A Christmas wedding in an English castle. Tree trimming, carol singing, figgy pudding. What could be more wonderful than that? But then a dead body turns up and ruins all the fun.
England 1923. No sooner does Kitty Worthington arrive at Wynchcombe Castle for her sister’s holiday nuptials than she makes a gruesome discovery—the remains of a woman who perished long ago. Her death was not natural; she suffered a violent end. And there’s a mysterious connection to the Wynchcombe family that must be explained.
With the ceremony rapidly approaching, Kitty and her merry band of sleuths, comprised of her maid, lords, ladies, Scotland Yard’s finest Detective, Inspector Crawford, and Sir Winston, the family’s beloved basset hound, jump into the fray to solve the murder. For if they don’t, her sister’s wedding day may not only be ruined but might not take place at all.
A Murder of Christmas Past, Book 5 in The Kitty Worthington Mysteries, is another frolicking, historical cozy mystery filled with wily suspects, a sly villain, and an intrepid heroine sure to win your heart. For lovers of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey alike. (Amazon)
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Twenty years isn’t enough to erase the sins of the past—but the future is even more terrifying in this thrilling read perfect for fans of Megan Collins and Julia Heaberlin.
In 1997, Eve Foster’s daughter, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is convinced that she’s the victim of a serial killer who’s been hunting women in the region—but Kelsey’s body is never found.
Years later, Eve dies, leaving everything to her adopted twin daughters. The majority of the wealthy estate in Vermont goes to Lisa, the “good daughter,” while Connie inherits only a small stipend and a property in New Mexico. Connie, often the target of Eve’s cruelty, suspects this was another of her mother’s vindictive games.
Connie arrives in New Mexico to find a small, dilapidated red house in the desert, and the home’s mysterious caretaker, Jet Montgomery, living in a shack on the property. She learns there’s been a string of women murdered in the area—murders that no one will talk about.
Before Connie can get to the truth, her mother’s sadistic mind games come creeping back from the grave—and now the danger becomes all too real. With a serial killer on the loose and a trove of deadly secrets coming to the surface, Connie is in a desperate race to save herself and what little is left of her shattered family. (Amazon)
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Candy Cane Carriages – a sweet place to die
It’s a celebration year round in Holiday Corner, a scenic small town tucked away in Vermont. Candy canes, garlands, ornaments, wreaths and more – who would expect to find a dead body?
Certainly not the owners of Candy Cane Carriages, provider of winter sleigh rides. Nor their twin granddaughters, Candi and Mandi Winter who have come to help them run the business.
But when Gavin Foster, a local photographer and animal rights activist is found dead in one of their sleighs, they find one of them will be accused of his murder.
Slay Ride is Book 3 in the Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery series.
Enjoy all the cozy mystery short reads in the series…
- Missing Santas – Book 1
- Ghostly Gifts – Book 2
- Slay Ride – Book 3 (Amazon)
Editions Available: Kindle
Once the talk of the town, Mistletoe Manor stood abandoned for years, that is until Edwin Bowater came along and revitalized it.
Now with the Manor restored and the traditional gala preparations underway, Edwin does not have time for Lady Louise Rafferty. She roams the Manor and the town scaring the guests and visitors.
Celeste and her daughter Hayley, arrive for a week’s stay just in time for the festivities. What Celeste didn’t expect is that before long she, along with the town’s grandmotherly figure, would be solving the mystery of the haunting ghost.
Who killed Lady Louise Rafferty and why hasn’t anyone found her body? And why is she insisting on finding her daughter?
Will Celeste and Hayley be able to solve a century-old mystery?
Ghostly Gifts is Book 2 in the Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery Series.
Enjoy all the cozy mystery short reads in the series…
Missing Santas – Book 1
Ghostly Gift – Book 2
Slay Ride – Book 3
Be sure to follow me, Ileana Muñoz Renfroe, here on Amazon so you’ll be notified of all of my releases. (Amazon)
Editions Available: Kindle
Holiday Corner
Holiday Corner, Vermont, founded in 1892 by Thadeus Holiday, is your typical quintessential Christmas town filled with twinkling lights, garland, wreaths, and red ribbons.
You’re probably thinking nothing exciting ever happens in our quiet mountain town.
Read on because Holiday Corner has its share of mystery and surprises…
Missing Santas is Book 1 in the Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery series.
Ghostly Gift – Book 2
Slay Ride – Book 3
Missing Santas- Book 1
Event planner Joy Holiday isn’t exactly feeling joyful this Christmas season.
*Her Santas keep going missing and worse, end up dead.
*Her hometown of Holiday Corner (named after her great-great-great-grandfather) blames Joy for this year’s lack of Christmas spirit.
*Her billionaire ex-husband is seeking revenge and ready to buy up the town.
*And to make matters worse, it hasn’t snowed yet this season, not even an inch!
Joy’s job has quickly turned into saving the town’s holiday season and putting an end to the chaos.
Holiday Corner, Vermont, is a close-knit mountain town that prides itself on showing its Christmas spirit 365 days a year. For some reason, this year’s Christmas celebration seems to be plagued by misfortune and mayhem. Someone is out to ruin the festivities and lay the blame on Joy Holiday. Who dislikes Joy so much that they are willing to commit murder?
**You’ll find cookie recipes included in Missing Santas.**
Missing Santas is Book 1 in the Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery series.
Enjoy all the cozy mystery short reads in the series…
Missing Santas – Book 1
Ghostly Gift – Book 2
Slay Ride – Book 3
Be sure to follow me, Sharon Michaels, here on Amazon so you’ll be notified of all my new releases. Holiday Corner
Holiday Corner, Vermont, founded in 1892 by Thadeus Holiday, is your typical quintessential Christmas town filled with twinkling lights, garland, wreaths, and red ribbons.
You’re probably thinking nothing exciting ever happens in our quiet mountain town.
Read on because Holiday Corner has its share of mystery and surprises…
Missing Santas is Book 1 in the Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery series.
Ghostly Gift – Book 2
Slay Ride – Book 3
Missing Santas- Book 1
Event planner Joy Holiday isn’t exactly feeling joyful this Christmas season.
*Her Santas keep going missing and worse, end up dead.
*Her hometown of Holiday Corner (named after her great-great-great-grandfather) blames Joy for this year’s lack of Christmas spirit.
*Her billionaire ex-husband is seeking revenge and ready to buy up the town.
*And to make matters worse, it hasn’t snowed yet this season, not even an inch!
Joy’s job has quickly turned into saving the town’s holiday season and putting an end to the chaos.
Holiday Corner, Vermont, is a close-knit mountain town that prides itself on showing its Christmas spirit 365 days a year. For some reason, this year’s Christmas celebration seems to be plagued by misfortune and mayhem. Someone is out to ruin the festivities and lay the blame on Joy Holiday. Who dislikes Joy so much that they are willing to commit murder?
**You’ll find cookie recipes included in Missing Santas.**
Missing Santas is Book 1 in the Holiday Corner Christmas Cozy Mystery series.
Enjoy all the cozy mystery short reads in the series…
Missing Santas – Book 1
Ghostly Gift – Book 2
Slay Ride – Book 3
Be sure to follow me, Sharon Michaels, here on Amazon so you’ll be notified of all my new releases. (Amazon)
Editions Available: Kindle
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. Actually, any time of year when tasty baked goods are expected is my favorite time of year, but why quibble over details? I just can’t understand why someone would ditch a dead body like that.
It’s Christmas, and Allie and Lucy are on the hunt for a killer in between baking Christmas cakes for the Christmas baking contest. What they discover about the victim will have him put on Santa’s naughty list. Permanently. Just because someone did a bad thing doesn’t mean they deserved to die, does it? Allie and Lucy will have to decide the answer to that question when they figure out who killed the victim.
Welcome to Sandy Harbor, Maine, a small town with a lot of heart. And a dead body or two. (Amazon)
Editions Available: Kindle
Not only is Christmas coming, but so are Becky’s parents. Christmas has to be perfect, and they will be meeting her boyfriend for the first time. But after being roped into carol singing, a choir member is found dead with one of Becky’s mince pies stuffed in their mouth!
Can Becky find a killer before her parents get back? Or will her plans for the perfect Christmas be ruined?
If you love a festive mystery then grab a copy of Christmas in Branden Bay (Amazon)
Editions Available: Kindle
THE FIRST EVER HUMBOLDT CO.THEMED COZY MYSTERY SERIES IS HERE!
◆A hippy, a logger, a pot grower and a clown walk into a bar…and you know you are in Blue River!◆
Sadie Simpson has not had a good month. Dumped by both her employer, and boyfriend, she then learns her Portland home is being demolished to make way for a new on-ramp. Taking a road trip to figure out her future, Sadie plans to drop by her daughter at college, then go visit friends in San Francisco.
But these plans get derailed by an anonymous text.
Her estranged sister, Samantha, has been arrested for murder.
It looks like Sadie is going to have to take a detour off the 101, and head to her old hometown of Blue River. This is where her sister lives, and this is where Cara Armstrong, failed mayoral candidate and local busybody, lived—and died.
Cara’s body was found on the community garden compost heap. She’d been killed by a pair of cannabis trimming scissors.
And those scissors belong to Samantha.
Shears of a Clown is the first book in The Humboldt County Mysteries Series.
A contemporary cozy with a tiny hint of edge! This quirky cast of characters is sure to win your heart. For lovers of Agatha Raisin and Janet Evanovich alike.
★★★★★ Shears of a Clown – “Like Virgin River, only funny!” ★★★★★
Buy Shears of a Clown today! (Amazon)
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In this 5th installment of the bestselling mystery series, Cleopatra Fox gets entangled in a web of betrayal and blackmail that leaves the high society matchmakers scandalized.
When a notorious cad is bludgeoned to death with a candlestick in the library at the most important ball of the London social season, Cleo finds herself in the prime position to solve the crime. After all, she stumbled across the body soon after the victim’s demise and is a witness to the evening’s events.
But when a footman is arrested with a stolen painting in his possession, she finds her services are not required. Yet several things don’t add up, and the lead detective is convinced the man he was forced to arrest isn’t guilty.
With the aid of Harry Armitage and her friends from the Mayfair Hotel, Cleo sets out to uncover the truth. They’re soon neck-deep in the scandalous secrets the victim unearthed about members of society. Secrets that could ruin marriages, reputations and futures if exposed.
But which secret is worth killing for? And which suspect is hiding the most explosive secret of all? (Amazon)
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It’s wedding season in Sweetwater, and plenty of Savannah’s nearest and dearest have paired up to tie the knot. First up are Todd Satterfield and Marley Cartwright – but things take a turn when the father of the groom, Sheriff Bob Satterfield, doesn’t show up in time for the wedding.
Todd and Marley exchange vows anyway – the church is full and the minister waiting – but of course there’s no question about honeymooning in Tuscany under the circumstances. They stay home and, like everyone else in the family, turn their brains inside out to try to figure out what could have happened.
But as the hours and days tick by, Bob’s disappearance remains a mystery. The investigation is only made more confusing, and more urgent, by the discovery of another three missing men from a nearby town.
The next weekend is the wedding of Savannah’s brother Dix to Chief of Police Tamara Grimaldi, and Savannah’s determined that that’s going to take place as planned, Bob or no Bob. She takes over most of the wedding duties from Grimaldi, so the chief of police, along with Savannah’s husband Rafe and sheriff’s deputy Cletus Johnson, can keep scouring the county for any sign of the missing.
But when all four are found, all shot and left for dead in a pickup truck in the Bog, it’s clear that something big is at stake, and getting Bob back in (mostly) one piece, doesn’t mean he’ll stay that way long enough to attend his own wedding to Savannah’s mother two more weeks hence… (Amazon)
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Francesca Eve, chef, caterer, and baker extraordinaire, has never desired the limelight. But when she’s accepted onto the country’s favourite cooking competition, she can’t help but wonder – what would it be like to win? The one thing she’d never imagined, though, was sharing the kitchen with a killer…
When Francesca Eve arrives for the Christmas special of the country’s most popular baking competition, she knows she’s out of her depth. For not only is she there undercover, reluctantly investigating strange threats to Miranda Appleby, the famous presenter-come-chef, but she swiftly gets roped into competing herself when another contestant can’t cut the mustard and quits.
Cooking may be bread and butter to Fran, but under the bright lights her cranberry sauce won’t set and her mince pies burn. When the real reason she’s there ends in total failure and Miranda is found with a cake slice through the heart – ‘lights, camera, cook’ becomes ‘lights, camera, murder…’
Miranda may have looked like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but looks can be deceiving… From her harassed PA to the rakish producer and even the disappointed contestants, everyone on set seemingly had reason enough to want to bump her off. But who would be nuts enough to cook Miranda’s goose in such an obvious way?
As the police arrive to take over the investigation, Fran can’t help but continue her own lines of enquiry. She’s come to know the crew and contestants and can’t believe that any one of them would be guilty. But Fran must harden her heart to her new friends and focus her mind.
Someone may have thought Miranda was justifiably given her just desserts, but what Fran uncovers takes things to a whole new tier. Can Fran uncover the truth before another death occurs, and before the spirit of Christmas (cake) is ruined forever?
An utterly gripping cozy crime mystery set at a Christmas cooking competition. This is perfect for fans of Faith Martin, M.C. Beaton and The Thursday Murder Club.
Readers love Emma Davies:
‘Oh my giddy aunt… I was addicted to reading this book… I binge read the book over the course of a couple of days…I just wanted the book to continue… a very well deserved 5*.’ Ginger Book Geek, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Had me hooked and left me wanting more!… Fabulous!’ Hidden.with.books, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A page turning read… loved the ending which was absolutely perfect!!!’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I was hooked… I absolutely loved this book!’ Oh.happy.reading, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Brilliantly addictive.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Amazon)
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The last thing Danny wants to see published is his obituary
The year is 1975. Danny Jacobs is an ambitious, young American journalist who’s just arrived in Bombay for a new assignment. He’s soon caught up in the chaos of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s domestic “Emergency.”
Willy Smets is Danny’s enigmatic expat neighbor. He’s a charming man, but with suspicious connections. As a monsoon drenches Bombay, Danny falls hard for Sushmita, Smets’s beguiling and clever lover—and the infatuation is mutual.
“The Emergency,” a virtual coup by the prime minister, is only the first twist in the high-stakes drama of Danny’s new life in India. The assassination of a police officer by a Marxist extremist, as well as Danny’s obsession with the inscrutable Sushmita, conspire to put his career—and life—in jeopardy. And, of course, the temptations of Willy Smets’s seductive personality sit squarely at the heart of the matter.
Democracy is fragile and the lines of loyalty and betrayal often cross and cannot be untangled.
Perfect for fans of Ken Follett and Steve Berry (Amazon)
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