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Sinister secrets hidden by the tranquil waters of an Ozarks lake. Can married amateur sleuths bait and capture a killer before the truth slips away? Kirkus Reviews—“A fine whodunit featuring a delightful cast whom readers will love—or love to hate.” After newlyweds Elizabeth and Jonas Trout arrive to settle her grandmother's estate, they quickly find themselves embroiled in a treacherous mystery when Elizabeth is implicated in the murder of the property manager. With mounting evidence and the Southern small-town sheriff convinced of her guilt, Elizabeth and Jonas must fish for clues...

Instead of catering to cozy readers at my inherited bookshop, I found myself staring at the town’s crabbiest gardener… taking a dirt nap in my alleyway. I just turned a new page in my life when I returned to Bramble Dale to start a laid back book club. But when my old crush is pegged as a suspect for a murder it became a crime story that I needed to solve. When my trusty yellow lab, Peanut, sniffs out a bloodied scarf, me and my bestie start questioning suspects. With the victim rigging the gardening competition so he always won there were more than enough people that wanted to dig his ...

When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding Meddy, her Ma, and aunties are working at an island resort on the California coastline.

St. Valentine’s Day is THE perfect day for a wedding. Unless a vandal is trying to ruin your life that is. Callie is finally getting her dream wedding. On St. Valentine’s Day no less. Only a vandal is determined to destroy her bakery before the wedding can occur. Anna, self-proclaimed best cupcake baker this side of the Mississippi, is not letting anything happen to the cupcake bakery. No way. Barista extraordinaire Kristie jumps at the chance to help as well. Together the three women launch a mission to find the jerk who thinks it’s okay to attack the bakery. Will the gals of ...

Asher Reed is about to have the worst day since he started working at Coastal Haven, the oldest hotel in Marlowe Bay, Georgia. A flu outbreak has sent most of the staff home, leaving only a skeleton crew to keep the current guests happy.

After Deanna Sullivan—aka Tweedle-Dee—found herself hanging upside down at the town carnival, the last thing she expected was for Reel Thurman to return home. But when strange occurrences threaten her safety, the overbearing security expert and local legend, Reel Thurman, swoops into town and vows to protect her. Reel might have laser-focused skills and the body of a Greek god, but in Deanna’s opinion, he was supposed to stay in her past—far in her past. With a mega eye roll thrown his direction, Deanna focuses on her baking, determined to ignore him. But as the ovens heat up, so ...

One mystery, one romance, and a possessed raven. In the corridors of Singsong's Magical College, Gabriela the janitor's flesh began turning to stone. Why didn't anybody say that kissing gargoyles is a bad idea? Things are rocky enough, but then someone summons a malevolent demon on her shift in the school's library, and now he's stalking her. Gabby embarks on a desperate quest to locate her elusive father to save her from turning to stone while avoiding the demon, but she can't do it alone. She'll need the help of Percival Marigold, her arch nemesis, to navigate the balls and tea parties ...

This knitting group of Jessica Fletcher wannabes is not about to sit at home and knit when accusations of murder and thievery are flying. The adventure begins when one of the knitters suddenly dies. The police claim the death was of natural causes, but the knitters aren't buying it. If the police won't do any investigating, then they will! Get all three adventures of the Gray-Haired Knitting Detectives series in one bundle. The bundle includes Murder, Mystery & Dating Mayhem, Jack Gets His Man, and Love in the Time of Murder. Murder, Mystery & Dating Mayhem A middle-aged widow gangs up with...

Did someone really kill Grandma or am I and my merry band of geriatric 'detectives' imagining things? Grandma's knitting group of Jessica Fletcher wannabes are convinced Grandma's death wasn't natural. Something to do with knitting needle placement? No idea what they're talking about. The police think the old ladies are senile. I don't necessarily disagree, but I'm always up for a bit of excitement as long as it doesn't lead to a night in jail. But someone is not happy with our snooping around, which only spurs us on to snoop more. Things are starting to heat up in our little town. Will we ...

Riley Thorn and her hot tattooed private investigator boyfriend are all moved in to their new fixer-upper. Not only do they finally have their own place they also haven’t found any new dead bodies on the premises. Yep. It looks like summer is over, and so is Riley’s bad luck. Or is it? While Nick gives up sleeping and showering to obsess over the cold case that still haunts him, his business partner Mrs. Penny is calling the investigative shots. It’s every bit as bad as you can imagine.

*Awarded Best Mystery/Suspense Novel ~ N.N. Light's Book Heaven* Cupcakes make everything better - even murder investigations! I may be the best cupcake baker this side of the Mississippi, but that doesn't mean I'm some sweet, innocent thing. Nope! When I discover my friend murdered, no way am I sitting back and letting the police handle it. Together with my bakery buddies, Callie and Kristie, this murder is getting solved. I don't care how dangerous it gets. Bring it on. Some stupid undercover cop who decides he's my protector is not stopping me. Click BUY NOW to find out if the gals of ...

One mystery, one romance, and a possibly undead rat. In the heart of Singsong City, Cassandra Clarence, recently departed, finds refuge in the Necromancer, Oswald Mercury's, enchanted mansion. But when it comes out that she was murdered, along with her friends, she is drawn back into the world of the living. With the help of an unlikely ally, she must unravel the mysteries of her own death before they consume her chance at having a new life. Will she find her killer and maybe love, or will the shadows of her parent's past drag her back into the grave? Necromancers Don't Raise is the fifth ...

Most people flee to Hawaii for gorgeous weather, white-sand beaches, and cocktails at sunset. Charlotte Gibson, however, is fleeing for her life after a vengeful mobster leaves a severed finger on her doorstep as a warning. Message very much received. That’s how Charlotte - Charlie to everyone except her mom - finds herself on Maui with six dollars to her name, living with a mother who can’t stop giving her advice on how to land herself a husband

One mystery, one romance, and a kitten. In the heart of Singsong City, a gnome-elven reporter keeps her head down so that her secret werewolf identity isn't revealed. But when the monster who infected her starts leaving behind a trail of dead or mutated girls, she'll need to face her past and put on her investigative reporter hat, however much it disturbs the local pack and her own peace of mind. With the help of an impossible ally, she must unravel the mysteries of her own past before they consume her future. Will she find a murderer and a happy ending, or will the monster under her skin ...

Joe Yetz has been a detective for nearly thirty-five years. His partner in crime and best friend, Kevin Bodine, retired the previous year, making Joe think long and hard about his own end game. Unfortunately for Joe, he doesn’t have the same financial cushion Kevin does and working cases is the only thing that makes him feel alive. When Joe comes across a murder that leaves no obvious clues, he’s at a loss until a woman comes into the department claiming to know much more about the case. Joe isn’t sure whether the woman is just looking for her fifteen minutes of fame, or whether she ...

With a cheating boyfriend, a thankless career in waitressing, and her BA in English going to waste, Mira James jumps at the chance for a fresh start in rural Battle Lake, Minnesota. Right away she lands a job as a librarian, snags another as an on-call reporter for the weekly newspaper, and is swept off her feet by Jeff Wilson, a handsome archaeologist unearthing the town’s storied history. Moving here might be the best decision Mira’s ever made. Until she finds Jeff’s body between the library’s reference stacks.

One mystery, one romance, and an owl god. In Song, the undercity of Singsong City, The Queen Heir of fairies, otherwise known as Princess Sparkles is on a mission: save the werewolves from the rebel member of her court who wants to poison them, and save her own people from another werewolf invasion of fairyland. But when it comes out that she's already been tangled up in a plot with the werewolf alpha, a secret traitor, and a juvenile delinquent, she'll have to trust in the real magic of friendship and love before she can save her people or herself. Will she find the traitor and her fated ...

One mystery, one romance, and a flaming chicken. He kidnapped the wrong angel. In the heart of Singsong City, a former member of the Holy Order of the Swords of Truth is making a new life as the Music Master of the crumbling music hall, whether anyone appreciates her or not. But when an assassination attempt is followed by a kidnapping, she is drawn back into the politics and cloak and dagger she left behind. With the help of an unlikely ally, she must unravel the mysteries of her own past before they consume her future. Will she find funding for her music hall and her killer, or will the ...

LA shoe designer Maddie Springer lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic, and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer.

Juniper Bean has big plans for her writing career. Swoony kisses, sigh-inducing happily ever afters—she’s going to write them all. There’s just one problem: she can’t seem to stop killing off her main characters. After accepting that a genre change is in order, Juniper sets out to do some research. What’s the best way to carry a dead body? How exactly does one pick a lock? Juniper is going to find out—with the unwilling help of her new roommate, Aiden.