Pet Mysteries

Some old grudges fester until they explode in dangerous ways. Pam and Paul Bigelow were excited and honored to be hosting the Sunrise Harbor Maine Animal Shelter’s annual Valentine’s Day charity event. They certainly didn’t anticipate their elegant Victorian mansion turning into a cold-hearted crime scene. We’re talking a man strangled with a string twinkling lights, the disappearance of a treasured family heirloom, and shelter dogs cowering in fear. All this happening in the span of a five minutes, all in complete darkness, and none of it making a bit of sense. Who’d want to ...

Get the first book in each cozy mystery series! Light, cozy mysteries with fun loving, amateur female sleuths, quirky family members, and an adorbs cocker spaniel. No gore, swearing or cliffhangers. Cupcakes and Catastrophe The Belle Harbor Cozy Mystery Series (A Culinary Cozy Mystery) A nightmare ending to her storybook marriage. An escape to a quaint beach town. Will a mysterious murder derail a second chance at her dream? Tilly Griffin did everything by the book. Everyone else’s book. Now it was her turn to write a new chapter, three thousand miles from her former life. Her dream of ...

Twelve-year-old Kassy O’Roarke wants to win the Thompson prize at her school newspaper. Her pesky little brother Percy and his key-stealing ferret try to help, and that’s when the trouble begins. Apollo the cougar cub goes missing from their family’s petting zoo. Kassy puts her detective skills to the test to find him before Animal Control does. Can Kassy outsmart the dogcatcher and rescue Apollo before being grounded for life?

A deadly murder, a missing artifact, and Rose with Rex in a race to catch a killer. Rose Dela Cruz thought she was finally getting a break. A few days aboard the Midnight Tide to escape the chaos of her private investigation business. But when a rude guest is found dead, her peaceful getaway quickly spirals into a nightmare. Security insists it’s a simple accident, but Rose knows better. She saw something—just a glimpse—but it’s enough to make her heart race. The more she digs, the more she realizes everyone on board is hiding something. With her loyal Beagle, Rex, and her sister ...

Attorney-turned-freelance-pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne has found a corpse in a client's apartment, and it's up to her to prove the innocence of the obvious suspects: her client's furry ferrets.

"The Disappearing Snowman" is book 6 of The JUST JUNIPER ADVENTURES SERIES. In book 6 of the series, "The Disappearing Snowman", Sophia and Juniper return to the mountains of Western North Carolina to celebrate New Year's with Dad. Here they will also meet up with their friends, Gabriela, Aiden, and Ben. They will enjoy playing in the snow together, sledding and also get to solve another baffling mystery!

Something borrowed, something blue, Olivia’s a bridezilla, and Andrew’s pretty scared too…Olivia is on the warpath of wedding planning. She’s ticking off her tasks rapid fire: flowers, food, and fireworks. Those all are checked off just in time for Andrew to get hit writing a big check of his own. He’s beginning to get suspicious of her motives, since his blushing bride has gone from dragging her feet on a proposal, to suddenly running down the aisle. Olivia doesn’t want to admit that she’s trying to get hitched before her cold feet get the best of her.

When two sisters, Lyla Ford, a successful stunt woman, and her sister Kat Ford, a sought after makeup artist, decide to change course after Lyla is almost killed in a stunt-gone-wrong accident, they never think that becoming Pet Nannies to the stars will put them on the trail of a cunning murderer. Lyla’s visit to take care of a Golden Retriever puppy named Gracie turns into a murder investigation when she discovers Gracie cuddled up next to a dead woman who turns out to be a well-known actress – Faith Sheridan.

While trying to shut the door on the mess of her relationship, Olivia accidentally opens the door to a murder investigation. Olivia’s friend, the owner of a boutique dog food brand, has been killed at her warehouse - bludgeoned with a side of beef. Olivia tries to run off her emotions but only stumbles upon the main murder suspect acting suspicious. She sees this as a sign. If she can’t solve her romantic problems, she can solve the murder of her good friend.

Fellow cozy mystery lovers, it is time for you to become an amateur sleuth too! Can you figure out what… A retired librarian, An old letter found hidden in a library book, An abandoned estate noted for its tragedies …have in common? Retired librarian Marty Frost finds a hidden letter from her long-lost cousin, Felicity, in an old book. Dated ten years ago, the letter hints at a dark secret in their hometown of Whispering Creek. As Halloween approaches, Marty stumbles upon chilling tales surrounding an abandoned estate where Felicity once served as the personal assistant to its owner. ...

Threats. Robberies. Vandalism. Is Oscar really the mastermind behind the latest Happy Hills crime spree? Or is there something more sinister going on? As the Canine Detective Club works to save Oscar’s good name and crime fighting reputation, little do they realize they’re being drawn into an even more dangerous and potentially life-threatening mystery. On the other side of a padlocked gate are neighbors desperately calling out for help. Will Oscar be able to save them in time? Could this mysterious property somehow be linked to Oscar’s past? An Oscar look alike leads them on an ...

When Meg Monroe decides to start her life over in small town Iowa, she knows change can be good. She also knows there’s nothing left for her in her old job—or her marriage. With an old house to decorate and what seems at first like a quiet neighborhood, Meg is pleased to have plenty of time for crafting. But the local craft store is closed with no sign of reopening, leaving Meg at a loss for supplies. And her snarky neighbor isn’t just nosy—she’s murdered—and Meg is determined to restore the peace. Once she also has her mind set on creating the first craft club in Glenville, ...

Polly Parrett is juggling the care of her wheelchair-bound mother, her pet-sitting business, and the sale of the family home. On top of that she finds herself having to deal with an arrogant but really sexy realtor, and Christmas is coming! None of that seems important, though, when she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and must find the real killer before an innocent homeless man and his dog are wrongly convicted.

Polly Parrett finds herself in the midst of another murder mystery. This time it involves two little girls, a wicked stepmother, and a missing father. Oh, and Christmas is almost here. It all begins with a mysterious gift box that’s left on Polly's doorstep. Along the way she encounters problems with her pet-sitting customers and her arch nemesis, Britney Harris, who has her eye on Polly's boyfriend Tyler.

Can a real estate appraiser in a New Jersey beach town get in this much trouble? If your name translates to "pretty nice" in French, you've probably gotten used to teasing. It doesn't prepare you to find out that your soon-to-be-ex-husband has a gambling problem, raided your assets, and embezzled from his bank. Jolie Gentil moves to Great Aunt Madge’s bed and breakfast at the Jersey shore, taking her cat Jazz, and joining Madge's pair of prune-eating dogs. Jolie does not view this as a retreat, just a smart change. She had no idea her life at the Jersey shore was about to get even more ...

Dexter meets Secretary in Michael J. Seidlinger's provocative, disturbing literary thriller that reinvents the serial killer genre, exploring the psychology of desire. Claire studies forensic science, Victor is the gentleman killer. Subverting expectations, Clair seduces Victor and keeps him in her apartment as her pet, her darkest secret. Beautifully written and provocative to listen to, Seidlinger delves into Claire's motivations and impetus to present a compelling psychosexual portrait of a woman obsessed with performance, power, sex, and gore.

Valentine's Day, a pet pig, and smugglers just don't go together. It's happened again, pet-sitter Polly Parrett is embroiled in another mystery. The romantic Valentine's Day weekend she's been looking forward to with her number one guy turns into a fiasco. There's a body of course, characters who may or may not be trusted, danger, and snow - lots of snow. Then something happens that causes the usually mild-mannered Polly to find her inner tigress, and woe betide the person she turns her claws on.

Florence Nightingale sends care instructions to the woman who has just adopted her angora tomcat, Mr. White. T. S. Eliot issues a rhyming birthday party invitation to all Jellicle cats for his four-year-old godson. Jack Kerouac's mother grieves at the death of the family cat. Jack Lemmon winkingly suggests to Walter Matthau that they go in on a cat ranch in Mexico. This utterly charming collection offers a warm and friendly look at the place that cats occupy in our hearts and lives.

Sienna Monroe is settled in her new hometown south of Nashville, Tennessee. Surprisingly the Police Chief publicly lauds not just Sienna’s culinary expertise but her pro-level amateur sleuthing skills. He even seeks her help in identifying a trio of robbers hitting all local banks & businesses. Sienna has found the balance of running her boutique bakery while actively helping her local police solve criminal mysteries … Then additional ingredients enter the mix: a blossoming dating relationship, a persistent stray puppy, and a shocking revelation of who is the mastermind behind the ...

Something sinister invades a shoe dealers' convention where Grace hopes to pick up free samples. As quickly as her pumps can carry her, Grace is off with Jack and their magical cool cats, Tatania and Zeus, investigating a conventioneer's wife's disappearance.