"In this exciting new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him... Max Mantel, the killer McQuaid put away years ago, has busted out of Huntsville Prison and appears to be headed for Pecan Springs. McQuaid knows there's only one way to stop the vengeful convict--set a trap with himself as bait. China wants to stay by her husband's side and keep him...

Quilter Martha Rose must patch together the clues to solve the murder of a cult leader in the California mountains ... Has Martha's fellow quilter and dear friend Birdie Watson become unraveled' Birdie and her new husband have decided to join the Mystical Feather Society, a spiritist group living on a commune in the mountains of Ojai, California. Before her free-spirited friend makes a huge mistake, Martha organizes a surprise visit to check out the...

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1875. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school, and completed his education in 1841, after which he was apprenticed to the tea merchants Antrobus & Co. in the Strand. In 1846, Collins became a law...

When a big Hollywood movie studio comes to New Orleans and wants to use Bitsy Duhe's gorgeous Victorian house for a shoot, Bitsy consents—as long as Charlotte La Rue, owner of Maid for a Day, agrees to take care of her beloved home during filming. . .
Soon Charlotte meets the cast and crew, including Hollywood ingénue Angel Martinique. The movie seems to be going well—until a body is found dead in Angel's dressing room, a bloody letter...

"After some post-Christmas retail therapy in the Windy City, mystery bookshop owner and historical whodunit novelist Sam Washington is returning home to North Harbor, Michigan, on a chartered bus. With Nana Jo and her gal pals Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae from Shady Acres Retirement Village along for the ride, it's a lively trip. But one passenger is not so lively - a gentleman Irma befriended is found dead in his seat after an unscheduled stop. The...

Jenny Weston and her mother, Dora, have been receiving strange midnight visits. Bear Falls's own elusive and highly secretive poet, Emily Sutton, has lived her life cloistered away with her sister in a house at the edge of Pewee Swamp. But now, Emily's started leaving scraps of poetry in Dora's Little Library, and Dora makes it her mission to befriend the sheltered woman. Meanwhile Zoe Zola, almost famous author, Little Person, and the Weston's quirky...

SOPHIE KRAMER takes risk for living and fights crime for professional and personal reasons. She is a tough-minded Special FBI Agent who loves to live on edge. Against the wishes of his parents, Ashok leaves India to go to the Sates to study at the Stanford University. He excels at his master's program and also becomes successful in developing an innovative technology. University appoints an intellectual property law firm for legal representation where...

Book 3 in the Lily O'Hara Mystery series sees Lily and Mick Flynn unite to explore another local tragedy.Lily O'Hara is in a place of pain and finds the only way through her own suffering is to immerse herself in the tattered remains of someone else's loss. This time she and Mick Flynn find themselves wading through the life and death of a beautiful young teenager whose life was cut short by misadventure. A New Year's Eve party, which should have...

In New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis's new Domestic Diva mystery, a trendy, underground dinner club leaves some guests six-feet-under the table-and entertaining professional and amateur sleuth Sophie Winston hopes she has all the right ingredients to put a murderer on ice... Sophie Winston can whip up an elaborate event in her sleep, but as the hippest hostess she rarely gets to enjoy the full guest treatment. Which is why her best...

Librarian Amy Webber dances with death in this sixth Blue Ridge Library cozy mystery by critically acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert.
“An intricately plotted library whodunit that both cozy readers and librarians will love!” —Amanda Flower, author of the Magic Bookshop Mysteries
August in Taylorsford, Virginia finds library director Amy Webber and her new husband, dancer Richard Muir, settling into married...