Contemporary Cozy Mystery

Primates of Park Avenue meets Finlay Donovan is Killing It in a witty and fast-paced comedy about three women whose fates collide at an affluent suburban dog park in Maryland, from the highly acclaimed and beloved author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy. Val Caruso, Alex Reed, and...

Es wird turbulent im "Albergo Annina" in Siena, als plötzlich eine deutsche Touristin mitsamt Esel in Annas heißgeliebtem Hotel Unterschlupf sucht. Natürlich findet Anna Platz für die beiden neuen Gäste, doch damit nicht genug. Weitere Überraschungen lassen nicht lange auf sich warten, als Anna in den Satteltaschen des Esels eine höchst brisante Entdeckung in Form eines weißen Pulvers macht, hinter dem plötzlich alle her sind. Selbst ihre Brüder reisen extra aus Deutschland an, um sich die ganze Geschichte aus der Nähe anzusehen.

Tisha McClain’s attorney, Sam resents having a spoiled, rich-bitch heiress dropped onto his plate. The sexy, blonde male at the airport is an intrusive buttinski, but appealing. Without revealing identities they share a wild, one-time fling. Unraveling her family’s sordid past, Tisha exposes deception. Proper, business-woman, Mom performed as a stripper and ran a brothel. Dad had managed strip clubs, associated with gangsters, and his brutal execution remains unsolved.

Going Home with a Cat and a Ghost is a fictional novel about life's complexities for Judy Howard: liberated enough to drive forward in her RV, yet still imprisoned by her 40-year old-past when she was drugged, raped, and had an illegal abortion. Judy Howard, a typical sixteen-year-old growing up in the Midwest in 1965, is naive and shy, with a crush on the high school's "James Dean, Bad Boy" named Brad. As Judy and Brad flirt with their desires for one another, life is easy, until Judy is drugged and date raped on a Saturday night in the roller rink parking lot.

Spring is in the air of Fort Connor, Colorado-a time of new beginnings for the House of Lambspun knitters. But for fellow knitter Jennifer's new real estate client, it is his end. He's been murdered and Kelly Flynn is left unraveling a tangle of clues. This may prove to be her most challenging...

The only remaining single guy in the Single Dad Club, Reece Newton. Marriage may be the answer for all his friends, but not for this contented father of one. Of course, the right woman could change his mind... Endangered Beauty. Woman in hiding, Maggie Dunlap. When someone ransacked her house and put her life in jeopardy, the lovely lady had nowhere to run - except into Reece's protective embrace. Eventual Bride?

A heartwarming Christian Christmas picture book for kids to celebrate unity, kindness, and the miracle of the Nativity. On a peaceful night in Bethlehem, a stable full of animals is about to witness a miracle. But can they put aside their differences in time to welcome a very special guest? The...

“Elmore Leonard is in a class of one….The greatest crime writer who ever lived.” —Dennis Lehane “Elmore Leonard is our greatest crime novelist…the best in the business.” —Washington Post 44 novels and still going strong! The incomparable Elmore Leonard—“The reigning...

In 1964, American judge Potter Stewart famously said, ‘I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it.’ Over fifty years later, the reverberations of these words are still being felt across the world. Be it proposed porn bans, religious morality or women’s rights, the assumption...

A contemporary dystopian elegy narrated by a cat imprisoned in a Schrödinger’s box, by the prizing-winning poet and memoirist whose writing "cuts to the core with electrifying force" (The Free-Lance Star). The indelible cat heroine of this unexpected tale recalls her life with “the Mustache...

Dorie Madison has dedicated her young life to helping dogs—whether it’s running a struggling dog spa or volunteering at County Rescue. But when she starts noticing an alarming trend of abandoned animals and shady breeders, she realizes there’s more to the story than bad luck. Someone is profiting from vulnerable dogs, and Dorie won’t stand by and let it happen. Even though her father thinks she needs to grow up and get a real job.

National Bestselling Author and winner of multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, Carolyn Hart continues to dazzle mystery fans with an all new Dead on Demand Mystery. Winter has arrived in Broward's Rock, South Carolina, and business has slowed for Annie Darling, owner of mystery...

Trouble follows me, Lexi Carmichael, like a little black cloud. At least according to my boyfriend, Slash: brilliant hacker, national treasure and vault of secrets. Even I have to admit he could be right. After a series of high-profile cases at my cyberintelligence firm, I was looking forward to...

Folge 3: Im Wald von Spellbound wird ein gläserner Sarg gefunden - mit einem schlafenden Zwerg darin! Und Emmas Hexenfreundin Sophie wird beschuldigt, den dazugehörigen Fluch ausgesprochen zu haben. Doch Emma weiß, dass ihre Freundin keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun kann geschweige denn Zwerge verzaubert. Durch die Ermittlungen gerät sie mitten in die Dating-Szene von Spellbound, wo viele Bewohner der Stadt darauf brennen, ihre Bekanntschaft zu machen.

The Right Address sears through the upper crust of New York’s glittering Park Avenue scene to dish the dirt on the ladies who lunch, the gents who club, and the desperate climbers who will stop at nothing to join the backstabbing, champagne-sipping, socialite-eat-socialite stratosphere. When...

Lucy Evans has been dangerously depressed for months. At the beginning of summer, she revealed her love for her best friend, Garrett, but he didn’t reciprocate. He responded by putting more space between them until finally, he started seeing someone and cut Lucy out of his life completely. Concerned about her health, Lucy’s great-aunt suggests she come live with her in Gulf Shores, Alabama, in hopes that the change of atmosphere may help her find joy in life again. At first, she still finds reminders of Garrett everywhere, even so far away from her home near Pickwick Lake in Tennessee.

Magic meets science and sunshine meets grumpy when a love spell whisks a Regency-era duke to modern times. Rose Novak, a free-spirited museum employee who dabbles in magic, has had her share of disappointments. So when she tries a little spell for a romance with an “old-fashioned gentleman,”...

A woman enlists the help of her favorite musician to win her ex-boyfriend back in this sparkling romantic comedy set in Venezuela by debut author Maria J. Morillo. Maria “Marianto” Camacho is a planner. At twenty-seven, she has her life perfectly mapped out. Her long-term boyfriend...

Hét kerstboek van 2023 voor alle honden- en kattenmensen. Krijgen Fred & Ginger hun baasjes op tijd bij elkaar voor een liefdevolle kerst? Fred, een blijmoedige golden retriever, komt bij Jasmijn in de Bethlehemstraat wonen. Zij heeft hem dan wel uit het asiel gehaald, maar eigenlijk heeft ze helemaal geen tijd voor een hond. Verderop in de straat woont Ginger, een deftige, iets te dikke rode Maine Coon-poes. Ze maakt zich zorgen om Steven, haar mens, die nooit meer de oude is geworden sinds zijn vrouw bij hem weg is. Tegen de verwachtingen in raken Fred en Ginger bevriend, al moeten hun baasjes in eerste instantie niks van elkaar hebben.

Bestselling French author of psychological suspense Karine Giebel makes her American debut with this dark and haunting novel about the unbreakable bond between two brothers, both treated unfairly by the world—for fans of Karin Slaughter and Stieg Larsson. “I’m so stupid. I barely have a...