On Spine of Death
Bestselling author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter Gertrude have decided to make Winthrop their home. Their cabin is fixed up, and now they’re turning to the family hardware store …
Category: Amateur Sleuth
An amateur or non-professional individual who solves crimes.
Death by Smoothie
The Bewitched knockoff I Married a Zombie may have flopped in its day, but it’s got a devoted cult following. Jaine is delighted when one of those rabid fans hires …
Secrets in the Stacks
Following her recovery from breast cancer, Rarity has embraced a life of healing and service in her Sedona, Arizona, community. She welcomes the opportunity to participate in the annual summer …
The Plot and the Pendulum
Library director Lindsey Norris is happy to learn the Briar Creek Public Library is the beneficiary of the Dorchester family’s vast book collection. However, when Lindsey and the library and …
A Trip with Trouble
When the ladies of the Dangerous Curves Motorcycle Club take over the Mountaintop Lodge for their annual autumn ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Misty Murphy couldn’t be more thrilled. …
Christmas Scarf Murder
CHRISTMAS SCARF MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR When grinchy thefts steal the good cheer at a local nursing home, Siobhan O’Sullivan identifies one missing item before Kilbane, Ireland’s Christmas tractor parade, …
Murder at Mallowan Hall
Tucked away among Devon’s rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an …
Mrs. Claus and the Evil Elves
April Claus is getting an early gift for her second Christmas in Santaland. Her dear friend, Claire, is visiting from Oregon, and April hopes to show off her adoptive country …
Murder on the Poets Walk
As Jane eagerly anticipates the wedding of her best friend Eloise Alcott, Storyton Hall is overrun with poets in town to compete for a coveted greeting card contract. They’re everywhere, …
A Dark and Snowy Night
Winter in Sea Harbor is a feast for the senses, crackling bonfires, the scent of snow in the salty air, carols ringing out on the village green. This year, the …
Murder in a Cape Cottage
‘Tis the day after Christmas, following a wicked-busy time of year for Mac’s bike shop. It’s just as well her Cozy Capers Book Group’s new pick is a nerve-soothing coloring …
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
When Maddy Montgomery’s groom is a no-show to their live stream wedding, it’s a disaster that no amount of filtering can fix. But a surprise inheritance offers a chance to …
A Colorful Scheme
Coloring book creator and Washington, DC, bookstore manager Florrie Fox is attending the wedding of her wealthy boss and a famous romance author, who are taking their vows, for the …
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 …
A Dark and Stormy Tea
It was a dark and stormy night, but that was the least of Theodosia Browning’s troubles. As she approaches St. Philips Graveyard, Theodosia sees two figures locked in a strange …
Death of an Ice Cream Scooper
Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell doesn’t know what to believe when Lydia Partridge, the put-together owner of gourmet Bar Harbor Ice Cream, suddenly reveals fears that her husband may …
Murder Spills the Tea
The country’s hottest TV cooking show is coming to Cape Cod. And against her better judgment, Lily Roberts is entering America Bakes! With her charming tearoom, Tea by the Sea! …
Murder at the Blueberry Festival
After a career on Wall Street, Lindsey is making a different kind of dough in a pretty lakeside village. The upcoming blueberry festival, including the pie-eating contest her bakery is …
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 Catered Doggie Wedding
At A Little Taste of Heaven, Bernie and Libby Simmons cater all sorts of affairs, from book clubs to bridal showers and everything in between. So when their counterman, Googie, …
Muddled Through
When Julia spots police cars in front of Lupine Design, she races over. Her sister Livvie works there as a potter. Livvie is unharmed but surrounded by smashed-up pottery. The …
