Harper Lin

The first three novels in Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse: Francesca spends her days making delicious artisan cappuccinos, until she stumbles upon her neighbor's dead body. When police discover Mr. Cardosi was poisoned, Francesca becomes a suspect. The victim's son...

Maggie Bell thought Fair Haven’s annual book fair would be all literary gossip, rare editions, and author autographs. But when a famous local writer turns up dead in a hotel elevator, she stumbles into a real-life whodunnit. Otto Deitz’s explosive new novel lays bare the town’s secrets and...

I’m Barbara Gold. Age: 70. Height: 5’5”. Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired widow and grandmother. When a big Hollywood film...

From three-time USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin Fair Haven's music festival takes a deadly turn when Hugh DeGroot, a popular John Denver tribute singer, is found dead inside his tour bus after an apparent bee attack. Hugh was severely allergic, but Maggie Bell is convinced there's more...

Maggie Bell loves working at a bookshop in the charming town of Fair Haven, Connecticut. After her beloved boss passes away, his son, Joshua Whitfield, comes into town and turns Maggies world upside down. He wants to turn part of the store into a cafe and sell books about vampires and silly...

From USA Today best-selling author Harper Lin: the highly anticipated 10th book in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries Fran throws Matt a birthday party at the cafe and invites all of Cape Bay to attend. Halfway into the party, many of the guests become sick, and some end up in the ER. Fran...

Francesca Amaro moves back to her hometown of Cape Bay, Massachusetts, and takes over the family business, Antonia's Italian Cafe. She spends her days making delicious artisan cappuccinos - until she stumbles upon her neighbor's dead body. When the police discover Mr. Cardosi was poisoned...

Summer tourist season is winding down, but the Cape Bay police find a dead body in the alley beside Mary Ellen's Souvenirs and Gifts. Police rule it a suicide, but Francesca Amaro knows it's murder. Who would buy a bag of souvenirs, including a box of delicious marzipan, only to commit suicide...

Barbara Gold, a retired CIA agent, is bored out of her skull in a small town in New England - until a man is poisoned during a book club meeting for seniors. Everyone thinks Lucien had a heart attack, but Barbara knows someone has slipped poisoned into his cake or drink....

Fran's dream of winning the top prize of ten thousand dollars as a contestant on a new TV baking show is quickly shattered when one of the famous judges, Jeremy Johnson, is brutally stabbed in the middle of filming. As Fran investigates, she uncovers a web of deceit, jealousy, and betrayal among...

It's almost Thanksgiving, and Fran is baking her family's famous apple pies for the cafe. While pie fever spreads through Cape Bay, a world-famous artist holds a special art show in the town's modest museum in honor of his late mother, who grew up there. Louis Cliffton's paintings are encrusted...

Retired CIA agent Barbara Gold is getting ready for her dinner date with new love, Octavian, when a stealthy intruder breaks into her home and tries to kill her with a serrated knife. Even at 70 years old, Barbara is able to fight him off and still have enough energy for a romantic evening. The...

When Barbara attends a fancy charity dinner with Octavian at the Cheerville Country Club, the evening ends with a man getting stabbed to death in the men’s restroom. Barbara is the first to assess the scene, making her a prime suspect until she makes a call to the CIA....

From USA Today best-selling author Harper Lin: the ninth cozy mystery in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mystery series. When Fran moves back to her idyllic beach town to take over the family cafe, she also develops a knack for solving bizarre murders. When Matt whisks Fran away on a romantic spa...

Retired CIA agent Barbara Gold decides to take up gardening to pass the time in Cheerville, a quaint New England town. Before she can pay for her peat moss and a copy of Gardening for Numbskulls at the garden shop, she overhears two ladies gossiping about the death of Cheerville's best gardener...

From USA Today best-selling author Harper Lin: the seventh cozy mystery in the popular series set in a charming beach town! On New Year's Day, Fran takes her dog Latte on a walk. Luck of all luck, she finds a dead blonde on the sidewalk - right outside Ryan's house. Sammy, Fran's best friend...

From 3x USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin When Maggies high school bully, Shelly, is found strangled to death, Maggie can't resist butting into another murder investigation. She discovers that Shelly had just inherited a beautiful house from her recently deceased aunt. Could the house be...

From USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin! Right before Christmas, Fair Haven is celebrating its annual Ice Fishing Jubilee. When a bad-mannered lawyer is found frozen to death inside his fishing shack, the police soon discover he was really shot. The prime suspect is local ice-fishing legend...

From USA Today best-selling author Harper Lin comes the eighth cozy mystery in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mystery series. When Fran moves back to her idyllic beach town to take over the family cafe, she also develops a knack for solving bizarre murders. In the middle of Fran's date night with...

Octavian takes Barbara on a seniors’ cruise for her 71st birthday, but the vacation is not all piña coladas and shuffleboard. Barbara makes a frenemy in Georgina Branch, queen bee to a group of equally conniving girlfriends....