Cozy Home

A holiday is a time to relax, unwind and see the sights. But for two adventurous sexagenarians, the sights have a tendency to include dead bodies. Etta and Dora, both newly retired teachers, travel from their home in Southern Italy to a fairy-tale German town for their first home swap holiday, delighted by their neighbours’ warm welcome. But the welcome turns sour when the Night Watchman of Rothenburg is brutally murdered while his tour group takes photographs nearby, a halberd buried in his chest and a peculiar iron mask by his side. When the murderer claims a second victim and the son ...

There have been a rash of grave robberies in Haven Hollow lately… So maybe it’s not such a surprise that during one of my open houses, I find my eyes tracking every movement of a suspicious-looking character. Suspicious, as in everything about this guy, is shifty… from how he keeps trying to avoid attention to his extreme interest in my client’s china cabinet. So when the same man winds up dead on a random grave in the cemetery between Poppy and Wanda’s houses? Yeah… something is rotten in the state of Oregon. Things get even stranger when I find two objects randomly stashed in ...

Sir John Phillips, the Harley Street surgeon, and his beautiful nurse, Jane Harden, are almost too nervous to operate. The emergency case on the table before them is the Home Secretary - and they both have very good, personal reasons to wish him dead. Within hours he does die, although the operation itself was a complete success, and Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn must find out why....

Blood, Crime, Mystery… In the Old Town of Rocky Sands When Jess, a charming event planner, and business owner, had the idea of organizing a charity auction to help out the small town she lives in, she thought it would be a success and much easier to coordinate than some of the events she had worked on back in the big city. Events soon take a dark turn when the wealthy owner of the grand estate where the auction was held is found murdered. From then on, things started to go downhill fast for Jess. “The owner of the house has been murdered.” The next few hours went by in a blur for Jess...

In the latest thrilling installment of the Clean Sweeps Cozy Mystery Series, Jane finds herself entangled in a web of luxury, deceit, and danger. Known for her keen ability to unravel the most confounding mysteries, Jane is approached by a high-society socialite to solve a case that’s as scandalous as it is deadly: the murder of the socialite's boyfriend. As Jane delves deeper into the opulent world of the wealthy, she quickly learns that beneath the veneer of privilege and glamour lie the same passions and pitfalls that affect us all – love, jealousy, and, in this case, murder. ...

When life pushes Ellie Harper to the edge, she retreats to her hometown of Willow Creek, seeking solitude in the quiet countryside. But her plans for peace are upended when she meets Jack Turner—a skilled builder with a steady hand and a heart as solid as the cabins he constructs. As Jack patiently chips away at Ellie’s walls, she begins to rediscover the meaning of home, love, and trust. A story of resilience, hope, and a love strong enough to weather any storm, The Heart of Home is a tender romance about finding strength in vulnerability and the courage to stay.

Some people dream of a gentle retirement enjoying crochet or cricket, but for two sexagenarians, a more cadaverous future awaits… Newly retired teachers, Etta and Dora, take a walk along an old mule track connecting their mountain-top villages, each hoping to soothe the distress she feels at the paltry pension she will receive. Meeting at the fabled Witches’ Cave, they put aside their woes – the naked body of Sibilla, Castelmezzano’s beautiful witch, lies dead at the foot of the old oak tree. Did she plummet from the sky during a Sabbath flight as the superstitious locals are ...

How to Crochet a Warm and Cozy Blanket Revised and Updated Edition. Plus 8 Easy Crochet Blanket Patterns for Beginners The revised and updated version of How to Crochet a Warm and Cozy Blanket includes 8 updated crochet patterns, new revised instructions and more! Learn how to crochet a cozy blanket with guided instructions including the best stitches for crochet blankets, crochet techniques, guides, definitions, abbreviations, and much more! Includes 8 easy to crochet blanket patterns to make for your home in a variety of colors and styles. Information on crochet hooks, yarn, techniques, ...

At the grand opening of the East End Mall, the cute, curvy, craft-happy Madeline Shore gets more than the 55% off she bargains for. When she stumbles upon a stiff in the ladies’ dressing room of Missy’s Buxom Boutique, she gets a bad case of déjà vu. This is the third dead body she has discovered in the last year-and-a-half. Although she isn’t crazy about corpses, she is crazy about the handsome and newly-single Detective Zeke Worthy. The problem is, he isn’t crazy about her interfering with his investigation. Since the mayor and several other residents of the town of Slocomb ...

Essie Cobb, senior sleuth, and her three gal pals Opal, Marjorie, and Fay are playing cards (and causing trouble) in the all-purpose room at the Happy Haven Retirement Home. Not even having to use walkers to get around will stop these ladies from getting into trouble! A one-act play based on the Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth mysteries by Patricia Rockwell. This play may be produced by amateur groups without a royalty payment.

When her friend Alicia hires Turner Construction to renovate a historic lighthouse in the San Francisco Bay, Mel Turner can't wait to get her hands dirty. But trouble soon arises when Alicia's abusive ex-husband shows up to threaten both her and Mel, and later turns up dead at the base of the lighthouse stairs. With no other suspects in sight, things start looking choppy for Alicia. Now, if Mel wants to clear her friend's name, she'll need the help of the lighthouse's resident ghosts to shine a light on the real culprit....

We all struggle sometimes. Even those of us who are known for our valor. When a down-and-out young veteran winds up homeless for the holidays, he takes the only job that he can find, dressing up as a mall Santa. When a murder happens at the mall, our hero finds himself in a situation that's tighter than a chimney. A single mom Good Samaritan who reaches out to help begins to wonder about the wisdom of her decision, when he is accused of murder. Will he lose everything that he’s fought so hard to gain, or will the magic of Christmas come to his aid in time?

Mel Turner can't resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theater, a decrepit San Francisco art nouveau movie palace, back to life. But there's a catch for Turner Construction: Several artists are currently squatting in the building, and they aren't the only ones haunting the once-grand halls of the historic theater.... When one of the squatters is found dead, the police department has a long list of suspects to investigate.

Jason Brazel is an out-of-work journalist who lives in Penrith with his family and mother-in-law, Amita. She knows everyone and everything that’s going on in this corner of the Lakes. So when it’s discovered that Madeline Forbisher, one of Amita’s fellow regulars at the bingo club has died, found by the postman outside her crumbling country home close to Ullswater Lake, she senses immediately this is no accident. The trouble is, no one else seems to take her suspicions seriously. That is, until she enlists the help of her friends at the Penrith Bingo Club.

When twenty-one-year-old Camila brings home her new boyfriend, John, for Christmas, she knows she's walking into a snowstorm of judgment. At forty-five, John is older, established, and everything her father ever wanted for his daughter. But there’s only one problem. He’s her dad’s best friend. While Camila is head over heels, she knows her dad won't see past their age gap and the guy code. As holiday tension mounts, Camila must decide whether love is worth standing up for when it means defying her father. Can Camila and John’s forbidden relationship survive the ultimate test, or ...

From Hollywood to Yorkshire, from fame to murder... Barbara Lucci has it all; a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, money, a loving husband, and a starring role in the long-running American soap opera Forever and a Day, a job she's cherished for forty years. Then everything changes. Barbara's soap is canceled, and her husband runs off with her all money. With nowhere to turn to, Barbara returns to her native England and the sleepy Yorkshire seaside town of Whitborough to stay with her mother June, who runs a bed and breakfast. When someone from another bed and breakfast is strangled to ...

Sophie knew real fear and never more so than now. They had to escape the increasing danger...and that meant leaving their home. Their options were few...staying could be deadly. She knew disappearing wasn’t enough...they desperately needed a safe place. Somewhere no one would ever think to look. Caleb was determined to keep his best friend’s widow and children safe. But first he had to find them. If you enjoy clean mystery romance and inspirational women’s fiction filled with adventure, love, hope, family, new and old friendships, a mystery or two with a few twists to keep you ...

An innocent garden fence construction spirals into a chilling mystery when Della discovers her friend Jim, cold and lifeless, amidst the incomplete project. His death, determined to be from strychnine poisoning, thrusts Della into an emotional whirlwind of mourning and mystery, compelling her to sift through a perplexing web of potential culprits—from a disgruntled ex-wife and her lover to enigmatic strangers shadowed by sinister auras. Della's knack for solving crimes clashes with her intimate grief and Sheriff Jared's protective and romantic endeavors. Amidst the gripping local murder ...

Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag always swore that he would never return to Oakmont, Connecticut, the small mill town where his family lived for generations. But when his childhood sweetheart phones to say that her mother, Mary McKenna, the librarian who inspired Hoagy's dream to be a writer, has died, Hoagy knows he has to return for her funeral.

When decorator Meg Barrett travels to a remote mansion to help select period pieces for a new 1930s-style television mystery series, she's chilled to learn that the manor was once a mental asylum and the site of a mysterious decades-old murder. And when a fierce blizzard knocks out the power and strands Meg and her cohorts in the home's rickety old elevator, they emerge to discover that another person has been murdered—in the same macabre manner as the original victim.