Puzzle Mystery

In “Christmas Aboard,” D. M. Sorlie takes readers on a thrilling journey through World War Two’s misleading clues and espionage. Set during Christmas of 1942, the story delves into the depths of war as the Alboran Sea becomes a backdrop for intense action and suspense. The book opens with Tommy, an Italian doctor, who finds himself in a potentially explosive triage situation. With a nervous young Italian Soldier holding a Red Devil grenade in the hospital ward, Tommy must navigate a high-stakes scenario to save Christmas. Danny’s successful Christmas Eve party on the hospital ship, ...

Introducing Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable. Join Oscar Tremont on his first four cases as he tackles mysteries too strange for the police and assures his clients that a rational explanation lies behind what at first appears to be impossible. You will find clues, question suspects, don disguises, break into abandoned houses, solve codes and puzzles, and if you really have your wits about you, crack the case before our hero. Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable consists of two novellas and two short stories that display the keen intellect of...

Hollywood comes to Michigan when a film producer decides to turn a local author's romance novel into a blockbuster. Although the movie mogul's chocolate labrador is charming, Lee McKinney thinks the producer's talk is a bunch of sweet nothings-and she grows even more suspicious when she stumbles upon a dead body.

Welcome to Rush City, where the croissants are golden, the locals are quirky, and murder is always on the menu. Cornelia “Corny” Baker’s cozy little bakery is the heart of this charming mining town—famous for its mouthwatering pastries and friendly atmosphere. But when a ruthless billionaire is found dead clutching one of Corny’s signature croissants, her reputation crumbles like stale bread. With the entire town watching, Corny teams up with her eccentric best friend, Marcel, to prove her innocence. Together, they’ll sift through clues, uncover a recipe for betrayal, and bake ...

A dead bride and a missing maiden - in a small town, surrounded by loved ones. Can detectives save lives and bring the killer to justice? Detective Danielle Hall believed in the goodness in everyone. When her best friend found the dead body in the bridal suit she was about to rent for her own wedding, Danielle had no option other than finding the killer in their small town community. She discovered that one of the bride’s maids disappeared. Danielle felt that the bride was not killed because she was hated. She risked her personal relationship with her town folks to get to the bottom of ...

🍲 "Murder is on the menu." 🍲 When a politician drops dead after choking on a mysterious USB drive hidden in his soup, chef Cee-Cee’s career goes up in flames—literally. Accused of murder and entangled in a web of small-town secrets and organized crime, she’s got more on her plate than just the dinner rush. Armed with nothing but her wit, her whisk, and a few loyal friends, Cee-Cee must uncover the truth hidden in that deadly bowl of soup before she becomes the next course. Murder, mayhem, and a dash of dark humor simmer in this page-turning cozy culinary mystery. Perfect for ...

I’m Honorio, a noble cat. No brag, just fact. On vacation in a mysterious part of France with pink swamps, wild and free white horses and a wandering ghostly salt-marsh woman. My eccentric “owner,” her two devoted friends, and I, are eye-witnesses to a sudden and shocking murder! Was it murder? It was there in the room of this terribly tragic-looking, twisted, creepy mask that some archaeologists unearthed and maybe should not have. The detective in me that I was . . . that I am . . .moves into action. I detect a number of quirky people who are suspicious, if not downright fishy—...

A collection of five ingenious short stories featuring husband and wife sleuths Imogen and Hugh Croft. The Flawed Emerald When Imogen Croft bumps into an old friend at a railway station, the young woman asks for her help. Imogen is required to get to the bottom of a recent spate of vicious hate mail which threatens to end a burgeoning love affair. But Imogen's conclusions are not at all what her friend expected. The Witch's Burial An archaeological dig at the ancient Chapel of St Peter's turns up a skeleton, roughly hidden in a shallow grave. It becomes clear that the group are facing a ...

Gus’s wakes up to discover that he’s been kidnapped by a Mexican mobster. He’s not the only one who has been kidnapped, however. Apparently, someone’s pinched the crime lord’s kid and the head thug of the gang wants Gus to find the missing kid before the crime lord finds out about it. By kid, it turns out that they meant young goat. If the goat doesn’t turn up in time then the ire of the crime lord will surely fall on one of them. Gus needs to figure out which suspect is the correct one. Luckily, Gus has Father Xavier around to help him sort out this tricky situation. Can Gus ...

Army veteran, MASON HOOD, has a promise to keep and a demon to defeat. Fresh off the front lines of World War Two, he moves to Bluebird Valley in rural Southeast Missouri and brings the war with him. Local schoolmarm, STELLA REYNOLDS, is still reeling from the death of her husband at Pearl Harbor. To honor his memory, she vows to assist and protect any veteran who comes her way. But Mason isn’t just any veteran. When a brutal murder sets the entire valley on edge, Stella is told that Mason needs her. She rushes to his side and ends up in a place she never wanted to revisit. Torn between ...

Amateur sleuths, Rod & Bryony Kane race to solve a murder mystery after a sudden storm strands them on an isolated island resort in Lake Superior.

In *Cipher, Mobsters & a Sphinx,* retired cipher decoder Candeedo Brewdinkle seeks the peaceful life of Killian Cove after years of globe-trotting adventures. Alongside his witty, mysterious feline companion, Bartholomew, Candeedo settles into a quiet routine of crossword puzzles and decoding cryptic messages sent by Norman, the local bookstore owner. He anticipates a tranquil life in this charming seaside town, but things take a sudden dark turn. A mysterious coded message leads Candeedo to Norman’s bookstore, where he stumbles upon a chilling discovery: a dead body, a missing bookmark ...

Abbie's holiday spirit vanishes when she overhears a troubling conversation. But her friends are certain she must have misunderstood. The Cozy Chess Club brainstorms theories, but clues are hard to find. When all hope fades, a mysterious angel appears and takes them on an extraordinary adventure where important truths from the past, present, and future are revealed. Can Abbie’s friends help her regain her Christmas spirit before the day ends and the long holiday break begins?

I’m Seymour…Parakeet Detective. My owner, Sharon, and I are on the Sasquatch watch! The creature stalking quiet Mountain Springs is nosy and newsworthy. We’ll find out more than we bargained for. This monster may hold the key to my human existence in a bird body. But I’ve got to survive to find out. Jump in with Sharon and Seymour for a cozy mystery with a paranormal twist.

Something horrifically sinister lurks in the town of Mountain Springs… Sharon Triplett’s life-change was to retreat to the majestic mountains, settle into her inherited family home with her two kids, plucky pet parakeet, Seymour, and try to recover from the tragic death of her husband, a hotshot, undercover, city detective. It was an elegant plan. It should have worked. But then, astoundingly, Seymour, began eerily communicating to her in her dead husband’s voice and Sharon’s life was flipped upside down. Sharon’s been keeping it all hush-hush. Impressive, considering she also has...

During the final years of the Soviet Union, its government started building an ultra-secret airbase in the center of a vast wilderness. Its secrecy outstripped its management such that construction continued despite its abandonment. Occasionally, an errant aircraft drops somebody on its tarmac, and they are never seen alive again. At the end of a late night international flight from India to Russia, a weary traveler finds himself deposited in a lonely ramp of an empty terminal. As he navigates its endless gates and corridors, this hapless traveler begins to realize he has landed in no ...

In book 10, the gang witness the horror of a house going up in flames. Then there's the theft of a very valuable violin. Are the two incidents connected? The Seven mean to use all their detective know-how to find out!

A cryptic clue. A missing professor. A town with more secrets than streetlamps. When small-town reporter Julia Wright receives an anonymous email about a decades-old scandal and the sudden disappearance of beloved but eccentric Professor Bing, she trades headlines for hidden clues. Known for her love of puzzles and her stubborn streak, Julia’s hardly the type to back down—even when the trail leads to her own family’s locked-away past. With her mischievous dog Cooper sniffing out trouble and a brooding detective who’d rather she stay out of it, Julia plunges into a world of cryptic ...

Tom Beresford is a waster—but one with pretensions to write. When his draft science fiction novel attracts the interest of otherworldly readers, Tom is recruited to help thwart the machinations of aliens who see the human race as little more than the cast of an immense, poorly scripted soap opera. As Tom seeks to uncover subliminal extra-dimensional messages for his unusual new patron, he soon discovers that he is not the only one to hold the role of alien familiar. With his newfound friends, he sets out to unravel a conspiracy that threatens the fine city of Norwich, its people, and its ...

James Thomas, a young businessman, goes missing in the early hours of a Sunday from Jackson Villa, a vast apartment complex. Fearing a kidnapping, a missing case is quickly registered by his colleagues. James' disappearance happens against the backdrop of a crucial business meeting, which he was just hours away from hosting, as well as a music concert that was organized the previous night in Jackson Villa, running well-past midnight. Nikhil Krishnan from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) springs into action to quickly collect evidence and track down James before it is too late. An...