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One of Laguna Beach’s best-known plastic surgeons may need a new leash on life. Unless he’s just taking a very long nap on the bench outside Melinda Langston’s Bow Wow Boutique . . .  Dr. O’Doggle continued to give us the...

EPIC Award Winning Series“Author C. Hope Clark brings to life . . . endearing and strong-minded characters that linger in your mind long after the last page is turned.” —New York Times bestselling author Karen WhiteBeneath an idyllic...

She has to stay low. Ears to the ground. Danger’s nipping at her heels.Mel’s tracking a killer in the world of racing dachshunds.Wiener takes all at the Laguna Beach Dachshund Dash. Melinda Langston, owner of Bow Wow Boutique, and her quirky...

“Such a cute series!” — Polished Nails and Puppy Dog Tales blogLights! Camera! Murder!A star-studded fundraiser to help provide service dogs for wounded warriors sets tongues wagging . . . about Caro Lamont, pet therapist to the stars...

Caro Lamont—pet therapist—and her cousin Melinda Langston—owner of The Bow Wow Boutique—pamper the kitties and pooches of Laguna Beach’s elites. Unfortunately, their human clients keep turning up dead. “We were at...

Disgraced Texas beauty queen, Melinda (Mel) Langston, owns Laguna Beach’s Bow Wow Boutique. Mona Michaels, Mel’s most despised client, owns a star dog, Fluffy, who's worth millions. When Mona is found whacked in the head with...

“Fifty Shades of Greyhound gives ‘roll over and play dead’ a whole new meaning!”—Ethel Merman & Ella Fitzgerald, canine companions to award-winning author, Holly JacobsIt was a killer party.Caro Lamont, Laguna...

In posh Laguna Beach, murder has gone to the dogs.When Caro Lamont, former psychologist turned pet therapist makes a house call to help Kevin Blackstone with his two misbehaving German Shepherd dogs, she expects frantic dogs, she expects a frantic dog...

Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department undercover detective, Julia Barnes is assigned to a West Hollywood crisis center where two women have been brutally raped and murdered. In order to snare the killer she is to pose as a sexy, southern divorcée who is a...

Ava Fisher is a flamboyant flake. Kenny Summers is a recent high school graduate. Luvon Ramsey is a junk dealer. Marie Elrod is a handicapped sixteen year old. Their mutual error is saying "Hello" to a very charming psychopath. Each ends up strangled and...

Dana Morgan, a young police officer, has stopped at the end of her shift to help a little five-year old girl, Megan, find her tea set that the child believes has been stolen. In the process of looking for the missing tea set, Dana finds boot prints...

Small-town life brings big-city problems. Kalina Greystone's return home to Ellesworth, MA to take over the family's comic book shop brings back old friends and even older secrets. The death of her Great Aunt Agatha in plain sight at the annual...

Miami's most wanted drug dealer is on the run, always one step ahead of the cops. Young, newly married FBI agent Marsha O'Shea, working with the fugitive task force, has figured out how to draw him out of hiding. Will she get killed in the final...

To outsiders, the relationship between Manhattan antiquities assessor Annalisse Drury and sports car magnate Alec Zavos must look carefree and glamorous. In reality, it's a love affair regularly punctuated by treasure hunting, high adventure, and the...

Letty Valdez is a Chicana-Native American (Tohono O’odham) private investigator and Iraq War veteran in Tucson, Arizona. Letty is hired by her friend librarian Seri Durand to investigate a murder in Seri’s library. Seri’s work colleague...

Hairstylist Marla Shore untangles a knot of secrets when she's suspected of poisoning her client's coffee creamer in this humorous cozy mystery.Hairstylist Marla Shore has a bad hair day when one of her clients dies in the salon's shampoo chair. As if...

End of the line. End of a life. Is this the end of a legacy?Hana’s up to her neck in trouble. Her turbulent marriage to Logan is hindered by his secrets, but when he shares the truth about his other occupation, life as she knew it is over. Thrust...

Louise Miller's life is in a downward spiral. Unemployed and with a newly acquired gambling addiction, she comes home from the casino to find the door unlocked and a corpse propped up on her sofa. The dead man is Walter Farkos, a man she arrested...

Phoebe Hall's Manhattan life is unexpectedly derailed off the fast track when her long-term boyfriend leaves her just as she is accused of plagiarizing her latest bestselling celebrity biography. Looking for a quiet place to pick up the pieces, Phoebe...

When I pictured turning forty, I never could have imagined this. The college spring break crowd has descended on Crescent Bay. All our favorite haunts are overrun by half-clad, partying young people. But the friends celebrating my birthday with karaoke...

Can you escape the wrath of the Spirits?Sandy Jacobs and Ben Rush are back on the trail of another mystery. The head archaeologist in charge of excavating an important Anasazi ruin on Pueblo land turns up dead. The San Sebastian people, long opposed to...

Charleston detective Alex Frank encounters a tragic loss and near-deadly run-in with a ruthless crime syndicate. As attorney Hanna Walsh helps him search for a dangerous killer, the surprise return of a lover from her past sends all hope of her future...

Granada, Spain 1887. A brief respite in Spain brings the opportunity of a lifetime when botanist Linnea Wren is invited to contribute to the restoration of the Alhambra gardens. But before she can begin digging, a body is found in the Generalife, and...

Welcome to the enchanting town of Serenity Bay, where secrets lurk around every corner, and mysteries await in the most unexpected places. Follow Lucy Larkin, marketing maven turned local florist, as her quiet life takes a dramatic turn. When a routine...

Paradise hides the deadliest secrets... Patricia McKay's latest travel assignment is a dream come true: a tropical getaway where she can soak up the sun and interview a local businesswoman who's determined to transform the island into a world-class...

Davida Maxwell has one night to make sure her entire year goes right. As the new owner of the New Hope Animal Shelter, all she needs is one blockbuster gala, complete with donors with deep pockets, to turn a dilapidated building into a dream come true...

VINTER är en i serien Shakira fristående fortsätting.Jag följer med på äventyrsvecka, upp till Norrlands iskalla isbeklädda snövidder. Påpälsad mina varmaste kläder, inställd på strapatser och faror, försöker jag klara mig.Resan är ingen semester. Var...

Two Times, Two Crimes...Dee Flanagan loves Irish history, bad rom-coms, and red lipstick. Dead clowns, injured time travelers, and shoot-outs don't make it onto the small-town reporter's Top Ten list. After the bullets stop flying in Dunleagh...

Eva-Sophie Becker (28), ist Bankerin und leidenschaftliche Freeclimberin. Ohne eigenes Zutun findet sie sich mitten in einer internationalen Intrige um Unterschlagung, Geldwäsche und illegale Konten wieder: Mehrere Milliarden Dollar sind aus den...

Naturoase oder Ferienresort? Ein Bauprojekt in Angeln erhitzt die Gemüter. Für einen Investor sind die Pläne tödlich. Eine schwierige Aufgabe für Kriminalhauptkommissar Stefan Kleyn aus Flensburg, der bei der Mörderjagd die Unterstützung seiner Freundin...

"Bitte bringen Sie unsere Anna zurück", lautet der Hilferuf der Bäuerin Elisabeth Klockmann, die die Detektei Phönix mit der Suche nach ihrer Schwiegertochter beauftragt.Die junge Rechtsanwältin Charlotte Kemburg übernimmt diesen Fall und trifft bei...

Ein Serienmörder hat schon 5 Morde auf dem Gewissen. Das Bundesamt für Polizei FEDPOL in Bern schickt seine Spezialistin, Dr. Maximiliane Roth, nach St. Moritz, um die Leitung einer Soko zu übernehmen. Sie stößt dort auf Widerstand, kann aber sehr gut...

Vencer, perder ou empatar...Cendrine West não consegue uma folga. Ela está prestes a conseguir um novo emprego e as coisas estão melhorando com o delegado sexy, Tyler Gates. Tudo muda quando ela é sequestrada pela bruxa renegada, tia Pearl, que...

TENHA CUIDADO COM O QUE DESEJA... "Uma história sobrenatural enfeitiçadora. Se você gosta de mistérios divertidos, adorará Cendrine West e sua família maluca!"Cendrine West tem um segredo: ela não quer ser uma bruxa. E não é uma bruxa muito boa,...

Hoping to promote the Glass Dolphin antiques shop, co-owners Arabella Carpenter and Emily Garland agree to sponsor a hole in one contest at a charity golf tournament. The publicity turns out to be anything but positive, however, when Arabella’s...

Coma, beba e seja envenenado...Cendrine West estava ansiosa para ter uma ceia de véspera de Natal aconchegante e gostosa quando uma tempestade chega, trazendo uma enxurrada de convidados inesperados. Mas bruxas desastradas e feitiços malcriados são uma...

Luzes, câmera, assassino... Um figurão do cinema de Hollywood chega à cidade e a jornalista Cendrine West está ansiosa para conseguir um furo de reportagem. A família de bruxas dela também quer participar da ação, mas problemas com as estrelas logo...

A tornado has flattened homes in the rural town of Grindstone, and Alice Tricklebank, her grandson Henry, and Audrey the bloodhound volunteer to search for survivors. When Audrey demands entrance into a wrecked home but is stopped by police, Henry uses...

Veronica Howard has it all.  She’s an intelligent woman with a great sense of style, a quirky sense of humor, and the confidence to walk her own path.  She takes a leap of faith and rises from the secretarial pool to an advertising...

IN BOOK 24 OF THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES:Donna and Jack's hard-earned vacation on a secluded resort island turns out to be anything but that when they stumble onto a dead body-and a plot to consolidate the world's financial assets under the control of...

In a secluded cabin deep within the woods, an ominous stranger is about to change the lives of six unsuspecting teenagers forever ...When Owen ventures outside and mysteriously vanishes, Jackson and Aiden set out to find him. As night descends and the...

When evil whispers.Michael Turcotte wants nothing to do with his so-called gift—the ability to see other people’s fates simply by touching them. Michael decides to spend his summer searching for answers about his past. He can’t rest...

"These cat themed mysteries will prove to be enduringly popular . . . unreservedly recommended . . ." ~Midwest Book ReviewWhen a Prominent Canadian Politician Dies Mysteriously, Stormy the Cat and Christy Jamieson Discover the Cause in LET...

When two murders shock the active-adult community where Emily Christopher lives and her ex-husband turns out to be the prime suspect, she is put into the uncomfortable position of trying to solve the mystery. Using her contacts in the police department...

A surprise ring at the doorbell on Valentine's Day confirms Amanda Clarke's suspicions. Her friend Sophie DuBois left someone behind when she came to Miss Zenobia Weekes' Charm School for Exceptional Young Ladies.But the happy reunion grinds...