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Welcome to Bagels & Beans, the coziest café in Clancy, where the coffee is always hot, the bagels are hand-rolled fresh each morning, and murder has a way of interrupting the breakfast rush. Sarah Stall traded her corporate life for small-town dreams, and she's built something special in her little corner of Main Street. But between a charming veterinarian who makes her heart race, a loyal mutt named Bean who has a nose for trouble, and a tight-knit group of regulars who feel like family, Sarah keeps finding herself tangled up in deadly mysteries that threaten everything she loves. From a ...

Six months after solving the mystery that nearly destroyed her café, Sarah Stall has finally gotten her life back to normal. Bagels & Beans is thriving, her loyal customers are happy, and there are absolutely no dead bodies on the premises. Then a certified letter arrives with devastating news: her landlord is selling the entire block to a developer, and Sarah has sixty days to pack up everything she's built. When she confronts Dwight Pemberton at a chaotic town meeting, she barely recognizes the man who once championed Main Street's small businesses. Something has changed him—something ...

Three years after opening Bagels & Beans, Sarah Stall has built more than a successful café—she's built a family. As Clancy transforms into a winter wonderland for its Holiday Market, Sarah is ready for nothing more complicated than peppermint mochas, cinnamon sugar bagels, and whatever surprise her boyfriend Adam has been hinting at all week. But when the market's charming organizer is found dead behind her booth, tangled in electrical cords with burn marks on his hands, Sarah finds herself caught up in her sixth murder investigation—and this one feels personal. Victor Crane made ...

When Sarah Stall lands the biggest catering job of her career—the prestigious Giving Hearts Charity Breakfast—she expects a morning of elegant bagels, wealthy donors, and maybe a little harmless gossip. What she doesn't expect is to find the foundation's most generous benefactor dead in a storage room, strangled with her own silk scarf. Now Sarah's serving coffee to a roomful of philanthropists, and one of them is a killer. The victim was a woman who collected enemies the way others collect fine art, and the suspects are as polished as their platinum credit cards. A retired surgeon with...

Retired schoolteacher Maryanne Silva never expected her Thursday night book club to become a magnet for murder. But in the charming town of Franklin's Crossing, the Bound & Determined Book Club has a knack for stumbling onto deadly secrets between discussions of classic literature and slices of lemon bar. Together with her quick-witted best friend Gretchen Roe, Maryanne discovers that solving mysteries is a lot like reading a good novel—you just have to pay attention to the clues hiding in plain sight. From a book signing gone wrong to a lakeside retreat turned deadly, from a bitter ...

When retired schoolteacher Maryanne Silva discovers the body of the town's most disagreeable resident in the storage room of her favorite café, Thursday night book club takes an unexpected turn. Pamela Hargrave was difficult, opinionated, and on a crusade to ban a romance novel from the local library—but she certainly didn't deserve to die clutching that very book in her hands. Now Maryanne and her best friend of forty-seven years, former math teacher Gretchen Roe, find themselves trading literary analysis for real-life detective work. As the two friends dig into Pamela's past, they ...

A year after the Preston Willoughby case nearly destroyed her café, Sarah Stall has finally found her rhythm again. Bagels & Beans is thriving, her regulars are loyal, and life in Clancy feels blissfully predictable. Then a sleek new sign appears in the vacant storefront across Main Street: Roasted Rivals Artisan Coffee. The owner, charming newcomer Derek Hollister, arrives with big-city credentials, a gleaming professional roaster, and one clear goal—to steal Sarah's customers and crush her business. Within weeks, he's poaching her employees, launching social media attacks, and turning ...

When legendary baker Genie Fairfax announces she's finally ready to pass down her family's treasured recipe notebook—four generations of culinary secrets that have made her cinnamon rolls the stuff of Clancy legend—Sarah Stall is honored to be among the candidates. But the intimate gathering at Genie's cottage turns tense when uninvited guests arrive with their own claims to the recipes, and by evening's end, the precious notebook has vanished. Two days later, the prime suspect is found dead in a walk-in cooler, clutching three torn pages in his frozen hand. Sarah finds herself ...

Sarah Stall traded her corporate corner office for four-thirty mornings and flour-dusted counters, and she's never looked back. Her cozy café, Bagels & Beans, has become the heart of small-town Clancy—a place where regulars claim their favorite booths, gossip travels faster than the coffee pours, and her loyal mutt Bean greets every customer with a wagging tail. When a famous food critic walks through her door promising to put her everything bagels on the map, Sarah thinks her dreams are finally coming true. Then he collapses at her best table, and suddenly she's not famous for her ...

When Taylor Grey's mischievous Siberian Husky digs up a tarnished Victorian locket near an old stone wall, she assumes it's just another forgotten treasure waiting to be reunited with its owner. But the delicate piece engraved with the initials "A.M." carries a weight far heavier than its sterling silver—and someone desperately wants it to stay buried. Within hours of posting about her find, Taylor receives an anonymous warning that sends chills down her spine. Then a body turns up in Millbrook Creek, and suddenly the antique dealer finds herself entangled in a mystery that stretches back...

Welcome to Peaceful Falls, where antique dealer Taylor Grey has a knack for finding treasures and an unfortunate talent for stumbling across dead bodies. Armed with sharp wit, keen instincts, and her loyal Siberian Husky companion Yukon, Taylor turns every mysterious death into a puzzle she simply cannot resist solving. From dusty estate sales to quiet small-town secrets, nothing stays hidden for long when this determined dealer starts asking questions. In this charming cozy mystery series, Taylor navigates the quirky world of antiques and the even quirkier residents of her beloved hometown...

When thirty-two-year-old Clarkson Crowder inherits her family's sprawling Kansas farm after tragedy strikes, she expects overgrown orchards, ornery tractors, and maybe a few escaped chickens. What she doesn't expect? Murder. Welcome to Meadow Creek, where the sweet corn is golden, the apple pie is homemade, and the body count keeps climbing. With her loyal dog Diddly by her side, her sharp-tongued grandmother Bea offering wisdom from her farmhouse porch, and her best friend Nora serving up gossip at the local diner, Clarkson discovers she has an unexpected talent for solving crimes that ...

When antique dealer Taylor Grey arrives at the Pemberton Estate Sale hoping to score vintage treasures, she never expects to stumble into a murder investigation. The peaceful mountain town of Peaceful Falls is rocked when a woman is found dead in the old barn, and suddenly Taylor's keen eye for spotting fakes becomes useful for more than just authenticating silverware. With her loyal Siberian Husky Yukon by her side, Taylor finds herself drawn into a web of family secrets, valuable heirlooms, and suspects who all have something to hide. As Taylor digs deeper, she discovers that nothing at ...

When fifty-eight-year-old Margaret Gaines arrives at the Waterford Haven Community Pool for her regular 5:30 AM swim, she expects the same peaceful routine she's enjoyed for twenty years. What she doesn't expect is to find her longtime rival floating face-down in Lane Four. The police call it an accident, but Margaret knows those starting blocks better than anyone—and she knows what she saw. A loose bolt. A slick surface. Someone wanted Brenda Hollister dead, and Margaret isn't about to let the killer get away with it. Armed with sharp instincts, a loyal black Lab named Freestyle, and a ...

The morning mist over Heron Lake has never looked so peaceful—until Freestyle starts barking at something floating near the farthest swim buoy. Margaret Gaines has found bodies before, but discovering local accountant Wesley Drummond drifting among the red-and-white markers raises immediate questions. Everyone knows the lake claims a careless swimmer every few years. Chief Patterson is ready to call it a tragic accident and move on. There's just one problem: according to everyone who knew him, Wesley Drummond couldn't swim a stroke. As Margaret starts asking questions around Waterford ...

Clarkson Crowder traded her Kansas City corporate life for two hundred acres of trouble. When she inherits her family's farm after her parents' sudden death, she expects broken tractors, stubborn fence posts, and a learning curve steeper than a grain silo. What she doesn't expect is finding her cantankerous neighbor face-down in her cornfield—and becoming the sheriff's prime suspect in his murder. With the law closing in and the whole town whispering, Clarkson has no choice but to dig for the truth herself. Armed with her grandmother's sharp wit, her best friend's endless supply of pie, ...

When Margaret Gaines arrives at the Waterford Haven Aquatic Center to watch her best friend's niece try out for the new competitive swim team, she expects nothing more than nervous parents and hopeful children. What she doesn't expect is to watch the visiting coach collapse on the pool deck. The police assume it's a heart attack—the man was overweight and had spent hours screaming at twelve-year-olds in the humid pool air. But when the toxicology report comes back, Margaret's instincts are confirmed. Coach Randall Price didn't die of natural causes. Someone made sure he'd never coach ...

The Bound & Determined Book Club's holiday gift exchange should have been an evening of friendship, laughter, and carefully chosen books. But when a beautifully wrapped present reveals a devastating secret instead of a beloved novel, the festive gathering at the Crescent Moon Inn takes a dark turn. By morning, one guest is dead, and retired schoolteacher Maryanne Silva finds herself unwrapping a mystery far more dangerous than anyone expected. As Maryanne and her best friend Gretchen dig deeper into the victim's hidden life, they discover that secrets in Franklin's Crossing run deeper than ...

When the Tri-County Antique Collectors Convention comes to Peaceful Falls, Taylor Grey couldn't be more excited. Three days of rare finds, fascinating vendors, and the chance to watch legendary appraiser Miles Fairbanks conduct his famous live authentications. But Miles's brutal honesty has a way of making enemies, and when he's found dead in the authentication room with a Victorian letter opener in his back, Taylor realizes someone at the convention came prepared to silence him permanently. The suspect list reads like a roster of the wronged. A grieving widow whose husband's prized Tiffany...

When bestselling author Garrett Kingsley returns to Franklin's Crossing for his first hometown book signing, the whole town turns out to celebrate their famous son. But the evening takes a dark turn when old grudges surface, family tensions boil over, and by morning, Garrett is found dead in the bookshop stockroom. Now retired schoolteacher Maryanne Silva and her sharp-witted best friend Gretchen Roe find themselves drawn into another mystery—one that will test their friendship, their sleuthing skills, and everything they thought they knew about the boy Maryanne once taught to write. As ...