When Piper Lane's career and her office romance both die fiery deaths on the same day, she packs up her worldly goods and her French Bulldog, Jasper, and leaves Houston behind, setting sail for safer harbors – the welcoming golden shores of Sunrise Island, to be exact.But Piper, her pessimistic sister, Page, and her overly dramatic niece, Blaire, have no sooner rolled up their sleeves and taken over an old bed and breakfast on the island, than a dead body is discovered on the premi...

When Sylvia Shipman's uncle plunges to his death on the eve of a catastrophic stock market crash, the verdict is suicide. But Sylvia doubts the official story after seeing a sinister stranger fleeing the scene. She doubts it even more after learning of her uncle's secret criminal connections.With the help of her family's attractive new chauffeur, the mysteriously capable Miles, Sylvia chases the true killer through the swanky jazz clubs and shadowed alleyways of 1920s New York. But...

Bloody murder is the last thing on Barbara Hollis's mind when she agrees to travel to a sleepy little town to keep house for her widowed brother. Aside from chasing after her irritating young nephews, she thinks the biggest challenge she'll face is learning to cook a proper soufflé. But a bizarre encounter on a train quickly draws her into a more complicated and dangerous future than she bargained for . . .When a local woman turns up dead, and Barbara's sheriff brother is too inept...

The Sunrise Bed & Breakfast: where danger never rests...When Piper Lane and her sister Page decide to take over a cozy old bed & breakfast on Sunrise Island, they think they know what they're in for. They're wrong.Between the murderous habits of their guests, the long-buried secrets of their neighbors, and the wild rantings of the crazy old lady living in their attic, the Lane sisters are about to discover that island life is no walk on the beach.

When Augusta Lockwood and her friends form a society to investigate crime, they don't have long to wait before a murder falls into their laps. A disappearing gardener and the discovery of a gruesome crime scene launch a series of mysterious events that soon engulf even the bravest of the amateur detectives in danger.Meanwhile, in the wake of an attempted burglary, Augusta takes a new lodger into her home. But the presence of the enigmatic Mr. Julian Hawksworth quickly proves to be ...

Augusta Lockwood is still wrestling with the dilemma of an anonymous corpse buried beneath her floorboards, when a new mystery arrives on her doorstep. A governess friend from the secret ladies society presses Augusta into helping to identify the culprit behind a series of deadly goings on in a great house under shadow.Insinuating herself into the home, Augusta must navigate a tangled web of deceit and suspicion, leading everywhere from the downstairs servants to the strangely cold...

As Sylvia and Miles prepare for their wedding day, tragedy threatens. With the life of a member of the wedding party in danger, can Sylvia catch a murderer and get to the bottom of one final mystery?

Barbara expects her life to settle down, now that she has returned to Cobbsville with all her old secrets laid to rest. But instead, she comes home to find an unexpected new member has joined the Hollis household—and brought along a deadly new mystery.Barbara's investigation of a murder uncovers lies and motives that have been buried for years. But can she get to the bottom of it all before finding herself at the bottom of a grave?

Sylvia and Miles travel to London to investigate the murder of Miles's late wife. At last, Miles is about to solve the crime that has haunted him for so long. There's just one problem. The killer is dangerous and cunning.With Miles tracking down leads in the city, can Sylvia uncover the truth during a deadly weekend in the English countryside? Or will the killer strike again one final, terrible time?

When Sylvia's sister disappears unexpectedly, Sylvia doubts the official story. Joan wouldn't run off to California to become a film star without first saying goodbye to her family. Clearly, she's in some sort of danger and it's up to Sylvia to find out what.But can Sylvia set aside her doubts about her mysterious butler in order to enlist help from Miles when she needs it most?

A sudden death interrupts what should have been an enjoyable day for Barbara Hollis. Once again, with Craig and Deputy Elwood at her side, Barbara must delve into the unhappy scandals and secrets certain inhabitants of Cobbsville will do anything to hide.

A dark secret from her past has come back to haunt Barbara Hollis. When Deputy Elwood finds out the truth about her, Barbara flees Cobbsville, returning to the city where all her troubles began.Going undercover, she tries to catch the one person who can prove her innocence and restore her reputation—but tracking down answers won't be easy when pursuing a dangerous villain who will stop at nothing.