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  • High Stakes Crime by Colleen Helme

    High Stakes Crime by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Crime, 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...
  • Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme

    Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shelby Nichols needs some time off, but for a mind-reader with ties to the police and the mob, is that even possible?Her kids want the dog she's promised them, the police need her to talk to a counselor, and Uncle Joey has unexpected news that could change her life. Is Shelby up to the task? Let's hope so, because solving a murder might be easier than granting a dying wish...
  • Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme

    Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trouble follows Shelby Nichols Why wouldn't it?She works for a mob boss.And the police.A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby’s life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go?As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it’s up to her to stop them. Will she succeed? Let’s hope so, because time is running out...
  • Ghostly Serenade: by Colleen Helme

    Ghostly Serenade: by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An unsolved murder, a mob boss out for revenge, and a message from a ghost? Just another day in the life of Shelby Nichols. Shelby's family trip to meet the New York Manettos is not turning out to be the enjoyable break she'd hoped for...
  • Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There’s no denying trouble finds Rose Gardner like a divining rod finds water, especially when Rose lands in the middle of a bank robbery. But after the robbers steal her deposit bag — containing a large amount of cash — she soon finds out that trouble is threatening her business as well, thanks to her sister Violet’s financial mismanagement...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  paranormal  psychics  adult  audiobook
  • Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet Shelby Nichols, mind reader extraordinaire.A typical day in the life of Shelby Nichols involves cheating husbands, solving the hardest cases for the police, and working for a big time mob-boss, all because of her little secret that she can read minds. It can get complicated, especially considering she has a husband and two kids...
  • Deep In Death by Colleen Helme

    Deep In Death by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Running “errands” for her mob-boss employer, Joey “The Knife” Manetto, often ends with Shelby in trouble, making her cautious about continuing her association with him. Instead, she focuses on a new client who hires Shelby to find her missing mother. What seems like a routine case turns into something more sinister and deadly than she ever imagined...
  • Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 9 in the Shelby Nichols Adventure Series Just back from Paris, Shelby barely has time to get over her jet lag before she is right back in the thick of things. Uncle Joey, the local mob boss, needs her help to find out what his son is hiding from him. Detective Harris, AKA Dimples, has an unsolved homicide on his hands, along with a missing engagement ring...
  • Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mary O'Reilly has absolutely no plans to meet with anyone on Black Friday as she sets up her office for the annual Christmas Walk that is to be held the following weekend in downtown Freeport. So, nearly eight months pregnant, she dresses for comfort-sweats, thick socks and a flannel shirt...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  humor  paranormal  psychics  adult
  • Renovation Spell by Amy Boyles

    Renovation Spell by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Clementine's adventures in Peachwood continue in Renovation Spell.Clementine's life is just beginning to make sense when all heck breaks loose. She's got her business back, but then her dog eats a magical spell that makes her talk. What Lady has to say may be the difference between solving a murder mystery or becoming the next victim...
  • Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes Verity Long would like to forget that she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold case. Before she can say “bathtub gin,” Verity is dragged straight into a raging, otherworldly house party. Worse, every guest is hiding something...
  • MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman

    MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Escape the usual small town murder story with this quirky, page turning mystery. With long-buried bones, psychic visions, a tattoo with messages from above, and a clown-masked murderer chasing through a corn maze, this story will keep you on edge until the very last word.
  • Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, a new release in the bestselling Ghost-in-Law series! After an eventful first week on the job, Game Warden Jadyn St. James is happy the small bayou town of Mudbug, Louisiana, seems to have fallen back into its normal routine...
  • Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  audiobook
  • Secret Hollows by Terri Reid

    Secret Hollows by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The man smiled at Timmy. “That would be nice of you. Why don’t you lead the way?” Timmy moved past the man and started back up the hill. He heard the whoosh of something moving quickly through the air, but it hit him before he had time to react. He felt the impact against his head and his whole body flew sideways through the air...
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    cozy  crime  culinary  female-mc  ghosts  humor  paranormal  psychics
  • Witcher Upper Christmas by Amy Boyles

    Witcher Upper Christmas by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The holidays are filled with magic and mayhem as Clementine and the gang gear up for Christmas in Peachwood...
  • Haunted Tales by Terri Reid

    Haunted Tales by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary
  • Deadly Circumstances by Terri Reid

    Deadly Circumstances by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bedroom door flew open with a powerful crash. “What the...?” Mary exclaimed. Mike nodded. “Yeah, well see, that’s the problem,” he said with a sigh. “You brought someone home with you tonight.” “What?” “And it looks like she’s not real happy about your relationship with Bradley,” he said. “I have a jealous ghost in my house?” Mary asked, astonished. Mike shook his head apologetically...
  • Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale

    Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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...
  • Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner

    Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    DIG INTO A SHALLOW GRAVE AND A NEW PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY SERIES.Emily Buchanan has always dealt with ghosts at Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast—after all, it is next to the town’s historic cemetery. When paranormal activity begins to escalate, though, she knows that someone—or something—is desperately trying to communicate...
  • Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters...
  • The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    For 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...
  • New York Cheesecake Chaos by Addison Moore

    New York Cheesecake Chaos by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Lottie Lemon and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owners impending doom.My ex has landed in Honey Hollow all the way from New York where I last saw his sorry mug...
  • Medium Things by Erin Huss

    Medium Things by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people. I'm not your typical medium. The kind portrayed on your favorite television shows. The spirits who visit me aren't interested in reuniting with loved ones. Nope. The spirits I connect with have sought me out for one thing and one thing only: justice...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary
  • Eclairs, Scares & Haunted Home Repairs by Erin Johnson

    Eclairs, Scares & Haunted Home Repairs by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A bakehouse in the making. A dangerous ghost in the tower. Will their welcome to the neighborhood be short-lived?Imogen wants nothing more than to complete her sweet dream. With her adoring fiancé Hank at her side, the witch and her friends dive into renovations for their new home and soon-to-be bakery...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  culinary  female-mc  ghosts  humor  paranormal  psychics
  • The Marvelous Ms. Medium by Erin Huss

    The Marvelous Ms. Medium by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.I thought I was getting pretty good at this whole medium gig ... until today. Have you ever been kissing the man of your dreams when his dead ex-girlfriend appears?No?I have, and let me tell you it's a total mood killer.Her name is Vanessa Tobin, and she's a journalist with a passion for truth and justice and self-help books...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  cozy  humor  ghosts  crime  female-mc  romance  mystery
  • Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles

    Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It 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...
  • Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott

    Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pebble 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 ratings
    Ghost 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...
  • Ghostly Worries by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Worries by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Whisper Cove is stuck in a heat wave, although it’s nothing compared to the fire stoking between Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe. They’re happy and enjoying themselves … until a face from the past resurfaces.Jason Thurman and Harper had a brief fling in high school, and when he returns to town to open a restaurant he’s hoping they can revisit their relationship as adults...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  humor  paranormal  psychics  adult
  • Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs

    Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bookstore 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  psychics  adult  animals  book
  • Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tucked next to a pristine lake, the part-Medieval Europe, part-Renaissance Faire hamlet of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin is a utopia . . . except for the recent murders.One month after arriving in the Northwoods, former detective Jayne O’Shea has settled comfortably into small-town life and is making good progress with her task of getting her grandparents’ house ready for sale...
  • Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale

    Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A beachside stroll. A deadly discovery. Will this psychic sleuth swim or sink?Mitzy wishes she could turn a blind third-eye to her hit-or-miss powers. Instead, while taking her fiendish feline for a walk, they make a stomach-churning find on shore. Despite her loss of appetite, she can't help but get a closer look at the unique ink etched into the corpse..
    Categorized as:
    cozy  paranormal  ghosts  crime  psychics  humor  female-mc  culinary
  • War of the Noses by Renee George

    War of the Noses by Renee George

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Nora Black. I'm turning fifty-two, but I don't feel a day over thirty-nine. That is, when I can find my glasses, my feet don't hurt, and my scent-induced psychic ability isn't showing me crimes.For my birthday, my best friends Gilly and Pippa signed us up for a weekend at the Central Midwest Spa Convention. Yay...
  • One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy

    One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • A Criminal Celebration in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker

    A Criminal Celebration in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s finally here. The week of Emma and Billy’s long-awaited wedding has arrived. There’s just one problem: a dead body has turned up and half the wedding party are suspects...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  psychics  adult  book
  • Magic, Lead, and Gingerbread by Nicole St. Claire

    Magic, Lead, and Gingerbread by Nicole St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The holidays start with a bang when a cooking show judge is murdered in the Pinecroft Inn kitchen!Christmas comes early when word arrives that the Pinecroft Inn’s annual gingerbread house competition will be featured on the most popular cooking show in the country...
  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Conundrum by Addison Moore

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Conundrum by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder.*A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually, so dive on in!.***Includes RECIPE***My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people...
  • Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grab a latté, a box of Kleenex and a clean pair of panties. Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has done it again. —Lynn/Two Girls & a Book Suburban housewife Angela Panther didn't want to communicate with the dead, but the universe had other plans..
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  humor  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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 ratings
    Psychic 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...
  • The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry

    The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Georgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend...
  • A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs

    A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fortune 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 ratings
    THE 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...
  • Assignment in Amsterdam by Carrie Bedford

    Assignment in Amsterdam by Carrie Bedford

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SHE CAN SEE WHO’S GOING TO DIE – AND THIS TIME, IT'S EVERYONE! It looks like a plum job for architect Kate Benedict—she’s been sent to Amsterdam to repurpose an ancient mansion, happily assigned to work with an old friend. Should have been a lark! But it's a catastrophe—her old friend’s going to die.And so is the caretaker. And the owner. Not to mention the owner’s personal assistant...
  • A Dangerous Departure From Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker

    A Dangerous Departure From Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s a new ghost in town – and it’s calling Emma away from Hillbilly Hollow. A ghostly visit from her former landlady draws Emma away from sleepy little Hillbilly Hollow to investigate a murder in the big city. But what seems like a straightforward case soon becomes entangled with an event from Emma’s past and a personal quest for justice...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  psychics  adult  audiobook
  • Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott

    Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Have 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...
  • Making a Medium by Erin Huss

    Making a Medium by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Well, I see one dead person. Willie MacIntosh, a ninety-something-year-old multi-millionaire, who looks thirty, has a demanding personality, a strong opinion on my wardrobe and my love life, and he wants to know how he died.The problem is, there were a lot of people who wanted Willie MacIntosh dead, and it's my job to figure out who the killer is...
  • Mystery at Maplemead Castle by Kitty French

    Mystery at Maplemead Castle by Kitty French

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Chapelwick, a leafy English town in the hills of Shropshire, where chocolate pecan cookies come with a helping of sabotage. Maplemead Castle is crawling with ghosts, and the new owners need them gone. When Melody Bittersweet and the Girls' Ghostbusting Agency arrive on scene, they quickly identify the troublemakers swinging from the chandeliers... literally...
  • Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale

    Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble…Mitzy Moon believes she’s an orphan, so she’s dumbstruck when a special delivery to her low-rent apartment reveals a family. But her shock turns to awe when she discovers her grandmother left her a fortune and a bookshop of rare tomes brimming with magic...
  • Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney

    Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It'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..
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  animals  audiobook
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