Uplifting Mystery

🧵 Murder, Mayhem, and a Castle Full of Secrets—This Retreat Could Be Their Last Quilt shop owner Alex Allin expected a peaceful escape at Blair Castle’s Scottish quilting retreat—until the famed but foul-tempered instructor is found dead inside the locked sewing salon. No way in. No way out. And someone came armed with more than scissors. The clues point to a centuries-old quilt, a cryptic symbol, a missing heirloom, and the haunting story of Moira MacNairn—an accused woman whose final secrets may still be stitched into the castle walls. Trapped by a storm, Alex must rely on her ...

The Grace Thompson Cozy Mystery Collection: Stories 1–10 Ten charming cozies, one unforgettable sleuthing duo—and a clever Westie who always sniffs out the truth. From flower festivals to escape rooms, small-town bakeries to lakeside vacations, murder has a way of blooming wherever Grace Thompson and her best friend Chloe Sutton go. With Rosie the Westie at her side, Grace untangles twisted motives, long-buried secrets, and sinister puzzles hidden in the heart of Bloomsville and beyond. Inside this box set, you’ll find: A prequel that reveals Chloe’s past and the shocking case that ...

This author has over twenty-million pages read on Amazon and a novel that Amazon Kindle lists as "One To Read". "I attended my funeral the first time I died." This is the first line of a different type of time-travel novel that may turn into a series if enough people like it. The time travel here is one-way. If you want a book with characters who travel back in time, this isn't it. After that first death, Mark doesn't attend any more of his funerals. He does recount what happened in previous lifetimes and how he died. Those memories are buried within the actions of today's world, and how ...

What if your next conversation was your last? When Pastor Charles returns to Bayou Refuge, he expects peace and familiarity. Instead, he finds a strange fog that won’t lift from the grounds, old avoiding his questions, and a mystery that he can't seem to crack. A place of refuge… or life-changing secrets? As Charles reconnects with old friends, he’s also tasked with sharing God’s love with three guests staying at Bayou Refuge. But the deeper he leans into these conversations, the more he begins to uncover a startling truth, one that forces him to rely on his faith in Christ more ...

Some stories end on the last page. This one starts there. Pour a cup, settle in, and stay a while — Driftwood Cove keeps its secrets close. When Maggie Chen left twenty years as a New York Law Librarian for the creaky floors and brass bell of The Last Page, she thought she was choosing a quieter life. A year into running the bookshop her great-aunt Eleanor left her, Driftwood Cove still feels like a place she's borrowing rather than living in. It's a small town on the foggy Oregon coast — the kind where everyone knows your coffee order and the regulars have their own mugs on the wall. ...

She thought she was searching for her past. What she finds could change her future. At forty-eight years old, Lila Simmons has spent years holding her life together by sheer force of will. After a painful divorce shattered the carefully controlled world she built, the last thing she wants is to return to Salt Flower Bay—the small Florida beach town she spent thirty years trying to escape. But when her estranged mother dies unexpectedly, Lila has no choice but to go home. Her plan is simple: Settle the estate. Clean out the house. Leave before the past has a chance to pull her under again....

One suspicious death. Two amateur sleuths. And an utterly impossible crime… The NUMBER ONE ebook bestseller! 'Amuses and intrigues in equal measure… a splendid start to what promises to be a long-running series’ Daily Mail ************************************************** The Cotswolds...

Some women return home to say goodbye. Others return to discover who they really are. At forty-eight years old, Lila Simmons has spent years holding her life together by sheer force of will. After a painful divorce shattered the carefully controlled world she built, the last thing she wants is to return to Salt Flower Bay—the small Florida beach town she spent thirty years trying to escape. But when her estranged mother dies unexpectedly, Lila has no choice but to go home. Her plan is simple: Settle the estate. Clean out the house. Leave before the past has a chance to pull her under ...

Lacy Steele has recently fallen in love--with birds. When her secretary, Suze, asks for her help in making friends, it seems like the perfect time to join a local birding group. After Suze takes an immediate shine to the eccentric leader, Lacy is able to overcome her misgivings about the ragtag group of misfits. Meanwhile her boyfriend is having a work crisis that might end his career, her sister is in the midst of a post-baby meltdown, her grandparents have surprising news, and Michael makes an unexpected offer. With so much going on, Lacy is determined not to get drawn into a murder, even...

Justice Has a Price. Dupree is Willing to Pay It When Dupree’s new corporate bosses cross the line, he refuses to look the other way—and suddenly finds himself out of a job, and in the middle of something far more dangerous than workplace politics. A frightened young woman needs help. A powerful company wants silence. And White Owl, once a quiet mountain town, is starting to show cracks no one wants to admit are there. As pressure mounts and tempers rise, Dupree is forced to choose: walk away, or stand up against people who believe they’re untouchable. A gripping blend of legal ...

A Marginalia of Secrets Every town keeps its stories. Some it would rather you didn't read. Winter has settled over Driftwood Cove. The harbor is gray, the fog comes in early and stays late, and The Last Page has become the warm, lit room at the heart of a town hunkered down against the season. Maggie Chen has come to love this place. Which is exactly why what she finds is so hard to set down. She has never been able to look away from the thing that doesn't fit — the detail out of place, the silence where an answer should be. And Driftwood Cove, for all its lamplit windows and familiar ...

A heartwarming, uplifting village romance for fans of Holly Martin, Tilly Tennant and Cathy Bramley. Buying a thatched cottage in the country may not be the usual cure for a broken heart. But after Clara Maxwell finds out her boyfriend and best friend have been sneaking around behind her back...

Lacy Steele will do anything to help a friend, even if it means defying her boyfriend's wishes to follow someone halfway across the country. Though she knows she's doing the right thing, she's unprepared for the harsh climate and sobering truths she's about to face. How can she be certain her friend isn't a murderer when everything she knows about him is a lie? And how can she be certain that she isn't the next to die? When an arctic blast begins to turn everything upside down, Lacy and someone close to her will change in ways she never imagined. As she deals with the strange new behavior, ...

She's finally close enough to find the answers. Now she has to decide if she's ready to hear them. At forty-eight years old, Lila Simmons has spent years holding her life together by sheer force of will. After a painful divorce shattered the carefully controlled world she built, the last thing she wants is to return to Salt Flower Bay—the small Florida beach town she spent thirty years trying to escape. But when her estranged mother dies unexpectedly, Lila has no choice but to go home. Her plan is simple: Settle the estate. Clean out the house. Leave before the past has a chance to pull ...

Lacy Steele wants no part of her sister's upcoming wedding. Just when she thinks she's in the clear, her mother informs her she has to throw a bridal shower, and it had better be good. Before that can happen, Lacy has to have her wisdom teeth removed. With everyone else busy, it's up to Jason to keep an eye on Lacy during her recovery, but he's in for more than he bargained for. While trying to rein in his delusional, hallucinating girlfriend, Jason must also solve a murder, and when all clues point to Lacy as his prime suspect, he'll go to lengths he never imagined to clear her name.

She came to Salt Flower Bay planning to leave. Now she can't imagine walking away. At forty-eight years old, Lila Simmons has spent years holding her life together by sheer force of will. After a painful divorce shattered the carefully controlled world she built, the last thing she wants is to return to Salt Flower Bay—the small Florida beach town she spent thirty years trying to escape. But when her estranged mother dies unexpectedly, Lila has no choice but to go home. Her plan is simple: Settle the estate. Clean out the house. Leave before the past has a chance to pull her under again. ...

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the thrilling latest installment in the Ryder & Loveday series! Pre-order now. ‘A beautifully crafted crime mystery I could not put down.’ Anita Davison, author of the Flora Maguire series Oxford, 1961. As the Hughes family celebrate Bonfire Night, a...

In the depths of the Nordic winter, the beautiful Island of Aero is steeped in pre-Christmas cheer and Danish hygge. But in one dark and forbidding attic, a gruesome secret waits to be discovered. Two Italian sexagenarians and a stubborn, loveable Basset Hound are travelling across the sea to the historic town of Ærøskøbing. The ever-positive Dora is clasping her hands in delight at the prospect of their latest homeswap; her more feisty friend Etta is picking a fight with an equally belligerent Danish woman; and Leon? Well, Leon is saving a small child from certain death. Just another ...

A lonely reclusive heiress, a friendly veterinarian, an act of desperation… Can people so different fill the empty parts of each other’s lives? Poor rich girl Kennedy Crawford still blames herself for her cousin disappearing when they were children. When her loving uncle who practically raised her wants to see her married in his lifetime, she turns to Austin Lawrence, the trustworthy, reliable, town veterinarian with a golden retriever personality (and a brand new puppy to match), offering a fake engagement. But a long-hidden secret between their parents’ could tear them apart. ...

Mrs. Holt is dealing with a *hot flash* and trying to cope with impossible grief at the Curry Quilting Bee. Town gossips, Mrs. Daindridge and Mrs. Carr, toss a scandalous accusation into the discussion, slandering the good name of the missing teacher. When the quarrel breaks out, feathers fly! What happened to presumably innocent Mrs. Ellice? If you love Crime Novels with strong female leads set in the 1920's, this is the series for you!