Hope Hadley Cozy Mystery

Hollywood actress Hope Hadley doesn't think that things can get any worse for her. In the last 24 hours, her boyfriend has broken up with her, and her long-running police procedural TV show has been canceled. When a homicide detective shows up at her door the next morning with news that her ex-boyfriend has been murdered, she realizes that her troubles are just beginning.

Hollywood actress Hope Hadley doesn't think that things can get any worse for her. In the last 24 hours, her boyfriend has broken up with her and her long-running police procedural TV show has been canceled. When a homicide detective shows up at her door the next morning with news that her ex-boyfriend has been murdered, she realizes that her troubles are just beginning. She is shocked - not only to learn of her ex's death, but also to find out that the police consider her to be a suspect.

After losing both her job and her boyfriend, actress Hope Hadley trades Hollywood, California, for her hometown of Hollywood, Florida. Before she has a chance to piece her life back together, her best friend's boyfriend is murdered. Even worse, the local police wrongfully suspect that her friend is the killer. Determined to clear her friend's name, Hope sets out to find the real killer herself.

Inner peace becomes difficult for Hope Hadley to find when she shows up for her yoga class one morning and discovers the dead body of her handsome male instructor on the ground in the studio. When Hope discovers that her instructor's good looks had caught the attention of a number of his married female students, the pool of suspects becomes surprisingly large. It's going to take more than some deep meditation for Hope to crack this case.

When Benjamin Norton's body is found face down in his swimming pool, there initially doesn't appear to be anyone who wanted him dead. As amateur sleuth Hope Hadley digs deeper, she uncovers a web of burglary, adultery, and deceit that stretches her investigative skills to the limit.

Hope Hadley normally loves Christmas. Things are different this holiday season, when her neighbor is found strangled in his backyard with a set of Christmas lights. Desperate to bring the killer to justice and to salvage what is left of the holiday season, Hope races to find the guilty party before they strike again.

Two years after the murder of Sadie Cambridge, Hope Hadley is still reeling over her friend's death. When Walter Clayton is put on trial for the murder, Hope believes that at least justice will be served. So when Walter is astonishingly acquitted, it sends shock waves through the entire community. But Walter's freedom doesn't last long. The next day, he is found murdered.

Two years after the murder of Sadie Cambridge, Hope Hadley is still reeling over her friend's death. When Walter Clayton is put on trial for the murder, Hope believes that at least justice will be served. So when Walter is astonishingly acquitted, it sends shock waves through the entire community. But Walter's freedom doesn't last long. The next day, he is found murdered. This is one case that Hope wants nothing to do with. Unfortunately, when members of the Cambridge family become prime suspects in Walter's murder, Hope begins investigating in hopes of exonerating them.

Everyone's a critic. But sometimes words cut deep and the wounds turned deadly. That's what happened to Claude Giraud, the top restaurant critic in town. He had run afoul of the wrong restaurateur, and it is now up to amateur sleuth Hope Hadley to figure out which one.

Hollywood has always been a cutthroat industry, but for Sophie Paulson, the backstabbing turns personal when her movie producer boyfriend, Paul Franklin, dumps her for another woman, then fires her out of the blue. Former actress turned amateur sleuth Hope Hadley arrives in town just as Paul is found murdered and the police suspect Sophie of the crime. Hope desperately races to discover the truth before her friend Sophie is put in jail for the rest of her life.

Hollywood has always been a cutthroat industry, but for Sophie Paulson, the backstabbing turns personal when her movie producer boyfriend, Paul Franklin, dumps her for another woman, then fires her out of the blue. Former actress turned amateur sleuth Hope Hadley arrives in town just as Paul is found murdered and the police suspect Sophie of the crime. Hope desperately races to discover the truth before her friend Sophie is put in jail for the rest of her life.

An advertising agency's holiday office party turns from celebration to horror when the owner of the company is found murdered the morning after their latest riotous shindig. It is up to feisty amateur sleuth Hope Hadley to figure out who the killer is before the holidays are ruined.

With Hope Hadley's latest murder investigation, things turn personal. How could it not when the victim is one of Hope's friends? The question becomes, can Hope push her emotions aside long enough to track down the killer?

The city of Hollywood, Florida, is just starting to rebuild in the aftermath of a hurricane, when a new disaster strikes. A coffee shop owner is found murdered. As always, amateur sleuth Hope Hadley teams up with her detective brother to solve the case. But the investigation turns into a dangerous brew.

This audiobook features two books from the Hope Hadley series including: Hurricanes Can Be Murder and Murder Is a Deadly Brew. Hope and her detective brother team up to solve the cases.

Hope Hadley is at a holiday crossroads. She wants to feel festive. She would love to have a good time. But she is waiting on news that might change the course of her life. How will things play out? Is a joyous Christmas in the cards for her? Or, will her holiday be ruined?