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Crime and Mystery: Cosy Mystery

Death by Christmas Cake
Keisha Scott has been working with the legendary chef Shirleen Foster to update her classic cookbook, Season by Season, for its 50th anniversary. The festivities start with a dinner party highlighting the 12 Christmas Cakes that made Shirleen famous. It’s all of Keisha’s dreams come true, but before...
An Enemy in the Village
A real estate agent’s death sends shockwaves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye. When Bruno stumbles upon a motionless figure in a car parked at a scenic overpass on the ridge of the Vézère valley,...
The Framed Women of Ardemore House
Ardemore House, Book 1
Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting in. As a neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor and divorced New Yorker transplanted into the English countryside, Jo doesn’t know what stands out more: her Americanisms or her autism. After losing her job, her mother, and her marriage all in one...
Grave Intentions
Harith Athreya, Book 2
SECRETS Detective Harith Athreya, a seasoned investigator with a vivid imagination, is back: this time to investigate suspicious incidences on a riverside archaeological dig in the heart of remote Bundelkhand. Beset by fears of theft, strange nondisclosure agreements and lacking any important...
The Last Resort
Harith Athreya, Book 4
BOLLYWOOD After suffering a dangerous fever during his last case, Detective Harith Athreya is recuperating in the beautiful backwaters of Kerala with his wife Krishnaveni. When he meets a family of vacationing Bollywood royalty, they are enthralled by his ‘real-life’ experience, and ask for his...
The Maid

The Maid 2022

Molly the Maid, Book 1
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s...
Murder Bites
Margot Cartwright is not exactly blending in with the residents of Glenville, South Carolina. An unwilling transplant from Washington, D.C., Margot feels like a fish out of water among the Lululemon-wearing, tiny-dog-owning, non-New Yorker-reading locals who are clamoring to have their fur babies...
A Murder in Springtime
After Bruno sees he’s missed several phone calls from his longtime neighbor Pamela, he has no idea what to expect. He’s shocked to hear that she’s found her new lodger on her back patio, brutally murdered. Bruno knows that Pamela isn’t capable of killing anyone, but then who’s the culprit? And...
Murder With Peacocks
Meg Langslow arrives at her parents’ Virginia home expecting a brief visit, only to find herself caught in the chaos of multiple overlapping weddings, eccentric relatives, and a steadily growing to-do list she never agreed to manage. As preparations spiral out of control, the already hectic...
A Novel Murder
Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Fiction Festival, the place for star writers of the genre to meet their adoring fans. But be careful—this year the murders aren’t just on the page. In the quaint English town of Hoslewit, the biggest names in crime writing have congregated to celebrate all things...
Praying Mantis
Harith Athreya, Book 3
When a guest mysteriously dies at a boutique hotel in the Himalayan foothills, Detective Harith Athreya must find the murderer before they strike again. ISOLATION The idyllic Peter Dann Castle is a picture of tranquility as summer blooms in the Himalayan foothills. The heritage hotel has a...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years...
A Terribly Nasty Business
Beatrice Steele, Book 2
After achieving her lifelong dream of solving a murder, bringing a killer to justice, and proving she is not, in fact, a morbid creep, Beatrice Steele feels like everything is finally falling into place. She’s traded her etiquette-obsessed community of Swampshire for the big city of London,...
Three Bags Full
Sheep Detective, Book 1
Something is not right with George the shepherd. His sheep have gathered around him outside the cozy Irish village of Glennkill to assess the situation. George has cared for the sheep, reading them books every night, and now he lies pinned to the ground with a spade. His flock, far savvier about the...
A Will to Kill
Harith Athreya, Book 1
Aging millionaire Bhaskar Fernandez has won his family property back after a bitter legal battle. Now, though wheelchair-bound, he has invited his relatives to the remote, and possibly haunted, Greybrooke Manor, a colonial-era mansion high up in the misty Nilgiris. It stands alone in an area said to...

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Death by Christmas Cake

Death by Christmas Cake November 3, 2026

Keisha Scott has been working with the legendary chef Shirleen Foster to update her classic cookbook, Season by Season, for its 50th anniversary. The festivities start with a dinner party highlighting the 12 Christmas Cakes that made Shirleen famous. It’s all of Keisha’s dreams come true, but before...
The Last Resort

The Last Resort August 18, 2026

Harith Athreya, Book 4
BOLLYWOOD After suffering a dangerous fever during his last case, Detective Harith Athreya is recuperating in the beautiful backwaters of Kerala with his wife Krishnaveni. When he meets a family of vacationing Bollywood royalty, they are enthralled by his ‘real-life’ experience, and ask for his...
Grave Intentions

Grave Intentions August 4, 2026

Harith Athreya, Book 2
SECRETS Detective Harith Athreya, a seasoned investigator with a vivid imagination, is back: this time to investigate suspicious incidences on a riverside archaeological dig in the heart of remote Bundelkhand. Beset by fears of theft, strange nondisclosure agreements and lacking any important...
Murder Bites

Murder Bites August 4, 2026

Margot Cartwright is not exactly blending in with the residents of Glenville, South Carolina. An unwilling transplant from Washington, D.C., Margot feels like a fish out of water among the Lululemon-wearing, tiny-dog-owning, non-New Yorker-reading locals who are clamoring to have their fur babies...
Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis July 14, 2026

Harith Athreya, Book 3
When a guest mysteriously dies at a boutique hotel in the Himalayan foothills, Detective Harith Athreya must find the murderer before they strike again. ISOLATION The idyllic Peter Dann Castle is a picture of tranquility as summer blooms in the Himalayan foothills. The heritage hotel has a...
A Terribly Nasty Business
Beatrice Steele, Book 2
After achieving her lifelong dream of solving a murder, bringing a killer to justice, and proving she is not, in fact, a morbid creep, Beatrice Steele feels like everything is finally falling into place. She’s traded her etiquette-obsessed community of Swampshire for the big city of London,...
A Will to Kill

A Will to Kill June 16, 2026

Harith Athreya, Book 1
Aging millionaire Bhaskar Fernandez has won his family property back after a bitter legal battle. Now, though wheelchair-bound, he has invited his relatives to the remote, and possibly haunted, Greybrooke Manor, a colonial-era mansion high up in the misty Nilgiris. It stands alone in an area said to...
A Murder in Springtime

A Murder in Springtime June 16, 2026

After Bruno sees he’s missed several phone calls from his longtime neighbor Pamela, he has no idea what to expect. He’s shocked to hear that she’s found her new lodger on her back patio, brutally murdered. Bruno knows that Pamela isn’t capable of killing anyone, but then who’s the culprit? And...
An Enemy in the Village

An Enemy in the Village June 16, 2026

A real estate agent’s death sends shockwaves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye. When Bruno stumbles upon a motionless figure in a car parked at a scenic overpass on the ridge of the Vézère valley,...
A Novel Murder

A Novel Murder June 2, 2026

Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Fiction Festival, the place for star writers of the genre to meet their adoring fans. But be careful—this year the murders aren’t just on the page. In the quaint English town of Hoslewit, the biggest names in crime writing have congregated to celebrate all things...
Three Bags Full

Three Bags Full April 14, 2026

Sheep Detective, Book 1
Something is not right with George the shepherd. His sheep have gathered around him outside the cozy Irish village of Glennkill to assess the situation. George has cared for the sheep, reading them books every night, and now he lies pinned to the ground with a spade. His flock, far savvier about the...
The Framed Women of Ardemore House
Ardemore House, Book 1
Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting in. As a neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor and divorced New Yorker transplanted into the English countryside, Jo doesn’t know what stands out more: her Americanisms or her autism. After losing her job, her mother, and her marriage all in one...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years...
The Maid

The Maid January 4, 2022

Molly the Maid, Book 1
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s...
Murder With Peacocks

Murder With Peacocks January 15, 2000

Meg Langslow arrives at her parents’ Virginia home expecting a brief visit, only to find herself caught in the chaos of multiple overlapping weddings, eccentric relatives, and a steadily growing to-do list she never agreed to manage. As preparations spiral out of control, the already hectic...