April Buchert has created a new life for herself in her
hometown of Aldenville, Pennsylvania. She started out
helping her father in his restoration business but has
since become quite well known as a professional rubber
stamper. After her father and his partner move to Florida,
April takes a job Read more...
Grace Wheaton's strength has been tested with her mother's
passing and the inheritance of a lovely Victorian Painted
Lady home that is in desperate need of some T.L.C. A
true sign of Grace's mettle just might come as she seeks
answers to the mysterious happenings Read more...
A cozy English seaside town, Blackpool, England, is also a
town steeped in secrets. Once a haven for smugglers, the
town is also the site of a famous train derailment and
robbery that occurred during World War II. The train
carried children of several prominent families being
evacuated from London Read more...
For Charlie Harris, living in his childhood hometown of
Athena, Mississippi is a peaceful existence. He loves his
job as a part-time librarian at the local college, where he
is well known for bringing his beloved pet to work with him,
a huge Maine Coon cat named Diesel. He Read more...
Ellie Engleman loves her job as a professional dog walker.
Her special gift, being able to communicate with her
canine charges, makes her one of the most sought-after
walkers in New York City by humans and dogs alike. When one
of her favorite clients, Flora Steinman, invites Ellie to Read more...
Olivia Limoges has returned to her hometown of Oyster Bay,
North Carolina, but she hasn't been able to rejoin the
small town society. When she is talked into joining
the local writing group, The Bayside Book Writers, she
finds kindred spirits who understand her frustration over
her own stalled Read more...
Maggie Walsh thinks things are going really well with her
radio talk show, "On The Couch With Maggie Walsh," until
she finds out her ratings are at the bottom of the rung,
right under the "Swine Report," at the small station in
Cypress Grove, Florida. Luckily, salvation and higher
ratings Read more...
When police sketch artist Aurora "Rory" McCain inherits her
uncle's Victorian home, as well as his private investigation
business, she realizes that a lot of haunting memories will
linger. She never dreams she will inherit a real ghost, too!
As she moves in and prepares to close out her Read more...
Lucy Valentine's new business, Lost Loves, specializes in
helping people find the ones that they loved and lost.
Working out of her father's matchmaking office, Lucy finds
her services as a Lost Love Locator are beginning to take
off.
The secret to her success is that Lucy can Read more...
Getting older doesn't mean you have to give up fun,
excitement and even a little romance. For
Gladys "Gladdy" Gold and her feisty band of friends (known
fondly as the "Gladiators"), life at the Lanai Gardens in
Fort Lauderdale is never dull. In GETTING OLD IS TRES
DANGEREUX, Rita Read more...
Candyce "Dyce" Dare is busy making ends meet with her
furniture refinishing business and keeping up with her
precocious little boy, Enoch. Still, she can't refuse her
police investigator boyfriend, Cas Wolfe's, latest project
-- refinishing a hundred-year old antique Steinway piano. As
she is prepping the piece Read more...
When society maven Mary Lee Miller asks party planner
Presley Parker to organize a murder mystery party as a
fundraiser for a local San Francisco museum, Presley rounds
up her crew of friends to make the party the social event
of the year. She struggles to bring the event, being Read more...
Wanting a fresh start on life for herself and her
daughter, Alison Kerby invests in a turn-of-the-century
Victorian beach house in her hometown of Harbor Haven, New
Jersey with the idea of opening a guesthouse.
The do-it-herself project is coming along pretty well until
Alison Read more...
Business has been going well for professional organizer
Charlotte Adams since she moved back to her hometown. She
has reconnected with her high school best friend (and new
momma), Detective Pepper Monahan, and is happy to be around
her old gang of friends, "the misfits".
Charlotte's newest client is Read more...
As the manager of the Village Blend coffee shop, Clare Cosi
is always on the lookout for a better way to roast the
shop's premier coffee beans. So, she agrees to accompany
her ex-mother-in-law (and boss) Madame Dubois to Queens to
visit her old friend, Enzo Read more...
Southerners are pretty loyal to their favorite BBQ, and
residents of Memphis are no different, according to Riley
Adam's delectable new book DELICIOUS AND SUSPICIOUS: A
Memphis BBQ Mystery.
Lulu Taylor's family has owned Aunt Pat's barbecue joint
for years, and it has a loyal and rambunctious Read more...
In 1930, Darling, Alabama was a typical small town--
everybody knows your name, and your business. But when a
young girl is murdered, suddenly no one knows a thing. In
Susan Wittig Albert's new book, THE DARLING DAHLIAS AND THE
CUCUMBER TREE, the ladies of the Darling Dahlias
Garden Read more...
In Karen Bergreen's hilarious "who-dun-it", FOLLOWING POLLY,
she tells the story of the hapless Alice and her adventures
dodging the police and doing her best to find out who really
killed the golden actress with the tarnished secrets. Part
cozy mystery, part romance, and all parts outrageously Read more...
Autumn in Colorado is a beautiful time of year and, for
Kelly Flynn, it's a time to rethink and reorganize her
hectic life. Her financial consulting business is
flourishing and, while her love life is at a bit of a
standstill with boyfriend Steve gone so much with work Read more...
In the world of the deaf, emotions are sometimes hard to
express. At the turn of the 20th century, when sign
language was first coming into use, a communication option
that would free the deaf from silence faced staggering
opposition. In Victoria Thompson's latest Gaslight Mystery,
MURDER ON LEXINGTON Read more...
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