Funny Mystery

Sheriff Gus knows it’s going to be a bad week when he sees Sedric Hedgecock’s breathalyzer score. With a blood alcohol level of 0.62 percent, Hedgecock should be dead. If the breathalyzer’s isn’t on the fritz, Hedgecock’s superhuman. Either way, he’s blind drunk, so off to the county jail he goes. Joining the wannabe Bacchus in Gus’s cells is Jennifer Louis Bachman, awaiting extradition to Kansas on a murder charge. The victim in question is Jennifer’s unborn child, and the murder weapon is an illegal Mexican abortion. With the governor vacillating on whether to extradite, ...

Whisky Hernandez is about to come clean. But will it be a relaxing case?

When Barb, my bestie, gets duped by an online Casanova, it's not just her heart that's on the line but also her horde of hairless cats. I mean, come on, Barb—haven't we learned anything from those true-crime podcasts? Now, here I am, stepping in to clean up the mess, armed with my knowledge that 'true love' is the biggest scam since that prince emailed me asking for my bank details. But then, in walks this FBI agent with a dad-bod that could make a nun blush, and my own heart starts doing the Macarena. Great. Just what I needed. As we team up to untangle this web of deceit, I'm trying ...

ORIGINAL STORY, WRITTEN BY A HUMAN If you enjoy evocative and suspenseful police mysteries, then you'll love the Detective Ange Watson Thrillers. Detective Ange Watson thought she was riding high after two major wins. She’d cracked open a human trafficking ring, rescuing vulnerable young women, and as a bonus, dismantled an illegal cannabis operation along the way. For a brief moment, it felt like justice had prevailed. But the celebration was short-lived. A shadowy cover-up is unravelling, and instead of pursuing the real criminals, Ange’s superiors seem hell-bent on silencing her. ...

In the Empty Nest Mysteries Series Leah, Rayna, Tamika, and Sharon became friends because they had kids the same age. They stayed friends because they learned they were sisters of the heart. Together they've faced down every life crisis that's been presented to them. Now they have to face down a mysterious death that threatens one of their children. Dive into WOMEN OF A CERTAIN RAGE - Leah's story - a charming cozy mystery, about friendship, motherhood, and murder. After her son leaves for college, Leah Glaser is left at loose ends. Then her BFF’s son is accused of murdering a resident at...

Welcome to the Breezy Spoon Diner, where murder is served up hot! Halloween is coming to the quirky little town of East Spoon Creek City, and Dani O'Shea is serving up great food, great conversation and down-home hospitality at the Breezy Spoon Diner to hungry guests and trick-or-treaters alike. But it's not ghosts or vampires that are getting everyone in town spooked; it's a famous writer who has returned to town to write a tell-all book exposing the townsfolk's darkest secrets! When murder puts an end to the writer and his book, and the Breezy Spoon's famous pineapple upside-down cake is ...

Tempest Michaels has a zombie problem. Crazy people craving human flesh have been appearing without warning in hoards in towns across Kent. He is just as mystified as everyone else, but when the elderly husband of the recent viral internet sensation known as Zombie Granny asks him to prove she is no such thing, he has to take the case. Then outside his office, people start screaming...

Every Winter, the human population hibernates. Your name is Charlie Worthing, and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artifact borne of the sleeping mind. When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling. When you get the dreams, too, it's weird. When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.

As first dates go, it’s not the worst. Until the pirates show up. Dr. Faith Jackson’s life is nice and orderly. She’s the regional medical examiner and has no room for the chaos of a relationship. So, why does it feel like something is missing? Jake “Sol” Solomon has been trying to work up the nerve to ask Faith out for months. But this former Marine keeps missing the boat. Then, fate throws Faith and Sol together for a pirate-themed dinner cruise. Everything is going so well - until real pirates show up and ruin everything. They’ll have to work together if they want to see ...

A grumpy innkeeper. A dead guest. Can he solve the locked-room mystery before his business crumbles into chaos? Imagine “Grumpy Old Men” meets “Schitt's Creek.” In the heart of Redwoods Country, where even the towering trees whisper secrets, there's an innkeeper who's anything but welcoming. Meet Andy Shirley—a man who's made grumpiness an art form, detesting both guests and life's little inconveniences. Now a dead guest and a killer on the loose threaten not only Andy's solitude but his livelihood. His cherished wife’s memory keeps him tethered to the small-town bed and ...

I’m Seymour…Parakeet Detective. My owner, Sharon, and I are on the Sasquatch watch! The creature stalking quiet Mountain Springs is nosy and newsworthy. We’ll find out more than we bargained for. This monster may hold the key to my human existence in a bird body. But I’ve got to survive to find out. Jump in with Sharon and Seymour for a cozy mystery with a paranormal twist.

Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross. So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren't necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum.

An angel just carjacked someone? For Boston Cop, Chloe Mayfield, it's her first day in the city's Blue Moon Division and things are about to get weird. The poor schmuck with the missing car is convinced the glowing being who assaulted him and took his wheels was straight from heaven – he even heard a chorus of angelic music during the crime. Raised catholic, Chloe not about to suggest angels don’t exist, but her gut wants to find a more rational explanation behind this crime. Time to find out.

"The first anti-woke novel ever published - and it's hysterical." Marcia Gaines This is the story of Jessica Harper, a wife and mom living on Georgia's coast, whose life falls apart in the space of 48 hours after she outs herself as "not woke" at a dinner party. A chain reaction of events - including a disastrous appearance on a shock jock's radio show - causes her to lose her friends, her job and (nearly) her sanity. But when a local newspaper owner offers her the chance to head up a new magazine, she thinks her problems are over... when in fact they're only just beginning. Now Jess finds ...

Prepare for a riveting and heartwarming adventure in 'Dean's Magical Mix Up: The Principal's Pin,' where the unexpected becomes the norm. In "Dean's Magical Mix Up: The Principal's Pin," Dean, a young middle-grade student, hates going to school. After enduring a particularly awful school day, Dean stumbles upon the Principal's Pin, a peculiar, shimmering object lying on the floor. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he pockets the mysterious pin. That night, he goes to bed wishing he were an adult, never suspecting that he will wake up the next day transformed into the school principal! ...

If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that "one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..." 1970s. Cambridge, England. A POISONED SCONE: When a customer drops dead in the cafe during the lunch rush Olive is horrified. What's worse, the cause of death was one of her delicious scones. Now solving the case has become personal; not only does Olive want to solve the murder in order to explain the mystery she also needs to clear her name. A COSY COMMUNITY: Despite protesting her innocence, only her two best friends, Millie and Blythe, and the ...

Welcome to the Beachfront Bed & Breakfast, where everyone's dying to get a room! Former school teacher Teri McAfee thought she had settled in to her new job at her quirky Aunt Sam's beautiful seaside bed & breakfast, but there's no time to relax, because Archie Gras is here! Funny little Admiral Archibald Falls Island off the coast of Florida is holding its annual festival, and the B&B is packed with wacky guests! Chaos ensues when Teri and Aunt Sam have to wrangle a house full of party animals, clowns, the annoying in-laws of Aunt Sam's best friend-- and a murderer! With the sheriff ready ...

🌿 A chilling murder. A town full of secrets. A quiet florist who knows how to spot the deadliest weeds. 🌿 When renowned horticultural queen Agnes Sterling is found dead among her prize orchids, the peaceful village of Oakhaven trembles — and so does Posy Brooks, owner of Pots & Petals. What first seems like a tragic accident quickly wilts into something far more sinister: poison, secrets, and sabotage are rooted deep in the town’s flowerbeds. Armed with nothing but her botanical instincts, a sharp eye for details others miss, and the unlikely help of her talkative parrot, Posy ...

Missing lithium bottles, a tall and dreamy science teacher, a possibly promiscuous Phineas. Just another day in my new small town life. My return to Perry, Kansas hasn’t been met with a missing woman like last time, but rather a found one. She doesn’t know who or where she is, but I go straight from that mystery to a request to look into a husband’s possible indiscretion. At least I get to discuss these cases with Dean, but he is a bit preoccupied with lithium bottles missing from his chemistry lab. I moved back home to help out at my family’s archery shop. The fact that my Uncle is...

A Cupcakes-and-Crime Caper When Paul Alwes, a "life coach" is murdered, Tiffany and Rosie are asked to investigate. But who would want to kill a popular life coach? Unfortunately, as they look into Paul's life, the harsh truth is revealed: Paul was a fake. Suddenly, it seems as though many in his life would've wanted him dead - including Tiffany's clients - and Tiffany and Rosie must race time to uncover the killer before they strike again...