Rita Calabrese thought she had mastered her second act. Long acknowledged as Acorn Hollow’s best cook and most lovable (or, as a few ignorant souls might say say, overbearing) Italian-American matriarch, she has more recently become its most celebrated journalist and sleuth too.    But on the eve of Rita’s fortieth wedding anniversary, and the […]

Lions and tigers and… black cats? OH MY!   Picture a chilly fall night spent curled up in your favorite armchair with a purring cat on your lap and a mug of steaming cider in your hand… Are you cozy?    Good. Now imagine how much more cozy you’ll feel when you add a book […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Unless you’re Sally Muccio.   The full-time baker and sometime sleuth is ready to burst into song. She and her husband are expecting a bundle of joy, her sister’s wedding is just around the corner, and it’s Christmas, her favorite time of year. But when Sal’s the […]

Meet Frank Fischer, a retired Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned winemaker. There’s just one thing…Frank Fischer is really “Gentleman” Jack Burdette an international jewel thief.   Jack’s mentor and fixer, Reginald LeGrande, pitches him on the biggest job either has ever seen, a jewelry exhibition in the French Riviera worth eighty million dollars and almost no […]

After being fired from her sister’s magical resort for some unknown, but mysterious, reason, Coral Lake opened her own coffee shop, Magic Brew. With the help of a cranky talking crow, everything seemed to be going well.   Until a man drops dead in Coral’s magical coffee shop, and she has to find the murderer, […]

Lust. Ambition. Murder. When a beautiful, wealthy student is found dead in her room in Oxford’s most prestigious college, Detective Inspector Bridget Hart is called to investigate. The murdered girl appeared to have no enemies, yet was killed in a brutal and bloody assault.   Haunted and driven by her own personal tragedy, newly promoted […]

Detective Inspector Tom Mariner is, on the surface, an average dedicated policeman, but his experiences as a younger man have given him an insight into life on the dark side, and a clear sense of right and wrong. Mariner has little interest in material things. He lives in a modest canal-side cottage, enjoys the occasional […]

A girl jumps to her death, or was she pushed? Things are tough for Brandy Francine Baker. Yes, she did manage to leave her abusive husband Jasper, but life as a single mother of two is no bed of roses. She can only afford to live in New York City’s dumpy housing projects, and she […]

Armed with Salem’s “Smart-Enuff” phone and Viv’s racing model Cadillac (with aggressive acceleration!), these two amateur super-sleuths set out to catch a gang of armed robbers terrorizing G-Ma’s neighborhood… if for no other reason than to stop G-Ma’s panic-stricken calls every time a car drives by. The only problem: they have no leads, no clues, […]