Pet Mysteries

An art gallery cafe, a dream, and…..murder. Lola, Poly and Tetley are at it again. Lola is busy running the Gallery Cafe’ that she inherited from her Uncle Iggy. With the encouragement of Polly she reluctantly agrees to take part in a town wide cafe competition and a win would be great for business. However, it will be very hard to win when a dead body is found in her Cafe’. Lola’s photo is found on the dead man’s phone and now she is a suspect. But she has never seen that man before in her life. The cause of death seems to be poison. Lola has no idea where this dangerous ...

When Victor Kensington, heir to one of the wealthiest fortunes in Cedar Grove, drops dead at the glamorous Midnight Masquerade, whispers of foul play ripple through the grand estate. The Kensington family’s wealth and secrets are a dangerous combination, and everyone in attendance is a suspect. Lila Harrington, a local innkeeper and amateur sleuth, is no stranger to mystery. She can’t resist the call to uncover the truth hidden behind the family’s gilded facade. As secrets unravel and connections to a missing heirloom emerge, Lila is drawn into the glittering yet treacherous world of ...

Cinque Terre, a quant Italian harbour town, normally boasts of the aromas of garlic, basil, tomato sauce and crisp sea air, not the smell of murder. The pastel buildings and cobblestone streets are lined with Italian trattorias including my famous La Nonna’s Nonna, named after my grandmother. But when Pepperoni, my clue sniffing beagle, leads me to the dead body of the notorious food critic, Alistair, the normally bustling restaurant halts to a stand still. Marco, the charming wine bar owner, offers his help digging through the endless suspects and rumors. As investigations into the many ...

Gwen's calendar has been filling up ever since she was hounded by her best friend, Nora, into starting 2 Sisters Pet Valet services. Now they've been invited to attend the annual Clear the Shelter event, hosted by Portland's very own blonde bombshell newscaster, Babs Prescott. Babs is convinced she's top dog among local celebrities, but it's clear that someone disagrees when Babs's body is found following a downtown press conference.

Rainbow Goldman's Jimmy Choos have barely touched the quaint cobblestones of Maine's charming-est coastal town, Van Kills Cove, before she stumbles over a dead body. And here she thought losing her fiancé and her job in one fell swoop was as low as she could go. The 30-something former beauty queen and good-news TV talk show host hopped the first train out of Manhattan headed to Maine to help out her granddad, and hopefully catch a little R&R. But when an old friend turns into the main suspect in the suspicious death of the town's beloved toymaker, Rainbow pulls out all the investigative ...

Thrift shop til someone drops… When she receives a strange invitation to her aunt’s midnight funeral in the cozy Minnesota town of Pine Grove, Jessica Braun’s life is going nowhere. Her marriage is over, and her dead-end job has run out of road. Now she’s inheriting an old log house full of collected treasures and memories, and learns Aunt Daphne’s death was no accident. To make matters worse, Jess is the hopeless deputy’s prime suspect. After a second old-timer is silenced and a third may be in danger, she dives into her own investigation and the town’s worn-out secrets. With...

Maple syrup season should be a sweet harbinger of spring. But a violent death at a local maple sugar bush threatens to derail the Cottage Country Maple Festival. The police are not making any progress, and the crime spree continues. It’s taking its toll on a famous local attraction and tragedy strikes a beloved and hardworking family. Meanwhile, with spring in the air, tourists are headed in droves for Williamsport. With a short season worth millions of dollars, the pressure is on to solve the crimes quickly and get the maple industry back on its feet. Zora Bell, the 50-something ...

🐾 A PURR-FECTLY TWISTED COZY MYSTERY FOR CAT LOVERS & SLEUTHING FANS ALIKE! "The Detective Cat of Willow Creek" is a page-turning blend of heartwarming humor, quirky small-town secrets, and one unforgettable feline sleuth. When beloved show dog Maximus vanishes days before the Holiday Dog Show, Lily Green, a gentle pet groomer, and her massive, grouchy genius cat, Goliath, are pulled into a high-stakes whodunit that will shake Willow Creek to its festive core. In a town where gossip travels faster than a greyhound, suspects pile up faster than shedding fur. Was it rival groomer Sylvia ...

Deandra Hendricks works her fingers to the bone at two jobs to keep her Los Angeles apartment. With a rapidly dwindling savings account, the prospects for her future are bleak. So when her cousin invites her to visit Axia—the hidden, magical hub their grandparents retired to—she agrees. Deandra doesn’t possess a stitch of magic herself, but a long weekend vacation in a strange, new town might be just what she needs. Her first day in Axia is so bizarre, though. Just when she thinks her day can’t get any stranger, she finds a baby dragon trapped in a dumpster.

Pet boutique owner and reluctant pet psychic, Darwin Winters, is looking forward to watching her best friend and business partner, Sylvia, say "I do" to the man of her dreams. When their wedding photographer turns up dead on the big day and Sylvia's superstitious mother believes his heart attack is a sign their marriage will be cursed, Sylvia's dream wedding quickly becomes a nightmare. Darwin only has a week to help her detective boyfriend prove the photographer's death was not from natural causes before Sylvia's family jets back home to Portugal, and the wedding is off for good.

As if planning a double wedding in a couple months isn’t stressful enough, now the wedding planner is dead and my sister's the prime suspect. Cozy Maple Lake glistens in the winter wonderland of trees lit with garland sparkling against the frozen water. Wedding planning is in full motion with poinsettias in place, cake ordered and guests invited. But when Lila’s sister, Sarah, discovers the wedding planner poisoned only weeks before the big day, plans take an abrupt stop. Sarah and Mrs. Potts, the baker, become the prime suspects. Molly, Lila, and their fiancé's, Jake and Max jump into...

Ever since her husband’s affair, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen has taken a sabbatical from men. The 30-ish divorcée is content to tend her farm and gain a bird’s-eye view of the neighbors from her perch as small-town postmistress. Yet when a hunky city slicker comes to town with no clue about farming, she’s happy to show him the ropes. When pieces of a dismembered body crop up around Crozet, however, the wary townsfolk reckon the handsome stranger is the culprit.

How can you hold an auction when the auctioneer is dead? That’s the problem facing Jessica Braun after her scheme to clear out thrift shop inventory through a bidding war goes sideways. Before the truck is even unloaded, she and her friends discover a terrible crime. With luck working against them and no one on their side, can Jess and her crew find enough evidence to solve the murder and stop the killer before they get away? What will happen to Jess if her auction plans are killed, too?

Autumn on the Maine coast is stunning, which brings the tourists out in droves. My restaurant, the Little Dog Diner, is teeming with them, thanks to the locally famous fall festival. Usually that's a great thing...this year, however, the discovery of a dead body puts a damper on business awfully fast. Add to that the fact that the victim had a vendetta against almost every small business owner in town, and now I've landed right in the middle of the very long and tedious suspect list.

The seasons have changed in Scotland and rather than prowl in the cold, Leger has chosen to spend his evenings dining at his good friend Winter's home or sleeping in front of the fire. But peaceful nights watching snow fall from the windowsill will have to wait as there is a new case to solve. His friend Winter has gone missing! Leger has his paws full and is distracted from the job in hand. He has a new hibernation spot to find for an insomniac hedgehog friend, hears news of an unexpected pregnancy and as ever, Leger struggles to communicate with his human companion, Annabella. If he did ...

Read all of Cindy Blackburn's Cozy Mysteries for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Welcome to Lake Elizabeth, Vermont, where Santa Claus is due to arrive any day now, and Cassie Baxter is going nuts. Who wouldn’t go nuts? This is her first Christmas with her adopted son Truman, and she’s determined to make it memorable. But that human skull the kid found when he was searching for Christmas decorations in the attic wasn’t exactly part of the plan. And Joe Wylie, Cassie’s supposed boyfriend, isn’t making life any easier during this frantic week before the holiday either. Then there’s ...

It's the start of a new year, full of possibilities and potential, but Annabella is stuck at home with flu and Leger is happy to sleep on her lap while she recovers - but when he finds two crimes are committed within minutes of each other, his detective instincts kick in. While Hugh braves blizzard conditions to help out at the scene of a hit and run, Leger finds an elderly man has been beaten and left for dead. Wondering if the two crimes could be linked, Leger struggles to piece the events of that day together and is hindered by meddling humans, freezing conditions and the disappearance ...

Drawing on 40 years of research and stories, Sylvia Browne gives us an exploratory look at how animals "live" after death on the Other Side. From our pets' never-ending loyalty, heroic deeds, and comedic behavior to how animals see spirits, Browne shares heartwarming and tear-jerking tales about pets from across the country and around the world.

Nan and I discover that someone has been embezzling funds from the local animal shelter. If we can't find the culprit soon, the shelter may not be able to keep its lights on and those poor homeless pets won't have anywhere to go.

Bang! Bang! The Not-OK Corral Murder Mystery Everyone in Pine Ridge is preparing for a big Pioneer Days show for tourists in town. In the midst of the excitement, Tansy Silver and her French bulldog Hank find themselves on a life-threatening quest for answers as they try to unravel the web of intrigue and mystery left behind after a surprising crime that shocked the small town, all while a young woman's potential engagement is on the line. “Bang! Bang! I jumped, even though I knew the gunfight scene was coming. Well, not much of a gunfight. Ted’s part gets the jump on Mark and shoots ...