Cozy Mystery Comedy

"You look as though you need a holiday, Trench.” Old Tom encourages Trench to take a holiday to the Bayview Guest House in sunny Clayton-on-Sea, primarily to see if he can discover anything of a previous guest there, a certain Eleanor. But as Trench steps into the guest house, he finds it curious to say the least. An old-fashioned atmosphere seems to permeate through the very walls. The vintage colour television in the lounge looks like it hails from the 1970s. There is no mobile telephone coverage, and don’t even think about a Wi-Fi signal. Trench considers his fellow guests and ...

A shoebox has appeared on Trench's desk at the Stokeham Herald - he has no idea of how it came to be there. Trench opens the box to reveal three wooden dolls. Trench looks at the dolls. Two boys and a girl. Their clothes are dishevelled and bedraggled. Their wooden faces are dark and stained with age. He looks into their eyes. Somehow Trench knows that they were once, perhaps a lifetime ago, much loved. Trench wonders what the dolls would say if they could speak. He places the lid back upon the shoebox. He decides to take the dolls to Old Tom, with a hope to discover just what their story, ...

"The end days are upon us." For over a thousand years, The Fellowship has survived, evolved, planned and prepared for one purpose and one purpose only. The Fellowship believe the wrath of the ancient Gods will soon cause a cataclysmic event. They believe, as it is written, that only one person can provide salvation - and that person happens to be Trench. Trouble is, Trench doesn't even know what he's supposed to save them from, never mind how to do it. Perhaps, as always, the final secret lies with his armchair-bound friend, Old Tom...

Love is in the air, so Editor Law introduces a ‘Loved Up’ section to the Stokeham Herald. Trench and Old Tom can’t help thinking that one particular Loved Up message seems slightly strange. Why did David send the message so close to his big day? Why is he paying for the whole wedding? And is there more to his fiancé’s relationship with their wedding planner than is rightfully proper? Old Tom begins to believe that love can be a many suspicious thing...

“Our vendetta will end Thomas, one way or another...” Mandrake challenges his old friend and Trench to locate him within 48 hours. If they don’t, Mandrake will die from a time-activated self-inflicted poison. If Trench can find him and administer the antidote in time, Mandrake has vowed that his feud with Old Tom will be finally over. Trench’s current assignment and a faint trail of clues lead him to the Riverside Hospital and a memory-sapping conspiracy. Can Trench solve the medical mystery and save Mandrake before it’s too late? “Our vendetta will end, one way or another...”

Ghost hunter Meredith Good was getting used to being back in her small hometown, Silver Bells Cove, Ohio. The most serious things she's had to deal with the past few months were hauntings and things that go bump in the night. That she could handle. But when a popular stage magician has a surprise show in the small town and then ends up dead, small town life is about to get a lot more complicated. Not only will Meredith have to convince the local sheriff that she's not crazy, but she'll also have to deal with friends and family that are keeping secrets from her. Then there's Kane Xavier, the...

Lizzie is having second thoughts about the husband she tossed out years ago. Lizzie Patterson didn’t make personal decisions on a whim…she never had. No one knew that better than her former husband. So when Lizzie tossed out they should get married…almost like a dare…he’s determined not to waste any time…or take a chance on Lizzie changing her mind.Even as Lizzie and Harry continue their ongoing tap-dance around each other, Clay, the other resident celebrity of the canyon, has problems of his own…or at least he believes he does. Twila is coming to the canyon for a visit. ...

Julia Ross's nomadic adventures take a sinister turn when what seems like an innocent birdwatching trip to Charleston, South Carolina, becomes entangled with a mysterious film project and a centuries-old treasure hunt. Along with Toby, her rescue dog, and her quirky friends, Dottie and Penelope, Julia finds herself drawn into a web of deception surrounding a man calling himself Dr. Poe, who is looking for Captain Kidd’s buried treasure as described in the classic tale, The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe. As Julia and her companions dig deeper, they uncover dark secrets. When a body is ...

A billionaire in hiding. A lost Spanish galleon. A body in the surf. Julia Ross and her friends, Dottie and Penelope, are invited to an exclusive island retreat in The Bahamas known as Abrams Cay, a world-class wildlife education center catering to the ultra-wealthy. Their all-expenses-paid vacation takes a deadly turn when Julia discovers the hotel manager’s body floating in the surf. The Bahamian authorities suspect drug smuggling—but once again, they arrest the wrong suspect. As Julia, Dottie, and Penelope search for the real killer, they uncover a web of secrets involving a ...

High Praise for the Julia Lives in a Van Cozy Mystery Series "This was a nice start for an interesting-sounding series I found on Kindle Unlimited. I love the little beagle, Toby. And Dottie, Julia's new friend and camping neighbor was probably my favorite character. I wasn't really sure whodunit, so I just followed along as the three new friends (Dot, Pen and Julia) found leads and did their sleuthing." Tari H. (Review of Book One in the Julia Lives in a Van Series) "There are many cozy mysteries available, but many just aren't captivating and I quickly lose interest. These 3 books, ...

Cameron Dakota, photographer and paparazzi for the L.A. Informer tabloid, thinks her relationship with movie star Trace Brody is her very own Hollywood happily-ever-after. That is until Trace proposes that the couple go on the reality TV show, Celebrity Relationship Rehab. While Trace assures her that it's just for publicity, and all the arguments are faked, Cam has her reservations. Reservations that prove to be well-founded when the host of the reality show winds up dead, and Cam suddenly finds herself in the middle of a real-life crime drama!

Maplemead Castle is crawling with ghosts, and the new owners need them gone. When Melody Bittersweet and the Girls' Ghostbusting Agency arrive on scene, they quickly identify the troublemakers swinging from the chandeliers...literally. A century ago, stunning trapeze artist Britannia Lovell plunged to her death, and has done every night since. But did she really just fall, or was there something more to her demise?

A mystery in miniature… Ralph, Gardner and Buttercup are three wooden dolls who are also old friends of Trench. The dolls ‘decide’ to visit Trench for a while and soon become involved in a mysterious Victorian dolls’ house situated inside Stokeham Museum. The dolls explore the dolls’ house, but Buttercup senses something very bad happened there a long, long time ago. Buttercup sees that Trench and Old Tom are struggling, and decides that the three wooden dolls must help out once again…

Deck the halls with wows of wicked! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! A romantic getaway to a posh spa with her devastatingly sexy boss seems like a Christmas miracle to FBI special assistant Amanda Meyer, but when you work for the bureau’s Paranormal Cases Division, disaster never takes a holiday. Bestselling author Carina Christien is dead, her apparent suicide covered up for a year. There’s no shortage of suspects, but this is one case that won’t be wrapped up neatly. Confessions ring false, intrigue runs high, but even a bevy of disgruntled ghostwriters is no match for the girl they call ...

Murder investigation is tricky--especially when the deceased threatens to kill you... FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Former medical student turned FBI special assistant Amanda Meyer isn’t thrilled about her new gig as a ghost whisperer, especially now that she has the spirit of a departed drag queen following her around. But having a pal on the other side may just come in handy when a billionaire’s widow meets her untimely demise and Amanda and her oh so sexy boss, Rick Rowling, head of the Paranormal Cases Division, are called in to find the killer. With nine scandalous suspects, nine ...

It seems Jaine's life couldn't get any better - until her cat, Prozac, is tapped to star in a Skinny Kitty commercial. But Jaine never would have guessed the world of cat food could be quite so catty. Jaine is nervous that Prozac won't be able to take direction, but the finicky furball ditches her diva behavior for the camera, eating and napping on cue like a seasoned pro. But just as Jaine begins dreaming of fame and fortune, Skinny Kitty's inventor drops dead on the set. Everyone is a suspect - including Jaine.

Four days before Halloween, and poor Sunny Haddock is pregnant...again...but her body isn't the only thing haunting her. She is getting psychic visions of classic horror monsters getting stalked by the invisible man. With each new incident, his actions are getting more deadly. Can she figure out the mystery before someone she cares about becomes the next victim?

Fact: In September 1964, the Beatles, their private flight diverted by Hurricane Dora, made an unplanned visit to Key West. Fiction: Poolside at their motel, the Fab Four fell into conversation with a snappy-dressing local named Bert the Shirt, who listened as the band worked out a harmony to the most beautiful song he’d ever heard...and wouldn’t hear again for over half a century.

The Case of the Boisterous Bunting: Book 9 in the Julia Lives in a Van Cozy Mystery Series "These are great books! I’ve really been enjoying them!” “Love this series. Can’t wait for more!” “This is a delightful series. Engaging fun story lines. Lovable characters. Highly recommend” “I’m so glad you did not just leave the series at book 6. I have become quite invested in Julia, Toby, Dottie, and Penelope’s adventures.” Julia Ross is ready for a peaceful summer of camping with her dog, Toby, in the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina after a spring already ...

Meredith Good is a ghost hunter and now she’s also a maid of honor. Her cousin Sarah is marrying Meredith’s ex and has given her the honor of being involved in every step of the wedding. Meredith is happy for the couple, but she’s not so happy with her newfound responsibilities. To make things worse, Meredith’s absentee parents are in town and they do not get along. Once the wedding day finally arrives, Meredith is ready to put it all behind her and return to her normal existence. But the dead have another plan. The hotel where the wedding reception takes place holds a dark secret ...