A man infiltrates a tycoon’s castle to find out who pushed his sister down a flight of stairs in this “enjoyable Gothic mystery that keeps you guessing” (Kirkus Reviews).   Vance is an experienced female impersonator, so when his beloved twin sister, Vanessa, winds up in a coma after a suspicious fall, he has a unique way to investigate. Using her clothes and makeup—and his striking resemblance to his twin—he works his way into the remote castle of Vanessa’s wealthy employer, along with a harem of other women. With help from a doctor, Vance poses as an amnesiac Vanessa and is able to fool everyone—with the exception of his sister’s Angora cat. But will his masquerade be successful long enough for him to solve the mystery—before someone else tries to finish the job?   “Diverting . . . will keep readers’ attention.” —Publishers Weekly   “Marian Babson’s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.” —Houston Chronicle

Amanda Clarke thinks of herself as perfectly ordinary in every way. Just a small-town girl who serves breakfast all day in a little diner nestled next to the highway, nothing but dairy farms for miles around. She fits in there.
But then an old woman she never met dies, and Amanda was named in her will. Now Amanda packs a bag and heads to the big city, to Miss Zenobia Weekes' Charm School for Exceptional Young Ladies. And it's not in just any neighborhood. No, she finds herself on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, a street lined with gorgeous old houses, the former homes of lumber barons, railroad millionaires, even the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Why, Amanda can practically hear the jazz music still playing across the decades.
Scratch that. The music really, literally, still plays in the backyard of the charm school. Because the house stretches across time itself. Without a witch to protect this tear in the fabric of the world, anything can spill over. Like music.
Or like murder.
"Charm School", Book 1 in the Witches Three Cozy Mystery series. If you're a fan of Amanda M. Lee, N.M. Howell, or Amy Boyles, this mélange of magic and murder mystery is sure to charm you.

Retirement isn’t nearly as relaxing when people keep dying.Retired sisters, Jo and Dottie Darby, never expected to find themselves taking over their sister’s tacky souvenir store-slash-bakery in the small coastal town of Starlight Ridge. But after her untimely death and the reading of the will, here they were.There were two problems with this.One- The souvenir store was in a state that would give hoarders nightmares.Two- Neither Jo nor Dottie knew how to bake.It was a miracle that brought Autumn Davis into their lives, a young woman who had spent time learning to bake in Paris, France, but was now home due to an existential crisis. She was the answer to all their problems. Unfortunately, on the evening of their grand opening, a woman turns up dead on the beach, and all evidence points to Autumn and the dacquoise the woman had purchased earlier that evening.Now, the Darby sisters need to clear Autumn's name, both for the sake of Autumn's future and the future of their seaside French patisserie.Death and Dacquoise is the first book of the Seaside French Patisserie Mystery series. If you like small coastal towns, humorous retirees, and of course, murder, you’ll love this cozy mystery series.Pick up Death and Dacquoise and start this laugh-out-loud series today!

Army veteran Jake Black has a new lease on life, thanks to his service dog Felix and the dog's trainer, Marcia Banks. Despite a traumatic brain injury, Jake’s able to ride his beloved motorcycle again, with Felix in the sidecar. But his freedom to hit the open road is threatened once more when he and his wife are arrested for robbery.Called in to dog-sit, Marcia can’t sit idly by. She and her mentor dog, Buddy, set out to clear the Blacks’ name, fighting misconceptions about bikers and the nature of TBI along the way.When murder is added to the mix, Marcia redoubles her efforts, despite anonymous threats and her sheriff boyfriend’s strenuous objections, both to her putting herself at risk... and to dragging him along on her wild ride.

** From the Queen of Feel-Good Crime **INTRODUCING THE SLEUTHS OF LAST RESORT: Five crime buffs are brought together to solve an Impossible Mystery. There are millions at stake and just two weeks to do it… Police say the case is open-and-shut. The heir to a massive fortune, Heath Burlington, slaughters his parents, confesses to the crimes, then turns the gun on himself. Heath's grandfather says, "Not so fast." With the case now closed, Sir George assembles his own crack team of detectives—five amateur sleuths with a nose for mystery and a need to prove themselves—then pits them against each other to solve it.THE IMPOSSIBLE MYSTERY: "Prove Heath's innocence and you get $1 million each. The sleuth who makes the biggest breakthrough scores a bonus million. The sleuth who does the least gets nothing." They have just two weeks.THE AMATEUR SLEUTHS:Cluedo champ Merry (she can read a crime scene like no other);Reckless PI Kila (his rule-breaking might be what this case requires);Bestselling crime author Martin (he wrote the book on Locked Room Mysteries);Dinosaur ex-detective Earle (he's a straight-shooter with the inside track);Fearless crime reporter Frankie (she knows the case inside out. Or thought she did…)AND SO THE ADVENTURE BEGINS… As the story twists from Sydney’s cliff-top mega-mansions to the shadowy Snowy Mountains and back, the strangers must learn to work together—and to their skill-set—to solve the mystery and face their own demons before their time runs out.From the best-selling author comes an exciting new series for fans of fun, fast-paced whodunnits with twists you will not see coming.

A Nazi-trained assassin with an assignment to take out anti-appeasement leaders in Britain adds one more name to the list. Olivia Denis. September, 1938. Olivia Denis wins a plum assignment from her newspaper covering a glamorous French fashion designer providing frocks for Britain’s elite. While there, she finds herself rubbing shoulders with the fabulously wealthy, advising the aristocracy, and tripping over the body of a German anti-Nazi resistance leader.In her search for a killer, Olivia discovers that an assassin with links to the London fashion house is targeting prominent British politicians. Now Olivia must find the assassin before Britain loses the leaders who can best protect it from the Nazi menace.As she digs for the truth inside the designer’s studio, Olivia finds herself in the assassin’s crosshairs. Can Olivia survive a killer waiting in the shadows for the right moment to remove her...permanently?"If you are a fan of Jacqueline Winspear, Susan Elia MacNeal, or Rhys Bowen, you are going to love Kate Parker's Deadly series." Goodreads reviewDeadly Fashion, the third book in the Deadly series, is for fans of World War II era spy thrillers and classical cozy mysteries, of intrepid lady sleuths with spunk and smarts. No explicit cursing, sex, or violence.Start exploring this journey of mystery and intrigue today as Britain and Germany draw dangerously close to war. New cover. Same great story.