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When Lila Hart returns to her fog-shrouded hometown of Blitz, Maine, the only things on her mind are casseroles, coffee, and keeping her café afloat. But when the town’s beloved philanthropist turns up dead and a pan of funeral potatoes becomes the most talked-about dish at the wake, Lila finds herself serving up more than comfort food—she’s dishing out clues. With gossip swirling thicker than the harbor fog, and secrets bubbling beneath the surface, Lila teams up with Ruby, her sharp-tongued best friend, and Mark, the infuriatingly steady local detective. Together, they’ll stir ...

A missing woman, a small town, and one detective whose hot flashes ignite her resolve to solve every cold case in town! Menopause, meringue, and missing persons—Detective Betsy Parks is back in the basement, armed with sarcasm, chocolate, and a fan that’s doing its best. When a decades-old file on psychiatric patient Connie Miller lands on her desk, Betsy uncovers whispers of secret experiments, vanished nurses, and a powerful cover-up that leads disturbingly close to home. As she stirs through old lies and new suspects, a nervous nurse, and one too-polished chief of police, Betsy ...

Four widows. Four “accidental” deaths. One lasagna recipe that won’t stay buried. Something smells off to Detective Betsy Parks…and it’s not the oregano! After an Alaskan cruise and an unfortunate ankle twist, Detective Betsy Parks is back in the basement—and knee-deep in mystery again. When she reopens a decades-old file about a group of women known as The Widow’s Club, Betsy uncovers casseroles, cover-ups, and crimes baked to perfection. As gossip simmers and old loyalties crumble, Betsy must untangle a web of love, loss, and lasagna before someone serves up revenge for ...

Another cold case, another woman who vanished in the mist. Can Detective Betsy Parks fight her hot flashes long enough to bring justice to the victim from the confines of the basement? When Whitfield’s beloved bakery serves up more than sweets, Detective Betsy Parks finds herself knee-deep in cocoa, corruption, and one missing woman who vanished with the recipe for disaster. Armed with caffeine, sarcasm, and a basement full of unsolved files, Betsy and Janine dig into a decades-old cover-up that started with chocolate cake and ended in murder. With Lopez back on her team and Muffin ...

This cold case won’t be easy to solve—not with a decade-long missing nanny, a coy socialite, and Detective Betsy Parks’ hormones staging a full-blown mutiny. When Betsy reopens the ten-year-old disappearance of Lydia Frost—maid to Whitfield’s most elegant widow, Emma Black—she uncovers more than dust in the basement. Everyone in town swears Emma’s guilty, but without a body, there’s no crime to prove. Between gossip, gaslighting, and garden parties gone wrong, Betsy must juggle hot flashes, hostile colleagues, and one very polished suspect who’s made deception an art form....

When Irene “Maneater” Jenkins sits on death row, Sweetie Chapman arrives with a pot of slow-cooked beef stew and a reputation for making even the most tight-lipped killers talk. Irene’s rumored to have killed and fed three husbands to her pigs. But Sweetie knows there’s always more to the story—and with time running out before the execution, every bite brings the truth closer to the surface. What begins as one last meal turns into a gripping, hours-long confession, unraveling secrets of abuse, revenge, and unexpected humanity. As Sweetie and her sheriff son Wayne follow Irene’s ...

When the past rises from the earth like a grotesque soufflé, Blueberry Bay’s sweetest secrets turn deadly. During the town’s annual Bay Heritage Festival, baker Bella Butterfield is serving her famous blueberry scones when construction crews make a chilling discovery beneath the old lighthouse garden—a skeleton clutching one of her family’s vintage bakery tokens. The bones belong to a woman who vanished thirty years ago, and the evidence points straight toward Bella’s late grandmother, June. Determined to clear her family’s name, Bella digs into the seaside town’s sugar-...

A missing sister, a duplicitous husband, and a fierce group of Southern women friends make for one tasty scandal...even before you add in the fresh-baked desserts! When Janet’s sister, Juliette, goes missing, the Secret Society of Bookish Housewives are back in action! Over tea and desserts, they burn the midnight oil trying to track down Juliette before she meets the same sticky end as Mary Kate. But soon, the girls dig deep enough to unearth more than just the elusive serial killer who’s still terrorizing Magnolia Cove. Janet’s sister’s disappearance looks to be connected to ...

When Eleanor Jean Montgomery—known across Maine as The Headless Hobo Killer—faces execution in three days, one question remains: where are the missing heads? Sweetie Chapman, Pine Bluff’s soft-spoken casserole whisperer, is called in for the job no detective has cracked. With her famous hobo casserole in hand and her prison “dining room” ready, Sweetie sits across from Eleanor—a sweet, sharp-tongued woman whose charm doesn’t quite hide the darkness in her eyes. Eleanor doesn’t deny the killings. But she’s holding back something. And this time, it’s not about guilt or ...

When Sweetie Chapman walks into a prison with a bubbling dish of her famous million-dollar spaghetti, killers talk. But this time, the truth cuts closer to home than anyone ever imagined. Cliffton Mathieson—known as The Syracuse Strangler—has confessed to every murder but one. The missing woman, Claire Danner, vanished fifteen years ago, and the town has lived with that shadow ever since. With his execution just 48 hours away, Sweetie is brought in for one last meal… and one last chance at the truth. But when Cliffton’s mother, Alice, starts to crack under the weight of secrets ...

A perfect wedding. A poisoned cake. And a truth someone would kill to keep buried. When a lavish outdoor wedding in the quiet town of Greenacre turns deadly, Maureen and Liz are pulled into a mystery that begins with sickness, fear, and a cake no one will ever forget. What looks like a tragic accident quickly unravels into something far more sinister—hidden deals, quiet manipulation, and a web of lies stretching deep into the heart of the town. As suspects confess and arrests are made, the women believe the nightmare is finally over. But one unsettling detail refuses to stay silent. ...

When the buffet is midnight… the murder is inevitable. Snowed Inn’s famous Midnight Buffet is supposed to be a charming winter tradition—twinkling lights, towering desserts, and enough maple coffee to power all of coastal Maine. But when a notoriously cruel food critic collapses into the chocolate fountain, Charlotte, the inn’s quick-witted maid-turned-sleuth, finds herself knee-deep in sabotage, secrets, and poisoned mousse. With the inn at risk of shutting down, Sheriff Meyers circling like a suspicious seagull, and half the guests hiding motives behind their holiday sweaters, ...

A morning walk turns deadly when Maureen and Liz find their new friend’s sister dead—clutching a family heirloom she was never supposed to have again. When a casual coffee outing in the quiet town of Greenacre ends in murder, Maureen and Liz are pulled into a mystery the town would rather forget. The gold locket in the victim’s hand was believed lost at sea decades ago, but its sudden reappearance exposes a carefully protected lie. As whispers replace facts and influential voices push for silence, the two women refuse to look away. Following the locket’s trail uncovers buried ...

A missing dog was only the beginning—what surfaced next would tear a quiet town wide open. When beloved pets start vanishing from Greenacre, most residents dismiss it as bad luck or petty crime. But Maureen and Liz feel the shift immediately. Especially when a dogwalker is found stabbed behind the mayor’s home—and the mayor’s prized Westie disappears the same night. What begins as a cozy mystery of stolen dogs spirals into something far more dangerous: buried secrets, powerful interests hiding behind civic smiles, and evidence someone was willing to kill to keep quiet. As fear ...

One Maine smalltown, one body tangled in a lobsterman’s net, and one prime suspect too charming to be cast away. When a body washes ashore tangled in a lobsterman’s net, the seaside town of Okamara, Maine, is once again awash in secrets. Ellie swore she was done chasing mysteries—but when the handsome fisherman Dax Keegan becomes the prime suspect, her heart won’t let her stay on shore. As whispers swirl through the harbor and long-buried experiments resurface, Ellie must navigate treacherous tides of truth, temptation, and small-town gossip. Clean, clever, and delightfully flirty, ...

Another crime washes up in the quaint fishing village of Okamara? Ellie never thought this kind of murder and mayhem existed in such an idyllic coastal town! In the fog-kissed fishing village of Okamara, schoolteacher-turned-sleuth Ellie Slater wants nothing more than quiet mornings, hot coffee, and a harbor free of secrets. But when a fire, a forged permit, and a dangerously charming drifter in flannel stir up the past, Ellie’s swept into a tide of deceit reaching far beyond the docks. As corporate greed, small-town loyalties, and buried sins collide, Ellie must trust her instincts—and...

Another death in Magnolia Cove? Someone needs to seriously reevaluate the town’s marketing materials because this place is anything but serene! This time, The Secret Society of Bookish Housewives is sidetracked from fingering The Magnolia Murderer when they learn of a hidden ledger beneath the church—a quiet archive of sins, power, and whispered names. Guided (and occasionally roasted) by Mary Kate, Magnolia’s sharp-tongued ghost, the women pull at a thread that unravels decades of small-town deals, dirty money, and dangerous charm. And sickeningly enough, there may be another voice ...

A missing husband this time? It might take more than industrial espresso and a mountain of scones for The Secret Society of Bookish Housewives to survive this mess! When Janet’s husband goes missing, she enlists Alice and Bibi to help her track him down. The foundation of their investigation? Daniel’s secret journal, which just so happens to mention all sorts of town secrets and scandals. The most interesting find in Danny Boy’s diary? The many mentions of the girls’ deceased friend, Mary Kate! This gives dead-but-far-from-gone Mary Kate a good chuckle. Her dark humor and razor-...

A charming Maine village packed with fresh lobster, quaint cafés, handsome fisherman, and a juicy whodunit…all the fun without the spice! When Ellie Slater returns to the fishing village of Okamara, Maine, she’s craving quiet—until a stormy night washes up more than seaweed on the shore. With the help of a maddeningly handsome lobsterman, Finn Murphy, Ellie uncovers a web of smuggling, secrets, and betrayal hidden beneath the tides. As danger rises and sparks fly, Ellie must decide who to trust before Okamara’s picture-perfect harbor turns deadly. Clean, flirty, and full of seaside...

When a frightened child appears at her door and the winter woods turn deadly, Alice Hardy learns that Misery, Maine lives up to its name. At the cozy Moose Tracks Inn, Alice wants nothing more than to serve comfort food, knit new beginnings together, and forget the hurt she left behind. But when a terrified boy arrives out of the freezing forest—alone, injured, and pursued—Alice is pulled into a chilling mystery that threatens her inn, her guests, and the fragile safety of her small town. As blizzards close in and dangerous secrets surface, Alice teams up with the ruggedly steady Elijah...