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  • The Hitwoman's Girls' Night Out by J.B. Lynn

    The Hitwoman's Girls' Night Out by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What could possibly go wrong when a girls’ night out is arranged by Armani Vasquez?Maggie Lee is about to find out...
  • Murder by the Book by Gina LaManna

    Murder by the Book by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hello, world. My name is Lucy Little, and I’m an author.Actually, my mom thinks I’m a homeless bum with no health insurance, and my dad truly believes I’m as famous as Brad Pitt. He frequently asks me to sign napkins that he passes out like currency at the local police station where he likes to steal doughnuts. He’s a former cop. That probably makes his theft acceptable...
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    amateur-sleuth  cozy  culinary  adult  book  fiction  humor  mystery
  • Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots by Tricia O'Malley

    Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Valentine’s Day has arrived in Tequila Key and Miss Elva, the resident Voodoo Priestess, has been asked to concoct a love potion for a couple that needs some extra spice in their marriage. When her pirate ghost, Rafe, sees the potion and thinks it is for Miss Elva – all hell breaks loose. Get swept along on a fun Valentine's Day story in quaint Tequila Key...
  • Ghost From the Grave by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Ghost From the Grave by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When psychic medium Chantilly Adair receives cryptic messages from the lacrosse park’s dead groundskeeper, she knows something bad is coming. What she doesn’t expect is tragedy to hit so close to home.Now her son’s best friend is missing and feared dead, and the only clues Chantilly has are the babblings of a confused ghost who won’t accept his death...
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    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  ghosts  adult  animals  book  fiction
  • Mai Tai Murder Cruise by Addison Moore

    Mai Tai Murder Cruise by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An impending divorce. An ornery homicide detective. The cruise of a lifetime. And ghosts.Midlife on the high seas is proving to be a real killer.If I thought the first half of my life was a bumpy ride, I’d better buckle up because I’m about to go over the hill and off the rails.My name is Trixie Troublefield, and I see ghosts. It’s sort of a new thing, and it’s more than a problem...
  • Stranger Danger by Maggie March

    Stranger Danger by Maggie March

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucy is a human lie-detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!When world-famous, highly reclusive author J.W. Quicksilver chooses a local book club for his first public appearance, the residents of Whispering Bay have trouble containing their excitement. That is until he’s found murdered...
  • Two Seances And A Funeral by Maggie March

    Two Seances And A Funeral by Maggie March

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucy is a human-lie detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!Lucy McGuffin's life has never been sweeter. Her muffin business is booming, she's dating the town's new hot-shot cop, and she and her best friend Will are getting along better than ever. There's just one blip...
  • Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer

    Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Christmas in the Islands…Nate Andrews whisked the entire Talbot clan off for a holiday adventure in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As they relax on the beach of sunny St. John, Liz Talbot grapples with the secret her husband has kept since the day she met him—he’s a very wealthy man...
  • Duplex Double Trouble by CeeCee James

    Duplex Double Trouble by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stella's newest client, Charlie Booker, wants to sell his half of a duplex but before he can sign the listing papers, he's murdered. Even stranger, there are only one set of footprints leaving the house, with none showing up as entering the home. The police mark it as a robbery gone wrong and target a local group of petty thieves. Stella can't shake the feeling that it’s someone much closer...
  • Poisonous Paws by CeeCee James

    Poisonous Paws by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They thought the secret was purrfectly hidden, but trust the book club to sniff it out.The mysterious death of a town founder rocks the Thornberry Estate. Miss Janice is the main suspect and everyone is up at arms...
  • Killer, Paper, Cut: Book #9 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series by Joanna Campbell Slan

    Killer, Paper, Cut: Book #9 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series by Joanna Campbell Slan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Newly revised and enhanced version of Book #9 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series, a clean cozy series featuring ace scrapbooker and crafter, Kiki Lowenstein.A Halloween charity crop planned by Kiki Lowenstein is chopped short when her employee is attacked by a knife-wielding assailant...
  • 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...
  • The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis

    The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A delightful new story from a New York Times bestselling author perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen Mystery series! In this page-turning new book, entertaining guru Sophie Winston is faced with a midsummer nightmare when a celebration in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, is the appetizer for murder… Old Town’s midsummer festivities are getting a tasty addition this year...
  • The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis

    The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's a young Martha Stewart..
  • Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure

    Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if you discovered your lively new friend wasn’t really…alive?Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn’t realize a ghost came with the property! But soon Maxine “Max” Englebright, a young woman who died in 1930, isn’t the only dead person at the retail complex...
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    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  mystery
  • Praying for Peace by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Praying for Peace by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ghost talking can be murder… Castleberry Historical society manager Chantilly Adair is excited to finalize the proposal plans for the old Baptist church just outside of town, officially marking it as a registered historic property. But that excitement turns to confusion when she finds a dead body hidden in a janitor’s closet in the basement, and the former pastor’s spirit hovering nearby...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  ghosts  adult  animals  book  fiction
  • Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain..
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  adult  book  fiction  mystery  paranormal
  • Not Quite Clear by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Clear by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the 5th book in USAToday Bestselling Author Lyla Payne's LOWCOUNTRY MYSTERY series. It continues to follow Graciela Harper and her friends as she navigates ghosts, romance, in-laws, and the legal system in rural Heron Creek, SC...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  ghosts  mystery  supernatural
  • Not Quite Right by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Right by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the living, the dead, and the people stuck somewhere in between, Heron Creek has become a battleground. Graciela Harper might be new seeing ghosts, fighting curses, and just living with her old friends again, but there’s no doubt she’s on the front lines—and overwhelmed.Leo and Mel have been arrested. Amelia teeters on the edge of a deep depression that could cost her her child...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  ghosts  mystery  supernatural
  • Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When her best friend Gen comes from Birmingham for an extended visit, psychic medium Chantilly Adair can’t wait to show her Castleberry, Georgia. Excited to introduce her to what makes her hometown so unique, Chantilly plans to throw a party the size of Atlanta’s Mercedes Stadium...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  ghosts  adult  animals  book  fiction
  • Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic 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...
  • Going, Going, Dead by Kirsten Weiss

    Going, Going, Dead by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At an auction, competition can be deadly...When Maddie attends an estate auction of artifacts from America’s spiritualist era, it’s just another day in the life of a paranormal museum owner…. Until she discovers the body of the murdered auctioneer.Her mother is convinced the murderer is after a mysterious statuette that once belonged to the town’s Ladies Aid Society...
  • Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett

    Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Firefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies...
  • Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett

    Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor's sisters, through their power of sisterly persuasion, have convinced her to host a Halloween costume party at Cider Ridge Inn. She's a little reluctant about the whole event and rightly worried about the actual ghost, who will, no doubt, be in attendance, but she decides to just relax and enjoy it...
  • Fatal Feud by London Lovett

    Fatal Feud by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While Sunni Taylor is embroiled in her own personal turmoil with Detective Brady Jackson, she's handed a new assignment to cover a longstanding feud between two families, the Plunketts and Carmichaels...
  • A Crafty Killing by London Lovett

    A Crafty Killing by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor is looking forward to an easy and sweetheart filled month of February. After a few blissful months as lead reporter for the Junction Times, an unexpected shake-up at the newspaper leaves her reeling and frustrated. She finds herself once again having to cover mundane stories, like the Firefly Junction Craft Fair...
  • Death at the Museum by London Lovett

    Death at the Museum by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sunni Taylor has once again settled into her journalist position under a new boss and a new lead reporter. The fact that the new lead reporter, Dave Crockett, just happens to be her sister's boyfriend makes things a little more complicated, but Sunni is determined to be content. She now has more time to spend planning for the opening of the Cider Ridge Inn...
  • Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett

    Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What starts out as a long weekend off for Sunni Taylor quickly devolves into something more sinister. When Lana needs help with a family reunion at Wildwood Manor, Sunni lends a hand. Before the event gets underway, Camille Luxley, an unexpected guest, shows up to throw a wrench into Florence Davenport's precisely planned weekend...
  • Muffins & Magic by Polly Holmes

    Muffins & Magic by Polly Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What's a witch to do when faced with protecting the ones she loves against an unimaginable evil?Ever had one of those days when everything is going too well? When you have that sense that the other boot is about to drop? Welcome to my day.It's the Annual Saltwater Cove Show, and this year there are more rides, show bags, food stalls, and competitions than ever before...
  • The Christmas Elf by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    The Christmas Elf by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes, in ways we least expect. In The Christmas Elf, An Angela Panther Mystery Holiday Short, psychic medium Angela Panther, her sidekick and best friend Mel, and celestial super sleuth Fran join forces to help a lost elf find its way back home...
  • Probable Paws by Corrine Winters

    Probable Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ember the witch solves a purr-fect murder!It was just another quiet night in her tiny town when Ember McNair got word that the local security guard at the art museum had been knocked out.A priceless painting had been stolen.Against her better judgment, Ember promised her beau, Cedric, that she would respect his position as sheriff and stay out of the investigation.But then the painting showed up...
  • Sudden Paws by Corrine Winters

    Sudden Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ember McNair faces her most furr-midable challenge yet!Ember should have known that after she tried to help her friend Kathy O’Connell get the courage she needed to leave her boyfriend, Steve Smits (noted mean food critic and notorious philanderer), that things would blow up in her face.Now Kathy is implicated in a murder charge after Steve is found dead after their conversation...
  • Tricky Paws by Corrine Winters

    Tricky Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ding Dong the witch is dead!And now the whole town is filled with dread…This was not how Ember McNair imagined spending the days leading up to her wedding. It should have been the happiest time of her life. Instead, her tiny town was host to yet another unexplained death. This time, it’s the dark witch and perpetual thorn in everyone’s side, Cassandra...
  • Momentary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Momentary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another murder in town is just clawful!It’s a purr-fectly good day for a murder. Or at least someone seems to think so in the tiny town of Couchemar, Louisiana. That’s the story that Ember McNair hears one morning from her bat shifter BFF.Apparently Natalie Gordon, the local divorcee with the looks to kill done went and got herself killed...
  • Temporary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Temporary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A spirit is haunting Ember and her pub. You could say she’s got a paw-tergeist.But that’s not even the worst part. There’s another dead body that’s been found, this time in a nearby inn. The victim? A devious husband who left behind his jilted wife and cheated business partner...
  • Undesirable Situations by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Undesirable Situations by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Menopause, mayhem, and murder. Just a normal day for psychic medium Angela Panther.Thirty-five years ago, Genevieve Ryland stepped off the stage of her high school graduation and disappeared without a trace.For years her mother searched for her, hitting dead end after dead end. Now on her deathbed, she asks Angela to find the truth, find out what happened to her daughter...
  • Just Buried by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Just Buried by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    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.It’s September and that means two things: fall is descending on Cider Cove and my wedding day is almost at hand. And as if preparing for my wedding wasn’t enough, there’s another wedding at the inn that I have to tend to...
  • 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...
  • Terror on Top by CeeCee James

    Terror on Top by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Flamingo Cozy and Baker Street Mystery partnership. Stella O'Neil and Georgie Tanner are on the case.Free recipes!When Georgie agrees to help her friend Stella O'Neil clean up a house she's listing, neither of them are prepared for the dead body that tumbles out of a closet. Stella suspects it's the house's previous owner but is shocked to see it's the man who hired her, the bank representative...
  • 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...
  • Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris

    Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chloe’s Windy City ex-fiancé gets blown away in the Florida panhandle . . . DEAD EXES TELL NO TALES Saloon owner Chloe Jackson appears to have a secret admirer. She’s pouring drinks at the Sea Glass Saloon in Emerald Cove when an airplane flies by above the beach with a banner reading I LOVE YOU CHLOE JACKSON. She immediately rules out Rip Barnett...
  • Deadly Reservation by CeeCee James

    Deadly Reservation by CeeCee James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Maisie Swenson stumbles onto the site of an ancient church steeped in pirate folklore, she's thrilled to explore it. She never expects to find a young woman lying in the churches yard clutching flowers like a real live Snow White. And just like the cartoon Snow White, this woman cannot be awakened. As Maisie tries to puzzle through that situation, one of her guests is found in a coma, too...
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    amateur-sleuth  cozy  culinary  female-mc  ghosts  adult  animals  book
  • 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 ratings
    Get 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...
  • Some Pig and a Mummy Dig by Amy Boyles

    Some Pig and a Mummy Dig by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Escape to Witch’s Forge, a magical town tucked deep in the heart of Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains. Only Witch’s Forge isn’t a supernatural paradise—here spells backfire, kudzu bites and magic is broken.Charming’s adventures in Witch’s Forge continue. When a mummy dig comes to town, it isn’t long before someone is murdered and the mummy becomes the primary suspect...
  • Ghost Hunter by Morgana Best

    Ghost Hunter by Morgana Best

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ghost Hunter (The Middle-aged Ghost Whisperer Book 2) A fun cozy mystery. Is Alum Mullein a ghost or not? When Prudence Wallflower discovers Alum's secret, she has a short time to save him from complete destruction. The key lies with the murderer of another police officer...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  ghosts  adult  book  crime  fiction
  • Shadow Witch by Tess Lake

    Shadow Witch by Tess Lake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harlow Torrent, Slip Witch, is just trying to hold everything together. All she wants to do is keep the missing-presumed-snarky Aunt Cass' business running, help the moms with their new bakery and maybe spend a minute or two with her boyfriend, Jack. She's trying not to think about the possibility she has a spell cast upon her, one that may be more powerful than any of them can understand...
  • Deadly Ties by Kate Allenton

    Deadly Ties by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A mischievous ghost. A family secret. Cryptic, unsolvable clues. Just another mystery in the life of Cree Blue. Cree Blue doesn't play by the rules, not when it comes to the people she loves. Other people's opinions have never factored into her decisions. She's kind of stubborn like that...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  culinary  female-mc  ghosts  adult  book  drama
  • The Old Tile House by Daphne Neville

    The Old Tile House by Daphne Neville

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Old Tile House is a light-hearted gentle mystery with a touch of romance, It is a standalone novella of 43,000 words and an introduction to Pentrillick, a village situated on the south coast of Cornwall and the location for The Pentrillick Cornish Mystery series...
  • Speak of the Wicked by Lotta Smith

    Speak of the Wicked by Lotta Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Speak of the Devil look who walked in… Now a chief agent for USCAB’s paranormal division, newlywed Mandy Rowling has arrived. Unfortunately, Manhattan’s social elite have little regard for her, except for the very wealthy Mrs. Karen Rosenberg who, it turns out, is in need of someone with paranormal skills...
  • A Spirited Swindler by Clare Lockhart

    A Spirited Swindler by Clare Lockhart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Empty nested and excited to start a new chapter in life, Quinn is almost ready to open her new lakeside café in the small town of Bookend Bay.Everything is perfect until she realizes she’s being followed. Confronting the stranger sets Quinn on a course where her problems no longer revolve around selecting a feature scone...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  culinary  female-mc  ghosts  mystery  paranormal  fiction  crime
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