Alex Erickson

Siobhán O'Sullivan's hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot cocoa....

When Krissy Hancock and her best friend, Vicki, decide to open a bookstore cafe in their new town of Pine Hills, they decide to call it Death by Coffee....

Krissy Hancock runs a bookstore-café in Pine Hills, Ohio, but she'll be setting up shop as a sleuth when she discovers a long-unsolved murder....

Just before two dueling book clubs are set to square off at Death by Coffee, one of the competitors turns up dead - bludgeoned with the silver teapot that was to serve as the prize....

Krissy Hancock and her pals are taking a coffee break - leaving their bookstore-cafe in Pine Hills, Ohio, and heading to a convention. But this road trip will be more dangerous than they expected.... 

Krissy Hancock is staying in her adopted hometown of Pine Hills for Christmas this year - and she has a whole week off from her combination bookstore-cafe. But a killer is about to dampen her spirits....

Krissy is meeting Vicki's parents at the Pine Hills, Ohio, airport - it's the least she can do as maid of honor, even if her relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Patterson is a bit strained. Besides, her own dad is coming in on the same flight. But there are a few additional arrivals, too....

While caught off-guard by her dad's presence, Krissy never dreamed he'd become the biggest murder suspect in town. But that's exactly what happens....

As if a run-in with an old flame and a failed marriage proposal weren't enough to horrify Krissy, a woman is found strangled to death in a room filled with ominous jack-o'-lanterns....