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Maybelle and Peter are finally engaged—and her estranged uncle, Harold Wright, insists on hosting a lavish celebration at his waterfront mansion on Lake Erie. It’s the perfect chance to reconnect with long-lost family… and enjoy a weekend of lakeside luxury.

Amateur sleuth Geneva Pomolo is once again drawn into mystery when she helps to acquire a rare collection of signed classics for the town library. The books were terribly expensive - and more than one person is after them. When the glass display housing the books is smashed and the books vanish, Geneva and her best friend Iris are drawn into the case. Their task is to recover the collection before it disappears into the hands of a private collector. But a wave of robberies in Wrangler’s Hill has the entire town on edge, and it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.

Iris Reeve’s young niece, Nanette, invites Iris and Geneva Pomolo to a birthday party at a lavish estate belonging to Leandra Bosworth. Iris and Geneva - both of them amateur sleuths - are expecting a relaxing weekend getaway in rural Indiana. But the Bosworth household proves to be anything but relaxing. There’s the aggressive ex-boyfriend who is still hanging around...the daughter who is secretive, anxious, and high-strung...and the teenage granddaughter who seems entirely too invested in boys...

At an event celebrating Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland novels, amateur investigator Geneva Pomolo is drawn into intrigue when her gentleman friend, George, discovers he has a long-lost, now fully grown, daughter. This daughter lives in the Wrangler’s Hill area and is—or so he hears—in terrible danger. George and Geneva begin a mad scramble to find the girl before the worst happens. But their quest is interrupted by a murder—that of Myrna Nettles, a locally beloved octogenarian who had recently, improbably, become engaged to be married.

When Richard Jackson goes missing in the small town of Raven’s Point, the entire community is baffled. Helen Wright discovers his body in a freezer, revealing that Richard didn’t disappear—he was murdered. Maybelle, having been reprimanded before for interfering with police investigations, vows to conduct her sleuthing in secret this time.

Maybelle was hoping for a quiet weekend and maybe a little romance. She and Peter are finally dating, and to her surprise, she’s enjoying it more than she imagined. But when a body turns up at an estate sale, their budding relationship is thrown straight into another investigation. Peter wants to keep their case from clouding their personal lives, but as the leads run cold and their theories begin to clash, the tension between them grows. With a prime suspect Peter is convinced is guilty—and Maybelle not so sure—the line between detective work and dating becomes harder to navigate.

Still nursing a broken heart after her split from Peter, Maybelle tries to keep her distance—especially now that he's dating someone younger and stunning. But when a deadly car accident and a suspicious house fire happen on the same night, it’s clear something sinister is at play. Peter dives headfirst into the investigation, and Maybelle, sidelined due to their breakup, starts digging on her own. What begins as two separate investigations soon becomes a tangled web of conflicting theories, clashing egos, and unresolved feelings.

The Wright sisters, Maybelle and Helen, find their lives turned inside out when they inherit their grandmother’s stately Victorian home on East Lake. Amid their grief, they resolve to uphold their family's storied legacy within its cherished walls. However, the house's quiet grandeur is shattered when Maybelle stumbles upon a chilling scene: a woman lifelessly suspended in the dining room.

Ten years ago, Maybelle made a choice she’s kept hidden—until her estranged husband, Alex Wilkinson, shows up on her doorstep, shattering the life she’s finally rebuilding with Peter. Shocked to learn she’s still legally married, Peter pulls away, unsure what to believe. Before Maybelle can explain, Alex is found dead in his motel room—and all signs point to her as the killer. Now, with a murder charge looming and her past unraveling, Maybelle must fight to prove her innocence. Peter wants to believe in her, but as evidence mounts, even he begins to doubt.

With Valentine’s Day approaching, a crime of passion in Raven’s Point sets a dark tone for the month of love. Detectives Peter and Maybelle are called to the scene where a body has been discovered in a parking lot near a popular hiking trail. At first glance, nothing seems unusual—except for the fatal knife wound that turns a quiet town into the backdrop for a chilling murder investigation. As tensions rise, so does the undeniable attraction between Peter and Maybelle.

After Andrew Gardener dies when sipping the wine he made at his vineyard, no one suspects foul play. But when the cause of death reveals a toxic poison, Maybelle fears there's a murderer on the loose. She tries to avoid getting involved, but the mystery is too hard to resist, especially when Helen becomes the main suspect. Needing to find the real murderer and to clear her sister's name, Maybelle goes on a dangerous sleuthing mission which not only pits her against Detective Peter Nelson again, but endangers her life.

In Raven’s Point, no one’s secrets are safe. During a grand celebration at the local hotel, the town psychiatrist, Kay Santangelo, is found dead in the ladies' washroom. When Maybelle Wright and her sister Helen stumble upon the chilling scene, Detective Peter Nelson uncovers the shocking truth: Kay was murdered, poisoned by an anonymous gift laced with peanut dust, her fatal allergy. As Maybelle and Peter dig deeper, they uncover Kay’s dark side—using her patients’ most private confessions to blackmail them.

As the charming town of Raven’s Point gears up for its beloved Christmas Festival, excitement fills the air. Maybelle and her sister eagerly join fellow shop owners to set up their stalls—until the unthinkable happens. When the mayor doesn’t arrive to unlock the town’s storage room, the town janitor steps in. But the moment the doors are opened, the town is faced with a gruesome truth: the mayor has been murdered.

Macey Spade has always loved mysteries. As a girl, she read every crime novel in the school library, and memorized the plots of her favorite British detective shows. A brainy, awkward girl with few friends and a knack for getting into trouble, she dreamed of becoming a sleuth like the heroes of her beloved Agatha Christie novels.

As Christmas approaches in Raven’s Point, festivities are overshadowed by another shocking murder. When Maybelle delivers a unique set of glass Christmas baubles to a local spa, she stumbles upon the crime scene—along with Peter, the town’s ever-dedicated detective. Despite lingering awkwardness from their recent kiss, Maybelle can't resist getting involved in solving the case.

Regina Baldwin was once one of the most famous runners in the world. Back in her prime, she ran a marathon in under three hours. After retiring from sports, she continues to host and MC races all over America. Her podcasts and documentaries have made her a fitness guru to millions. So, it’s all the more baffling when she drops dead whilst overseeing a marathon in Wrangler’s Hill. The evidence points to murder—but who would want to kill such a beloved figure? Amateur investigator Geneva Pomolo and her partner, Iris Reeves, are determined to find out.

Paisley Burger runs the best-known pet store in Wrangler’s Hill. She’s known as much for her clumsiness as her critters—snakes, turtles, and raccoons have a habit of escaping into the city, sometimes terrorizing schoolchildren. When Paisley is found dead in her store shortly before Christmas—having struck her head against the corner of a table—her friend Geneva Pomolo suspects foul play.

In the sleepy town of Raven’s Point, the annual ball at the opulent Park Mansion is the highlight of the year—a night of pure fantasy. This year, the Regency masquerade theme adds an extra layer of allure, and sisters Helen and Maybelle can hardly contain their excitement. Dressed in exquisite period costumes, they enter the grand estate, eager to glimpse the luxurious lives of the Park family, the town’s wealthiest residents. But the glittering evening takes a dark turn when Jeffrey Park, the man controlling the family fortune, is brutally murdered during a sudden power outage.

Macey Spade is having the worst September of her life. Rumors are circulating that the local cemetery is haunted by a specter of the undead, a wicked creature who glides through the darkness and preys on rabbits, foxes, and people. Macey knows this is all rubbish. But when she and her pooch, Mugsy, set out to prove there are no vampires in Whaler’s Bay Cemetery, she finds herself at odds with a fellow investigator who suspects her of vandalism—and a frightened mob of concerned moms who think she’s engaging in dark magic.

Wandering through Indianapolis one weekend, amateur sleuths Geneva Pomolo and Iris Reeves visit a local jewelry store owned by Derek Wattle and his girlfriend, Estelle Landliner. Within 24 hours of their visit, Estelle is dead, Derek is a suspect, and Geneva and Iris plunge once again into a mystery with no easy answers.