Watch what you wish for… Some inheritances are literally death.My life has been turned upside down by my inheritance, but my only complaint is the cat that came along with the new house.I swear he's judging me as I settle in and try to make new friends in my new small-town Louisiana neighborhood.And just when I start to settle into my new job and get back to reading my classic novels, I'm pulled chapters deep into a mystery.The Beauty Queen ...

Velma and Ethel are at it again.After her generous, and unintentional, donation for splinter-free park benches, Velma Harmon gets invited to a charity dinner hosted by the Beautification Committee of Bliss at the home of Everett Gaines, one of the wealthiest widowers in town.With no interest in going, she hopes to find adventure elsewhere, much to the dismay of Ethel and Chief Rayne. Ethel has always wanted to see Gaines Manor up close, and Chief Rayne just...

Bliss, Texas will never be the same. A murder will make sure of that.The town Sheriff is fat, happy, and useless. Just like his daddy before him and his dad before that.Ethel and Velma Harmon should know. They've been around for all three.These two seventy-something sisters-in-law refuse to let their ages slow them down. Especially when there's a mystery to get tangled up in.The only thing that takes their time away from the whole ball of ya...

Bodies are piling up, and I'm in charge of figuring out why.I can't help it! There are innocent people being accused.And don't get me started on the heat and humidity in Beulah.The thick cloud of death is only surpassed by the constant hot flashes induced by the weather.I could keep going. I should actually.After almost being killed by a history-obsessed realtor that wanted my inherited house for herself, I'm ready to get out of Dodg...

Just when I thought things in my New Orleans suburb were starting to settle down, a crazymayoral election throws a wrench into the works.Mayor Travis was used to applause from his days as a high school football star, but he’s morelikely to hear boos nowadays, since his rival is painting him as soft on crime.Beulah’s recent uptick in crime has the mayor losing the case for re-election, and it doesn’t helpwhen the other c...

She was already dying. So why does something feel so very wrong?When the Carolan Springs garden club president is found dead, nobody questions it. She had a terminal diagnosis. Caring for her beloved plants may have caused her tragic demise. It was, everyone agrees, simply a horrible accident.Everyone except Anne Freemont.Anne can't explain her feelings. At least not yet. But something about the circumstances pricks at her conscience like a thorn sh...

Book 3 of the Prairie Crocus Cozy Mystery Series.Clean, wholesome fun (& murder) for all ages!Holidays: a time to gather, spend time with loved ones and...stress over hosting? Claudia Porter's parents are visiting for the first time since she abruptly quit her job and fled to Prairie Crocus. She's determined to impress them with her hospitality and everything the picturesque small town has to offer. But when Claudia and her folks discover a dead body, it see...

When the town doctor dies at the Farmers Market, it is quickly discovered he was poisoned.The gossip vine turns its sights on Sam because she was one of the last people to see the man alive, and if anyone wanted him dead, it was her.As Sam fights to maintain her reputation as well as find the real killer, she discovers that once again, her future is going to be deeply affected by her past.Will Sam find the murderer before her life is left in tatters?

A freak storm rages……in the middle of nowhere.She's snowed in and alone.Penny Nicols left her bad ju-ju behind her. Or so she thought. Coasting into a small-town garage, she wants only one thing - to get in and out before the Raven can find her.Will a shift in the weather spell doom?It can when omens crash like lightning.Then a young waitress and her friends are marked for death.Choosing not to call in support, Penny untangles the clu...

What happens on spring break stays on spring break…except murder.It’s spring break in Rainbow Falls and true crime aficionado Annie Abbott is hoping to cater to the hoards of college kids descending on her coastal town by hosting a Gatsby-themed murder mystery party. She’s hoping her twenties era whodunnit at a local historic mansion will increase tourist revenue and build her business’s brand.The party is the talk of the town when a despised social media i...

Whitney Dagner is your tour guide to a Pacific paradise that’s to die for—only to find it’s a place people are also willing to kill for—in Gabby Allan’s Much Ado About Nauticaling, first in the Whit and Whiskers Mystery series.After far too many years in the Los Angeles corporate world, Whitney Dagner has come home to Santa Catalina Island off the California coast to help her brother Nick run Nautically Yours, the family tourism business. Between gift shop...

The annual Mermaid Festival is the setting for this sunny-yet-sinister second Enchanted Bay cozy mystery starring a North Carolina water witch, perfect for fans of Heather Blake and Bailey Cates.“A tantalizing blend of mystery, magic, and mythology, infused with a dash of romance.” —Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library Mystery seriesThe small town of Bellamy Bay has its share of skeletons in its closet, but it isn't used to bo...