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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...
  • The Haunted Homecoming  (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox

    The Haunted Homecoming (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Apple cider, bonfires, football, and—ghosts. It’s homecoming weekend in Sugarland, Tennessee and ghost hunter Verity Long is tickled to see so many souls—living and dead—back in town to celebrate. But not all reunions are happy ones, and when Verity stumbles upon a dead body by the football field, it appears someone has already evened the score...
  • Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s nearing Yule in Amethyst, and the witchy reporter, Stacy Justice, is consumed with only one thing—getting through her cousin Cinnamon’s baby shower. Everyone is anticipating the arrival of the newest, tiniest Geraghty. Even Stacy's familiar, Thor, is searching for the perfect gift...
  • 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...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder, deceit and baking... It’s the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will win? Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out?Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode in Somerset...
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    animals  cozy  crime  culinary  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Cat of Christmas Present by Kathi Daley

    The Cat of Christmas Present by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With less than two weeks until Christmas, Cait stumbles across a man who had been washed up onto the beach. The man is very much alive, but after suffering a blow to the head, he cannot seem to remember who he is or how he came to be on the island...
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    animals  cozy  culinary  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Rival Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 5 by Shawn McGuire

    Rival Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 5 by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if your nemesis challenged you on your home turf? The sense of community. The quaint surroundings. The deadly rivalries. Welcome to Whispering Pines. As the weather turns crisp, Jayne O’Shea and the other villagers prepare for the last big tourist draw of the season: the autumn equinox festival...
  • Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who let the dogs...and cats...out?Verity Long's new ghost-hunting career has gone to the dogs - literally. A spirit is releasing animals from their cages at the Sugarland Animal Rescue Center. It's an unusual haunting that gets even more bizarre when she uncovers a new clue in a case of a missing child. Verity vows to reunite the lost boy with his family...
  • 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...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts
  • 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...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a secret runic message lead to murder?There's a lot happening in Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford. Witches, vampires, a knowing cat, romance and murder. Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime.There's no violence, sex or bad language, just quirky characters, humor—and murder...
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    cozy  crime  animals  female-mc  romance  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

    Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Beware the crystal ball...When Lucy and Rafe are given a crystal ball as a wedding present, she’s shocked when it foretells doom. For the newlyweds, this was supposed to be a time of joy and celebration. But when a terrible accident befalls one of their wedding guests, Lucy and Rafe must postpone their honeymoon. And as the evidence begins to unravel, it becomes clear this was no accident...
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    cozy  crime  animals  female-mc  romance  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • 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...
  • Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stacy Justice is a young reporter who lives in Chicago, far away from the kooky small town of Amethyst, Illinois, where she was raised by a family of witches. She’s perfectly content with her career, her cat, and her lack of a love life until her cousin informs her that their grandfather is deathly ill...
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    animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime...
  • Southern Storm by Terri Blackstock

    Southern Storm by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sequel to the #1 best-selling Cape Refuge First a dead stranger. Now a missing Police Chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope . . . or has he met with foul play? The body in the morgue had no ID. No one knew who he was or where he came from when he walked out in front of Cade s car. And when Cade learns he had a gunshot wound before he was struck, finding his identity becomes even more urgent...
  • River's Edge by Terri Blackstock

    River's Edge by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The man Lisa Jackson loved most may have betrayed her. Another used deception to manipulate her. But did one of them kill her? Ben Jackson is sure to defeat Jonathan Cleary in Cape Refuge s mayoral race, until his wife turns up missing the day before a major debate. Suspecting foul play, Police Chief Cade launches an island-wide search...
  • Silent Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Silent Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heal yourself or save the people you’re sworn to protect?In Whispering Pines, even the quiet time of year can be deadly.As fall heads toward winter, the village of Whispering Pines settles in for the quiet time of year. Jayne O’Shea isn’t so sure about this...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  culinary  female-mc  adult  book
  • Veiled Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 6 by Shawn McGuire

    Veiled Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 6 by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "There are twists and turns that will keep you reading well into the night." Amazon reviewer Help a family member or save a stranger?   In Whispering Pines, Halloween horrors involve more than goblins and ghouls.   With only a smattering of tourists visiting the village for the Samhain feast, Jayne is excited … no. She's looking forward to … no...
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    animals  cozy  crime  culinary  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's holiday time in Firefly Junction but not everything is sweet sugarplums and glittery tinsel.Sunni Taylor has been too busy to get into the holiday spirit, even with her mom coming to town for a visit. Her festive spirit gets a spark when Detective Brady Jackson asks her to attend the town's production of A Christmas Carol...
  • Barbecue & Brooms by Bella Falls

    Barbecue & Brooms by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow…With Charleston's council poised to take over Honeysuckle Hollow, the town and all of its people must band together to prove they don’t need to be absorbed into the big city magical district...
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    animals  cozy  crime  culinary  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Cat of Christmas Past by Kathi Daley

    The Cat of Christmas Past by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's Christmas on Madrona Island and Cait and friends have plans to embrace the magic of the season. The only dark spot on their celebration is the fact that a miserly old landlord is set on evicting an apartment building full of tenants just days before Christmas...
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    animals  cozy  crime  culinary  female-mc  adult  book  cats
  • Count Catula by Kathi Daley

    Count Catula by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cait and the gang set out to find a killer when novelist Amanda Lowman is found dead just an hour after speaking to the Mystery Lovers Book Club about her true crime novel: The Vampire Murders. As Cait delves into Amanda's death she finds a spider web of lies and half truths that could very well be tied to a series of murders that took place fifteen years prior...
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    animals  cozy  culinary  adult  book  cats  contemporary  fiction
  • 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 ratings
    Michelle 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...
  • 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...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

    Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What the hex is going on?Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex...
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    cozy  crime  animals  female-mc  romance  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Southern belle Verity Long is back in business--as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits. Piece of cake. After all, ghosts love her and need her...that is until she meets the ghosts of Rock Fall mansion...
  • The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox

    The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **USA TODAY Bestselling Series!**Just because she can see the dead doesn't mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she's over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank...until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly

    Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Small-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...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • Dead Even by Patti Larsen

    Dead Even by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retired 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...
  • Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan

    Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Animal 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...
  • Grimm's Furry Tail by Kathi Daley

    Grimm's Furry Tail by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based industry. Cait lives in a cabin on her aunt's oceanfront estate where she helps her aunt run Harthaven Cat Sanctuary...
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  crime  culinary  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Mad Catter by Kathi Daley

    The Mad Catter by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Whales and Tails cozy mystery series is set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based industry...
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  crime  culinary  adult  book  cats  contemporary
  • 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...
  • The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands

    The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new ghoulish mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Ghostly Light featuring Mel Turner, a ghost-whispering contractor.Mel Turner can’t resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theatre, a decrepit San Francisco Art Deco movie palace, back to life...
  • Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan

    Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde keeps her ability to psychically communicate with furry and feathered critters under wraps. But when a Doberman turns out to be the only witness to a crime, Grace will have to let the cat out of the bag in order to catch a killer. Grace Wilde’s job is anything but normal...
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    animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  cats  contemporary
  • Fried Chicken & Fangs by Bella Falls

    Fried Chicken & Fangs by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Magic & Mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow… An upcoming election and some new visitors to Honeysuckle shake up the magical small Southern town. When a beloved family member of one of the candidates disappears, it’s up to Charli Goodwin and her special talents to get on the case...
  • Queen Witch by Amy Boyles, Angela Dawe

    Queen Witch by Amy Boyles, Angela Dawe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dylan Apel just wants to run her dress-design shop, spend time with sexy witch detective Roman Bane, and do her best to keep her crazy family out of trouble...
  • To Catch a Witch: A Wishcraft Mystery by Heather Blake

    To Catch a Witch: A Wishcraft Mystery by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather might be a witch with the ability to grant wishes for others, but wishing isn't going to help her catch a killer ...When wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather's personal concierge company is hired by elite runner Abby Stillwell to organize the Wicked Mad Dash, a competition that takes place in the Enchanted Village, Darcy is more than willing to help her friend...
  • A Ghostly Gift by Angie Fox

    A Ghostly Gift by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times best-selling author Angie Fox - a fabulously fun short story in the new Southern Ghost Hunter Mystery series.Verity Long doesn't want to see ghosts, and she'd rather not let anyone know her little secret, either. But when a restless spirit stirs up trouble in her friend's resale shop, Verity and her very new, very dead gangster friend team up to learn what is really happening...
  • Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake

    Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s Halloween in Hitching Post, Alabama, and potion shop owner Carly Bell Hartwell has an especially spooky customer to handle…With all the ghosts that haunt her at this time of year, Carly doesn’t exactly rush to celebrate Halloween.  Even a costume ball organized by her boyfriend Dylan's mother, Patricia Davis Jackson, holds little allure...
  • A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly

    A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kathleen 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 ratings
    Originally published: New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2016...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah

    Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the first of a new series, after Lindsey Bakeswell catches her celebrity chef fiancé sizzling in the arms of another woman, Lindsey leaves big city Wall Street for small town Beacon Harbor, Michigan to pursue her own passion as a pastry baker--and gets mixed up in someone's sweet taste of revenge..
  • A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliott

    A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliott

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the riveting new mystery from the USA Today bestselling author, a murder and a missing first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses send rare bookstore owner Addie Greyborne on an investigation to challenge even the most distinguished of bibliophiles… Addie leaves her Greyborne Harbor bookstore, Beyond the Page Books and Curios, in the capable hands of her assistant...
  • Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan

    Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emotionally reeling after the death of her grandmother, Gemma Channing is settling into Coyote Wells, the hometown where she grew up, after a ten-year absence. While trying to come to terms with the loss of her Gram, disturbing things begin to happen. Women are disappearing...
  • Chicken Scratch by Becki Willis

    Chicken Scratch by Becki Willis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Named 2016 Best Mystery Series by Texas Association of Authors. When Madison Reynolds finds herself widowed and penniless before forty, she does the only thing she knows to do – she packs up her teenage twins and moves back home with her eighty-year-old grandmother...
  • Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren

    Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas Charity Contest leads to Murder!Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant—The Great British Baking Contest...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  culinary  adult  audiobook  book
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