Carolyn Hart

Britt Barlow is certain her media mogul brother-in-law Jeremiah Addison's fatal tumble a year ago was no accident -- especially since she herself discovered, and disposed of, the trip wire someone had strung across the stairs.

Invited to stage a Mystery Night for the annual antebellum house tour of the Historical Preservation Society of Chastain, Annie Laurance instead finds herself the leading lady in a flesh-and blood drama....

Bailey Ruth Raeburn has always been great at solving mysteries. Why should a little thing like her death change anything? In fact, being dead gives her more of an opportunity to be on top of events....

At Annie Laurance's Death on Demand bookstore on Broward's Rock Island, South Carolina, murder suddenly isn't confined to the well-stocked shelves....

Being dead can't put a damper on spirited, holiday-loving Bailey Ruth Raeburn....

With a little help from Miss Marple, Poirot, and Agatha the Bookstore Cat, a pompous prosecutor tries to pin a murder on Max, Annie's own leading man....

Bailey Ruth loves to return to earth as an emissary from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions....

The late - as in dearly departed - Bailey Ruth Raeburn is delighted when she's assigned a new mission by Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, even if she is no good at following the rules for Earthly Visitations....

Chase Prescott, media magnate, is nearly killed by a box of cyanide candy....

Retired newspaper reporter Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins receives a call for help from a former lover, who is now entangled with a wealthy, dysfunctional, and perhaps murderous family....

When you wish upon a star, you get...Bailey Ruth? You do if you're a little girl whose mom needs help and you touch the soft heart of Supervisor Wiggins at Heaven's Department of Good Intentions....

Bailey Ruth Raeburn's latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend....

The Women's Club prides itself on the success of its annual White Elephant Sale, but this year's sale is marred by a bizarre turn....

Annie Darling - owner of the mystery bookstore, Death on Demand - prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things....

Annie and Max Darling watch the Fourth of July festival explode not only with fun and fireworks, but with murder as well....

Annie can hardly believe it: The police say her husband, Max, sits behind bars....

Professor Laurance enlists the talents of her new hubby, private eye Max Darling, and dons her thinking cap to probe intrigue and vengeance among Chastain College's faculty....

Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is hosting a party to celebrate successful Southern literary icon - and former Broward's Rock resident - Alex Griffith....

Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, better known as "Henrie O", has experienced much sadness and loss in her life - yet nothing more tragic the death six years ago of her husband, Richard, on Kauai....

Carolyn Hart's beautifully written story follows a young reporter, Gretchen Gilman, who investigates the puzzling murder of an acquaintance....