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Alpacas and Alibis
There’s no place like home… until you stumble over a body in your yarn shop. After spending twelve years in New York City, fiber influencer Sadie Sexton didn’t expect to find herself living back in her hometown of Hoochville, Tennessee. But when her grandmother...
Six Feet Under
Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. And let me tell you, this broth is in trouble. Get ready for a Southern showdown. The residents of Cottonwood, Kentucky are sent into a tizzy when the Culinary Channel comes to town to film an episode of Southern Home...
Murder at Mullings
A 1930s housekeeper stars in "an Agatha Christie–like whodunit with touches of Olde World England and a soupçon of romance" (Booklist). In its three-hundred-year history, there has never once been a scandal at Mullings, ancestral home of the decent but dull Stodmarsh...
The American Candidate
"The American Candidate does not disappoint! Full of history, adventure, action and mystery! Fabulous read! Highly recommended." Amy C. In her most dangerous case yet, Jayne Sinclair investigates the family history of a candidate to be President of the United States...
Hiding the Past
‘At times amusing and shocking, this is a fast-moving modern crime mystery with genealogical twists. The blend of well fleshed-out characters, complete with flaws and foibles, will keep you guessing until the end’ Family Tree magazine Peter Coldrick had no past; that...
The Black Tower
A "delicious" historical mystery featuring a Paris detective and master of disguise by the author of The Pale Blue Eye (Entertainment Weekly). Chief of a newly created plainclothes police force, Vidocq is a man whose name sends terror rippling through the Parisian...
The Inheritance
"Simon Tolkien's grandfather is J. R. R., but his new novel" –a historical locked room mystery—"owes more to Agatha Christie—and Dan Brown." (New York Times). When a famed Oxford historian is found dead in his study one night, all evidence points to his son,...
I Have a Secret
"I love these books. Sloane Monroe is a great character, tenacious to the end." Rose, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer If you're looking for a gripping mystery full of twists, lies, and long-buried truths, I Have a Secret is the one for you ... Doug Ward has spent twenty years...
The Freeman Files (Books 1-3)
He thought he'd left his life as a detective behind. But the past has a deadly way of catching up. Retired DI Gus Freeman is drawn back into the force to lead a new cold case unit. Join Gus and his team as they sift through old cases, uncovering a web of secrets that...
The House Without the Door
The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton
"Combines a Ruth Rendell–like psychological realism, an Agatha Christie–like plot and a Dickensian feel for life's roulette . . . Pulse-pounding" (The Wall Street Journal). When Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives in Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty...
The Freeman Files Series (Books 1-3)
He thought he'd left his life as a detective behind. But the past has a deadly way of catching up. Retired DI Gus Freeman is drawn back into the force to lead a new cold case unit. Join Gus and his team as they sift through old cases, uncovering a web of secrets that...
Troubled Bones
The Tracker encounters his old friend Geoffrey Chaucer while on a case for the Archbishop of Canterbury in this "murderous spin on The Canterbury Tales" (Kirkus Reviews). Since losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has crafted a new reputation for himself. From the...
The Cater Street Hangman
In the debut of the New York Times–bestselling Victorian crime series, Inspector Thomas Pitt seeks an elusive strangler among upper-class British society.Panic and fear strike the Ellison household when one of their own falls prey to the Cater Street murderer. While...
A Deadly Measure of Brimstone
Catriona McPherson's critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1920s Scotland and featuring plucky and laugh-out-loud-funny heroine Dandy Gilver is perfect for fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers, and Agatha Christie. In A Deadly Measure of Brimstone, Dandy and...
Death in Daylesford
"The real star" of this British historical mystery "is Phryne with her Jazz Age fashions, devil-may-care attitude, and dry narrative wit" (Booklist). When a mysterious invitation for a spa vacation arrives for Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown retired Captain...
Dead at Third
He knows he’s more than just another washed-up ex-cop. Solving a murder will help him prove it... A straight-shooter who lives on a boat and likes a drink or two, Henry’s frustrated he can't even land work as a dispatcher. And his job running security for a local...
The Shattered Raven
At a gathering of the nation's foremost mystery authors, death takes the stage Dozens die each year for the sake of the annual Mystery Writers of America banquet. Heiresses are poisoned, captains of industry are stabbed, and private detectives are gunned down in the...
Admit to Mayhem
Can Lillian uncover who set the fire—or will she discover the truth is something she can’t admit… even to herself? Lillian Dove just wanted a quiet life in small-town Iowa—until she happens to witness a suspicious fire. Suddenly she’s not only the key witness, she’s...
The Killer in Me
What price is too great to stop a killing spree? Elizabeth Benoit ran for sheriff to wipe out the corruption in the good old boys network of Eckardt County, but she has yet to break in her shoes when a stranger’s body is found in a ravine. With her ex back in town, a...
Dead by Sunrise
The first book in the bestselling mystery series by R.L. Ryker. Murder lurks in the shadows of the Pacific Northwest’s Olympic Mountains. Former major crimes detective Brandon Mattson returns to Forks, WA to take command of his hometown’s fledgling police force....
A Death in Chelsea
Inspired by the remarkable life of Dorothy Peto, the Metropolitan Police’s first female superintendent.During war, death isn’t only found on the battlefield…It’s 1915 and war continues to rage across Europe, but at home in England, the members of the Women Police...
Murder at the English Manor
A glamorous engagement celebration in an English country manor house… and a local maid dead. Somebody call Kitty Underhay!At home in Devon, Kitty is attending a ball at the very grand Markham Hall. With celebrations in full swing and everyone kitted out in their glad...
A Sparkling Case of Murder
A New Year’s Eve party rings in…a dead body. Hollywood 1934 It’s New Year’s Eve, the dawn of the Golden Age of Hollywood movies. Lisette Darling finds herself ringing in the new year with the biggest and brightest stars of Olympus Studios at the owner’s grand mansion...
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WITH OVER 3,000 5-STAR REVIEWS, THE MARK KANE MYSTERIES SERIES IS A MUST FOR READERS WHO ENJOY CHALLENGING MYSTERIES WITH PLENTY OF TWISTS. ????? 'An Ending You'll Never See Coming!' ????? 'Another great Kane mystery.' ????? 'A Fantastic read!' ????? 'A well-crafted...
What Grows From the Dead
Morris Drummond is not at his best. Well, he hasn't been at his best for a while now. But having just suffered two crushing losses, he's almost at rock bottom, which for him means driving ride-share in his mom's beat up Chevy, drowning his sorrows in tacos and spray...
Winter’s Bite
"Parry’s descriptions are as varied as they are rich, from the scents of Abhaya’s Indian healing herbs to the sounds of London’s bustling streets and the opulence in the British royalty. A sizeable cast of beautifully developed, memorable characters makes solving the...
Coyote’s Regret
MATTHEW AND WILMA Mason, a married couple from San Francisco on a driving tour of southwest national parks, are found shot to death in the remote and rugged backcountry of southeast Utah. A revolver clutched in Matthew’s hand suggests a murder-suicide, but Deputy...
The Body at Blackwell Lake
She hates her power to detect missing things. When it leads her to a dead woman, can she smoke out a killer before she’s the next one to disappear? Cora Gilbert wishes she weren’t a finder. Constantly overpowered by her strange ability to locate other people’s lost...
Mrs Hudson & Sherlock Holmes (Books 1–3)
Get a new and mysterious spin on the detective classics with the witty and determined Mrs Hudson next to a young Sherlock Holmes – all in one compelling box set.Don't miss this captivating historical mystery series, where secrets smoulder, alliances shift, and a...
Old Gold
"My second body this week. He’d still be alive if I hadn’t gone looking for him." Eoin Miller finds people for a living. Usually people who want to remain hidden. But Eoin's own life is in shambles, having lost everything he held dear. That is until he meets Mary, a...
The Jeri Howard Anthology (Books 1-5)
The first five AWARD-WINNING Jeri Howard murder mysteries are now available at an unbelievable bargain! Tough-as-nails Oakland PI Jeri Howard made a splash in Janet Dawson’s first book, winning Best First PI Novel from the Private Eye Writers of America. The next four...
The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch
A new mystery series from the award-winning author of the Boystown and Pinx Mystery series. Things have not been going well for Henry Milch. After a Saturday night clubbing in his beloved West Hollywood, he took one pill too many and ended up banished to northern...
TILL DEATH
LUCY CUTS HER TEETH IN THIS TALE OF BLACKMAIL, MURDER, AND INTRIGUE ????? 'Addictive.' ????? 'Interesting, clever, and fun!' ????? 'Outstanding.' ????? 'Enjoyed this so much. Can't wait to read the others in the series.' ????? 'Love this series. It holds your...
The Redemption of the Dead
Cynthia Treadwell is not just hunting a killer, she's the prey they never saw coming. Cynthia Treadwell is drawn into another murder investigation but this time, she becomes the target. Miss Treadwell meets a man who is shrouded, not only in clothing, but also in...
The Twelfth Apostle
Young women are being illegally imported into the country. A young man supporting aging parents vanishes. The body of an Oriental woman is dumped outside the public swimming baths, and a magical moneymaking scheme is being promoted at a city centre hotel. Four...