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It's time for red, white, 'n blue cupcakes, fireworks, and a side of murder… Ruby and Bee are having the time of their lives in cozy small town, Yesterday. The last few weeks have been a blast, what with Ruby's boyfriend visiting for vacation and the preparations for the upcoming 4th of July parade. They've been asked to cater the celebrations, and they're thrilled. Until, the day before the parade, disaster strikes. The Yesterday Radish Queen,...
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Nothing goes better with milkshakes than burgers… or is that murder? Traveling bakers, Ruby and Bee, are excited when they stop in the Main Street of small town, Sleepy Creek, Ohio. They're ready to serve their delicious treats to the locals until… Bee ends up in a milkshake-flinging confrontation with a customer wearing leopard print pants and rhinestone-spangled glasses. When the girls open up the food truck the next morning, they're horrified...
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One dead body, two cake pops, and… zero suspects? Murder has never been this confusing. Life has only just returned to normal in Bourbon, Kentucky, after a lengthy "caramel war" between the confectioners of the small town. And traveling bakers, Ruby and Bee, are determined to bring a little sweetness and positivity to the locals with their spring special: cake pops. Until one of their customers, a stranger who has no connections to anyone in town,...
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The Penelope Standing Mysteries (Books 1 - 4) ★★★★★ "Greatest couple since Nick and Nora Charles."Now that she's in her fifties, Penelope Standing has life pretty well figured out. She has: • A much-loved partner, Jake, who isn't scared off by her approach to life or taxes. • A thriving pet sitting business, which keeps her in the middle of everything. • A part time job delivering mail - a great excuse for snooping.It's...
5) Deadly Yours
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A letter, sealed with blood red wax, arrives in a small coastal town. Samantha's hopes of a new, quiet life are shattered. The killer is back. Like years before, the crime scenes mimic classic mysteries Samantha once taught in her English Lit class-The Art of Detection. Is one murder staged from an Ellery Queen novel? P.D. James? Sherlock Holmes? Maybe more? Five years ago, strangers died. This time-friends. As the body count climbs, this menace must...
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Emma Streyt hated to admit she was bored. But her newly retired brother puts an end to that by dropping a stash of old family memorabilia on her doorstep. Cheered on by her best friend, Emma enthusiastically dives into these boxes of antique treasures. But some faded diary pages convince her that century-old jewel thefts- and maybe something worse-are tied in with their past. Eager to dig deeper into this mysterious puzzle by doing some serious research,...
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The season is in full swing in Cascade Cove, Florida, and a third body has been found, this time behind the Ferris wheel at the town's amusement park.A collage of suspects quickly pops up after an artist is found dead, but what motive could one have for murdering the local talent? With the authorities unable to paint a clear picture as to who was behind the esteemed artist's death, it's up to Sarah to track down the culprit and keep the Cove from...
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A dead seer who didn't see it coming. A trip halfway across the world. A hex to outrun. Kat is at a crossroads in life. Nursing a broken heart at the Crowe ancestral home after a recent break-up, a series of accidents plagues her-and she doesn't believe in coincidences. When the family learns of Great Aunt Tabby's death all the way in Australia, Kat struggles to reconcile why the seer hadn't given them forewarning. To figure out why-and put some distance...
9) Midnight
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A pleasant walk along the coast on Folly Beach, South Carolina, thrusts retiree Chris Landrum and his friend Charles Fowler into investigating a death that police are convinced was an unfortunate accident. Their resolve to continue sticking their noses where according to the police they have no business being was strengthened when a second person dies-the second death of a member of the small crew building a beachfront home. With no connection between...
10) The Anatomists
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If they want to truly learn about the human body, London medical students Edward Montague and Jean-Claude Legard have no choice but to become common criminals. The authorities have long looked the other way as budding anatomists dug up fresh graves. But Edward and Jean-Claude still greet the task of defiling the final resting place of Abigail Darcy with unease, especially when they discover that the cadaver stolen from the graveyard is not the late...
11) A Mystery Yarn
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Pru Pendergast, proprietor of Driftwood Creatives, returns to her shop after a walk around Ominpodge Village Center to find her obnoxious landlord, Bart Cunard, dead-garroted with driftwood handles and brown Vicuna yarn. Detective James Moriarty arrives, questions Pru, and accuses her of murder-though every one of Pru's fellow shopkeepers could attest to having a motive. Pru must escape attacks on her own life and the threat of being arrested while...
12) Harmful Habits
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Cece Monroe-the former Sister Mary Cecelia-is an ex-nun who finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation...and possibly the killer's next victim. After mistakenly hearing a senator's incriminating confession just moments before he is murdered, Cece refuses to spill the details of his secret to authorities, even though she is the closest thing to a witness they have. According to Cece, "What happens in the confessional stays in the confessional,"...
13) Torn Asunder
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A short boat ride from Busman's Harbor, Maine, Morrow Island is a perfect spot for a wedding-and a Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden is busy organizing both-until a mysterious wedding crasher drops dead amid the festivities . . .
Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry her policeman boyfriend. Of course, a gorgeous white wedding dress shouldn't be within fifty yards of a plate of buttery lobster-so that treat is...
14) The Moving Blade
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When the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations. He leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a lost keynote speech and a tangled web of relations.
After his alluring daughter, Jamie, returns from America wanting answers, finding only threats, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is dragged from the safe confines of his office into the street-level realities of...
15) Anonymous Realm
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She finally meets the man of her dreams. Problem is, he's already dead.Paige is an average woman with an average life in New York City. Her apartment, her job, and her love life are all consistently mundane, and she yearns for something extraordinary. She wonders if she will ever find her perfect man, a man just like John Rockford, the esteemed and benevolent son of New York's prominent unofficial royal family. But Paige's dream is shattered when...
16) One for Sorrow
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When jaded Melbourne divorce lawyer Clementine Carter returns to her Queensland coastal hometown of Whale Bay after a twenty-five-year absence, she figures she'll fly in, arrange the sale of the beach shack she's been left in her Aunt Rose's will, and fly back out.Once back in Whale Bay, Clem soon discovers that Rose has been locking horns with some of the most influential people in town, and her death might not be as straightforward as she's been...
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Who's out to kill Ashley Dillon? Nobody's supposed to know she's in Las Vegas except her parents and Haggis Mack, the rock-bagpiper she's divorcing. But threats from a cell-phone stalker, and nearly drowning in the Bellagio pool, send Ashley fleeing home to Cape Cod. Where better to turn 21 than at the posh waterfront party her mom, inventor Pam Nash, is throwing to launch Zappa, her revolutionary "Taser for pacifists"?
Pam appeals to her fellow...
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Dot Meyerhoff is called to help with an abducted child case that is destroying the investigating officer's own family.
Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is known for putting her personal life aside in the name of duty. But when she's brought in on a kidnapping case, she finds herself drawn into a harrowing crime that cuts deep. A toddler is missing. Her mother is a noted local photographer whose work contains photography of nude children. She's also a family...
19) Burying Ben
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"A deftly crafted novel of compelling complexity," this first book in the mystery series featuring cop therapist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is "absorbing" (Midwest Book Review).
As her police department's newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has a lot to prove. Especially since everyone on a small-town force doesn't see any reason for a shrink on staff. So when the rookie cop commits suicide, everyone's looking to blame Dot-even Dot herself....
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The old and new collide in Nashville. A crooked developer plans to demolish the old Eagles Nest and build yet another sleek new tower. At the legendary Bluebird Café, a washed-up drunk named Notorious interrupts Willow Goodheart's performance, accusing her of stealing his song. Truth-teller Caleb Hunter, determined to shine a light on corruption in New Nashville, is murdered, his body dragged from the river. Jordan Mayfair finds herself immersed...
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