Cozy Crime Mysteries

A Cupcakes-and-Crime CaperWhen Isabella Genevieve Amelia Wentworth, lady’s maid to Lady Cassandra Althea Felicity Buxton, Baroness of Montrose, requests Tiffany and Rosie’s assistance, the duo aren’t quite sure what to expect. “Winters will have you giggling into your book!” Turns out, there’s a murder involved – that of Lady C’s brother, the CEO of a tech startup. Who would've hated Lord Ashton enough to kill him? A cold-hearted CFO, complicated girlfriend, and business enemies all had issues with the enigmatic CEO... but who was moved to murder, and will they strike again?...

North Yorkshire, England. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is reluctantly easing into life in the dales. As he gradually acclimatizes to the slower pace of the countryside while he awaits a return to the city, he’s called out to inspect a farmer’s crushed body. And despite the doctor on site declaring it a tragic mishap, the seasoned police officer rolls up his sleeves when evidence points to foul play. With a mysterious clue the only connection and the not-so-quiet village in self-imposed lockdown, the city-bred cop hunts for a link lethal enough to lead to murder.

Wedding Shower Ends in Bride's Murder Everyone knows the groom's grandmother does not approve of the bride. But would she actually kill her? The richest family in town is implicated in murder and Jenny King reluctantly steps in to investigate. Jenny finds there are very few suspects and hardly any motive. Spring flings are in vogue and the pretty bride may not have been that innocent. Is the distraught groom just putting on an act? Jenny goes around in circles trying to separate the real clues from the red herrings. Meanwhile, Adam and Jenny are in no hurry to tie the knot. But the clock ...

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 7 - 9: THE BODY IN THE LAKE, SNOWBLIND and PLAYING DEAD.

A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun - a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County. The police brass claim that Andy Brady was dirty, and that his shooting was a suicide attempt. Joanna Brady, his devoted wife and mother of their nine-year-old daughter, knows a cover-up when she hears one...and murder when she sees it.

Nothing can shake a city to its core like the killing of a serving police officer. Especially when another murder swiftly follows. Was the death a tragic accident? Or was it payback? Was the officer in over his head with the local underworld? Or was his death a personal and permanent message? The investigation is entwined with an arson attack that destroys the landmark Calais Club, and DC Holly Towns and the rest of the Port Alma CIU team are divided. Holly runs the risk of alienating her only ally, not to mention her new boss. Her vision of the crime and its origins are different than ...

Tiffany, Rosie and Stone embrace new identities, as (slightly) mature-age college students and a college security officer. Undercover identities, as they investigate the death of a college professor. Who could’ve wanted to kill Professor Hargrove? Are Tiffany and Rosie putting themselves in harm’s way by being so close to the potential killer – and can Stone get them out of the scrapes that their college shenanigans lead them into? Meanwhile, the Lindseys seem to be out of the picture… until they’re not.

A Cupcakes-and-Crime Caper When Tiffany and Rosie are hired to investigate a potential cold case, they’re not sure what to expect. Harold Lindsey disappeared decades ago – could the Lindsey Syndicate have caused his disappearance? Elle Lindsey is convinced that her uncles, the heads of the Lindsey Syndicate, have been up to more serious criminal activities than mere tax evasion, but could she be wrong? Especially when Harold Lindsey turns out to be alive... How far will the senior Lindseys go to protect their reputation? Have Tiffany and Rosie finally met their match, or is this the ...

Spring, 1918. The Great War is at a crucial stage, the Germans are making one last push into France, and the Allies are struggling to hold them back. Battle lines are shifting, and men, and their machines, are being sent up and down the front to shore up defenses. Major Heathcliff Lennox, and his batman Greggs, are told to report to their new HQ. They set off on a sunlit day to fly the distance, but the enemy is never far away, and disaster strikes. They're sent crashing to the ground behind enemy lines, where life, death, and love await.

What is the price of perfection? Dr. Samuel “Doc” Westerfield comes from a family obsessed with perfection. When his cherished aunt is murdered, he and Sheriff Cammie Farnsworth begin a journey that takes them into the very heart of Boston’s wealthy society. As they search to discover what could have happened to his aunt, Doc is forced to confront his own dark secrets that he has kept carefully hidden away over the years. Is he willing to reveal those in order to find her killer? Or, will the need for perfection force Doc to keep buried the truth about his family, his aunt, and more ...

When an old friend is arrested in Dublin, tour guide Lana Hansen will need the luck of the Irish to clear him of the crime. Lana is thrilled her friend Jeremy and his wife are on her tour to Ireland. The couple are having the time of their lives exploring the country’s rich literary and cultural history, until they run into Guy Smith, a reporter Jeremy recently exposed as a fraud. A tussle turns into a fight and leaves each man vowing to destroy the other. Yet cross words and dirty looks tell Lana that Jeremy is not the only client on her tour who has a grudge against the reporter. When ...

Kitsch and KillersTiffany, Rosie and Stone visit an exciting new attraction in the exciting state of… Nebraska. They don’t expect much drama on this trip, given how sleepy the small town they’re visiting is, and how nice the guests they’re staying with seem to be. However, an unexpected murder shatters their holiday bliss, and they find themselves, once again, trying to track down a killer. As Tiffany and Rosie investigate, secrets are revealed, and devious plans unraveled—but can they stop the killer before it's too late? Praise for A.R. Winters:"The perfect balance of being ...

Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

In the second installment of the Q&Z Regency Mystery series, Quinton and Zoe must take on their most complex and chilling case yet. When the savage murder of a dressmaker bears a striking resemblance to a series of murders spanning two decades—including Quinton’s own mother—Zoe Demas and Quinton Huxley join forces again to unmask the killer. As the two of them draw closer to the truth, as well as each other, things take a dark turn when one of their friends is arrested for the present killing. Now they, alongside the diverse cast of characters they’ve come to rely on, must race ...

Minnie and her rescue cat, Eddie, can often be found out and about in their bookmobile near Chilson, Michigan, delivering great reads to grateful patrons all over the county. But they always brake for trouble, and when Minnie sees a car speeding away down the road, and soon comes upon a dead bicyclist, she assumes she just missed seeing a hit-and-run.

Something unusual is going on with the dementia patients at Pleasant View Nursing Home. Dr. Jim Bob Brady, Houston orthopedic surgeon and amateur sleuth, finds himself in the midst of a different type of medical mystery. His friend and colleague, Dr. James Morgenstern, refers him a series of dementia patients with orthopedic problems from Pleasant View Nursing Home. Each patient dies, irrespective of the treatment, a situation that Doc Brady is unaccustomed to. Each death prompts an autopsy, performed by another Brady colleague, Dr. Jeff Clarke, who discovers unusual brain pathology in each...

When London’s finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights, are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs having a roaring good time. But the festivities at Bilverton House take a turn for the worse when the group are stranded by a summer storm. And when a member of the Bilverton family turns up dead in a locked room in an apparent suicide, Skins, Dunn and Ellie realize this is going to be a much tougher gig than they thought.

Tiffany and Rosie must solve the mystery of a supplement business owner death before it's too late - could her addiction to fitness have lead to her death? Meanwhile, Tiffany and Stone deal with a few obstacles while trying to keep their relationship a secret.

A Cupcakes-and-Crime Caper A killer hides behind desert blooms… When renowned botanist, Dr Seraphina Quill, is killed during a desert tour, Tiffany and Rosie are asked to look into the truth behind her “anaphylactic” death. Wally, the tour guide, doesn’t believe her death was an accident, and neither do her ex-husband or former colleagues. When another member of the tour group is attacked, Tiffany and Rosie must move quickly before the killer covers their tracks… Meanwhile, Tiffany and Rosie hope their uneasy alliance with Elle Lindsey will lead to a permanent solution… but can ...

A dead celebrity chef boss. A handsome and mysterious new next door neighbor. Lizzie’s in big trouble... Waitress Lizzie's horrible and much hated celebrity chef boss is dead; stabbed with a knife in his own restaurant kitchen. When the police discover she was officially the last person to see him alive, they put Lizzie right at the top of their suspect list. Now, panicked and fighting to clear her name, she’s forced to team up with her handsome and intriguing new neighbor, Jack Mathis. Okay, so Jack claims he’s a former special agent on suspension from his investigative duties for ...