"In Hellyer's skillful hands, what initially seems like a simple case of blackmail to spur a quick estate sale soon reveals itself as a much more complicated scheme of revenge and concealment...It all barrels toward a resolution that many readers won't see coming." - Kirkus ReviewsAn electric fence, a beautiful cryptic box, and the wildest goose chase this side of Muskoka!The Valentines' world is about to be zapped with a bolt of mayhem and mystery...

Highclere Inn & Carriage House is open for business, but don't expect peace and quiet-because another baffling mystery is about to unfold. This time, it's a cocktail of reincarnation theories, long-buried secrets, and just enough absurdity to keep you guessing and laughing all the way through.When the "Society for Transcendent Understanding of Past-Life Identification and Discovery" rolls into town, Mason Valentine and his fearless cousin Cordelia "Cici" Bradshaw find themselves pu...

An entirely standalone Highclere Inn & Carriage House festive farce, set outside the main mystery series. No previous reservation required.A hillside with armed strangers, an inn reopened as bait, and one seventeen-year-old absolutely certain he can crack the case before Santa comes down the chimney.Long before the mystery boxes, past lives and baffling murders, Highclere Inn & Carriage House faced its very first mystery.It's Christmas Eve in the pr...

A deliciously sly, compulsively readable tale about greed, power and the world’s most devious family, for fans of The Nest and Succession.When Alana Shropshire’s seventy-six-year-old father, Ed, starts dating Kelly, a saucy twenty-eight-year-old, a flurry of messages arrive from Alana’s brothers, urging her to help “protect Dad” from the young interloper. Alana knows that what Teddy and Martin really want to protect is their father’s fortune, and ...

A new short story from New York Times bestselling author Sheila Connolly!With working conditions deteriorating and tempers wearing thin, construction supervisor Mason is having enough trouble completing the massive building project on time and on budget—the last thing he needs is a dead body. Sure, on a job as big as this one accidents happen, but this death was no accident.Hoping to clear up the murder quickly, Mason begins to search the site and question...

Izzy wants to be like Grandpa Mike and make people happy, but the results of Izzy's generosity toward the Braids Girl are not what she expected. What does the Braids Girl really want?Young readers will cheer for Izzy when she at last realizes that the need for love and acceptance is what lies deep in the hearts of us all, no matter our age, race, gender, or social standing.This story of compassion and revelation lovingly demonstrates that despite outward appearance, little ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLERFor readers of I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, a candid and heart-wrenching memoir about child abuse, family secrets, and the healing that begins once the truth is revealed and the past is confronted.Andrea is four and a half the first time her father, David, gives her a bath. Although she is young, she knows there is something strange about the ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone.A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman e...

A young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke.Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home. The young woman doesn't believe in exorcis...

In this exciting short story, Frank Becker is a man with a mission that doesn't turn out quite as planned. His life is far from ordinary, and he knows how deadly routine can be if someone wants to do you harm . . .No Time Left is a gripping quick read from David Baldacci, the internationally bestselling author of The Camel Club series.

Winter is here.The days are short, the nights are long and the deeds are dark.It's not often that Detective Sue Penner gets a night out on the town. She’s thrilled to be the Captain’s plus one at a prestigious art gala, but her enjoyment is cut short when the event’s host fails to make an appearance. When his body is pulled from the Ottawa River later that night, it offers more questions than answers.Mark Williams was a personal friend of the Captain’s, and Detectiv...

A “brisk, crafty, and fascinating psychological thriller” (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, this darkly suspenseful novel follows a compulsive liar whose carefully constructed life begins to unravel when her closest friend disappears.Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many that the truth is like a hazy nightmare she can’t quite recall. About to graduate from c...