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A Case for the Winemaker

A Case for the Winemaker

Perfect for fans ofย Murder, She Wroteย and other shows on the Hallmark Mysteries channel!

The closer she gets to the truth, the more she finds herself drowning in trouble

Itโ€™s an exciting time in Sweet River, Texas, and the whole town is talking. Maybe, a little too much. Former English professor Ainsley McGregor has gambled everything on her new business: Bless Your Art, an artisan market where local artists sell their wares and teach classes.

The bright, white space is filled to the brim with colorful art, yarn, jewelry, pet treats, antiques and even a few medieval weapons. Oh, and there are wine tastings. Everything is better with wine. Ainsley is surprised by how well things are goingโ€“right up until the moment her Great Dane finds a dead body. With her friend accused of the murder, itโ€™s up to Ainsley to find the real killer.

As the suspect list grows longer, Ainsley has her work cut out for her. The task is made more difficult by the fact her brother, the sheriff, doesnโ€™t seem to want her help. If she doesnโ€™t wrap up the case soon, she might be the next wine, um, one to die.

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Death by Deception

Death by Deception

Join the Shepherd sistersโ€”Savanna, Skylar, and Sydneyโ€”as they use their unique skills to solve the mystery in their small town.

As a former art authenticator, Savanna Shepherd has a talent for spotting secrets hiding in plain sight. She can pinpoint a forgery from the real thing, sometimes in a glance.

After being fired and dumped in the same terrible day, Savanna moves back to her idyllic home on the banks of Lake Michigan. At least sheโ€™s close to her sisters again, and sheโ€™s enjoying her new job as an elementary school art teacher.

Savanna even rediscovers her creative soul when an old family friend hires her to paint a mural. But then a cozy book club meeting ends with a possible murder, dangerous incidents begin plaguing her friendโ€™s mansion, and Savannaโ€™s sharp eye is put to the test. With a little help from her sistersโ€•and from Aidan, the intriguing town doctorโ€•will she be able to figure out whatโ€™s wrong with this picture before they become the killerโ€™s next canvas?

An artful cozy mystery perfect for fans of Krista Davis and Joanne Fluke.

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Slay Bells Ring

Slay Bells Ring

Itโ€™s one thing to write a mystery, but when your daughter is the suspect โ€” you solve it.

Wedding plannerย Jenna Bellย doesnโ€™t panic when the groom is a no-show to the ceremony โ€“ even though he is her former high school sweetheart and this wedding is the small townโ€™s event of the year. However, when he turns up dead and she is falsely accusedโ€ฆ well, yeah, now itโ€™s the time to panic.

Jennaโ€™s mother, Maddie, puts her cozy mystery writing skills to use to try to clear her daughterโ€™s name, stepping on by-the-book Chief of Police Jackson Bradleyโ€™s toes in the process. No matter how enticing he finds her, he doesnโ€™t want this writer-turned-amateur-sleuth interfering with his murder investigation.

With nearly all of Hemlock, North Carolina, picking sides and the townโ€™s own Gossip Brigade churning out the rumors, Maddie discovers the mystery isnโ€™t very cozy when it hits this close to home.

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Cupcakes and Chaos

Cupcakes and Chaos

Her new employer has met her maker, and sheโ€™s the only suspect. Can she sift out the truth and serve the villain their just desserts?

Ava Decker longs to fulfill her lifelong dream of owning her own bakery. Ready for a fresh start, the former forensic accountant turned pastry chef is excited to turn lifeโ€™s lemons into sugary success. But her hopes crumble when her mean boss turns up dead in the back of the delivery truck Ava was driving.

Arrested as the prime suspect, things get worse when the police discover the victim left Ava the shop and her house in her will. And with only an adorable kitten who thinks heโ€™s a dog and an exasperated best friend as the voice of reason, the newly bequeathed owner must turn super-sleuth to clear her name.

Can Ava solve the crime before sheโ€™s baking behind bars?

Cupcakes & Chaos is the delicious first book in the Frosted Misfortunes cozy mystery series. If you like cute animal sidekicks, an appetizing listen to curl up with, and hilarious hijinks, then youโ€™ll love Lisa Siefertโ€™s perfectly dusted recipe.

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A Santa Stabbing

A Santa Stabbing

She didnโ€™t realize sheโ€™d traded โ€œNaval Aviatorโ€ for โ€œamateur sleuthโ€โ€ฆ

Retired Navy pilotย Angel Warrenโ€™s new life awaits in Stonebridge, Pennsylvania, where sheโ€™s opening Shop โ€˜Round the World, her travel-inspired gift and novelty shop. A newly empty nester and longtime widow, sheโ€™s looking forward to leaving her flying career and its many life-or-death decisions behind and reconnecting with family and friends. Right now, Angelโ€™s biggest challenge is getting the shop ready for its grand opening just weeks before Christmas.

Until she finds a dead body in the shop murdered with one of her specialty Santa figurines. Even worse, Angelโ€™s fingerprints are on the โ€œweaponโ€ and sheโ€™s a prime suspect. It doesnโ€™t help that the deceased is an old friend whoโ€™s collected a long list of enemies as a cut-throat real estate agent. And then thereโ€™s the Stonebridge Chief of Policeโ€”and Angelโ€™s high school BFFโ€”who brings her in for questioning.

If Angel wants to clear her name before the Christmas rush, sheโ€™s going to need to do some sleuthing on her ownโ€”and with the help of her stressed out parrot, Ralph.

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Old Habits Die Hard

Old Habits Die Hard

Meddling and murder can both be deadly sins

When retired nun and teacherย Sister Bernadetteย returns with her fellow residents to The Abbey: Senior Living, she is the first to discover the body sprawled in the hallway of the converted school where she once taught English and now lives.ย  Instead of freezing with horror, Sister Bernie has questions. Lots of them. Why does Toni Travi, the bedazzled and bejeweled resident from apartment 218, have so much chest hair? Did anyone at The Abbey know Toni was a man? Was Toniโ€™s death related to allegations that she cheated at cards? Whereโ€™s the murder weapon? Who had motive? And did someone kill Toni, or the man hiding beneath the Revlon foundation and blonde wig?

Detective AJ Lewis isย inย charge of the investigation though Sister Bernie acts as if he is still her student. With unholy stubbornness, she dogs his every step, eavesdrops, sneaks beyond the police tape and offers unsolicited conjecture and clues. He wants to keep her safe, but sheโ€™s determined to lend a helping handโ€”itโ€™s her habit, after all!

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Home Is Where the Body Is

Home Is Where the Body Is

The coastal Oregon town of Rainbow Falls might be sleepy, but itโ€™s definitely not innocentโ€ฆ

When graphic designer and true crime fanย Annie Abbottย agrees to house sit her parentsโ€™ home for a year, sheโ€™s convinced that even though the small town has ten coffee shops, nothing exciting will happen. But thatโ€™s before a seemingly feral cat gives birth in her garage, prompting a call to the very handsome, very single town vet. Itโ€™s a dream meet-cute, but just as their romance blooms, Annie discovers the bloody body of her grumpy neighbor. And despite the fact that she passes out at the sight of blood, the police suspect her.

To clear her name, Annie will need to put her years of watching police procedurals and reading mysteries to good use. Sheโ€™ll also need to rely on her new friends who have welcomed her to Rainbow Falls, but is one of them the killer?

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Player Elimination

Player Elimination

She loves to play games, but not when it comes to murder.

Wren Winters is a businesswoman on a mission, juggling an alumni event for a rising game designer while keeping her late husbandโ€™s retail store alive. With RSVPs pouring in and her cranky landlord threatening to bulldoze her shop for high-rise apartments, Wrenโ€™s plate is fullโ€”but sheโ€™s no stranger to overcoming challenges. From economic slumps to vandalism and vicious online rumors, Wren has always found a way to persevere.

But nothing could prepare her for what she finds one fateful morning: her landlord murdered, her store turned into a crime scene, her only employee under suspicion (and hiding something), and a missing piece from an unreleased game.

Now, with her storeโ€™s future hanging by a thread and the stakes higher than ever, Wren must channel her puzzle-solving skills like never before. Can she and her friends follow the clues, clear her employeeโ€™s name, and crack the case before itโ€™s game over?

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Panic in the Panhandle

Panic in the Panhandle

This is no ordinary wild animal removal callโ€ฆ

ย In the sleepy panhandle of Florida, Benjamin โ€œElmoโ€ Simpson has carved out a comfortable niche as the go-to wild animal removal specialist. Life is sweet until a peculiar service request takes him to a local condo and an unexpected scene. Retired lawyer Fran Cohen is missing and in his apartment is a well-fed alligator that appears to have enjoyed a nice breakfast withโ€ฆor rather,ย ofโ€ฆFran.

All evidence points toward murder, and local alligator farmer, Waldo โ€œRamboโ€ Quigley has the motive and the means. When Rambo pleads for help to clear his name, old debts and a history of friendship leave Elmo no choice but to investigate. With his girlfriend, Nicola, by his side, and Ramboโ€™s freedom on the line, Elmoโ€™s on the hunt for the real killer, but donโ€™t panicโ€ฆElmoโ€™s got a planโ€ฆsort of. Maybe.

Reptilian clues lead to unexpected allies, and the call of danger is addictive. Can Elmo uncover the identity of Franโ€™s killer before becoming the next victim, removed from the scene like an unwanted pest?

โ€œParadise Springs has got it going on! This book hasย Tiger King-meets-The Gladesย all over, and mystery lovers are in for a wild ride.โ€ Sarah E. Burr, author ofย The Book Blogger Mysteries.

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A Bittersweet Murder

A Bittersweet Murder

Everyone knows everyone in small town Airlie Falls, so where could the killer be hiding?

For one brief hour on a sunny Texas morning, amateur bakerย Rosie Hartย glimpses the life sheโ€™s always dreamed aboutโ€”thanks to a surprise inheritance from the late Miss Alice. But her benefactor is barely cold in the ground when Rosie is accused of her murder.

As the only stranger in the tight-knit Airlie Falls community, and the only person with an obvious motive, all eyes turn to Rosie. Especially when more bodies begin to pile up and mysterious letters from the grave start circulating faster than Rosie can pull a tray of cherry nut clusters out of the oven.

When Rosie begins to suspect the murders have links to a sixty-year-old suspicious death on the very property sheโ€™s just inherited, town locals become uneasy. But how can Rosie prove the two are relatedโ€”and prove her innocenceโ€”before the killer strikes again?

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Scents And A Suspect

Scents And A Suspect

Whenย Nikki Knightย returns to her childhood stomping grounds in Frog Hollow Georgia, she realizes life has become nuttier than the pecan muffins at her late grandmotherโ€™s haunted B&B. But the only ghost in the Moonlight Mansion is the previous lady of the house, still roaming the halls in her afterlife.

Not ten steps into town, Nikki finds herself with a furry new companion. An abandoned royal dachshund who just might carry the secret to his past ownerโ€™s untimely demise. But when Nikki is seen snooping around at one too many crime scenes, the local officer becomes suspicious and begins popping up where she least expects him.

Now, she needs to find out what happened ASAP and protect Prince Dasher Dangerdog Bean from falling into the wrongโ€”and deadlyโ€”hands.

Can Nikki and her royal dachshund solve the case? Or will they end up roaming the Moonlight Mansion with her grandmother?

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Mixing Up Murder

Mixing Up Murder

Murder wasnโ€™t supposed to be on the menu at the Little Dog Diner, but thatโ€™s exactly what we got served anyway.

Hi, Iโ€™m Dani Mackenzie and Iโ€™m the unfortunate soul who owns said diner. Looks like business is going to be slow for a little while as the whole town scrambles to find whodunnit.

At first I just needed something to keep me busy while on my forced vacation, but now as the clues stack up, Iโ€™m caught in the middle of this crazy mixed-up murder. And Iโ€™ll do anything to get to the bottom of what really happened and why it happened in my kitchen.

Too bad the only known witness to the crime is the victimโ€™s terrier, Pip, and no one believes she bludgeoned her owner to death. But if not herโ€ฆ then who? And, perhaps more importantly, whoโ€™s next?

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