what he said on the messages he left before his sudden death. Grace is inclined to let the matter rest in peace, but when her sister is named a suspect, Grace decides to get to the bottom of the cryptic calls.

Her only lead is Ortega’s fiancée, who believes that he had arranged to surprise her with the purchase of a Frisian gelding named Heart. The horse was being stabled at the R-n-R Ranch—but was taken in the middle of the night. Now, with her sister in trouble and a missing horse on her hands, Grace hopes the information harnessed from her psychic skills will be enough to rein in the killer…