Halloween Women Mysteries

Earl wanted to stop the Halloween Hayride. Someone ran him over with it. Can the Hayride get back on track before Halloween is ruined? Tessa is back in her hometown, picking up the pieces of her life as a young widow. Besides passing the time by working at the B&B that her parents own, Tessa joined the Halloween Hayride Committee to help give back to her small town. Plans are going great but then Earl whisks into town, threatening to shut down the beloved Hayride and someone takes it upon themselves to run him down with the tractor. Now Tessa’s gotten herself tangled up in the mess, ...

Buying a house that was rumored to be haunted might not have been the brightest idea I had ever had, but you didn’t see how beautiful it was. Unfortunately, the dead body in the bathtub left a ring of suspicion around the entire house. Allie McSwain never intended to buy a new house, but when the beautiful mansion just outside of town goes up for sale, she has to take a look at it. It was a piece of Sandy Harbor history and was not to be missed. She brings her best friend Lucy Gray along, and the real estate agent takes them on a house tour they won’t soon forget. Mummy pies were ...

In the whimsical town of Pumpkin Hollow, where every day is Halloween, sisters and local business owners Mia and Christy run The Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store. Beyond the counter filled with jars of candy corn, chocolate pumpkins, and gummy ghoul displays, the sisters share an unexpected hobby: solving the quirky town’s most puzzling crimes. With Halloween approaching, Mia and Christy find themselves wrapped in a sinister mystery when a victim is discovered in “The House of Horrors,” an abandoned, cobweb-laden mansion that haunts the minds of the town’s residents. Known for the rumors ...

A cursed legend. A poisoned cider. A town caught in the shadow of its past. When Bloomsville kicks off its Harvest Festival, the excitement turns chilling with whispers of the Lantern Reaper—an old tale of debts paid in blood. Grace Thompson and her friends soon find themselves tangled in the legend’s return after Raymond Briggs collapses at the cider stand, a carved pumpkin ominously left on his porch days before. As more “gifts” appear and another death follows, the lines blur between folklore and foul play. From pumpkins to scarecrows, every autumn symbol seems weaponized, and ...

Welcome to the Hollywood Strip, an eye-popping street filled with weirdos and whack jobs who spend all day, everyday dressed as the super heroes and characters they adore. The coolest one might be Melinda Waters, the world's most beautiful mermaid. Or possibly Thwakman, with his speedball forearms that stop bullets mid-air. Maybe it's Mighty Muse, with her snake belt full of venom. Or it could be Phil the Purple Blob, who... no... nevermind, it probably isn't Phil. The kid who loves them all is Stuart Bossman, a future documentary film-maker. And everything's just fine, 'til the day he ...

In the quaint town of Bloomwood, Halloween isn’t just about costumes and candy, it’s about legends, lost heirs, and the long shadow of Blackston Manor. When Iris and Poppy Thorne agree to decorate the town’s spookiest estate for the annual community party, they expect cobwebs, cider, and maybe a ghost story or two. What they don’t expect is a murder. A respected historian is found dead during the manor’s ghost tour, clutching a sprig of witch hazel, a plant steeped in Southern folklore and deadly symbolism. As whispers of a century-old curse resurface and eerie warnings appear at ...

A deeply compelling historical horror novel following a woman accused of being a witch who must use her voice to fight for her life—and the truth—from the acclaimed author of The Book of Witching Innsbruck, 1485. Helena Scheuberin should be doing what every other young wife is doing: keeping...

The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony—until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case. Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to...

A spellbinding Halloween witch cozy mystery with a talking cat, small-town secrets, and a dash of midlife magic. Boo Boudreaux’s Halloween Boo-tique in quirky Laguna Bay has seen its share of tricks—leaky roof, faulty wiring, and a talking cat who swears she’s older than the pyramids. But this Halloween season brings a new fright: a rival store across the street that’s stealing Boo’s customers and threatening her chance to win the town’s Top Haunt Window Contest. When the rival shop owner turns up dead—found face-down in a witch’s cauldron—all eyes turn to Boo. With her ...

A witty, spectacular, and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy, from fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of The Change and Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books. There are places on earth where nature’s powers gather. Girls raised there are bequeathed...

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, Fortune Favors the Dead introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages. “Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying...

People and secrets from the past threaten to disrupt Nola Trenholm’s new life in New Orleans in the third novel of the Royal Street series by New York Times bestselling author Karen White. Nola is ready to focus on starting over in the Big Easy. She wants to get back to work on the renovations...

Evanovich fans rejoice for Plum Spooky! Stephanie Plum is back in town, along with her sidekick Lula, her Grandma Mazur, and an ever-widening cast of freaks, criminals, deranged felons, and lunatics looking for love. And just when Stephanie thinks her life can't get any more complicated, in walks the mysterious Diesel. A man who seems to show up at the most inconvenient moments.

It’s all hands on deck when a dead body is found near the small town of Briar Creek in this Library Lover’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Merry Little Murder Plot. Just off the shores of the coastal Connecticut town of Briar Creek are two small islands, which...

Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop's Halloween decor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish. But everyone knows her lighthouse home is haunted. Some intrepid teens have even tried to break in to witness the resident ghost themselves. Dreading Halloween night, Lindsey reluctantly allows her influencer and podcaster best friend, Kennedy, to host a live ghost hunting investigation in the lighthouse, conducted by a professional team. Protective of her ghost, Lyndsey is understandably nervous about what they might uncover.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is coming soon to Netflix Inspector Harry Hole tracks a Norwegian serial killer in this “fiendishly complex and terrifically entertaining” (The New York Times Book Review) installment of the New York Times bestselling series...

They say you can never go home again, but I say otherwise. Just don’t expect things to be the same as when you left, and you’ll be fine. And ignore the dead woman. If you can. With her first grandbaby on the way, Allie misses her mother and feels nostalgic for the town where she grew up. A trip to Goose Bay, Alabama, is in order where just days before Halloween, she and the women in her family are planning an early baby shower for the new arrival. Allie’s Aunt Loretta has moved in and is a bit more cantankerous than she remembers. When one of the ladies from church is murdered, Aunt ...

This fun paranormal cozy mystery collection contains all three novella episodes in the Mail-Order Witch series. "A Little Romantic Charmer." -- Kindle Reviewer The town's children are turning into foxes. And the magic shop is infested with hamsters. But that’s just a normal day at Ettie’s Enchanted Effects. When Ettie agreed to be a mail-order witch and move to Watersedge, she dreamt of a loving husband, a supportive family, and a cute town. Instead, she got a secretive father-in-law and a city who clearly doesn’t want witches in their community. Luckily, she did get that loving ...

Everyone knows a Juniper Holiday Halloween party is to die for. To get an invite is the most talked about topic in Crescent Cove. To experience the Holiday mansion in all its (supposedly) haunted glory is the stuff of legend. Of course, no one has actually seen a ghost in residence—but how could they when they’re having the time of their life?

This Halloween, Belle Harbor's celebrations turn deadly, and the town's darkest secrets are about to be unearthed. When Marla Jennings, the town’s most daring blogger, known for unmasking hidden scandals, meets a mysterious end during the annual Trick-or-Treat Walk, the festive mood sharply turns to suspicion and fear. Navigating a maze of deceit, Tilly discovers clues buried deep within the town's past, revealing that some residents have much more to hide than just their Halloween costumes. As the grand costume ball approaches, Tilly must piece together the puzzle before the killer ...