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Holly Wood is days away from saying "I do" to Nick Claus when a chilling discovery threatens to turn her dream wedding into a nightmare. While touring the grand Olde Jolly Hall, Holly stumbles upon a hidden passageway—and the body of Beatrice Harper, the long-missing owner. As whispers spread through the charming town and the mystery deepens, Holly must untangle a web of lies, old rivalries, and hidden motives. Suspicion falls on Charles Harper, Beatrice's enigmatic brother.

It was an average day when Alley Faye found a five-dollar bill on the ground with a message. The message was a warning, the Big Bad Wolf is coming. Can this little piggy get away? Piggy is the first short story in the Knightmare Hour series. If you like books you can finish in under an hour that will keep you on the edge of your seat, then you will love this quick pause resister.

Phillip Brown and Timothy Sweitzinger became best friends as boys, went off to war together, and remained steadfast as men to guard each other’s backs from all threats. When Timothy is found in bed with a dead woman, covered in her blood and with no memory of what happened, Phillip vows to uncover what really happened. Phillip’s investigation takes him all over the city of Baltimore, from the lowest of its citizens to the highest, and even to those who were thought to be above suspicion.

Phillip Brown’s sister discovers a dead man, shot in the back, behind the dress shop she where she’s employed. Sarah Brown begs her brother to find out who has shot the man as the shop owner is fearful and harassed, caught up in the dead man’s crimes. The investigation leads Brown to danger from a notorious dockside fence. While uncovering the murder, his supervisor demands he investigate thefts at his home, the man convinced his servants are thieves. Brown uncovers the true culprit with the help of the daughter of the owner of the Wiest Cannery.

Phillip Brown wakes up one bitter November morning to find a woman near frozen on the stoop of the Baltimore home he shares with his sister and uncle. The unconscious woman eventually awakens, unwilling to share who has terrified her while she makes a recovery in the Brown home. He continues his work at the Wiest Oyster Cannery and pouring beer on occasion at his neighborhood brewery while guarding his family from dangerous criminals’ intent of silencing his discoveries about the woman.

Fortuna has just returned to Greenvale after leaving the town—and her witchcraft—behind nearly 10 years before. She swore she would never come back, but after a decade-long streak of bad luck, she has run out of options. Within 24 hours of her homecoming, Fortuna and the powerful witch who raised her find themselves prime suspects in a murder case.It will take Fortuna’s uncanny powers of observation, the help of an unlikely band of quirky locals—and a little magic—to clear the Ravenwood name and find the killer.

Snowcapped pines and glittery dusted sidewalks adorn tranquil Heartsford, Wisconsin, while residents cuddle beneath heirloom quilts in front of cozy wood fires. But come the next day, the below-zero temperatures won't keep the locals away from Heartsford's annual Fire & Ice event. To boost customer traffic at Community Craft's one-night-only sale, Samantha Sammy Kane persuades a few of the craftspeople who sell their wares at the store to participate in a live mannequin window display contest.

When a heartbroken Samantha “Sammy” Kane returns to her hometown of Heartsford, Wisconsin, for her best friend Kate’s funeral, she learns that Kate’s much-loved craft store is in danger of perishing with its owner. Confounding all her expectations of the life she would live, Sammy moves back home with her golden retriever and takes over Community Craft. A few doors down Main Street, fellow new arrival Ingrid Wilson has just opened the Yarn Barn, a real “purl” of a shop.

Samantha “Sammy” Kane is settling into her new life in idyllic Heartsford, Wisconsin, running her late friend Kate Allen’s craft shop, Community Craft, when one early June day, best-selling crochet author Jane Johnson visits Heartsford. Captivated by Community Craft, Jane devotes a chapter in her new book, Behind the Seams, to the store. Sammy is honored, but satisfaction quickly turns to shock when she finds Jane strangled to death - her cold hands clutching a copy of her most recently published book, with the words “THE END” raggedly scratched into the cover. 

Mord à la Mode. Ein neuer Todesfall erschüttert Missys Vintage-Boutique an der Englischen Riviera. Ihre Stammkundin Liv, bekannt für ihre Postkarten mit nachgestellten Modegeschichten, stirbt in einem historischen Charabanc - genau wie die frühere Besitzerin ihres Capes. Zufall? Missy glaubt nicht daran. Entschlossen, den Mord aufzuklären, taucht sie tief in die Vergangenheit ein - und stößt dabei auf Geheimnisse, die auch ihre eigene Familie betreffen ... Der dritte Fall von "Missy Marple", die in der Heimat von Agatha Christie mit Charme, Schirm und britischem Humor ermittelt.

"Achtung, Mordwaffe!! Mit Stiel nach unten öffnen!" Missy hält den Zettel, der in ihrem Vintage-Geschäft an einem alten Regenschirm angebracht ist, zunächst für einen Scherz - bis eine Klinge mit Blut aus dem Griff fährt. Schnell wird bekannt, dass das Model Dandya Daisy damit bei einem Fotoshooting attackiert wurde und nun in Lebensgefahr schwebt. Missy will herausfinden, warum der Schirm in ihrem Laden gelandet ist und folgt zusammen mit ihrer Mitarbeiterin Zoe einer Spur, die sie direkt zum Britischen Geheimdienst führt.

In jedem gebrauchten Kleidungsstück verbirgt sich eine Geschichte. In manchen auch ein Mord. Missy, Besitzerin eines Vintage-Lädchens an der Englischen Riviera, entdeckt in einer Lieferung ein ungewaschenes Seidenkleid sowie eine Zigarettenspitze mit einer Nadel. Wurde damit ihre Theaterkollegin Amanda Peer bei einer Dreißiger-Jahre-Party ermordet? Als Missys heimlicher Schwarm Harry Sailor zum Hauptverdächtigen wird, setzt sie alles daran, den Fall zu lösen - zum Unmut von Inspector Corning, dem sie ein Dorn im Auge ist.

Join amateur sleuth Harriet White in 1930's London for a glorious and page-turning Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery! A must-read for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. 🔎🕵️‍♀️ 'When did you become aware something was wrong?’ ‘...When the screaming began…’ Harriet White...

Art curator Jessamine Rhodes has left behind her gig at a prominent gallery in the city to open her own community art center in the small town of Rose Shore. She's all set to host an extravagant opening watercolors class and has even booked a famous artist to teach it. Gabriella Everhart brings along her priceless painting Tranquil to showcase as the centerpiece of the event. The opening class is just wrapping up when suddenly Tranquil disappears before Jessamine's eyes. Next, the lights of the art center flicker out and leave the crowd in complete darkness as a scream pierces the air.

On the 45th anniversary of Vampires in the Fog, Greenvale is overrun with cosplayers with plastic fangs and rubber stakes. They've come for a chance to see their favorite B-movie stars and horror podcasters. The Ravenwood witches, Fortuna and her great-aunt Celestia, are attending the opening night festivities when a polarizing celebrity drops dead on stage. The shocking event quickly turns into a murder investigation and the Ravenwoods join forces with an offbeat crew of locals to unravel the mystery before Greenvale's spooky celebration turns into a real life horror show.

A glowing wood stove, a cozy log cabin, and shelves full of books are all Rain Wilmot needs to ride out the Wisconsin winter, now that she’s made her family’s Lofty Pines library her year-round home. But the warm-hearted librarian’s blood runs cold when local man Wallace Benson is found dead during the annual Ice Fishing Jamboree. 

After the untimely death of her husband, Rain Wilmot has returned to her family's waterfront log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin. The cabin is peaceful compared to Rain's corporate job and comes with an informal library that Rain's mother, Willow, used to run. But as Rain prepares for the reopening of the library, all hopes for a peaceful life are shattered: she discovers the body of Thornton Hughes, a real-estate buyer, on the premises.  

For all its merriment, Christmas can also bring melancholy-and in Magic Springs, Idaho, Mia finds that the season has brought her an unhappy ghost who's pulling poltergeist-style pranks to get her attention. When she demands an explanation, the ghost just sends a message: Ask Mary Alice-that is, Mia's beloved Grans, who's been training her to develop her witchy talents. If anyone can figure this out, it's Grans . . . even if she still hasn't managed to free Mia's cat from a previous spell that she cast.

Holly Hands. Twenty-nine. Single mom. Disgraced former boxing pro. Repo woman. Holly wonders if it’s a joke when she’s assigned her new job: to repo a helicopter. She can’t fly. She doesn’t even like heights. Yet where there’s a will, there’s a way. Holly can handle anything - as long as another dead body doesn’t come with it. Unfortunately for her, it does. Luckily, Holly has Lucky by her side - a neglected pit bull she found on the wrong side of a job, who refuses to leave her side - and who, like her, has nowhere to go but up.

Holly Hands. Twenty-nine. Single mom. Disgraced former boxing pro. Repo woman. Things seem like they may be looking up for Holly - until she is called into for her biggest job yet: to repo a mega-yacht. It seems like an absurd task, made more absurd by the mega party she encounters on board. Yet Holly is up for anything. But that doesn’t include dealing with a dead body. Or for having to solve yet another crime to keep herself out of jail.