In this 6th delightful culinary mystery from Joanne Pence, dilettante chef Angie Amalfi plans a romantic cruise with her hunky boyfriend, but hits rough water when murder becomes part of the itinerary. Food writer and culinary entrep...

All it took was one scone. Tainted icing triggers a rare allergy, and a hobbyist croaks at a scraooking crop sponsored by Time in a Bottle, the store where Kiki Lowenstein works. When it comes out that someone swiped the victim's eme...

"Coyle's Coffeehouse books are superb" (Library Journal), and now the New York Times bestselling author of MURDER BY MOCHA serves up a hot new Coffeehouse Mystery with A BREW TO A KILL.  The Village Blend's Muffin Muse co...

St. Mary's nunnery is a place of prayer and healing for women-so it is surprising to see a man sprawled out in the cloister garden. Dead. The victim was not especially well-liked-even by his wife and clerk. Now, Dame Frevisse must ste...

A KILLER WAS FULLY COMMITTEDTwin Cities businessman Ken Loy is the first to die; shot between the eyes during a sunset bike ride. Half an hour later, Bob Fabian, the rich and handsome owner of the Minneapolis Times Register, meets a s...

Maggody, Arkansas (pop. 755) is perceived of as a two-bit hick town, filled with one-bit hicks. But Mrs. Jim Bob Buchanan seeks to change that perception with her latest scheme—a charity golf tournament. This presents a bit of a cha...

Fed up with dating after a disastrous setup, the only thing Hayley wants to snuggle up to is a box of made-to-order chocolates from plus-sized, plus-mouthed chocolatier Bessie Winthrop. But when Bessie is found dead in her kitchen, on...

A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Ce...

The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith's beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans. This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. D...

Traveling to Vermont to attend her father-in-law's birthday, caterer Faith Fairchild stumbles upon the dead body of a local lawyer and wonders if his death was accidental or intentional, in a case that is complicated by the disappeara...

Book 3 in the acclaimed scra ooking mystery seriesOld money and tradition are the hallmarks of the St. Louis prep school that Kiki's daughter Anya attends. But the elite academy is stamped with scandal when Anyafinds the dead body of ...

Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark ...

Clara Benning, a veterinary surgeon in charge of a wildlife hospital in a small English village, is young and intelligent, but nearly a recluse. Disfigured by a childhood accident, she generally prefers the company of animals to peopl...

The heart, style, and intended readership of J.S. Borthwick's latest mystery romp involving Sarah Deane--a teaching fellow and doctoral candidate at Bowmouth College in Maine--and her physician husband, Alex McKenzie, is crystallized ...

Three very different women come together to complete an environmental survey. Three women who, in some way or another, know the meaning of betrayal....For team leader Rachael Lambert the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild h...

Corpse magnet Odelia Grey is at it again—stumbling across a dead body at a wedding reception while Achy Breaky Heart plays in the background. Bodies are turning up so fast that Odelia enlists the help of her family and friends—Gre...

A famous mystery writer is found dead at the bottom of a dinghy, with both hands chopped off at the wrists. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh, with help from his remarkable Aunt Jane, must discover who typed the writer's death sentence be...

An thirtieth anniversary celebration for Susan and Jed Henshaw at the inn where they had spent their honeymoon takes a deadly turn when one of their guests, the unpopular Ashley Marks, turns up dead, her body hidden beneath a pile of ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERRita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with an all-new mystery starring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, intrepid kitty sleuths Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and Tee Tucker, the ever-faithf...

A haunted hotel, a family curse, mysterious Cossacks, hidden treasure, murdered guests...what looked to be a routine family reunion is turning into a serious Bad Hair Day indeed. One that's trouble all the way down to the...Dead Roots...

The national bestselling author brews up another mystery-and this time, it's New York's Bravest that get burned After local firefighters pull Clare out of a blazing cafe, she happily comes to their rescue by teaching them the finer ...

The snow is falling and there's a wreath on every door in tiny Longely, New York, and that can only mean one thing: The feisty members of the Christmas Cookie Club Exchange are busy perfecting their recipes once again. And with the Ba...

To most of the people of Longely, New York St. Paddy's Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck o' the Irish ...

Tucked away in a cozy cul-de-sac on Heraldsgate Hill, Judith McMonigle Flynn hopes for smooth sailing in her longtime role as an innkeeper. But Judith's skill in dealing with guests is matched only by her knack for coming across cor...

Investigating the appearance of bizarrely mutilated Barbie dolls throughout Las Vegas, amateur detective Temple Barr, assisted by feline companion Midnight Louie, agrees to go undercover on a reality TV show among a horde of ruthless ...

In New Orleans to attend a writers' conference, Jessica Fletcher is delighted when she encounters her old friend, music critic Wayne Copely, who offers to show her around the annual jazz festival, but her plans are turned upside down ...

The Agatha Award–winning author of Stirring the Plot returns to the Cookbook Nook in Crystal Cove, California, where February brings Pirate Week, National Chocolate Month—and bitter murder…Pirate Week is sweeping through Crystal...

This is where it all started! The first of Phryne's adventures from Australia's most elegant and irrepressible sleuth.The first classic Phryne Fisher mystery, featuring our delectable heroine, cocaine, communism and adventure. Phryne ...

Phryne Fisher has her hands full in this, her second adventure. And just when we think she's merely a brilliant, daring, sexy woman, Phyrne demonstrates other skills, including flying an airplane and doing her own stunts! Phryne takes...

The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Australia's Victorian mountain country. But the peaceful surroundings mask danger. Her host is receiving death threats, lethal traps are set w...