Cozy Pet Mysteries

Veronica Woodworth left her estate to her granddaughter, Elsie, when she passed away. Now, with the money from the inheritance, Elsie could open her very own flower shop. Her best friend, Dayton, thought the manor guest house would make the perfect bed and breakfast. Soon after they arrived, the house cat led Elsie right to the missing butler, murdered. All cats could be weird sometimes, but Florent seemed to be weird most of the time. Florent led Elsie straight to a hidden room in the kitchen and even helped her figure out how to open the door. In all of her time playing in the manor, she ...

Winter is hard in Beauville, where the melting snow can reveal much more than last season's dead leaves. So when a wealthy, obnoxious tourist and his ski-bunny girlfriend surface in Pru Marlowe's little Berkshire town, she knows she should stay out of their way. The bad-girl animal psychic has to focus on more immediate concerns, including Henry, a supposedly tamed wild rabbit illegally living with an 84-year-old lady. Henry, who seems to be acting out and hiding, avoids responding to Pru.

Secrets, scandals, and spaniels… As Halloween looms, Cedarbrook teems with activity, brimming with anticipation for the haunting hayride, the town's centerpiece. Chloe, accompanied by her devoted fiancé Paul, eagerly plans to join their friends. Little do they know that opening night will ignite a tragedy, plunging Cedarbrook into an abyss of chaos. Unyielding, Chloe embarks on a relentless quest, determined to solve the murder and recover the stolen jewelry. Each thread unraveled exposes a labyrinth of secrets, motives, and long-standing rivalries, testing the very fabric of their ...

Olivia Rickard would kill to keep everything just the way it is. Changing the status quo has always been disastrous for Olivia, and now everything is changing at once.... What Olivia needs is a distraction, and she’s found one in stumbling upon Yvette Dunn dead in her coffee food truck - drowned in a vat of fresh coffee. Olivia starts out as an unlucky bystander to the crime, but she’s forced to dig in deeper when it looks like her sister could be involved in Yvette’s death.

A cryptic quilt. A suspicious death. One sharp dog—and a reluctant sleuth. When Alex Allin, quilt shop owner and unintentional investigator, uncovers an old quilt hidden in an attic, it stirs up more than dust—it revives a decades-old disappearance and suggests a recent death in Aspen Ridge wasn’t accidental. With the opinionated Granny Squad trading gossip like currency, and her curly-haired cavoodle, Saedie, sniffing out long-buried clues (and snacks), Alex has her hands full. Add in a flirtatious journalist with a nose for trouble, and a town full of suspects—like the grouchy ...

Samantha Hodges is ready to get as far away from crime reporting as possible - especially after what happened in Chicago. Writing for the paper in her pets-obsessed hometown will be easy. Except that she’s not really into animals. And her first interviewee turns up dead.

I’m Nora Nash, formerly known as the ‘Ghost Girl’ back in my old hometown because of my penchant for befriending and helping ghosts. My parents wanted a new start for all of us, without a spooky reputation. They fell in love with the idea of retiring and becoming proprietors of the Lakeside Bed and Breakfast, two states over and what seemed like a million miles away. They convinced me, along with my brother and his wife, to give up our jobs in the city so we could all run the inn together, a family affair. The old inn needed work - LOTS of work - and I was ready to buckle down and get...

When Tansy, a young woman amateur sleuth, and her French bulldog named Hank stumbled upon a dead body, she knew it was Ryan, a local in her small Appalachian town. He had just purchased a couple of crystals from her herb and crystal shop to help calm down his dog Pepper, and then they had parted cordially enough.

Ground-breaking band Black & White was platinum before it imploded from an overdose of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll years ago. Now, the Las Vegas reunion show revives the old troubles between its two divas, and efforts to sabotage end in murder. Petite PR powerhouse Temple Barr and her faithful feline roommate Midnight Louie, assisted by the Vegas Cat Pack, must sniff out clues to save the Crystal Phoenix hotel's reputation and any at-risk lives, including their own.

A light, cozy mystery in a small town with a puzzle loving, amateur female sleuth, quirky characters (human and canine), and enough flowers and pastries to fill your garden and your belly. Book 1 - Peonies and Peril Chloe Carson has no clue what’s next. Starting life from scratch after her husband’s passing, the sixty-year-old is back in her hometown to ready the family’s treehouse hotel for sale. But her six-month commitment heads into the weeds when the ornery garden club president is found pushing up daisies in her prized peony patch. With her aging mom and bff topping the list of ...

Parrots will repeat anything. They don’t talk sense—or do they? When Pru Marlowe is called in to retrain a foulmouthed African gray after its owner’s death, she can’t help hearing the parrot’s words as a replay of a murder scene. But the doctor on call scoffs at the idea, and the heirs just want their late mother’s pet to stop cursing.

Long awaited! The 28th and last book in the Midnight Louie feline PI alphabet-titled mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Carole Nelson Douglas.

A light, cozy mystery in a small town with a puzzle loving, amateur female sleuth, quirky characters (human and canine), and enough flowers and pastries to fill your garden and your belly. Book 4 - Mistletoe and Misfortune Epic plans are underway to celebrate the hotel’s glorious expansion. But the untimely death of a pompous chef right in the middle of the preparations might be what closes down the hotel for good. Ben’s award-winning restaurant and food are legendary, but not as much as his arrogance and unscrupulous dealings. As Chloe and Max work to salvage the event, they discover ...

In Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit, feline PI Midnight Louie's roommate, powerhouse PR freelancer Temple Barr, discovers a strip club opening in a nearby empty building threatens her elderly landlady's wedding chapel business. Electra Lark's troubles go supernova with a murder charge for a death that echoes a bizarre slaying decades earlier.

Kendra's weekend getaway with gorgeous millionaire Dante DeFrancisco turns chilling when a mother she-wolf goes missing from Dante's pet sanctuary. Now, Kendra must find her, along with a killer hiding right before her eyes.

Valentine's Day, a pet pig, and smugglers just don't go together. It's happened again, pet-sitter Polly Parrett is embroiled in another mystery. The romantic Valentine's Day weekend she's been looking forward to with her number one guy turns into a fiasco. There's a body of course, characters who may or may not be trusted, danger, and snow - lots of snow. Then something happens that causes the usually mild-mannered Polly to find her inner tigress, and woe betide the person she turns her claws on.

When her law partner is murdered and the only witness is a blue macaw named Gigi, attorney and pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne, with the help of her hunky P.I. boyfriend, must teach Gigi to sing like a canary and reveal the killer.

Addie’s first Apple Festival is about to turn deadly... The Apple Festival kicks off the fall festival season in Stargaze, and that means colorful trees, cozy coats, apple cider, and fun! It also means an influx of tourists, including a stranger from Betty's past. It turns out the palm reader has a secret past, and it's coming back to haunt her. When a body turns up in Betty’s fortuneteller tent at the Apple Festival, she becomes the prime suspect in the killing. She claims she’s innocent, but her connection to the deceased only makes her appear more guilty. Addie is determined to ...

When shelter manager Lauren Vancouver finds out that her old mentor, Mamie Spelling, is an animal hoarder, no one is more shocked, and she jumps in to help re-home the cramped critters. But Mamie's troubles don't end there. She's accused of murder when the CEO of a pet shelter network is found dead. And Lauren's dogged determination to clear her former friend of murder may put a killer on her tail.

Can a real estate appraiser in a New Jersey beach town get in this much trouble? If your name translates to "pretty nice" in French, you've probably gotten used to teasing. It doesn't prepare you to find out that your soon-to-be-ex-husband has a gambling problem, raided your assets, and embezzled from his bank. Jolie Gentil moves to Great Aunt Madge’s bed and breakfast at the Jersey shore, taking her cat Jazz, and joining Madge's pair of prune-eating dogs. Jolie does not view this as a retreat, just a smart change. She had no idea her life at the Jersey shore was about to get even more ...