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Bess Campbell has escaped to the windswept Australian coastal town of Port Bannir, determined to begin her life again. She is loving her fresh start, thanks to her fun job running a hip gallery, her territorial chickens, and a lot of self-help books to find her new, better self. Port Bannir local Margaret Gale runs an austere maritime museum, and rules her staff with an iron fist. She has no time for that crazy modern gallery or upbeat, earnest Bess sweeping around town on her hipster bicycle.

The Magician Vanishes! Benjamin Vickery, alias The Great Vicari, attends a meeting with a shadowy secret service official - and then disappears. His assistant Malloy and housekeeper Betty become increasingly concerned for his safety and set out to find him. But where should they look? His Majesty’s government won’t admit that the ex-magician was working for them, so the intrepid duo must investigate without their help. When Malloy is attacked by foreign spies, he knows he must be getting close to something - but what conspiracy are they hatching in the heart of the English countryside? ...

Summer is in full swing at the Jersey shore town of Oceanview and Matt, between his packed pizzeria and his assistant going through a breakup, hardly has a moment to breathe, let alone help his boyfriend Ty rehearse for the upcoming summer play. And he certainly doesn't have time for his mystery loving landladies, Bernice and Ethel Spinster voicing their suspicion that their elderly neighbor's death from a severe allergic reaction was nothing less than a nefarious murder plot. Ty naturally dismisses it as a tragic accident and Matt reluctantly agrees. That is, until plans are discovered ...

Recently widowed, Sydney Nash finds renewed purpose working for her friend and neighbor, Blair Miller, as an assistant to Blair’s growing estate sales business. Diving into the new challenge, Sydney thrives as she catalogs the detritus left behind by the dearly departed — and gains an unusually intimate view of the lives they lived. Even her cat Jinx has a sixth sense for finding missing family heirlooms. But will her discovery of a handwritten will of a man who died under mysterious circumstances cost Sydney and Jinx their lives?

Jeff Holmes goes home at his mum's request. His father, who has deserted them twenty years ago, is back and has only a few months left. But even a few months is too long. Someone can't wait for Jeff's dad to die! Jeff's dad is poisoned to death at a potluck. Things get complicated as the murder is linked to a road accident and abduction that's happened many years ago. Will Jeff be able to solve the mystery? What if his main suspect is Hans? Get ready for heartbreak as Jeff and Hans confront their painful pasts. Series description: Follow Jeff Holmes, a quirky, free-spirited, attractive ...

With summer coming to an end, the cozy seaside town of Oceanview slowly begins to wind down from its busy season. Tourist exit and cool air enters, bringing along changing leaves, homecoming, and shorter, quieter days. Even the dusty boardwalk and past-its-prime Wharf seems ready for a rest. All except for Tyler Salazar. Relatively new in town, his upscale floral design business is busier than ever with a deluge of fall weddings and events. Things seem to be going well, until one of his more finicky and demanding clients vocally trashes his work and threatens him with a lawsuit in front of ...

THE STAGE IS SET FOR MURDER! Police are mystified when a magician is killed on stage - shot inside a locked box in front of the audience - and The Great Vicari is called in to investigate. Benjamin Vickery returns to the theatre he fled when one of his own illusions went horribly wrong. Here he encounters faces from his own past, and has an opportunity to lay a ghost to rest - but is he ready to go back on stage? As their enquiry progresses, the magician-sleuth and his assistant Malloy learn there is no one with a motive for murder - except for one man who could not possibly have done it. ...

Jeff Holmes arrives at a convention to promote robots. He thinks it will be his last public event, and then he'll retire. But things get complicated when the CEO of the robotic company dies during the event. Will Jeff be able to solve the locked room murder? Will Jeff convince Hans to patch up? Series description: Follow Jeff Holmes, a quirky, free-spirited, attractive young man, as he journeys from being an aspiring actor to an A-lister. Along the way, he solves some mysteries and meets his reluctant soulmate. There are two ways to read the books: 1) as individual standalone mystery or 2) ...

The politics and the paper-pushing are wearing on Sheriff Mel. Will she chuck it all? Mel’s burned out. She’s tired of playing local politics. She’s tired of the mounds of paper on her desk that never seem to diminish. She’s tired of budgets, of personnel conflicts, of citizen complaints and all of the other things a sheriff is responsible for. She misses police work. Real police work, but she knows she can’t go back to the street. Not in Muskingum County…maybe not in Ohio. Dana bought a cabin – a nice little getaway for the two of them in Tennessee. Mel’s mom is worried her...

A traditional whodunit with a twist. Benjamin Vickery used to be top-of-the-bill stage magician The Great Vicari, but fled the theatre after an illusion went tragically wrong. Jamie Malloy is an Irish chauffeur whose name and accent could both be fake, and who may once have gotten away with murder. This unlikely duo team up to investigate when a King Arthur-themed party in an isolated Victorian castle climaxes with a scream, a splash, and a dead body in the pond. All of the suspects are actors, who mislead people professionally, or the relatives of actors, who just do it for fun. With no-...

All Mel and Dana wanted was a weekend break... Mel and Dana take a long weekend break with the family on a Lake Erie island, or so they planned. Things just never seem to work out as they plan because crime follows them everywhere. Will they ever get a break? Probably not, but maybe Mel will find the career spark that's been missing for a while. This is a short story featuring Mel and Dana that takes place sometime after Book 12 of the Morelville Mysteries series. You don't need to have read the series to enjoy this story, but it will certainly help you understand Mel and her motivations. ...

When a popular Savannah chef is murdered, police assume robbery until they discover the cookbook she’d been working on is missing. As Syndey Nash and her cat Jinx sort through the chef’s belongings as part of her estate sale, they find a flash drive that holds clues. And has the widowed Sydney found romance when she least expects it?

Renowned theater director Cordelia Thorn is working to restore a historic theater in downtown Minneapolis. Cordelia has a vision for the playhouse's future, but the more she learns about the building, the more fascinated she becomes by its past. Nicknamed "The Old Deep and Dark" because of the Prohibition-era double murder that occurred in the basement - then a speakeasy - there are a wealth of secrets hidden inside its walls. And, to her shock and horror, Cordelia discovers that there is also one present-day body literally buried in a basement wall.

Everyone thinks Luther and Dominic are happily married, that is, until Luther is convicted of his husband's murder. Four years after Luther is sent to prison, his brother contacts Ray Lawless, the defense attorney on the case, with evidence of a wrongful conviction. As he faces reopening the case, Ray pulls in his daughter, Jane, to help attain justice for a grieving widower and find the real killer.

In Fever in the Dark, Fiona and Annie return home from their one-year anniversary trip to discover that their poignant proposal video has been posted on YouTube and has garnered hundreds of thousands of hits. Their fame comes just on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage across the country. As some of the attention turns vicious, Fiona pulls in an old friend, private investigator Jane Lawless, to help separate the harmless threats from the potentially harmful. Then a murder occurs, and Annie and Fiona are both suspects.

Crushed by the betrayal of her husband and best friend, DCI Logan is forced to put her private life on hold while she investigates the remains of an unknown murder victim, buried 25 years earlier. With her new DC, Tristan Fry, who has joined the police force for all the wrong reasons, her enquiries soon lead her to Maggi Drew's door. Maggi, a scrub nurse, readily admits to burying the body along with her partner, Norah, a virtuoso oboist, and their best friend, Jonny, an A+E nurse, though she will not reveal the body's identity until Logan has heard her account of the murder.

When Parker Avery asks Iris Falloney to assist on a murder case in Kansas, she is ecstatic, but upon meeting Cam Harris, a local police detective working on the same case, personalities clash. Will sparks fly as they resolve their subtle differences to get through the case?

First Released on Kindle Vella When Julie Cumberland's friend, Gia, tells her that she is being stalked, Julie agrees to help her find more information about the culprit so they can catch him in the act. However, as Julie looks deeper into the situation, she begins to realize that the facts don't line up and she begins to wonder if she is helping the situation or making it worse.

First Released on Kindle Vella When Sam and her friends hear a thump in the hallway, they start to worry that someone has been murdered. Upon calling the police, Sam thinks that the situation will be taken care of, but when the police don't find an issue, Sam finds herself in a position where she can either risk her life to find the full story behind the noise or leave it alone, risking the chance that someone needs her help.

First Released on Kindle Vella Tev Wassberg doesn't believe in dating online, but when she has trouble finding a date for a work party she has to go to, that's where she is forced to look. With the help of her friend Lacey, Tev finds a woman that fits the bill, but Tev begins to second guess her decision. Will Tev embrace her newfound dating life, or will she give up this opportunity because she is stuck in her ways?