Camping Cozy Mystery

It’s business as usual when horse-rescue owner Mallory Martin gets a call from Sheriff Grady Sullivan that a loose horse has been found in a popular hunting area. While trying to catch the horse, Mallory stumbles upon the body of his unfortunate rider, Hillspring’s star basketball coach, Douglas Griggs. All signs point to a tragic hunting accident. Despite her better instincts, Mallory finds herself in the middle of another murder investigation when the coach’s widow begs her to look into the case.

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder--Heaven only knows what will happen next... Named "A Red Badge Novel of Suspense" alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley under the pen name Leonard Holton, inspired a television show starring George Kennedy. ★★★★★ “Another wonderful read from Leonard Holton. His writing is a joy and the story is up lifting and suspenseful at the same time. Another great read."—Amazon Review This boxed set includes the following three books in the series: BOOK 7: A ...

Refereeing her siblings is second nature for Breeze Middleton. Catering a party with a dead body for dessert isn't. Dealing with her older sister's diva moments, her younger sister's bizarre behavior, an unexpected house guest (not to mention a cursed cat with a whole lot of attitude), and trying to keep everyone's witchy ways under wraps, Breeze is ready to give up the ghost. Too bad the ghost won't leave. When Breeze and her younger sister, Raine try to protect the dead man's sister they all come face to face with the killer. And the killer isn't picky when it comes to choosing the next ...

Imogen thought escaping the king's wrath would give her everything she wanted. But her relationship with Prince Hank is tougher than an overcooked flan, and the welcome they get on Badlands Island is far less than friendly. Accused of kidnapping, Imogen proposes they prove their worth by traveling through a deadly forest to retrieve a magical herb at the top of a mountain. Forced to take her baking skills on the road, Imogen and her friends must navigate monsters, secrets, and a possible traitor.

When Ivy Thurman remembers visiting her grandmother’s campground, she thinks of idyllic childhood summer vacations. Now that she’s inherited the Happy Camper Resort, Ivy sees a money pit. Leaky roofs, whiny golf carts, and a swampy pool are just the beginning of what needs to be fixed. It seems she’s also inherited her grandmother’s tenants, a crew of retirees who live at the aging campground on a full-time basis.

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder—Heaven only knows what will happen next... When Lt. Minardi’s 16-year-old daughter attends a summer drama and cheerleading program at a local college, students begin turning up dead. While investigating the case, Minardi and Father Bredder uncover a conspiracy of drug-dealing and murder. Named “A Red Badge Novel of Suspense” alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley (author of The Mouse That Roared) under the pen name Leonard Holton, inspired a television show...

Campers, Canoes and Fishing for Clues Two things Lily Evergreen never expected were the handsome new delivery driver Noah and a sold out event for Eagle Lake Campground. It hadn’t been that long ago that she and her sisters worried they might lose their business after another run in with a killer. Lily’s dating life had been one disaster after another and she wasn’t in a hurry to toss her lure into the dating pool again. Could Noah change all that? The first annual “Cruzin’ Canoes & Kayaks” event was meant to be their comeback event and was shaping up to be spectacular. However,...

Campground Struggles…Lily Evergreen has questioned a lot of decisions she’s made over the years, but the latest, buying a campground, by far takes the cake. Owning one business was hard enough, but now she’d gone and added a second, ensuring that she, her sister Daisy and their “little sis” Ellie would never have a day off again. Memorial Day at the lake meant family, food, fun and of course fireworks. The “Make the Lake Shake” event was set to be the biggest display the town had ever seen and the coming out party for the girls as the new campground owners. Too bad that things...

For newly widowed Mamie West, it's time to get out of the house and do something. She has no idea what she is getting herself into. After buying the vintage camper of her dreams at a local used car lot, she joins the Gals Gone Glamping. At her first campout, one of the Three Gees is found murdered in her own campsite. Mamie soon discovers a cryptic note in the woman's RV, but when the same note is left for her, she becomes the sleuth, trying to figure out who the killer is before she becomes the next victim. Along with her sidekick, Boston terrier Babs, she captures the interest of Magnolia...

Ivy is blowing through her inheritance like it’s play money. The bills are piling up from all the repairs the Happy Camper Resort needs to make the place habitable for new campers. When Ivy is offered a chance to make extra money with a coveted spot at the farmer's market to sell her baked goods and jumpstart her catering career, she grabs it!

From Woodstock to communes, to Vietnam, and then on to Hawaii. Find out how it all began... Go back to the beginning and follow the Thompson twin sisters as they graduate high school and wend their way across the United States before settling on the beautiful island of Kauai. As owners of the C'Mon Inn Bed & Breakfast, their ohana encompasses those looking for missing loved ones, taking care of lost dogs, dealing with killers on the loose, and a lot more.

From bees in a barbecue, unimpressed guests, a washing machine fiasco, and the sweltering heat, Ivy is thinking of having a good old-fashioned meltdown. That is, until she finds out that world champion food eating contestant Jason Kennedy collapsed dead into her cupcake display!

While her house is continually being broken into, Kate is busy chasing a kidnapper, getting caught in a bank robbery, trying to solve Trent Wells' murder, and going camping. She is also trying to move on after her breakup with Rhys.

In the third installment of this three-part story, Sam puts everything he has into finding the most recent missing girl in the hope that she is still alive. Quinn and Kelly discuss the situation and decide to take matters into their own hands. Things go from dicey to downright dangerous once Quinn and Kelly set off on their secret journey to a forbidden place.

After the beach life, Cassandra retreats to the woods and focuses on a quiet camping experience that gets disrupted by a missing teenager. When she comes across the detective investigating the case, she can’t seem to wonder why his wife is so weird and so obsessed with other people’s bodies. However, as the investigation continues, she bumps into various other shady characters. The pool of suspects becomes bigger and bigger. Will she be able to figure out what happened to the poor teenager who is missing?

Inspecteur Piet van Houvenkamp genießt die Ruhe beim Angeln, den einen oder anderen Hornhecht hat er schon erwischt. Aber der Angler neben ihm scheint noch mehr Glück zu haben. Er hat einen dicken Brocken am Haken! Leider stellt sich schnell heraus, dass es sich nicht um einen Fisch handelt, sondern um eine Leiche. Es ist Jacobus Schouten, ein Muschelfischer, ertrunken, in einen Jutesack eingenäht. Das sieht nicht nach Selbstmord aus. Nein, das ist ganz klar Mord! Verdächtige gibt es sofort eine ganze Menge.

Remember the deliciously scary stories we shared around the campfire when we were kids? J.B. Hawker has written a collection of spooky tales with a cozy twist to share around your fireside today. Taking her cue from those creepy campground tales and horror film classics, she spins yarns certain to either put a lump in your throat or tickle your funny bone. These humorous short stories introduce the character of Matilda Thistlethwaite, soon to be featured in her own series of cozy mysteries.

Set mostly in northern Ontario at a cottage resort and partly in rural Nova Scotia, A Kayak for One (book one in the Kirk Lake Camp series of books) features a former Hamilton police detective who would like most of all to just do the never-ending everyday chores of running a resort but who seems to end up having to solve murders instead.