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Baskets and Beignets by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWorth dyeing for.Ten years ago, Ryan Comeaux was convicted of killing his girlfriend and was sentenced to life in prison. Now a witness has come forward who claims she was with Ryan the entire night and it’s not possible that he was the killer. But the local police assume she’s mistaken and aren’t interested in reopening what they view as an open-and-shut case... -
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Thanksgiving Past by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley brings you a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small town holidays.Ainsley Holloway came to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past... -
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Hide and Seek by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSydney Whitmore, a forensic psychologist working for the FBI, moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases and has the means to hire the best people to find the answers no one else has been able to... -
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The Baby Plan by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this mystery series set in the small town of White Eagle Montana.In book 11 in the series, Tess fills in at the post office after the woman who took over her route broke her leg... -
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A Streak of Bad Cluck by Ellen Riggs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith hens like these, who needs enemies?Ivy is finally starting to feel at home on Runaway Farm and she’s even settled the feathers of a formerly feisty neighbor with frequent gourmet food bribes. Unless the nosy neighbor has an ulterior motive, that is. She’s as sly as Ivy’s runaway sow.New guests descend on the inn and Ivy puts the mayhem of recent weeks behind her... -
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The Inn at Holiday Bay: Details in the Document by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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The Inn at Holiday Bay: Cookies in the Cottage by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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The Mother's Day Mishap by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this new mystery series by Kathi Daley, author of the popular Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Series. It's Mother's Day in White Eagle Montana and spring has come to the small foothills community... -
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Clue in the Clam by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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Missing by the Sea by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Halloween tradition, a ghost with amnesia, and a friend in crisis, collide in this haunting small town paranormal mystery set on the picturesque Oregon Coast. Amanda and the gang stumble upon a ghost who can't seem to remember who she was in life or where she left her body... -
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Heists and Poltergeists by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen our psychic sleuth lands in the middle of a Wonderland bank robbery, will she keep her cool or lose her head?Mitzy Moon is determined not to spoil her surprise birthday party. She’s been dodging questions and playing dumb for months, but a sassy snoop can only take so much... -
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Homecoming by the Sea by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHomecomings can be murder. When Amanda Parker returns to the small seaside town where she lived for two years while in witness protection she finds that she left a piece of herself behind. Literally. A ghost image of her alias, Alyson Prescott, has been living in her house for the past decade waiting rather impatiently for her return... -
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The Mystery Before Christmas by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow is one to start again after losing the one thing that speaks to your heart and fuels your passion?After a serious accident leaves Calliope Rose Collins unable to continue with the career that has owned her soul for most of her life, she returns to Foxtail Lake, Hollister House, Great Aunt Gracie, and childhood friend, Officer Cass Wylander, where she begins to rebuild her life from the ashes... -
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![Gooseberry Christmas by Kathi Daley]()
Gooseberry Christmas by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley brings you a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small town holidays.Ainsley Holloway had come to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past... -
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The Inn at Holiday Bay: Turkey in the Trap-Room by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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Charmed Summer by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley brings you a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small town holidays.Ainsley Holloway had come to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past... -
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Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Kiss 'N Tell by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley brings you a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small town holidays.Ainsley Holloway had come to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past... -
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The Halloween Haunting by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this cozy mystery series. In book 7, Tess and Brady are planning a haunted house fundraiser so they can expand the shelter to include a top of the art training facility as well as a permanent residence for hard to place animals... -
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Mascara and Murder by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJenna McGovern is back… under the Hollywood lights. The newest resident of Blueberry Lake is finding it hard to escape her past as it follows her home. When a movie production begins filming on Main Street, Jenna is more than a little disgruntled to find her ex-boyfriend is the producer behind it. But she’s even more disgruntled to find he’s the primary suspect in an attempted murder case... -
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Pilgrim in the Parlor by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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Espresso and Evil by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 6th book in the BESTSELLING Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series!When a coffee shop opens in the village, Julia is surprised when her customers flock to the new business, leaving her café almost empty... -
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Letters in the Library by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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Secrets by the Sea by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmanda Parker has returned to the small seaside town where she lived for two years while in witness protection. Now that she has settled in and solved the murder she returned home to solve, she has decided to stay in Cutter's Cove for an extended vacation. Of course it isn't long before she stumbles across a surprising secret that will require the help of the entire gang to solve... -
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Where Witches Lie by M.Z. Andrews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHoliday break is over, and the girls are finally back at the Paranormal Institute for Witches. Campus is now blanketed with a thick layer of snow, thanks to the Christmas Eve storm that covered the tiny town of Aspen Falls, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the first day back isn’t starting off so well... -
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The Catnap Before Christmas by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMadrona Island - Where cats are king and mystery meets magic.It's two weeks before Christmas on magical Madrona Island, and as they have for the past few years, Cait and Cody are busy getting the kids from Saint Pat's ready for the Christmas Pageant and planning a huge Christmas Eve blowout at Mr. Parsons mansion... -
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Topsail Sundays by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive victims, four friends, three novels, two romances, and one cold case mystery, combine to bring you the first in a series of three part reunion stories by USA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley.In the second installment of the three part story, Kelly, Carrie, and Nora, are joined by Quinn, who together, revisit the past in the hope of finding answers to a twenty five year old mystery... -
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A Whale of a Tail by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVisiting author Winnifred Westminster turns up dead after a speaking engagement at Coffee Cat Books where she tells those in attendance the story of the very real murder her book is based on. A murder she assures them that local law enforcement were never able to solve, but after years of research, she assured them she'd found the answer they couldn't... -
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Dog Days of Murder by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn innkeeper who reads minds. An ornery detective. And a trail of bodies. Cider Cove is the premier destination for murder.My name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be... -
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![Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan]()
Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe grand opening of Anna McBride’s seaside ice cream shop is anything but sweet.After the tragic death of her Irish twin sister, Bella, Anna needed a radical change. So, she closed her counseling practice in Boston to embark on a new adventure as an ice cream shop owner... -
![The Inn at Holiday Bay: Proof in the Photo by Kathi Daley]()
The Inn at Holiday Bay: Proof in the Photo by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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Marshal by Jodi Burnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe U.S. Marshals service seeks a K9 Unit for their elite strike team tasked with hunting down America's most wanted criminals. Caitlyn Reed and her K9 partner, Renegade, are called up to the varsity to face this harrowing challenge. Has she bitten off more than she can handle?Moose Creek Sheriff Colt Branson finds himself in the foray as a part of the U.S... -
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Blizzard in the Bay by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
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Mistletoe, Moonlight, & Murder by Carolyn L. Dean
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsONE... terrible mudslide TWO... feet sticking out of it THREE... carats of perfect diamonds Amanda hadn't expected snow for Christmas on the Oregon Coast, but her first winter in Ravenwood Cove brings out long-dead secrets that someone is desperately trying to hide...no matter the cost... -
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The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe's a young Martha Stewart.. -
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Chocolate Cake and Chaos by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 4th book in the BESTSELLING Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series is 28th April 2017! A funeral wreath is delivered to Barker’s cottage. Is it a prank, or a grim warning? Julia’s fears that somebody is trying to kill Barker are confirmed when a dead body with a striking resemblance to him is found on his doorstep the very next day, just as their romance is deepening... -
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Macarons and Mayhem by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExcitement blossoms through Peridale when a prestigious gardening magazine picks the village as the spotlight for their next issue, but that joy quickly turns to dread when members of the local gardening society, The Peridale Green Fingers, start dying one by one after their obituaries are sent to The Peridale Post the day before their murders... -
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Murder in the Cookbook Nook by Ellery Adams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe witty new story from the bestselling author of The Secret Book & Scone Society series is perfect for bibliophiles who love a A Bookish Cook-Off with a little murder on the side… Six chefs are preparing to compete in an outdoor tent at Storyton Hall in Virginia for prizes that will boost their careers—but is there someone who can’t stand the heat? It looks that way when one of the... -
![Secrets of the Specter: A Haunted Mystery, A Magical Cat & A Modern-Day Candlestick Maker by Molly Fitz]()
Secrets of the Specter: A Haunted Mystery, A Magical Cat & A Modern-Day Candlestick Maker by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Haunted Mystery, A Magical Cat & A Modern-Day Candlestick MakerI’m Mags McAllister, and I am an honest-to-goodness modern-day candlestick maker. I work in my family’s shop in the historic district of Larkhaven, Georgia, and also make a pretty penny from sharing videos of my process online... -
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Poison in the Pansies by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiches to rags … Chaos has calmed … At least while out on the lake … Until poison is found, blowing up the peace again …Enjoying a beautiful day on the lake, while Doreen tries her hand at paddleboarding, ends up on an odd note after finding poison in a bed of pansies... -
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Muffin But Trouble by Chelsea Thomas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you’re an amateur sleuth, you’ve always got baggage……and that means you never get a vacation from murder.Chelsea, Teeny, and Miss May are trying to have a fun trip to Los Angeles.But they’ve barely checked in to their hotel when they get a call from their old friends Amy and Petunia…There’s been a murder!Worse yet, all the evidence seems to point to everyone's favorite dog groomer.. -
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The Cat Caper by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s even worse than having a snarky talking tabby as your best friend? When he inexplicably goes missing… Octo-Cat is gone, and all the evidence suggests that he was taken on purpose. With the growing number of people the two of us have put behind bars, it’s no surprise that someone’s out for revenge... -
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![Chihuahua Conspiracy by Molly Fitz]()
Chihuahua Conspiracy by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy crazy old Nan loves making decisions on a whim. Last week, she took up flamenco dancing. This week, she’s adopted a trouble-making Chihuahua named Paisley. This wouldn’t be much of a problem, were it not for the very crabby tabby who also lives with us... -
![A Cat in the Attic Mystery: The Case of the Cupid Caper by Kathi Daley]()
A Cat in the Attic Mystery: The Case of the Cupid Caper by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow is one to start again after losing the one thing that speaks to your heart and fuels your passion? After a serious accident leaves Calliope Rose Collins unable to continue with the career that has owned her soul for most of her life, she returns to Foxtail Lake, Hollister House, Great Aunt Gracie, and childhood friend, Officer Cass Wylander, where she begins to rebuild her life from the... -
![Hoppy Holiday Homicide by Molly Fitz]()
Hoppy Holiday Homicide by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen downtown Glendale's yearly holiday celebration turns up more than one dead body, everyone becomes a suspect... even Angie... -
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Poison Apple Crisp by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors.And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder.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 owner’s impending doom.It’s fall. The air is crisp, and the apples are poison... -
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Best Laid Plans by Kristi Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo “learn to be a PI” video prepared her for this... When Samantha True witnesses Wind River's most popular principal keel over dead she knows three things.He's been murderedProving it will be impossibleThey're gonna think she did itAs she works to clear her name, Samantha learns "Principal Josh" is the king of slime balls...
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