A Midsummer Night’s Scheme
Just when everything is returning to the calm that Quinn Caine and her sidekicks, Ruff Barker Ginsburg and Sister Daria, are used to in their beloved town of Vienna, a …
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Murder at an Irish Castle
Rodeo Drive wedding gown designer Rayne McGrath expected her thirtieth birthday to start with a power lunch and end with champagne, lobster, and a diamond engagement ring from her fiancé. …
The Game is a Footnote
Scarlet House, now a historical re-enactment museum, is the oldest building in West London, Massachusetts. When things start moving around on their own, board members wonder if the museum is …
Death In The Margins
It’s early summer, and while Richard Muir, a famous dancer, and his partner, Karla, are preparing their new choreographic piece, Richard’s wife, Amy, is gathering the dance’s source materials. Based …
Dead Men Don’t Decorate
Roberto Fratelli, proprietor of the antique store Waited4You, is the meanest man in Marthasville, Virginia. So when he puts the business up for sale, the other merchants in town are …
Crime for the Books
Lyla Moody and the Jane Doe book club are hosting a Halloween party at Magnolia Manor, tailored after Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, but when the lights come on …
Kill Them with Canvas
Chloe Abbington and her sister, Izzie, are enjoying huge success running Paint with a View, their paint party business in the tranquil western New York lakeside town of Whisper Cove. …
A Christmas Candy Killing
Identical twin sisters Alex and Hannah are the owners of Murder and Mayhem, a mystery bookshop that sells their famous poison-themed Killer Chocolates. But now, there’s a real killer in …
Live and Let Grind
Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil’s Beach Island, Florida. She’s juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying …
Dewey Decimated
Carrie Singleton is just off a hot string of murder cases centered around the spooky local library in Clover Ridge, Connecticut. She could really use a break from murder and …
Steeped to Death
Phoebe Winchester’s beloved aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure and a knack for making magical tea. It’s even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora …
A Dish to Die For
Peace and quiet are hard to find in bustling Key West, so Hayley Snow, a food critic for Key Zest magazine, is taking the afternoon off for a tranquil lunch …
In Too Steep
It seemed like a simple case: the murder of Lewis Trenton, a beachcomber who lived alone in a cabin in the Oregon hills. But the newspaper article piques the interest …
Death By Beach Read
It’s spring in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and Lucy and Connor have moved into their new family home, a historic cottage on Nags Head Beach. The house needs …
A Fatal Booking
Booklover Charlotte is delighted to welcome an eclectic group of guests to Chapters B&B for a book club retreat focused on fairy tales, classic children’s literature, and jewelry created by …
A Poisonous Page
It’s summer festival time in Confection, Oregon, and that means a barrage of tourists making cash registers ring at Sweet Fiction Bookshop. But what should be bookseller Lexi’s most lucrative …
Live, Local, And Dead
In a fit of anger, radio DJ Jaye Jordan blows a snowman’s head off with a Revolutionary War-style musket. But the corpse that tumbles out is all too human. Jaye …
A Dash Of Death
Bad news for Samantha Warren: The plucky Houston, Texas reporter lost her job and her fiancé in rapid succession. But Sam has a way of making lemonade cocktails out of …
Long Overdue At The Lakeside Library
A glowing wood stove, as a reprieve from the cold and ice, a cozy log cabin, and shelves full of library books are all Rain Wilmot needs to ride out …
Crimes and Covers
Christmas is coming to the Western New York village of Cascade Springs, and so is Thoreau and the long-awaited wedding of Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly and police chief David …
A Three Book Problem
It’s a crisp, early October weekend, and business is slowing down as fall descends at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium and adjacent Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room. Wealthy philanthropist and …
Murder by the Bookend
The Blurb The quaint warehouse district of Hokes Folly, NC, is hopping despite the drizzly November chill. The occasion? The mountain town’s beloved antique bookstore, Twice Upon a Time, is …
