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High Stakes Crime by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCrime, high-stakes poker, and a hidden treasure. Will Shelby survive her most challenging adventure yet?Mind reader, Shelby Nichols, is determined to take charge of her own destiny, but even the best-laid plans are no match for the high-stakes crime involving a mob boss and his enemies... -
![The Ghost is Clear: A Ghost Detective Paranormal Cozy Mystery #3 by Jane Hinchey]()
The Ghost is Clear: A Ghost Detective Paranormal Cozy Mystery #3 by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmateur sleuth, PI in training, ghost whisperer.That's me. Audrey Fitzgerald, ghost detective. I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that I can not only communicate with ghosts, but animals too. Well, one in particular, my big gray teddy bear of a cat, Thor. What I haven't worked out yet is how to keep my newfound abilities a secret from the townsfolk of Firefly Bay... -
![Haunted Tales by Terri Reid]()
Haunted Tales by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe death of a beloved fourth-grade teacher has haunted Andrew Tyler his entire life. Was it really an accidental death or was she murdered? And if it was only an accident, why did her ghost haunt the hallways of the old, abandoned school in Polo, Illinois? Andrew calls on Mary O’Reilly to solve the mystery and catch a killer who is still on the loose in the small town... -
![Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale]()
Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA crime with no eyewitnesses. A determined psychic sleuth. Will her search for clues take her where angels fear to tread? Mitzy Moon is eager to test her expanding abilities. Although she’d love to look into the hit-and-run that struck down her favorite veterinarian, leads are slim to none... -
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![The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox]()
The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFor Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor for a long-dead mob boss. But Verity is always ready to help out a friend, even one as eternally eccentric as Frankie... -
![Pawsitively Betrayed by Melissa Erin Jackson]()
Pawsitively Betrayed by Melissa Erin Jackson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnemies wear many faces.The Here and Meow Festival has finally arrived! Amber Blackwood and her fellow festival committee members still have plenty to do before the celebration of all things feline begins. Even though Amber’s witchy past keeps interfering, she knows the show must go on. Edgehill’s livelihood depends on the festival’s success... -
![Witch Way Down Under by Jane Hinchey]()
Witch Way Down Under by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTick Tock. Time is running out.My parents are missing in outback Australia. Only they’ve left me clues. Clues that tell me they were close to a significant discovery – the location of a copper scroll that leads to untold treasures. A scroll that treasure hunters would kill for.Now I’m in a race against time... -
![Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAwaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point.For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet mix of endings and beginnings... -
![Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey]()
Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo call Gran eccentric is somewhat of an understatement. She has questionable fashion sense, cough, can anyone say bedazzled Ugg boots and a tutu? But my Gran? She is awesome. So when she suggested I buy The Dusty Attic Bookstore I was all in, after all, what could go wrong?Try finding my high school nemesis dead on the floor of my newly acquired store for starters... -
![Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles]()
Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt should’ve been so easy… Blissful Breneaux has spent her career catching troublesome ghosts for a covert government agency. But all that changes the day she is fired. She has one shot to redeem herself— track down the biggest, baddest spirit the agency has ever known and haul him in. Too bad that ghost resides in the one place Blissful despises—Haunted Hollow, Alabama... -
![Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder]()
Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMichelle Bishop has spent most of her life hating her nemesis, Georgia Beauregard. When the town beauty queen herself suddenly dies, Michelle is the only one who isn’t mourning. But Michelle has just discovered there is something far worse than a living, breathing bully. Try being haunted by a dead one... -
![Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott]()
Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPebble Cove is known for giving tourists the cold shoulder, but a frozen body is something new. The people of Pebble Cove are thrown into a forced hibernation when the worst snowstorm in a decade hits the Oregon Coast. They expect to find damages once the snow thaws, but a frozen body down by the pier comes as a terrible surprise... -
![Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox]()
Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGhost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it—without ghostly interference... -
![Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs]()
Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBookstore owner Willa Chance has no idea that things in Mystic Notch are about to take a turn for the worseWhen a string of robberies escalates to murder, Willa is baffled by the behavior of her sister, the county sheriff. Normally the gung-ho law woman would be all over the case, but she seems more interested in doing her nails and picking out jazz music instead... -
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![Haunted And Hexed by Misty Bane]()
Haunted And Hexed by Misty Bane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Blackwood Bay, where magic and murder have come out to play...If only that had been on the sign when I drove into town. Instead, the picturesque seaside destination had lured me in with its vintage charm and promises of the quaint little bookstore I’d unexpectedly inherited. Then came the handful of instant friends and a hunky local to boot... -
![Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren]()
Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBread is supposed to be the staff of life—not a murder weapon.Every baker has their weak spot. For Poppy it’s bread. So, when The Great British Baking Contest hits bread week, she’s as fragile as an overbaked croissant. Just when she needs to keep all her focus on flour, water, yeast and salt, another ingredient enters the mix. Death... -
![Probable Paws by Leighann Dobbs]()
Probable Paws by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiddle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is often haunted by ghosts who want her to do their bidding. Usually it involves the nasty business of bringing their killer to justice, so when the ghost of Adelaide Hamilton asks her to find an old recipe book and give it to Elspeth Whipple, it seems like an easy job... -
![Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly]()
Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSmall-town librarian Kathleen Paulson gets plenty of entertainment from her extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules. But when a theater troupe stumbles into more tragedy than it bargained for, it's up to Kathleen to play detective... -
![One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy]()
One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care...Halliday Valentine here! It’s a week before Christmas, and my quaint holiday town, Marshmallow Hollow, is chock-a-block with seasonal activities. Some less fun than others…like the ice sculpting competition my bestie, Stiles, has talked me into... -
![Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton]()
Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPsychic Cree Blue is working on a cold case where the motives and suspects multiply like the spices in her cooking. When Davina Richards went missing the day before her wedding, people assumed she was a runaway bride. Only Cree knows differently. This bride skipped being a missing person and landed smack-dab in the dead zone... -
![Dead Wrong (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton]()
Dead Wrong (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPsychic Cree Blue’s identity is a secret, and her help in solving cold cases is strictly off the record. She isn’t known for her finesse, but she’s good at what she does. Her intuition and insight have never steered her wrong... -
![A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs]()
A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFortune tellers and mediums have descended on the Oyster Cove Guesthouse, determined to solve the mystery of local seafarer Jedediah Biddeford’s murder 300 years ago... especially if it leads them to the treasure he buried on the guesthouse grounds... -
![Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE DEAD IN CASTLEBERRY, GEORGIA HAVE A LOT TO SAY—AND CHANTILLY ADAIR CAN HEAR THEM. Divorced mom Chantilly Adair hightailed it out of Birmingham, Alabama leaving her ex-husband and over twenty years of memories behind to start fresh in her hometown... -
![Dead Even by Patti Larsen]()
Dead Even by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRetired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake has left the paranormal world behind after the death of her partner in the line of duty. Along with her job investigating crime and murder. With her Hades Guardian mastiff, Benjamin, and raven pair for company, she moves her entire life across the continent to escape not only the loss but her oppressive and powerful family... -
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![Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott]()
Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave the people of Pebble Cove welcomed a killer into their midst?Two women wash up on the beach in front of Rosemary's tea shop. One is dead. The other is wounded and can't even remember her name. Is she also a victim or the killer?When it becomes clear that the only souls who can help solve this mystery are those of the ghostly persuasion, Rosemary has to get involved... -
![Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Joe Grey and Dulcie aren’t your ordinary feline detectives. Murphy’s raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre.”—Kirkus Reviews“These Joe Grey mysteries will stay popular for many years to come.”—Tampa TribuneMystery fans and cat lovers alike rejoice... -
![Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan]()
Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnimal behaviorist Grace Wilde’s psychic ability gives her insight into the minds of all kinds of creatures. If only humans were as easy to read… Dead men may tell no tales, but they can screw up your life with a few phone calls. Grace’s abusive ex-brother-in-law, Anthony Ortega, needs her help—at least that’s what he said on the messages he left before his sudden death... -
![A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott]()
A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ghost mystery for readers who don't usually enjoy the paranormal."The residents of Pebble Cove were wary of the new commune at The Pines even before someone ended up dead.Rosemary is excited to cater her first even at the newly opened commune's full moon festival. When a young woman is found murdered in her yurt, it's clear these rich wannabe hippies aren't as peaceful as they pretend... -
![A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell]()
A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the charming town of Mayville Heights, librarian Kathleen Paulson and her two cats pounce on clues to catch a killer, in the eleventh installment of this New York Times bestselling series. Spring is coming to Mayville Heights, and Kathleen's brother, Ethan, has arrived in town with his band, The Flaming Gerbils... -
![Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney]()
Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Halloween in Buttercup, Texas, and reporter-turned-farmer Lucy Resnick is up to her ears in more than goats and wayward cows. Not only has her well dried up, but it turns out the old house Lucy recently moved to the farm has a reputation for spooks... and they are disturbingly active. Then a Tarot card reading at a local mead winery foretells death.. -
![A Mew to a Kill by Leighann Dobbs]()
A Mew to a Kill by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the ghost of a murder victim appears in Last Chance Books, middle-aged bookstore owner, Willa Chance, must find the ghost's killer or risk being haunted with its unwanted advice forever.Too bad the ghost suffers from amnesia and only has a few scant clues as to the identity of the killer. That's okay, though, because Willa has a pretty good idea who did it .. -
![A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly]()
A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKathleen Paulson is snowed under running her library and caring for her extraordinary felines, Owen and Hercules. But when a fund-raiser turns deadly, she’ll have to add sleuthing to her already full schedule.... Winter in Mayville Heights is busy and not just because of the holidays. Kathleen is hard at work organizing a benefit to raise money for the library’s popular Reading Buddies program... -
![Paws and Effect by Sofie Kelly]()
Paws and Effect by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOriginally published: New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2016... -
![Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick]()
Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGet books one to six in the Darcy Sweet Mystery series altogether in a Box Set.Death Comes to TownMists of the PastFrom the AshesThe Ghost of ChristmasThe Stolen ValentineHiding from Death.Get the first six books in the series for a very low price... -
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![Copycat Killing: A Magical Cats Mystery by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell]()
Copycat Killing: A Magical Cats Mystery by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEveryone thinks their cats are special—but Owen and Hercules have powers that go far beyond an adorable look or an irresistible purr. Along with their owner, librarian Kathleen Paulson, they have an uncanny instinct for solving crimes...It’s been raining cats and dogs in Mayville Heights. The small town’s been deluged, and now the local artists’ co-op is on the verge of flooding... -
![A Spirited Tail by Leighann Dobbs]()
A Spirited Tail by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMiddle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is looking forward to the opportunity of appraising a valuable private library that hasn't seen the light of day for fifty years ... until she finds a dead body in the backyard and the ghost of the home's previous owner anxiously waiting for her inside... -
![Pride and Premeditation by Samantha Silver]()
Pride and Premeditation by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPride comes before the fall... When one of Alice's best customers at the bookshop is murdered, she swears she's going to get to the bottom of it... -
![Monsters Under The Magnolia by J.L. Collins]()
Monsters Under The Magnolia by J.L. Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Witch Hazel Lane... Former Vegas star and witch in hiding, Birdie Devaine is ready for a vacation away from all of the stresses of an ongoing (and haunted) house renovation. Lucky for her she’s got a first-class ticket aboard one of the swankiest cruise ships in the world... -
![Falling into Magic by Elizabeth Pantley]()
Falling into Magic by Elizabeth Pantley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn accidental journey through a magic mirror. A portal to an enchanted land. A mysterious family she never knew she had. Hayden's life is upended with the wonder of Destiny Falls. But it is tainted by the danger that brought her here and that threatens her newfound family... -
![Down by Kirsten Weiss]()
Down by Kirsten Weiss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe answers lie below… A shamanic witch and a poet, Lenore Bonheim hides in the world of books to escape reality, which for her includes seeing ghosts and forecasting death. But when her employer and friend dies under suspicious circumstances, she must use all her skills – magical and mundane – to find the killer and save her two sisters and her town... -
![Mrs. Morris and the Vampire by Traci Wilton]()
Mrs. Morris and the Vampire by Traci Wilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's B&B owner Charlene Morris's second Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, and one she won't soon forget when a self-proclaimed vampire is murdered...Charlene's bed and breakfast is fully booked with guests wanting to experience Salem's wildest holiday-especially the annual Witch Ball, held at the historic Hawthorne Hotel... -
![Loony Town by Paula Lester]()
Loony Town by Paula Lester
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaring for elderly witches at the retirement home in Sunnyside, California is a full-time job for Zoey Rivers. But when one of them is blitzing, causing magic to act even weirder than normal, things get...well, downright wacky.And when a local insurance agent winds up dead, some of the people Zoey is responsible for become the prime suspects... -
![Dying to Remember by Karin Kaufman]()
Dying to Remember by Karin Kaufman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 1st book in the Smithwell Fairies Cozy Mystery Series! Weary of her ordinary life in ordinary Smithwell, Maine, Kate Brewer jumps at the chance to help an elderly neighbor, Ray Landry, investigate an unsolved murder. But Ray’s memories of the killing are at odds with the official report, and most people in town would rather forget about the tragic event... -
![Burglary at Barnard by Lynn Morrison]()
Burglary at Barnard by Lynn Morrison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dead body buried under a pile of ageing manuscripts. A secret chamber filled with a treasure-trove of books and paintings.Nat returns to Oxford in January, this time based out of the historic halls of Barnard College. When she agrees to meet Mathilde in the college archives after hours, they hope to find information on the magic... -
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![See Something by Carol J. Perry]()
See Something by Carol J. Perry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSalem's WICH-TV program director Lee Barrett is about to discover no good deed goes unpunished...Lee has been promoted from field reporter to program director. Keeping track of all the shows and managing the local TV personalities--including a cowboy, a clown, and a performing dog--has her head spinning... -
![Lipstick on a Pig by Samantha Silver]()
Lipstick on a Pig by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWillow Bay's Summer Festival was supposed to mean fun... not murder! The annual summer festival has come to Willow Bay, and for Angela, that means being in charge of the petting zoo... -
![The Case of the Love Spell by Amorette Anderson]()
The Case of the Love Spell by Amorette Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs magic real? That’s what Penny has to ask herself, after a mysterious book reveals her destiny as a witch... Welcome to Hillcrest, a small box-canyon town snuggled high in the mountains of Colorado. It’s been Penny’s home for her whole life, and she’s always thought of it as a peaceful -- if boring -- place to live... -
!['Til Death by Carol J. Perry]()
'Til Death by Carol J. Perry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe staff at Salem, Massachusetts’s local station, WICH-TV, is looking forward to the wedding of their program director, Lee Barrett. But when Lee heads off on her Maine honeymoon, she’ll be haunted by the ghosts of her own past . . . Lee and Detective Sergeant Pete Mondello are finally tying the knot—and Lee is tying up loose ends before the big day... -
![The Old Witcheroo by Dakota Cassidy, Hollie Jackson]()
The Old Witcheroo by Dakota Cassidy, Hollie Jackson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEbenezer Falls, Washington…a sleepy burg or murder central?The game is afoot...again, as amateur sleuth Stevie Cartwright plunges head first into another murder investigation. With twists, turns, and suspects aplenty, this one will keep you guessing from start to finish... -
![The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry]()
The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSid the Skeleton bones up on clues to solve a Haunted House homicide in this mystery from the author of The Skeleton Takes a Bow… What holiday could bring more warmth to a skeleton’s chest cavity than Halloween? And when you’re a living skeleton who’s not supposed to be seen outside the house, it’s a welcome chance to get some fresh air and rub bony elbows with people...
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