A fresh start. A fixer-upper. A trail of bodies…Fans of female amateur sleuths, heartwarming small-town settings, and clever cozy mysteries will fall in love with this irresistible 3-book box set—perfect for crafters, DIY enthusiasts, and animal lovers alike!From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna Campbell Slan, creator of the beloved Kiki Lowenstein series, comes a delightful spin-off featuring a brand-new heroine you won’t soon forget.After life knocks her down, Cara Mia Delgatto is ready to reinvent herself. With grit, heart, and a knack for turning trash into treasure, she sets out for a second chance in sunny Florida. But trouble has a way of finding Cara… and this time, it’s deadly.

Enjoy this historical paranormal cozy mystery featuring a reluctant hotel owner and one very opinionated ghost.Arabella Pryce can speak to the dead. Unfortunately, the living keep getting murdered.Colorado, 1885. After her late husband’s will leaves her a grand frontier hotel in the small town of La Plata Springs, former stage star Arabella Pryce has exactly one goal: survive the year required to claim her inheritance and return to New York.Running a hotel in the Wild West wasn’t part of the plan.Neither was murder.When a prominent guest is found dead inside the Arabella Hotel, suspicion quickly falls on its glamorous new owner. The sheriff is asking questions, the town is whispering, and Arabella’s reputation is hanging by a thread.Luckily, Arabella has help.Percival Blank—the hotel’s sarcastic resident ghost—has been watching the guests for years, and he’s more than happy to point out the details the living keep missing.Now Arabella must untangle jealous rivals, suspicious guests, and secrets hiding behind polite society smiles before the killer strikes again.Because if she can’t clear her name, her fresh start in the West may end before it truly begins.A Pryce of Conceit is the first book in the Pryce of Murder historical cozy mystery series, perfect for readers who enjoy clever amateur sleuths, ghostly companions, and charming mysteries in the tradition of Deanna Raybourn, Rhys Bowen, and Bobbi Holmes._________________________________________________________Praise for The Pryce of Murder series:????? “Excellent cozy mystery.”????? “A very proper gentleman ghost with an impish sense of humor.”????? “I stayed up until 3 a.m. reading it because I just couldn’t put it down.”????? “Another well-told mystery… descriptions put you right there in late-1800s Colorado.”????? “I love historical mysteries, and when they have ghosts, that’s even better!”????? “Lots of twists, red herrings, and a plethora of suspects.”????? “A quirky ghost adds fun to the storyline and keeps you guessing at whodunit.”????? “This is a sweet, clean, cozy mystery.”????? “I usually don’t enjoy books that include ghosts, but these aren’t your typical ghosts—quite charming.”????? “Combines my love of history and mysteries… with good descriptive surroundings.”

When Miranda Marquette opens her back door to knocking in the night, the last person she expects to see is Heather, her one-time best friend.Miranda’s eccentric friend Margo agrees to take Heather in. But soon after, they are all shocked when three of Margo’s personal assistants are murdered. When Heather and then Margo both fall under suspicion for the murders, Miranda’s brother-in-law, Mark, comes to the rescue to play his favorite role as defense attorney.Will Miranda’s attempt at forgiveness and Heather’s attempt at salvation come together or run a collision course, and will Margo finally be accepted in her swank Monterey neighborhood, or will she be sent packing?

Cozy mysteries with laughs, sass, plenty of surprises and plenty of heart!Bea Sickles is a little old lady who's not at all what people expect. She's a bit like an unexpectedly delightful dessert, a little salty on the outside, sweet in the middle, and very, very rich. In book one, The Return of Betty Snickerdoodle, a crook with more nerve than brains decides to shake Bea down. Bea decides to teach him a lesson, and a race to see who wins ensues.A Sleuth Is Born in book two, as Bea decides to try her hand at mystery writing. Just like her role model, Jessica Fletcher, Bea digs into amateur detective work -- to bring realism to her writing, mainly, but also because a mysterious death a the high-stakes charity poker tournament at her brand new inn just might be murder.The third book in the series, Bake It Like Betty, opens with Bea heading to jail just as BettyCon, the Betty Snickerdoodle fan convention, is kicking off. Can Bea's loyal gang of smarties -- led by her brilliant, beautiful, and determined young sidekick, Angela -- get her off the hook in time for the big baking contest?The Betty Snickerdoodle Mystery series blends humor, adventure, and mystery in warm, cozy, page-turning stories. Get all three in one handy volume in this box set -- and see for yourself why reviewers love Betty!"Addicting from beginning to end." -- Readers' Favorite review

When an Upper Michigan Finnish-American Community is Shocked by Murder, Local Knitter Hatti Lehtinen Searches for Answers in A Pattern for Murder, a Cozy Knitting Mystery from Ann Yost—Red Jacket, Michigan, On the Keweenaw Peninsula—There's never been a serious crime in the Keweenaw Peninsula—that anyone can remember. That is until Larry the Basset and Lydia the Poodle discover a fresh body below the lighthouse. The victim, a wealthy landowner recently returned from California, has been at odds with the community over a lighthouse slated to become a retirement home for local seniors.When Sheriff Horace A. Clump has no intention of giving up his Sunday brunch of pannukakku to pursue an investigation, Hatti Lehtinen, manager of The Bait and Stitch—a combination bait and knitting shop—is determined to find the killer herself. After all, she's an Agatha Christie fan and besides, she's desperate to protect her friends and relatives from false accusations. But as more bodies turn up and lies are uncovered, it becomes clear that not everybody in Hatti's circle is innocent, after all.Don't miss your chance to enjoy the smells and flavors of the Finnish community and the Keweenaw Peninsula by trying the recipe for pannukakku included at the end of the book!"Yost provides an entertaining combination of mystery and romance with a dose of Finnish tradition." — Kirkus ReviewPublisher's Note: The Bait and Stitch Cozy Mystery Series will be enjoyed by readers who appreciate clean, wholesome and humorous mysteries in ethnic settings. Readers who enjoy knitting mysteries as well as fans of Joanne Fluke, CeeCee James, Mildred Abbott and the Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries will not want to miss this captivating series by Ann Yost.The Bait & Stitch Cozy Mystery Series:A Pattern for MurderA Yarn Over MurderA Double-Pointed MurderA Fair Isle Murder

In this classic British mystery starring a sleuth who "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot," Miss Silver investigates a case of marital murder (Manchester Evening News).Lois has always dreamed of being a Latter. The Latter brothers are both so attractive—nearly as handsome as their stately manor, Latter End. After she spoils her relationship with one brother, Lois succeeds with the other, winning his heart with her good looks and a sizeable fortune from her first marriage. But even after they've wed, she never quite fits in with the family. Still, she hardly expects them to kill her.When the psychic Memnon warns her of murder by poison, Lois laughs it off and so does everyone else, but then, like clockwork, she's dead. The weapon? Poison, of course. Only the brilliant governess-turned-detective Miss Maud Silver can solve this tantalizing case complicated by the bitterness that infests Latter End.