Fans of Nancy Coco’s celebrated Candy-Coated Mystery series first met Rowan Giles as a murder suspect and owner of Finn, a stunning lavender Great Dane, in Some Like It Fudgy***. Now the pastry-chef-slash-pet-photographer shows she has what it takes to be a first-rate amateur crime solver as the star of a new series . . .***After honing her baking skills at a New York patisserie, Rowan is back in her hometown of Charlevoix, Michigan, not f...

When her pregnant best friend’s doula is found with a smoking gun, fudge maker Allie McMurphy’s sleuthing becomes a labor of love . . .DID THE DOULA DO IT?April is not only the start of “fudgie” season on picturesque Mackinac Island, but it’s also when Allie’s BFF Jenn Carpenter is due. Jenn wants to have her baby on the island, so she’s lined up a midwife and a doula. But she’s two weeks overdue—and if one more person tells her she looks r...

FORECAST: FAIR WITH A CHANCE OF MURDER . . .The Mackinac County fair is in full swing, and the air is rich with the scent of funnel cakes and the sound of carnival rides. Allie is focused on the fudge competition—another win would really put her hotel and fudge shop on the map. But she’s willing to take a little break and walk through the haunted house attraction with her friend Jenn.When they come across a body, though, it turns out not to be a prop. Soon,...

Allie McMurphy lives the sweet life running her world-famous fudge shop on Mackinac Island—but when a killer strikes, she has to turn from creating confections to extracting confessions . . .TAKING A BITE OUT OF CRIMEAs a gesture of goodwill, Allie is bringing a tray of assorted fudge to her new husband’s ex-wife, Melonie. But she finds Melonie’s body on the floor of her photography studio—where a remote-controlled camera keeps snapping pic...

**When her pregnant best friend’s doula is found with a smoking gun, fudge maker Allie McMurphy’s sleuthing becomes a labor of love . . .“A delightful cozy larded with appetizing fudge recipes.” —Kirkus Reviews**DID THE DOULA DO IT?April is not only the start of “fudgie” season on picturesque Mackinac Island, it’s when Allie’s BFF Jenn Carpenter is due. Jenn wants to have her baby on the island, so she’s lined up a midwife and a doula. But...

Only two things might ruin fudge maker Allie McMurphy’s wedding: murder—and her mother . . .June is always beautiful on Mackinac Island, which is why Allie chose this month for her wedding to police officer Rex Manning**—definitely Mackinac Island’s finest in more ways than one. But if her mother has her way, that’s the last choice Allie will get to make. Allie’s the furthest thing from a Bridezilla—**but it looks like she has a Momzilla on her han...

Fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy never expected her maid of honor duties to include clearing the groom of murder . . .THE BODY OF A CRIMEIt’s late spring on picturesque Mackinac Island, Michigan. Allie is prepping her Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop for the start of the tourist season and her best friend Jenn’s wedding. But when Jenn’s fiancé Shane, a crime scene investigator on the island, misses a dinner date, the two friends go loo...

Christmas on Mackinac Island brings a flurry of festive activity for fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy—but also a body in a snowbank . . .SNOWED UNDERAll Allie wants for Christmas is for renovations to be finished on the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop so she can move back home for the holidays. But for now she's staying in her friend Frances's apartment, busily baking batches of holiday fudge. After someone leaves a mysterious note on...

It’s time for cozy readers to return to the magic of Mackinac Island where sleuth extraordinaire Allie McMurphy solves another unsolved murder in Nancy Coco’s perennially popular Candy-Coated Mystery series.FORECAST: FAIR WIH A CHANCE OF MURDER . . .The Mackinac County fair is in full swing, and the air is rich with the scent of funnel cakes and the sound of carnival rides. Allie is focused on the fudge competition—another ...

**USA Today bestselling authorAfter a summer celebration on Michigan’s Mackinac Island ends in murder, hotel and fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy puts on her sleuthing hat . . .**THERE’S NO SUGARCOATING A KILLER’S SCHEMEDuring the Midsummer Night’s Festival, Allie decides to take her bichonpoo, Mal, home to spare her furry little ears from the sounds of fireworks. But on her way back, Allie spots a body in the lake. Just minutes ago, Winona ...

Halloween on Mackinac Island is a season of fun tricks, but finding a corpse is no treat for fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy . . .NIGHT OF THE REALLY DEADIt’s late October, off–season for tourists, but locals are up and lurching for the annual zombie walk charity event. Though everyone’s living it up, trouble is just a few pawprints away. Allie follows the bloody tracks of her calico cat, Carmella, to a body in the alley behind the Historic...

A bundle of holiday novellas from Nancy Coco’s perennially popular Candy-Coated Mystery series set in Michigan’s Mackinac Island, where sleuth extraordinaire Allie McMurphy and her friends solve murders when she’s not whipping up fudgy delights.ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS FUDGEThis Christmas, event planner Jenn Christensen has come back to Mackinac Island to race for charity in the Santa Fun Run, rekindle her love for CSI tech Shane Carpente...