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After the success of her first event, which revived the fortunes of the bookstore she loves so dearly, Annie is excited to launch Redwood Grove’s first film festival. But when an infamous film critic plunges to his death during the premiere of a Hitchcock-inspired thriller, Annie’s instincts tell her that this was no accident. She soon discovers that many of the cast, crew, and guests are harboring dark secrets—from the lead actress with a scandalous past, to a film historian obsessed with protecting his vintage reel collection.

For high-powered personal injury attorney Noah Byron, the good things in life come with a price tag - cars, houses, women. That's why he represents only cases that come with the possibility of a nice cut of the action. But as a favor to his ex-wife, he meets with the mother of twelve-year-old Joel, a boy poisoned by tainted children's medicine. While the official story is that a psycho tampered with bottles, the boy's mother believes something much more sinister is at work...and the trail leads right back to the pharmaceutical company.

The chief character, Lord Peter Wimsey, goes to the Bellona Club to have a meal with an old friend of his, ninety-year old General Fentiman. In great surprise, he finds the aged man fully dressed by the fire in full rigor mortis. A question arises concerning the time of death and the situation develops into a serious murder investigation. Wimsey sometimes seemed to have a supercilious attitude as a monocled aristocrat and sometimes became a sort of professional detective. His family motto was, “As my whimsy takes me.”

Vera Wong, tea house owner and occasional sleuth should feel content. Her son Tilly has moved in with his girlfriend, and the shop has been inundated with customers. But Vera can’t help feeling a little… bored. Sometimes, all an old lady wants is a murder to solve. Is that too much to ask for? Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman called Millie, whose friend Xander has gone missing. Is this Vera's chance to get out her trusty notebook and solve another mystery?

Christmas may be 63 days away, but as the Tinker’s Cove Chamber of Commerce gears up for an elaborate Dickens-themed Christmas event, reporter Lucy Stone is already feeling a bit Grinchy—until a possible murder requires her sleuthing skills in the latest Lucy Stone Mystery from bestselling...

I denna fängslande deckare från 50-talets Sverige möter vi Ann, en skarp och självständig kriminalreporter som står inför ett vägskäl i livet. Pressad mellan sin traditionella mosters förväntningar och sin egen moderna livsstil, tvingas Ann omvärdera sin relation till den charmige men komplicerade Joachim. Men kärleksbekymren får snart ta ett steg tillbaka när en serie mystiska dödsfall skakar om den till synes idylliska landsbygden kring Vårbyhus. Med sin journalistiska skicklighet och skarpa intuition dras Ann in i en farlig härva av hemligheter, svartsjuka och oväntade allianser.

In this idyllic small town, the residents are crazy, the frosting is fatal, and this sleuth might just be plum out of luck. When Lily moves back to Plumb Falls after losing her job as a journalist, she’s ready for a fresh start in the family bakery. The town is known for its festivals, trails, ski resorts and cavern tours, and Lily can’t wait to take her crow friend, Sir Edgar Allen Crow, on a hike. Instead, she’s roped into an online town council meeting where every member is on an ego trip and tensions about the butter sculpting festival are bubbling over.

Millie Miller couldn't imagine life being more stressful than having to put herself and her dogs on a diet until she and Jess discover a body in the sauna at the gym. She couldn’t believe there was another murder in the short amount of time she’d been living in her condo. Again, Millie wondered if her condominium complex, Mermaid Cove, should be renamed Murder Cove. Not long after finding the body in the sauna, Jess announced that her mother was going to come out for a visit. Jess’s mother wasn't the easiest person to get along with, and Millie was dreading it.

When a routine restoration ends in death, photographer Georgina Drake finds herself documenting murder instead of stained glass… Georgina is photographing the restoration of St Edmund's church when young craftsman Liam Jacobs collapses after eating homemade banana bread. Despite Georgina's desperate attempts at CPR, he dies at the scene.

I inherited the business from my grams and had no experience running a boarding house when I stepped in. There’s no question I’ve had my hands full. Fractious boarders, broken appliances, leaky roofs, and a very distracting next-door neighbor who makes my engine rev. (Oops…did I say that last thing out loud?) The best thing I can do for myself is to stay away from Jack Walters. He has a tendency to cloud my thoughts and turn me into a babbling idiot. Forget I mentioned him. I mean, the real problem is the dead body my plucky little blonde dachshund, Iris, found in the flower beds.

Geraldine Atkins, die reiche und betagte Lady, lädt zum Höhepunkt der Saison eine Festgesellschaft in ihr Anwesen „Beauregard House" am Meer. Doch als sich kurz nacheinander zwei grausame Morde ereignen, ist es mit der Ferien-Idylle aus und vorbei. Margaret Rutherford ist fest dazu entschlossen, den Schuldigen zu entlarven. Schon bald steht der Täter fest: Mr. Julian Bradford, der Sohn der Gastgeberin scheint hinter den blutigen Taten zu stecken.

Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell. Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colorful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another. One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.

At the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for the first time in years the city is booming. There is hope in Wrightsville, but Ellery Queen has come looking for death. The mystery author is hoping for fodder for a novel, and he senses the corruption that lurks beneath the apple pie façade. He rents a house owned by the town's first family, whose three daughters star in most of the local gossip.

Arapaho attorney Vicki Holden and Father John O'Malley must find the link between the murder of a woman—and the murder of her ancestor from a century earlier...

Get ready for a wild ride where danger and hilarity intertwine, and where the line between friend and foe blurs under the scorching Florida sun. As the band sets the tropical soundtrack, investment advisor Tom McCall aims to bring some cool to the sizzling scene. But is he who he claims to be?...

The Pennyfoot hides many secrets, and its downstairs staff keeps a tight lip, even when the Edwardian aristocrats are spotted dallying with damsels in the boudoirs or gambling in the card rooms hidden below the floorboards. Should now and then one of the hotel guests fall prey to a dastardly...

After a record-breaking tourist season, Bar Harbor is ready for the less eventful off-season. But the murder of a barbecue baron will keep restaurateur Hayley Powell busy well after Labor Day . . . Hayley and her husband are snuggled into a secluded spot on Maine's rocky shoreline to take in the...

Julie Mulhern presents Book 21 in the Country Club Murders series...

Hiring a new housekeeper for a notorious haunted house can come with unexpected challenges, especially when family secrets are at risk. But it’s not just the Marlow family secrets the mediums of Beach Drive need to be worried about. It seems everyone has a family secret, as Danielle and her...