Family ties draw Boston's art sleuths into an island murder mystery in this "unalloyed pleasure" from the international bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Though a few years past sixty, Sarah Kelling's Aunt Emma is as vigorous as a girl of twenty-two. She sings, she dances, and when the local fire department needs a fundraising boost, she's happy to jump out a window for charity. This summer, she decamps to Maine, to beat the heat at an island retreat for artists and great thinkers. There are writers, painters, a psychic, and a historian, and their company promises to be great fun—until a few of them go treasure-crazy. Sensible people have long dismissed rumors of the Pocapuk Island treasure as myth, but artists are seldom sensible. When their rampant digging stirs up buried trouble, it leads to theft, drugging, and a murder. And although Sarah and her husband Max give investigative advice by phone, it's up to Aunt Emma to save the islanders from themselves.

Her husband’s a slug. Her hidey hole is haunted. When a mystery lands on her plate, can this fugitive sleuth catch a killer?Clara Kelly only wants to be free. Fleeing her abusive husband and holing up in his empty historic Salem, Massachusetts house, she’s shocked to find it already occupied by the ghosts of a sad-eyed Union soldier and cat. And just as the thirty-two-year-old fugitive accepts that the supernatural is real, a deadly car accident out front brings the phantom of the recently deceased to her door claiming he’s been murdered.Salem Spirits Cozy Mysteries, Books 1-3 features the first three books in the light-hearted Salem Spirits paranormal cozy mystery series! If you like endearing characters, unexpected journeys, and stories with a lot of heart, then you’ll love Dina Marie’s twist of fate.Three novels of sleuthing fun!Book 1 – Going Ghost: A Paranormal Cozy MysteryA chance to escape. A haunting surprise. Dragged into a homicide by the spooky victim, can a reluctant sleuth solve the case and set up a fresh start?Book 2 – Ghost Writer: A Paranormal Cozy MysteryA new home with secrets. A beloved author’s demise. Pulled into a homicide by the spirit of the departed, can an amateur sleuth crack the case and begin her next chapter?Book 3 – Here Ghost Nothing: A Paranormal Cozy MysteryA famous YouTuber. A daring stunt. When a wildly popular digital creator turns up dead, can an unwilling sleuth break the case and save the day?Buy the Salem Spirits Cozy Mysteries, Books 1-3 box set to unbury the truth today!

Amazon.com #1 in Cozy Mystery, Mystery Anthologies, and Amateur Sleuths‘A unique cozy mystery series with an ending that left me on a high for days!’When Patricia Fisher boards the world’s finest cruise ship for a three-month tour of the world, she expected a great many things …… finding herself embroiled in a priceless jewel theft wasn’t one of them.Less than twenty-four hours after setting sail, she’s accused of murder and confined to her cabin. Thankfully, she is staying in the royal suite and that means she has a butler to help her. When he recruits his gym instructor BFF, Barbie, the trio turn detective to find the real killer.But someone on board doesn’t want them to succeed and when the next body is found in her kitchen, the team realise it’s more than just her freedom at stake.They’d better solve this fast or all three of them might be next. Read this fast-paced adventure and four more full-length stories as a middle-aged housewife throws off the shackles of her old life and becomes the woman she was always meant to be.When Steve Higgs writes, he hits it out of the park. I find myself laughing loud and often!Praise for Patricia Fisher:She's over 50, feisty, and oh so clever at solving murders.This first book has so many twists, turns and red herrings the reader has to pay close attention to catch all the clues. Love Steve Higgs’ books and this new series did not disappoint.Patricia started out as a betrayed wife and moved into a strong, smart woman role. I love her and her side kicks already and this is only the first book.Can’t get enough of Steve’s stories and wait anxiously for the next to publish in all of his series.Higgs continues the 'cozy mystery' genre in this unexpected and empowering new series with no loss of empathy for human variety.

It’s hard to be hard-boiled when your biggest fan and toughest critic is your twelve-year-old daughter.Comedy meets mystery and history in the summer of 1961, when Houston is still a cowboy backwater — overheated, under-air conditioned, and plagued by daily downpours that bring the Gulf of Mexico ashore and wash crawdads down suburban streets.P.I. Harry Lark is running a detective agency out of a seedy downtown office building when a well-dressed out-of-towner entangles him in President Kennedy's moon mission. LBJ and his Texas cronies are plotting to get NASA to build a space center in Houston, but somebody is out to stop them. Harry decides that he’s working for the wrong side and gives his client the brush-off, but when a dead body shows up in his office, he discovers that he can’t walk away. Then Harry is hired to clear a local civil rights group of involvement in a string of firebombings.Meanwhile, Dizzy and her pals are running a lost and found out of a suburban garage when they're hired to find a missing father who is supposed to be dead and buried.What’s the thread connecting a dead mobster, a missing father, torched buildings, and NASA’s moon mission? Harry and Dizzy race to find out before the city goes up in flames.If you like stylish, witty writers like Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Lisa Scottoline, and Elmore Leonard, you’ll see why Romance Reviews Today’s Jani Brooks rates Bayou City Burning “a Perfect 10 book.” You may agree with blogger Brooke Gunderman when she calls Bayou City Burning “one of my new favorite books!”Will Harry and Dizzy save the city? Will Harry survive a month of single parenthood? Buy Now to find out.

Welcome to Merrywell. Population: small. Secrets: aplenty.‘Murder in Merrywell is an entertaining and engaging cozy mystery set against a beautiful backdrop.’ – Clare ChaseEx-journalist Violet Brewster is keen to make a good first impression in her new community, having just moved to the small village of Merrywell. When Violet hears about the mystery of Helen Slingsby, who disappeared from the village forty years earlier, she decides to help uncover what happened. But despite Violet’s best efforts, she can find no trace of the missing woman.As Violet talks to the other residents, it becomes apparent that something sinister is lurking beneath the village’s idyllic exterior.When a villager is found dead in their home, Violet becomes convinced that the murder is connected to Helen. Did Helen ever really leave Merrywell? Who in the village is hiding something? And can Violet finally solve this forty-year-old mystery before someone else gets hurt?An utterly gripping and page-turning English cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Clare Chase, Frances Evesham and Betty Rowlands.Readers LOVE Murder in Merrywell!'A perfect cozy mystery with an engaging cast of characters and a beautifully-drawn setting.' Roz Watkins‘If you love cozy crime/mystery books then you will not be disappointed… A book to put to the top of your ‘must read now’ pile!’ C.L. Peache‘Violet Brewster is everything you could want in an amateur sleuth; empathetic, determined, and ruthless in her quest for truth… A must read!’ Charlotte Baker‘Interesting characters, and the story is funny, thrilling and touching. A very good combination.’ NetGalley reviewer, ?????‘Murder in Merrywell has moments that will make you laugh out loud! I recommend to all readers.’ NetGalley reviewer, ?????

A fatal fall. A duchess determined to uncover the truth. And absolutely no time for tea.Fenshire, 1891. It was meant to be a birthday celebration in the country—cucumber sandwiches, polite conversation, and maybe a waltz or two. But when the Duke of Stortford is found dead at the foot of the stairs everything goes dreadfully sideways. The police declare it a tragic accident, but his wife, Alice, has her doubts. After all, only hours before, the Duke had promised to make a go of their marriage. Now he’s inconveniently deceased.Driven by a need for answers and helped by her fiercely loyal maid Maud, her observant footman George, and her childhood friend Lord Rushton, Alice sets about uncovering the truth. But as she navigates a house full of secrets, simmering tensions, and more than one guest with murderously bad manners, her suspect pool grows to include those closest to her. Can she piece together the truth? Or will her husband’s murderer get away with it after all?The guests are leaving. The killer is among them. Time is running out…With its blend of scandal, suspense, and wit, A Husband is Hushed Up is ideal for readers who love daring heroines, Victorian house party intrigue, and a mystery as twisty as it’s cozy.