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Welcome to the Magnolia Blossom Inn, where sweet tea, southern charm, and deep-rooted secrets collide.Recent college graduate Maddie Brooke thought inheriting her grandmother's historic bed and breakfast at the gateway to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley...

In the eerie stillness of a moonlit night, a ravenkeeper is brutally murdered outside the Tower of London. The only potential witness, his daughter, missing...Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field has few clues to follow but is determined to prove his...

Deana Weber's life in Philadelphia is falling apart. She's just been laid off from work and hasn't a clue what to do next. While she would prefer to wallow in her misery, her BFF, Lilli pushes her to embrace the changes life is throwing at her. So, when...

Rocky Rollins' best friend Lusty receives threats from one of her anonymous phone sex clients. Rocky reluctantly agrees to track down the culprit. Soon after, a series of creepy gifts appear on Lusty's porch, followed by a violent break-in that sends...

Garret Goul was the "Magical Fixer." I say was because now he's dead. And unfortunately for me, I'm one of the suspects. All I wanted was a fix for my insane chaos magic. No one comes to you for a love potion when it might accidentally turn them into a...

How far will science go when reputations are on the line?The University of New Orleans is a modest, tight-knit community of diligent academics. When the chair of the biology department is violently murdered, assistant forensic pathologist Hunter Romero...

This delightful tale of a quirky American actress in Paris and her adorable 4 /12-year-old niece, who fancies herself a detective, melds comedy with chaos as the two entangle their ex-pat friends in the latest Sarah Bernhardt backstage murder. A stalker...

Welcome to Owhiro, Florida - a quaint seaside village, and currently the scene of a bizarre unsolved murder.Local bartender Kalliope Brooks was horrified to find a dead body hidden in her car, and now she can't seem to tear herself away from the case...

IHRE VERGANGENHEIT WAR TOT. BIS SIE EINE NACHRICHT ERHIELT.Elisa Weber hat alles erreicht: einen liebenden Ehemann, eine erfüllende Arbeit als Reitlehrerin in einem exklusiven Münchner Club und ein Leben, von dem sie immer geträumt hat. Doch ein einziger...

Ana Albey, a reclusive South Florida heiress, is forced to leave behind her decaying estate and confront her traumatic past when her childhood friend Margo faces a mysterious threat. To protect her friend, Ana is drawn into a web of secrets that have...

The Bad Penny MysteriesA Fantasy Mystery/Detective SeriesBased on the case files of the Jasper, Street-Fighter, and Me Detective AgencyTake on Retired Marine Major, who was both an MP and a dog handler, and her Border Collie working dog, Jasper, who...

Kylie Whitaker, a nice old single lady moves to the Mornington Peninsula. She has barely settled in when a murder occurs. A local painter is the victim. He liked to paint people with their sins and mistakes. Was that the reason he had to lose his life?...

Face Down Below the Banqueting House is book eight in the Face Down mystery series featuring Elizabethan gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth, Susanna, Lady Appleton. In 1573, Queen Elizabeth is on a royal progress in Kent and plans to visit Susanna's...

A picturesque Texas vineyard. A tech company retreat turned deadly. A caterer caught in a bubbling pot of mystery. Abby Hirsch has established herself as the go-to caterer in her beloved hometown of Sugar Creek, Texas. But her skills are put to the test...

"Death to him who violates this sacred seal, death from the guardian jackal Anubis, death . . ." Kate Gresham isn't the kind of person to believe in Ancient Egyptian curses. That sort of thing is for Hollywood B-movies. It's not for "Exploring the...

A charming small town. A peach festival gone awry. A culinary entrepreneur caught in a juicy mystery. Abby Hirsch has traded in her hectic life in L.A. for a shot at her dream-a catering business in her idyllic hometown of Sugar Creek, Texas. She's...

The quaint town of Pineapple Grove is once again shaken up by another murder, and Piper Armstrong is back on the case. When a visitor is brutally murdered, Piper is determined to find the killer. Gossip spreads fast in the small town, but who in...

*** LARGE PRINT *** - FOR THOSE WHO PREFER LARGE PRINTParker Bell and the Lady Gatorettes - Misty Dawn, Rhonda Jean, Myrtle Sue, Mary Jane, and Flo - are taking the country by storm with their new hit reality tv show fueled by caffeine and sugar aka...

A road trip turns deadly when Miranda Marquette and her future sister-in-law, Kara, find themselves embroiled in a mystery.On their way from Coyote Lake to New Orleans, they stop to help strangers with a broken-down vehicle in the Arizona desert, only to...

The first three books in 'Ruth Finlay Mysteries', a series of cozy mystery novels by Isobel Blackthorn, now available in one volume!Murder In Myrtle Bay: When feature writer Ruth Finlay's old tennis coach is found dead, she discovers that there's no lack...

The first three books in 'Daytona Beach Mysteries', a series of cozy mystery novels by Janie Owens, now available in one volume!Haircut and Highlights: After homeless Rose disappears, Abby - the owner of Goldilocks Hair Salon - gets on the case. During...

The first three books in 'Abigail Summers Cozy Mysteries', a series of mystery novels by Ann Parker, now available in one volume!The Deadly Detective Agency: Dressmaker Abigail Summers faces the most unusual challenge of her life - solving her own murder...

Was, wenn Valerie noch am Leben ist? Praktisch niemand im Dorf Castillac hegt noch Hoffnung. Immerhin sind sieben Jahre vergangen. Sieben Jahre, seit die beliebte, schelmische Valerie Boutillier spurlos verschwunden ist. Die Bemühungen der Gendarmen...

Joyeuse Saint-Valentin ! Enfin, pas tant que ça... La chambre d'hôtes de Molly Sutton est pleine à craquer pour les fêtes, mais l'ambiance romantique est vite étouffée lorsque quelqu'un est retrouvé mort. En plus de s'inquiéter qu'un de ses clients...

A dead billionaire. A compromised police force. And her daughter in the crosshairs.Disgraced federal investigator Bernadette Becker is taking a well-deserved vacation at a music festival-when a mysterious man in the crowd gives her a clue that upends her...

LARGE PRINT EDITIONThere are crosshairs on her wedding dress. To claim her happily ever after, she'll need canine reinforcement to stop a killer.September Day won't let anything prevent her from walking down the aisle. Hiring more security instead of...

"Endlessly Entertaining!" Publishers WeeklyBLANCHE AND THE TALENTED TENTHThe second, ground-breaking mystery featuring African-American maid and amateur sleuth Blanche White by Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award winning Author Barbara NeelyWhen Blanche...

Blanche White returns to Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer to help her best friend with her catering business. It's a homecoming rich with the potential for new romance and fraught with the pain of facing the man who raped her at knife-point years...

"Barbara Neely's skill is a force to be reckoned with!" Essence MagazineThe third, ground-breaking mystery featuring African-American maid and amateur sleuth Blanche White by Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award winning Author Barbara NeelyBlanche White...

Shocking. Intriguing. Heart-Wrenching. Connor Whiteley's Uniformed Cabal takes readers on an unputdownable emotional rollercoaster in this sensational new addition to the acclaimed series.As Private Eye Bettie English investigates a Cabal within the...

It’s the night before Christmas Eve and Jemima Fox, Head of PR at fine jewellery house Vogel, travels from London to Fairfax Park in the depths of the English countryside for the holiday. Whilst there she discovers the true story of the Duchess of...

Small villages can hide big secrets... When psychologist Laurel Nightingale finds a journalist murdered in the small village of Elderwick, she suspects her newest client, famous author Hugh Quintrell, might be involved. As Hugh charms the police into...

Arabella Stewart, grieving the losses of her parents and brother, returns home from serving as an operator in the Great War to find Ballantyne, her family resort, and Moreley, her small hometown in precarious positions. Another impediment arises when she...

Franki's back-with a bite!Halloween is looming large in New Orleans, and Private Investigator Franki Amato's in a gloomy mood. Her boyfriend Bradley has to leave on an extended business trip, and her slacker brother is coming to town with her matchmaker...

A strip club murder has Franki feeling exposed...Private investigator Franki Amato has just turned thirty, and she feels anything but festive. For starters, she can't have cake because she's given up sweets, and one of her teeth is torturing her. To add...

Franki finds nothing sweet about this sugar plantation mystery...For PI Franki Amato, New Orleans is anything but The Big Easy. Her best friend and employer has assigned her an unsettling investigation-the murder of a gorgeous cosmetics CEO at an...

Franki's first Mardi Gras is murder...Francesca "Franki" Amato is a straight-shooting rookie cop in Austin, Texas, until an embarrassing 911 call prompts her to take a job at her best friend's PI agency in New Orleans. But Franki soon learns that solving...

Dr. Mia Reid arrives on the Isle of Skye for a summer dig. She learns her friend and trusted colleague, Dr. Ethan Carter, is dead and valuable artifacts are missing. Interpol agent and Mia's former lover, Luke Forbes, is working the case with the police...

'There's a body! Down by the bridge!' It's November 1900 in rural Hope Bridge, New York. The town is bustling with the chaos of construction workers, steam engines, and horse-drawn wagons as a new iron trestle rises over the Duncan Creek. Amid the...

"This book is perfect for fans of legal thrillers, crime dramas, and anyone interested in stories that shine a light on important social issues." -Literary TitanMiranda Quinn is back in the courtroom working as a legal aid attorney when she's asked to...

Maddie Sparks believes she has found the perfect balance in her life-Zack, the man she loves, a book she loves writing and volunteer work at a local museum with a granddaughter she adores. An old flame from Zack's past arrives and drives a wedge into...