J.C. Eaton

Murder’s never on the reading list, until the book club starts dropping dead. Single mom Sophie “Phee” Kimball isn’t a detective; she’s an account clerk in the chilly town of Mankato, Minnesota. But when her eccentric mother in Arizona insists that members of her retirement‑community...

In J.C. Eaton's seventh Sophie Kimball Mystery, Sophie's kooky mother, Harriet, is gearing up to become Arizona's newest radio star as the host of the Booked 4 Murder Mystery Hour. But when she ends up broadcasting herself discovering a dead body live on air, it's up to the reluctant sleuth...

Sophie "Phee" Kimball is trying hard to get work done at her private investigation company—especially now that her old crush has joined the team. But her mom's book club's obsession with the local production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is proving to be far more distracting.

A wedding, a murder, and a retirement community full of suspects... what could possibly go wrong? Sophie “Phee” Kimball thought moving to Arizona to work for a private investigator would bring some peace and quiet. Instead, she's wrangling her seventy-four-year-old Aunt Ina’s over-the-top...

Next time you rent a house, make sure you're the only occupant. If it wasn't for a flamboyant, self-absorbed ghost occupying Katie Aubrey's rental house, the thirtysomething former business tech turned charcuterie chef would be able to concentrate on her new sandwich shop and catering business...

Charcuterie chef Katie Aubrey is overjoyed when asked to create charcuterie boards for the summer fashion show at the prestigious Hidden Boulders Community in Cave Creek. However, the challenge for Katie isn't designing the complex cured meat and cheese platters but rather, how to deal with...

It's tough to teach the art of charcuterie with bodies piling up at your doorstep Just as burgeoning charcuterie entrepreneur, Katie Aubrey, gets ready to teach a charcuterie class for a handful of adults, the body of a retired investigative reporter is found behind her sandwich shop and the...

When murder disrupts the peace in her mother's quirky Arizona retirement community, Sophie "Phee" Kimball finds herself caught in the middle of a dramatic—and deadly—game once again. A new board member proposes converting beloved golf courses into eco-friendly parks, and the residents of Sun...