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“What do you mean, there’s a dead body on the parade route?” I asked. My sister Christy and I stopped in our tracks and watched as Ethan checked for a pulse. When he looked at me and shook his head, I was filled with dread. Opening day of the Halloween season is here in Pumpkin Hollow, and so is a new murder. Mia and crew are on the case, sifting through the clues. Who would kill a sweet young woman that doesn't have any enemies? While Mia and Ethan search for the killer, the Halloween season is in full swing. There's lots of fudge, the haunted farmhouse, and a parade in store for ...

Ever decide to do a good deed and it ends up making people suspect you of murder? No? Just me, then? Allie finds herself entangled in a web of suspicion, all thanks to her best friend, Lucy Gray. Lucy’s well-meaning advice to have Allie’s homemade pies featured in Henry Hoffer’s restaurant takes a dark turn when Henry dies under mysterious circumstances right after tasting Allie’s apple pie. Despite her innocence, the cloud of guilt hovers over her. Complicating matters is the recent appointment of a new detective by the police chief. Described as tall, dark, and irresistibly ...

Sometimes when you think you’re sure you know where you’re headed in life, something comes along to turn your world upside down. In these situations, it’s how you land that matters. And the dead guy on Goblin Avenue didn’t do a great job of landing. In the final chapter of a Pumpkin Hollow Mystery series, Mia and her husband Ethan are happy as clams with the direction their lives are going, and they know where they’re headed in life. Business at the candy store is booming, and the town of Pumpkin Hollow is looking forward to a peaceful Christmas. Then someone gives the town a ...

Thanksgiving in Sandy Harbor is a time for family, food, and gratitude, but this year’s holiday feast serves up more than turkey and pumpkin pie. Allie Blanchard is eager to host her family gathering with her best friend Lucy by her side, but when a murder interrupts the holiday, celebration turns to suspicion. With tensions rising and secrets hidden behind polite smiles, Allie and Lucy dive into sleuthing while Allie’s husband, Alec, leads the official investigation. Between pie baking, coffee chats, and a table of suspects, they must catch the culprit before the holiday ends in ...

Going home to Alabama for Christmas was supposed to be fun. It was supposed to be relaxing. What I got instead was a dead neighbor. When I told my kids and my new boyfriend that Christmas was better with family, and suggested we visit my mother, I didn’t realize we would be investigating a murder. But sometimes dead guys have secrets that get them killed. My mother refused to believe her neighbor was involved in shenanigans, but when it nearly got me and my daughter killed, she had to admit something fishy was going on next door. Keep an eye on your neighbors, folks. Santa Claus might be ...

Ah, Thanksgiving. A time for family and friends to gather around the table and overindulge in holiday treats. And for some, a time to die. When my new boyfriend, Detective Alec Blanchard, suggested entering the annual Turkey Trot race, I had no idea I’d be running for my life. Exactly where does the pumpkin pie and whipped cream enter in? It was bad enough that philanthropist Todd Spellman was murdered right in broad daylight, but for it to happen on a major holiday really put a damper on the celebrating. My friend Lucy and I decided we needed to help Alec out with the investigation, ...

Candy is in my blood. Beginning with my grandparents, there have been three generations of Jordans running the Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store to date. At an early age, I learned to stir fudge, pull taffy, and eat copious amounts of jelly beans. And now someone was trying to put a stop to that. With the Halloween season in full swing, it will take every bit of sleuthing ability Mia and her sister Christy can muster to find out who killed one of their new employees, and why. But with fall in the air, along with pumpkin spice fudge, the pair are sure to sort things out. Unless the killer strikes ...

Have you ever made decisions that you later regretted? Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut about how mean Hazel Martin was. Because when she ended up dead, the police were looking at me. Mia Jordan has done the one thing she swore she wouldn’t do: return to the small town she thought she left behind. But Pumpkin Hollow has changed. The once thriving Halloween-themed town is down on its luck, and to make matters worse, someone killed Hazel. Can Mia help save the town and find the killer before she winds up in jail? Or dead? Welcome to the warmth and charm of Pumpkin Hollow, where you'll...

My best friend Amanda was getting married, and I was excited for her. There was no reason for her to be stressed. She had the dress, the flowers, and the caterer lined up. What could go wrong? Turns out, everything. Mia’s best friend is getting married, but when the caterer turns up dead, she’ll have to employ her friends and family to help pull off the celebration. While a wedding should be something celebrated, things can get tricky when murder is afoot. Can Mia help pull off a wedding and catch a killer too? Welcome to the warmth and charm of Pumpkin Hollow, where you'll find a ...

What is it about Halloween that makes people get a little nutty? Like, murderously nutty? All I wanted to do was set up a booth at the Halloween bazaar and help out my community. Proceeds go to local charities. But instead, I practically fell over the event coordinator. The very dead event coordinator. Then the new detective in town showed up and things went downhill from there. Until they went uphill. If you date a detective, he won’t suspect you of murder, will he? Who killed Diana Bowen? My best friend Lucy Gray and I decided to do a little detective work of our own. Can we catch a ...

There are some days it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. I had a feeling the dead woman found in the fire across the street would second that. The day the house across the street from Mia was set on fire was a dreadful day for a Pumpkin Hollow resident. One they won’t live to regret. And the question everyone wanted answered, was who killed Dr. Amy Jones? When a favorite local doctor is murdered in the middle of the night, Mia and her sister Christy are on the case. Mia’s boyfriend Ethan will have his hands full keeping the two of them out of trouble. Can they stop the killer before they...

Allie Blanchard thought the Halloween Bazaar would be all cupcakes, cookies, and community spirit—not confusion and murder. But when a body turns up, Allie and her best friend Lucy dive into the town’s secrets to help crack the case. With her detective husband, Alec, leading the investigation, Allie’s cozy life gets an unexpected and chilling twist. Cupcakes, costumes, and a corpse? Welcome to Halloween in Sandy Harbor, where the folks are friendly, and the dead bodies are cold.

Do you ever feel like things in your life are going well, only to have them completely turn around? Like that time I found a dead body at the foot of the stairs. And then another. There may be peace on earth at Christmas, but in Pumpkin Hollow, there’s murder. Mia and her sister Christy team up to find a killer during the holiday season when Ellie Adams turns up dead at the local ballroom. When a second victim is found, they'll have to find the killer before Christmas is ruined. While heartache plagues Christy’s personal life, things are moving forward for Mia and her boyfriend, Officer...

What do you do when you find a dead body on the beach? And what if that body turns out to be your business rival? Pretend you didn’t see it? It wasn’t like killing Suzanna Monreal had crossed my mind. I wouldn’t do it. Honest. But if she treated everyone the way she treated me, I can’t say I’m surprised she ended up the way she did. Mean people sometimes end up dead. Just something to keep in mind. When the chief of police makes an early morning stop by my house to insinuate that I may have had something to do with the murder, I’ve got to come up with a plan to clear my ...

It’s summer in Pumpkin Hollow, and I can hardly wait for Pumpkin Hollow Days to begin. My new husband and I will be enjoying the warm weather, seeing the tourists return, and a hayride or two. It’s that dead body that’s spoiling the mood around here. Pumpkin Hollow Days means a parade, a craft fair, costumes, and moonlit hayrides. Unfortunately, it also means murder. Mia and her sister Christy are on another case in Pumpkin Hollow. Can they catch the killer and unravel a mystery without getting themselves into too much trouble? Halloween is celebrated all year long in Pumpkin Hollow. ...

January in Maine brings cold and snow. Lots and lots of snow. But just when I thought things were settling down around here, I stumbled over a frozen body. What else could go wrong? My boyfriend, Alec, retired from the police department at the end of the year because his boss was giving him trouble. But when he decided to become a private investigator, the bodies just keep coming. And as if things weren’t bad enough, the victim on ice was a schoolteacher and everyone like her. (Except for the killer, of course.) It was for that reason that I made up my mind to find her killer. Annoying ...

When you grow up in a town that celebrates Halloween year-round, you would think a person might get tired of Halloween, but you would be wrong. It’s the murders that I get tired of. It’s Halloween in Pumpkin Hollow and Mia and the gang are busy making candy and handing it out to the kids. But when one trick-or-treater gets out of hand and commits murder, the town is in an uproar. Mia and her sister have their suspicions about someone, but until they have enough evidence, they’ll have to keep investigating. Can they catch the killer before they strike again? Halloween is celebrated ...

Halloween is the best night of the year. Just ask anyone who lives in Pumpkin Hollow. But don’t ask the dead guy. Yeah. Don’t ask him. The night everyone in Pumpkin Hollow has been waiting for is finally here. Unfortunately for one citizen of Pumpkin Hollow, it will be their last night alive. When Mia stumbles upon a murder scene, it may ruin Halloween for years to come. Can she and Officer Ethan Banks put the pieces of the puzzle together and catch a killer before they strike again? Welcome to the warmth and charm of Pumpkin Hollow, where you'll find a family-owned candy store, ...

I knew the mayor was up to no good when he tried to put an end to the Halloween season. What I didn’t know was that someone was going to put an end to him. Permanently. Murder is afoot in the small town of Pumpkin Hollow, a town that is loved by its residents and tourists alike. To make matters worse, rumors of a curse on the town keep rearing their ugly head, and Mia is determined to put a stop to it. That is if she doesn’t end up dead. If Mia can’t figure out who killed the mayor, the town’s reputation for being a family-friendly tourist destination will be at risk, and the town ...

All I wanted was a large cup of coffee with a double shot of espresso to wake myself up on my way to work. The dead body was completely unnecessary. Sweets can be deadly, and when local bakery owner Stella Moretti becomes the next victim in Pumpkin Hollow, Mia Jordan is on the case. Can she and her boyfriend, Officer Ethan Banks, find the killer before there's another victim? Sweets can be deadly all right, but that's the way the cookie crumbles... Welcome to the warmth and charm of Pumpkin Hollow, where you'll find a family-owned candy store, loveable characters, and a dead body or two. ...