Amateur Detective

The gala engagement party of Imogen Revel is tragically interrupted by the death of her fiance after drinking a glass of poisoned wine. The death becomes even more mysterious when it is discovered that the wine was Imogen's. Which one of the couple was the intended victim? Amateur detective Caroline Kent joins with Newport PD Lt. Hank Nightingale to solve the death.

Unlocking Secrets and Ancient Mysteries: When Eliza Bennett, a textile scientist fresh off a whirlwind European conference tour, lands on the sun-soaked shores of Santorini, she’s expecting a well-earned break. But when her charming, talking feline companion, Merlin, leads her to an old friend, Caleb, their holiday takes a thrilling turn. Caleb, driven by his grandfather’s lifelong quest, reveals a discovery that could change history: the keys to Atlantis II, hidden beneath the Aegean waves. Together, they embark on a quest to unlock its secrets before the malevolent Ambrosios and his ...

A magical town, an old secret, and a killer with everything to lose. When magical pest control specialist Juniper Green is called to the Elderberry Grove Senior Center to deal with mischievous sprites, she expects a routine extraction. What she doesn't expect is to stumble into a decades-old mystery that's about to turn deadly. After the death of the talented but difficult seamstress Mabel Thornberry, Juniper quickly finds herself a person of interest in the investigation. With her reputation at stake and the evidence pointing to magic that goes far beyond wayward sprites, Juniper and her ...

A foster child discovers her mother was a victim. Her father is a criminal. He reappears in her life, wanting to know the last place she saw her mom alive. Can she remember and lead him there? Or will she become another one of November’s Missing? Now the horsewomen of Fairy Glen have not one, but three missing girls in their territory. Horses are the perfect all-terrain vehicle for accessing the remote canyons. Will they find them before it’s too late? Because the girls aren’t the only ones missing. The exotic animal park’s perimeter was breached during October‘s fire. Things are ...

Rudolph, New York, shop owner Merry Wilkinson's best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House—a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House, and Mark is the one standing over the corpse.

Mention “returning to the scene of a crime,” and people don’t usually picture a middle school. But that’s where kid detective Lottie Illes enjoyed some of her greatest successes—before the world of adult responsibilities came crashing in... Twentysomething Charlotte is now back in the classroom, this time as a substitute teacher. However, as much as she’s tried to escape the shadow of her younger self, others haven’t forgotten about Lottie. In fact, a fellow teacher is hoping for help discovering the culprit behind anonymous threats being sent to her and her aunt.

Welcome to New Oslo, where the air is crisp, the tea is hot, and the mysteries are to die for! Lena Larsen didn’t expect to solve crimes when she moved back to her small hometown, but with the help of her witty, recently-deceased grandmother’s ghost, she’s unraveling the town’s secrets one case at a time. This collection of three delightfully quirky novellas serves up plenty of paranormal puzzles, hometown hijinks, and a side of supernatural sleuthing. In Granny's Ghost and the Haunted Homicide, Lena tackles her grandmother’s murder, and it’s as chilling as the old Victorian ...

A man with no name. A murder with no answers. And a town where secrets are more dangerous than lies. When a guest at the Maple Tree Inn is found stabbed to death, Cedar Harbor's idyllic charm shatters. Emma Chandler, a former detective turned café owner, swore she’d never investigate again. But with Detective Ethan Carter struggling for leads and the victim tied to the town’s powerful Freemason lodge, Emma knows she can’t stay on the sidelines. As she digs deeper, long-buried secrets rise to the surface. Her mother, Margaret, is tied to a past Emma doesn’t fully understand. A nosy ...

When recipes are stolen, revenge boils over... Lena Larsen's Victorian guest house in New Oslo was supposed to host a simple charity chili competition. But when celebrity chef Chad "Chili" Bartell turns up dead—face down in his own cooking pot—the temperature in the kitchen really starts to rise. With her best friend Charlie, her sheriff boyfriend Mark, and the not-so-subtle guidance of her grandmother's ghost, Lena must sift through a stew of suspects: a food blogger with a fiery temper, a local diner owner with a simmering grudge, an ambitious PR agent stirring up trouble, and a PTA ...

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In 2009, Edie had New York’s social world in her thrall. Mercurial and beguiling, she was the shining star of a group of recent graduates living in a Brooklyn loft and treating New York like their playground. When Edie’s body was found near a suicide note at the end of a long, drunken night, no one could believe it. Grief, shock, and resentment scattered the group and brought the era to an abrupt end.

For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain - and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police inspector. But when a university professor asks Queen to teach a class, the detective finds there are people whom reason cannot touch: college students. Queen's adventure on campus is only the first of this incomparable collection of short mysteries.

Catching a killer is a piece of cake... Or is it? When Mindy Macbay moves back to her hometown of Santa Verona, she soon finds herself on the receiving end of anonymous threats, and even worse, unpleasant encounters with her high school nemesis and former paramours. "Winters will have you giggling into your book!" Will Mindy unmask the killer before it’s too late? And will her annoying high-school nemesis manage to make Mindy's life sufficiently miserable? Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - Jaycie D, Amazon.com...

Christmas at a snowed in country house. You know what happens next… Not necessarily. Agatha Aston is invited to spend the weekend before Christmas with some old friends. Accompanied by her Machiavellian Basset hound, Talleyrand, Agatha encounters murder, ghosts and romance at a country house where nothing is as it seems. While Agatha has her hands full solving a murder, Talleyrand has his own problems in the shape of Bismarck, the hosts’ unfriendly German Shepherd. Expect fireworks. Containing a short ghost story within a story, The Christmas Murder Mystery is a twisty box of delights, ...

A murder in Peacock Perch points suspicion to one of their own A murder case falls into the laps of the Secret Senior Sleuths Society leading the trail of clues to within the community for suspects, including one of its own. Madame Sleuth compiles an elite team from the senior detectives to follow the gossip and social media posts in the neighborhood to reveal potential clues, along with a combination of good old-fashioned sleuthing and technology-based investigation. With the high stakes of murder so close to their paradise home, can this group of senior citizens use their wits and ...

Small-town gossip, a hair salon owner, and a dead body. After notorious town rivals get into a fight, one of them winds up dead. It’s shear chaos at Ruby Tate’s hair salon once the sheriff arrests the prime suspect. Ruby agrees to help uncurl the mystery and save the reputation of her young receptionist’s mother. Luckily, her puzzle-solving skills are a cut above the rest. But can Ruby and her eccentric bestie piece together the clues before someone else ends up hurt? __________________________________________________________________________ This delightful cozy mystery is full of ...

Magic, murder, and mischievous pixies - just another day in Elderberry Grove As a third-generation magical pest control witch, Juniper Green thought she'd seen it all. Pixie infestations? No problem. Garden gnome uprisings? Just another Tuesday. But when a routine call from Elderberry Grove's most difficult client ends with Juniper finding a dead body in the herb garden, she realizes some problems can't be solved with a simple banishing spell. With her trusty familiar Iris by her side, Juniper reluctantly teams up with the town's non-magical sheriff to investigate the murder. But as they ...

Filomena Obrist is in fear for her life. Her new husband is a passionate collector of morbid works of art from Roman antiquity. His magnificent estate on the Moselle River is crammed with grotesque statues, magical paraphernalia, curse tablets, and other eerie artifacts. Philomena suffers strange accidents, is haunted by ghostly apparitions, and her new family hasn’t exactly welcomed her with open arms either. Penny Küfer is hired to protect the frightened woman. But when she reaches the family's mansion, Filomena has just fallen out of a window. Suicide, according to the police … … ...

Four bestselling mystery authors meet up for a writers' retreat in tropical climes, on the dreamy Caribbean island of St. Mary. Seeking to infuse their tales with authenticity, they enlist the expertise of Penny Küfer, a spirited and sharp-witted private investigator known for her prowess in unraveling complex crimes. Penny arrives on St. Mary anticipating a serene break from her usual caseload, envisioning tranquil days under the tropical sun. However, while enjoying a romantic sunset on her very first evening, she witnesses a murder. As the line between fiction and reality blurs, Penny ...

In this gardening competition, some will win a prize while others get pruned… When amateur sleuth Lena Larsen agrees to host New Oslo's prestigious garden show at her Victorian home, she expects competition to be fierce. She doesn't expect it to be fatal. But after a renowned delphinium breeder is found dead among the prize-winning blooms, Lena finds herself cultivating suspects instead of flowers. With her grandmother's ghost offering commentary from the sidelines (that only Lena can hear), her best friend Charlie serving up local gossip with the tea, and a handsome sheriff who's learned...