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Character-driven and cozy, it delivers a compelling mystery with touches of gentle paranormal intrigue.
It’s a Perfect Escape.
~Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book
Driftless Spirits
(Secrets in Casten’s Horn)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting:
The Driftless area of Wisconsin
Publisher :
Casten House Books
Publication date :
October 30, 2025
Charlotte Burke can’t shake her recurring dream.
Over and over again she dreams of finding a mysterious journal on a candlelit desk while wandering through a strange house in the middle of the night. Every dream has shown her a framed picture of an old woman sitting at the same desk, except the latest version. Last night, the woman stood and offered Charlotte a keyring. In the morning, Charlotte woke up with her car keys in her hand.
Her best friend is worried but skeptical when Charlotte insists the house is real. The dream is metaphorical, Ivy says, reflecting Charlotte’s restless state. Ivy gifts her a journal and urges her to take the trip her subconscious is demanding before she wakes up behind the wheel. A roadtrip of self-discovery will help Charlotte figure out what she really wants.
Charlotte agrees to the roadtrip but not for Ivy’s reasons. To her, the house, the journal, and the woman in her dream are all too real. She sets off to do the impossible. If she can find the house and uncover its secrets in time, she might save far more than her driftless life.
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5/15/2026
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Stepping back to 1929, FRIED CHICKEN CASTAÑEDA provides a delicious mystery amidst a stunning Western backdrop.
~Cozy Up With Kathy
Fried Chicken Castañeda
Historical Culinary Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting –
Las Vegas, New Mexico,
in June 1929
Publisher :
Artemesia Publishing, LLC
Publication date :
May 6, 2025
At the Castañeda Hotel, you’ll find romance, gourmet dining, bootleggers, and murder!
Bored with her conventional middle-class life, Prudence Bates escapes Cleveland by heading west to qualify as a Courier for the Southwestern Indian Detours. On the California Limited she meets Jerry Begay, a charming Navajo school teacher. They feel an instant rapport, but he’s headed for Gallup, so it’s but a brief encounter.
In Las Vegas, New Mexico Prudence is befriended by Castañeda Hotel Harvey Girls Martha and Anne and desk clerk Clara. They take Prudence under their wing and invite her along to dances and the local hot springs.
Four days later, Martha’s brother, Tom, is found murdered. Was it because of his bootlegging activities? Or his amorous relationship with Liz Kearney, daughter of the richest man in the area and rumored mob boss? And was that really Jerry Begay whom Prudence saw meeting with Tom in secret the day before he was killed?
Following in the footsteps of her favorite fictional detectives, Tommy and Tuppence, Prudence is determined to solve the murder. But one wrong step and she may end up in the sights of the bootleggers.
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4/30/2026
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I was hooked from the start! I recommend HOOK, LINE, AND MURDER to readers of cozy mysteries and domestic thrillers.
~Boys’ Mom Reads!
Hook, Line, and Murder
(The Sweet Tooth Murder Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New York
Publisher :
Wild Rose Press
Publication date :
February 9, 2026
What does Meg, a retired kindergarten teacher, do when the killer of her husband and only child still walks free a year after dirt had covered their graves? Go rogue, of course!
When the detective responsible for Meg’s nightmares takes over the murder investigation of her former student, Meg hunts the killer down with help from her friends. Their cozy lunches at Sweet Buns Café turn into tactical meetings while these retired grade school teachers get themselves in trouble better suited to those in their twenties. And to put the icing on their cream scones, someone is after Meg. Is it the killer? Or has Meg uncovered secrets better left buried with her loved ones?
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5/3/2026
New from Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
Trailbreaker
(Prairie Nightingale)
Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Wisconsin
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Publication date :
January 27, 2026
Suspicions that a serial killer is terrorizing a pristine tourist spot draw a single mom and budding private investigator into a twisting and deepening mystery of secrets and murder.
Single mom and newly minted private investigator Prairie Nightingale has opened the doors of her Green Bay, Wisconsin, agency and is ready for work. She and her crew aren’t quite prepared for their first client, though: Bernie Dubicki, a notorious online journalist and not-altogether-reliable provocateur, who claims the idyllic vacation destination of nearby Door County is home to a serial killer.
She’s pinpointed four seemingly unrelated deaths that haven’t raised suspicions for anyone else. But when a college student vanishes, Bernie’s sizable retainer convinces Prairie to help connect the dots. And trusted, flirty FBI agent Foster Rosemare thinks Bernie might be onto something. Prairie never expected her first investigation to be so big—like Dateline big—but she does have an inquiring mind and a knack for seeing things no one else can.
In this case she’ll have to look deep—not only into the secrets of strangers, but into Door County’s woods—to solve a mystery decades in the making.
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Book 1 in the Series
Coming September 8, 2026
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Coming February 24, 2026
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3/31/2026
Rich characters, a solid plot, and fun magical beings make The Well-Kept Secret an entertaining read I wished would never end.
~Novels Alive
The Well-Kept Secret
(A Wishville Mystery)
Cozy Fantasy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting –
Wishville, Vermont
Publisher :
Oliver Heber Books
Publication date :
October 28, 2025
A Spring Festival. A Magical Murder. A Secret Buried Beneath the Well.
Wishville, Vermont looks like a storybook postcard—complete with forest festivals, quirky locals, and a centuries-old wishing well that allegedly grants one wish each season. But for Lyra Wells, the magic isn’t just folklore—it’s her full-time job. As the half-human, half-Dweller Guardian of the Well, Lyra must keep the peace between the mortal world and the magical realm of Elarion. That means overseeing every seasonal WishFest, keeping tourists entertained, and pretending her glowing cat sidekick isn’t judging everyone.
But when an all-too-nosy antique dealer is found mysteriously dead by the well—and a rare memory crystal is discovered at the scene—the fragile treaty between worlds begins to unravel, and the ethereal Dweller chief enforcer isn’t happy. As the townsfolk whisper about curses and coincidences, something ancient stirs beneath the surface—and it’s not ready to stay hidden.
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The Well-Laid Trap (A Wishville Mystery)
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2/28/2026
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New from
Nancy Lynn Jarvis!
What Lucy Heard:
A PIP Inc. Mystery
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Setting – California
Publisher :
Good Read Mysteries
Publication date :
August 11, 2025
Pat Pirard, Santa Cruz Law Librarian newly turned private investigator, is asked to help with jury selection. She has one condition before she agrees: she must meet the suspect and believe he’s innocent. The accused’s story about how his fingerprints got on the murder weapon and why he was at the murder scene seems so outlandish that he convinces contrarian Pat he must be telling the truth. But as she listens to testimony during the trial she fears she’s been duped and is helping a killer get away with murder. Pat’s life turns into a race to solve the crime before the jury reaches a verdict.
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2/15/2026
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I enthusiastically recommend Death on Dickens Island for other cozy mystery readers. It has a charming small town, an intrepid amateur detective, a ghostly relative (who helps with and adds to the mystery), and even a secret room!
~View from the Birdhouse
Death on Dickens Island:
A Books on the Beach Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – On Dickens Island, a fictional island in the Long Island Sound between Long Island and CT.
Publisher :
Crooked Lane Books
Publication date :
October 21, 2025
A divorced sleuth in her thirties must bring peace back to her small town after a murder tears neighbors and family members apart in this series debut from Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook, perfect for fans of Cynthia Riggs and Eva Gates.
Delia Dickens has come home to Dickens Island, a small island in the Long Island Sound, after a twelve-year stint in Manhattan. She’s looking forward to helping her father revitalize the general store that the family owns as well as curating a small book nook. Most importantly, she wants to reunite with her fifteen-year-old son. But Dickens Island isn’t the peaceful town Delia remembers–and she might be in more danger here than she ever was in the big city.
Delia’s Aunt Reenie and Uncle Brad, both prominent community leaders, are at odds over the sale of a farm and its future use. This has created friction, not only in their marriage, but amongst the citizens of the town. When a young woman, new to the town council and friendly with Brad, is found murdered, everything escalates and reaches a new boiling point.
With Reenie and Brad both suspects in the case and at each other’s throats, the townspeople start to take sides. When the ghost of her grandmother visits her, Delia learns how past events have impacted the present, and it is up to her to expose the farm’s sordid secrets in order to catch a murderer and restore peace to her beloved island.
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2/15/2026
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What a fun, festive short story about a missing ring! . . . I was holding my breath as the characters scrambled to uncover what was lost!
~Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books
One Gold Ring
(Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
Novella related to the main Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries Series
Setting – Fenwater – a fictional small town in rural Canada.
Independently Published (November 1, 2025)
A busy shopping street, a cozy coffee klatch, a missing ring: Marge Kirkwood has no desire for anyone to gift five gold rings to her. She just needs to find one elegant gold ring sparkling with dainty diamonds and rubies: the one that was stolen due to her carelessness.
When Marge Kirkwood meets her friend Bruce Murray at the Honey Pot diner to reassure him about his choice of an engagement ring for her best friend Lois Stone, she couldn’t be happier for the couple. But a few moments of her inattention could scupper Bruce’s plans for a romantic Christmas proposal. A cunning thief seizes the opportunity Marge’s lapse affords to snatch Bruce’s family heirloom. Soon afterwards Lois arrives and joins Marge and Bruce in the search for the ring. Three heads may be better than one or two but Lois can’t find out that it’s her engagement ring they are hunting for.
And so the week before Christmas begins with dashing through the snow without a sleigh, tangy gingerbread muffins and cinnamon scented apple cider, clever calico cats, slippery snow-sheathed sidewalks, glittering gems set in gold, hazardous high-heeled boots, rushing thieves and bustling Christmas shoppers set against a cheerful holiday clad shopping street, sultry Christmas songs serenading shoppers in the market, the sweet scent of carnations, roses and baby’s breath bouquets in the florist’s window and a mantlepiece twinkling with shiny baubles and lights woven through holly in a comfy century cottage.
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2/10/2026
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New from Nancy Cole Silverman!
A Spy in Saigon:
A Kat Lawson Mystery
Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – Vietnam
Publisher :
Level Best Books
Publication date :
November 25, 2025
The truth will set you free – or it will kill you.
Kat Lawson’s new undercover assignment has turned deadly. A trip to Vietnam to write a travel feature for Journey International while making a drop to deliver cash and passports for a top-secret operation has gone awry. Kat has a choice to make and a target on her back. She can live with a secret, or she can reveal a truth that puts her in the crosshairs of an enemy sworn to kill her. With the lives of trafficked children at stake in a country where agents and double agents trade secrets, Kat must choose between the acceptance of a truth that will forever change her life or living a lie that will save the lives of others.
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1/31/2026
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The need to find the truth so that you can hopefully find peace, wrapped into a heck of a compelling mystery that I found incredibly hard to put down.
~Escapes With Dollycas Into A Good Book
The First to Die
Psychological Suspense
Setting – New Jersey
Publisher :
Willow River Press
Publication date :
November 18, 2025
Connie Tucker, a free-spirited beach bartender, has been estranged from her family in New Jersey ever since her actress mother, Simone, disappeared one night during a violent storm at the theatre where she was rehearsing. Uncontrollable and in a rage at the loss of her parent, fifteen-year-old Connie is exiled to California, due to her delinquent behavior, to live with an aunt she doesn’t know.
Fifteen years later, Simone’s murdered remains are discovered at a construction site and Connie returns to the east coast for the funeral—she owes it to her mother. The cold case unit will take over now and solve the crime. But then she discovers a message her mother left behind. It feels like a dispatch from the grave.
Connie must face her tortured past, the guilt of concealing a devastating secret, and the part she played in her mother’s disappearance. Unearthing buried family history and childhood demons, she confronts the agonizing reality that she doesn’t know where she belongs, where to call home. Who to trust. When a second suspicious death occurs, Connie races to unravel the events of the night Simone disappeared. Her mother was the first to die…but not the last.
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1/31/2026
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Murder and romance culminate in a sweet, happy ending in A Murder and Maggie MacGill.
~NOVELS ALIVE
A Murder and Maggie MacGill
Cozy Mystery
Stand Alone
Setting – Tennessee.
Publisher :
Wild Rose Press
Publication date :
August 27, 2025
When elementary art teacher Maggie MacGill finds the richest, most despised woman in town dead, then inherits her estate, life in the sweet mountain town of Wrenhaven, Tennessee, takes a greased ride downhill.
No one knows why Mrs. Grayson left her fortune to Maggie, but once her death begins to look like murder, and a series of unexplained pranks directed at the MacGill family turn nasty, Maggie must untangle a web of secrets and discover who has it in for her before it’s too late. Even if it means accepting help from the victim’s grandson, a man she’s loathed since high school but whose devastating grin and quick wit can still make her heart race.
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1/15/2026
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A delightful mix of mystery and lively banter from the former reporter turned obituary writer.
~Boys’ Mom Reads!
Grave Words:
A Deadly Deadlines Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Connecticut
Publisher :
Crooked Lane Books
Publication date :
June 10, 2025
Obituary writer Winter Snow has had it! With her business in a death drought, her best friend Scoop implicated in a string of arsons, and an obituary listing Winter herself as deceased, her life is heating up. But just as she’s trying to cool things down, she receives her newest assignment to write a tribute for Wandering Chester, a homeless man found in a burning building.
Promising the local funeral home manager that she will have an obituary by the deadline, Winter is stonewalled at every turn. No last name, no next of kin—Chester is a mystery her police officer boyfriend is determined to keep to himself. When it is discovered that the fire was set to cover up Chester’s murder and that Scoop was the last person to see him alive, she can almost hear the nails pounding into her friend’s coffin.
Hoping to help, Winter’s Uncle Richard invites the notorious town gossips to a neighborhood food fest. Unfortunately, the breadcrumbs the Nosy Parkers toss puts Winter on a deadly deadline to clear Scoop’s name and solve the murder before the next obituary written turns out to be her own.
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1/15/2026
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New from
Kay Pritchett
The Murder at Red Oaks
(Mosey Frye Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
7th in Series
Setting –
The fictional town of Hembree, Arkansas
Publisher : Wild Rose Press
What a chilling sight when real estate agent Mosey Frye enters her client’s grand Victorian only to find her strangled and laid out in a coffin. Clued in on the bizarre murder, the new forensic profiler in town raises the intriguing theory of “posing,” suggesting the culprit, plagued by remorse, decided to honor the victim with a grand send-off.
Meanwhile, police chief Gus Olivera, sticking to the evidence, makes a breakthrough by identifying the coffin as one that is missing from the mausoleum. It originally belonged to the victim’s young ward, tragically drowned in the lake by the house years earlier. With real and amateur sleuths baffled, townspeople fear yet another attack from the deranged killer among them.
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This is such a fun (and spooky) read for the fall season! I enjoyed getting to know Abby. . . and would happily read her next adventure, even though I’m a scaredy-cat! Well done!
~Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books
Psychic In Suburbia:
The Magical Midlife Misadventures of a Medium Mom
Paranormal Cozy-ish Mystery
Setting – Georgia
Independently Published
Publication date :
September 23, 2025
There’s nothing magical about midlife for Abby McBride, unless dealing with pesky ghosts counts.
Between hot flashes and brain fog and the dead paying a call at all hours, she’s had her share of spirited mayhem, while trying to hold up a perfect image among her cul-de-sac crowd. Not easy! But, after decades of suppressing her psychic gift, it all comes crashing down at the annual Halloween bash and her quiet suburban life goes up in spectral smoke.
The ghosts of 125 Magnolia Lane have demands and are not opposed to dragging the living into their hellish afterlife if that’s what it takes. Can Abby finally embrace the powers she’s long denied in order to save her family and friends from eternal destruction? But at what cost to her reputation, her sanity, marriage and possibly even her freedom?
When Ghost Whisperer meets Bad Moms, haunted hijinks are inevitable among dysfunctional friendships and an intrepid heroine who’s so done playing nice. That’s right! DONE! Get set for a thrill ride that will leave readers with a tale of laugh out loud, heart-tugging midlife magic and mayhem.
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1/15/2026
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This is such a fun (and spooky) read for the fall season! I enjoyed getting to know Abby. . . and would happily read her next adventure, even though I’m a scaredy-cat! Well done!
~Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books
Psychic In Suburbia:
The Magical Midlife Misadventures of a Medium Mom
Paranormal Cozy-ish Mystery
Setting – Georgia
Independently Published
Publication date :
September 23, 2025
There’s nothing magical about midlife for Abby McBride, unless dealing with pesky ghosts counts.
Between hot flashes and brain fog and the dead paying a call at all hours, she’s had her share of spirited mayhem, while trying to hold up a perfect image among her cul-de-sac crowd. Not easy! But, after decades of suppressing her psychic gift, it all comes crashing down at the annual Halloween bash and her quiet suburban life goes up in spectral smoke.
The ghosts of 125 Magnolia Lane have demands and are not opposed to dragging the living into their hellish afterlife if that’s what it takes. Can Abby finally embrace the powers she’s long denied in order to save her family and friends from eternal destruction? But at what cost to her reputation, her sanity, marriage and possibly even her freedom?
When Ghost Whisperer meets Bad Moms, haunted hijinks are inevitable among dysfunctional friendships and an intrepid heroine who’s so done playing nice. That’s right! DONE! Get set for a thrill ride that will leave readers with a tale of laugh out loud, heart-tugging midlife magic and mayhem.
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1/15/2026
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New from Kathleen Bailey!
Without a Shadow of Doubt:
An Olivia Penn Mystery
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Setting – Virginia
Publisher :
Rhino Publishing LLC
Publication date :
November 4, 2025
Find the cat. Crack the case.
The Highland Games have arrived just outside Apple Station, Virginia, bringing bagpipes, kilts, and a tide of tartan-clad tourists to the cozy small town. Advice columnist Olivia Penn is ready for a weekend of fun now that her life has finally settled into a quiet, steady rhythm. But when a local turns up dead in one of the town’s most iconic homes, a cryptic message from a friend draws her into a tangled mystery.
As Olivia investigates, family secrets and surprising motives surface, linking three brooches, an antique cross, and a 17th-century Scottish Bible. Clues connect seven suspects to the crime, and each has something to hide. When her friend can’t be found and the police start asking questions, the mystery hits closer to home and runs deeper than she ever imagined.
After an unlikely witness makes a shocking revelation, Olivia enlists her friends and a heroic search and rescue golden retriever to help her follow the trail before it goes cold. The man she loves is caught in the crosshairs, and to protect him, she’ll have to risk everything. Justice hinges on a missing cat, a chase through the woods, and a stare-down with a mama bear.
Without a Shadow of Doubt is the gripping fifth installment in the award-winning Olivia Penn Mystery Series. This fast-paced, heartwarming cozy mystery features charming characters, small-town intrigue, and a heroine you’ll love to root for. Perfect for fans of amateur sleuths, cozy suspense, and clean, feel-good mysteries with lovable cats and dogs.
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1/15/2026
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5 stars!
Family secrets lead to tragedy. I recommend DEADLY SECRETS AT BALLYFORD CASTLE to cozy mystery readers.
Boys’ Mom Reads!
Deadly Secrets at Ballyford Castle:
Ariadne Winter Mystery
Historical Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting –
Ireland, near the Cliffs of Moher
Publisher :
Power to the Pen
Publication date :
October 1, 2025
From Paris runways to country manors, danger is always in fashion.
When intrepid journalist Ariadne Winter leaves behind the glittering cafés and haute couture of 1958 Paris for the misty hills of rural Ireland, she expects champagne toasts and countryside charm at her cousin’s engagement celebration. But amidst party prep excitement, the festive mood at Ballyford Manor is shattered when a body is discovered among the ruins of the ancient castle grounds.
The local inspector suspects an accident—but Ariadne knows better.
Armed with her sharp wit and a reporter’s determination, Ariadne peels back the polished façade of the O’Connell family, uncovering simmering tensions and long-held grudges that refuse to stay buried. As she navigates a world of crumbling aristocracy, whispered scandals, and dark family legacies, Ariadne realizes someone will do anything to keep the past hidden — even if it means making her the next victim.
Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Jacqueline Winspear, this stylish, atmospheric mystery captures the glamour and shadows of 1950s Ireland, blending intrigue, secrets, and a sleuth you won’t forget.
Book 1 in this Series
Ink and Intrigue at Ivy Tree Inn: An Ariadne Winter Mystery
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1/15/2026
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Murder by the Millions is a marvelous mystery with a great theme and great characters, including a very clever cat.
~Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
Murder by the Millions
(A Literary Dining Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – North Carolina
Publisher :
Kensington Cozies
Publication date :
October 28, 2025
In a beautiful mountain community near Asheville, North Carolina, caterer and personal chef Allie Catt serves up mouthwatering, literary-themed dinner parties inspired by her clients’ favorite books. Her next event is sure to be a roaring success—if a murderer isn’t a killjoy . . .
If it were true that the best thing a girl can be in this world is a fool, then Allie Catt would be out of luck. Fortunately, Allie’s business is a smashing success. And following her Pride and Prejudice event, grander plans await . . .
Feast for the Eyes bookstore manager and Allie’s best friend, Tegan, is hosting a book club soiree and wants it to be a glittering affair based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic Jazz Age-set novel, The Great Gatsby. Soon, Art Deco table settings and visions of flappers are dancing the Charleston in their heads. Even Tegan’s prickly sister, Vanna, is on board. And surely, Allie’s tuxedo cat, Darcy, thinks it’s the cat’s meow.
Amid the planning, charismatic developer Jason Gardner arrives in town to buy some historic buildings on Main Street. He, too, has plans: to create a modern mall. Allie is more than concerned. She even wants to protest. But when Jason invites her to cater a lavish party, she finds him surprisingly likable. Then she’s summoned to his estate for a meeting—and finds him dead.
Once again, Allie’s landed in the middle of a crime scene. Worse, one of her earrings is later discovered near the body. And when police learn she was upset about the mall, she’s suspect #1. Allie’s blossoming sleuthing skills once cleared Tegan’s name, but can she save herself—before a killer writes her a not-so-great Gatsbyesque ending . . .
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Also written by
Daryl Wood Gerber
Coming December 1, 2025
A Jingle of Justice: A Novella
Essence of Foul Play
(An Aroma Wellness Mystery)
Coming in April 2026
Murder in a Lavender Daze (An Aroma Wellness Mystery)
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1/15/2026
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A charming start to Paty Jager’s new cozy mystery series, filled with Christmas vibes, small-town secrets, and the most lovable team of therapy animals you’ll ever meet.
~Reading is my Superpower
Merry Merry Merry Murder
(Cuddle Farm Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Oregon
Publisher:
Windtree Press
Publication Date:
October 10, 2025
In the close-knit town of Auburn, Oregon, Andi Clark’s therapy animals bring comfort to the community, especially during the holiday season. As the annual Christmas Craft Bazaar draws near, Andi agrees to set up a Petting Zoo with her beloved animals, bringing smiles to the faces of children and adults alike.
But when a young girl seeks solace from Athena, Andi’s therapy dog, after witnessing an unsettling scene behind the sleigh, it marks the beginning of a much darker holiday. As the town gathers for the Tree Lighting Ceremony, a scream shatters the festive atmosphere. Cocoa, Andi’s loyal Border Collie, pulls her toward a chilling sight: a woman standing over the lifeless body of the girl’s mother, strangled with Christmas lights.
Determined to help the grieving girl and her town recover from the shock, Andi, her therapy animals, and her niece, a county deputy, take it upon themselves to investigate. As they uncover secrets and untangle clues, they stay one step ahead of the new sheriff and worry that the killer lurking in their midst could be someone they know.
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1/5/2026
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I really enjoyed everything. Ms Jones has a fantastic imagination, and I love her writing style.
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Flamed Out:
A Magic Candle Shop Mystery
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Setting – Georgia
Publisher :
Muddle House Publishing
Publication date :
October 14, 2025
Print length :
270 pages
Supernatural intrigue, a web of lies, and deadly secrets
When a loyal customer begs Tabby Quigsly to look into her uncle’s suspicious death, Tabby can’t say no—even if the police rule it an accident. Dr. Willim Rosemont, a respected psychiatrist, took a fatal tumble down Savannah’s infamous Stone Stairs of Death, but the five people who were with him that night all claim to have seen nothing.
Tabby’s ties to the case run deep—friends, frenemies, and even her husband’s best friend are among the witnesses. Then she uncovers a chilling truth: Rosemont was part of Savannah’s hidden Paranormal Council—the very group Tabby’s been hiding from all her life.
As the August heat rises, so does the pressure. Tabby’s new marriage is reeling from revelations about her husband’s shocking powers, her psychic gifts are spiraling, and the killer is closing in.
Can she unravel the mystery before everything—including her freedom—goes up in flames?
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This was such a fun mix of cozy holiday vibes and a classic whodunit.
It felt like the perfect blend of cozy Christmas storytelling and suspenseful mystery.
~bibliophile_foodie
The Holiday Photo Murder:
A Robyn Cavanagh Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – New York
Independently Published
(November 11, 2025)
Portrait Photographer Robyn Cavanagh has had a busy fall season taking a record number of client photos for holiday cards. She’s ready for a quiet December to do her own Christmas preparations, but she has one more job to close the year. It’s the best gift of the season: taking photographs at wealthy Natalie Hoffmann’s holiday party.
Excited to be the official photographer at the party held at the publisher’s estate overlooking the majestic Hudson River, Robyn hopes the event will win her new clients. Everyone will want to forget the evening, however, after Natalie’s companion, Russell Nowak, is found dead in the garden.
Who among the guests wanted the successful businessman dead? While everyone counts down to Christmas, Robyn’s wish list is filled with suspects. She teams with her friend Will Vonderlin to catch the killer and restore her holiday spirit in time to enjoy the festive season.
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12/31/2025
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