Mardi Gras Murder
It’s Mardi Gras season on the bayou, which means parades, pageantry, and gumbo galore. When a flood upends life in the tiny town of Pelican, Louisiana, and deposits a body …
Tag: Crooked Lane Books
A Crafter Knits a Clue
When a heartbroken Samantha “Sammy” Kane returns to her hometown of Heartsford, WI, for her best friend Kate’s funeral, she learns that Kate’s much-loved craft store is in danger of …
The Hour of Death
As Yuletide settles upon Gwenafwy Abbey, the rural Welsh convent’s peace is shattered. Tiffany Reese, president of the Village Art Society, is found dead on the floor of the parish …
Read and Gone
A dedicated father is a precious thing, but Carrie Singleton wouldn’t know since her dad Jim’s been in and out of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds …
To Catch a Witch
Darcy Merriweather might be a witch with the ability to grant wishes for others, but wishing isn’t going to help her catch a killer… Darcy’s concierge company is hired by …
The Spook in the Stacks
Halloween in North Carolina’s Outer Banks is always special. This year it becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead …
Cake and Punishment
Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She’s …
Better Off Read
Librarian Cleo Watkins won’t be quietened when the new, young mayor threatens to permanently close down her tiny town’s storm-damaged library. She takes to her bookmobile, Words on Wheels, to …
Bad Neighbors
It’s tourist season in Naneda, New York. Agnes Blythe has settled back home helping her eccentric Great Aunt Effie restore the Stagecoach Inn. It seems nothing can shatter the cash …
Death al Fresco
It’s summer in Santa Cruz, and restaurateur Sally Solari decides an open-air painting class is a perfect way for her to learn more about Paul Gauguin, the inspiration for her …
Playing with Bonbon Fire
Charity Penn is finally settling into life in the quirky South Carolina seaside town of Camellia Beach and cooking up chocolate treats, sometimes. She has helped organize the town’s lively …
Lethal in Old Lace
In Savannah, Georgia, there are two events that are guaranteed to make people talk: weddings and funerals. Just as consignment shop owner Reagan Summerside agrees to marry the hunky Walker …
Death by a Whisker
Sydney McCall along with her rescued tabby, Toby, are helping her sister Kat run the local animal shelter. It’s a whole new life for her in her hometown of Deer …
The Hostess With the Ghostess
Things are never quiet for long at the Haunted Guesthouse. Right as Alison Kerby finally gets some peace, long-time deceased Paul Harrison’s recently murdered brother, Richard, shows up looking for …
The Cat of the Baskervilles
Famous stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives in West London, Massachusetts to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West …
A Murder for the Books
After a catastrophic love affair, librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Virginia. She busies herself with managing the local public library …
Cat Got Your Secrets
Lacy Crocker has settled into a routine with her business and her social life in New Orleans. Her business, Furry Godmother, is a pet boutique and organic treat bakery that …
Death Overdue
Clover Ridge, Connecticut doesn’t hold a lot of attraction for Carrie Singleton, and she is thinking of moving on to someplace different. Then she is offered a position as the …
A Deadly Éclair
Mimi Rousseau is starting to be more optimistic about her Bistro and Inn. The debt her late husband hid from her in the past had paralyzed her belief in the …
Much Ado About Murder
Charlotte Fairfax is an excellent costume designer and works with the Catskills Shakespeare Theater Company. This year they are performing Much Ado About Nothing a classic. Famous actress Audrey Ashley …
Murder on the Toy Town Express
Liz McCall runs her father’s vintage toy shop in East Aurora, NY, especially the old board game section. When the Train and Toy Show comes to town, she and her …
A Cajun Christmas Killing
Bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of gumbo greet Maggie Crozat when she returns home to Pelican, Louisiana. It’s cajun Christmas time, her favorite time of the year. …
