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A Deadly Cliche (Books by the Bay Series #2)

While walking her poodle, Olivia Limoges discovers a dead body buried in the sand. Could it be connected to the bizarre burglaries plaguing Oyster Bay, North Carolina? At every crime scene, the…

A Timely Vision (Missing Pieces Series #1)

A seaside-set paranormal mystery-from the authors of the Renaissance Faire mystery Ghastly Glass Meet Dae O'Donnell, a woman with a gift for finding lost things-and the stories behind lost lives…

A Touch of Gold (Missing Pieces Series #2)

Long before he became curator of the Duck Historical Museum, Max Caudle discovered its greatest treasure-a wooden chest full of gold. But a thief with his eye on the gold fires a cannonball into…

Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Aunt Dimity Series #11)

Lori Shepherd is no stranger to trouble and intrigue. But when Bill, her high-profile attorney husband, receives a number of chilling death threats aimed at his wife and his five-year-old twins,…

Banana Split (Culinary Murder Mysteries Series #7)

Sadie Hoffmiller has survived eighteen months of nonstop adventures filled with murder, deceit, and danger. She could really use some rest-and maybe even some time to heal-relaxing in the tropical…

Beach Bags and Burglaries (Haley Randolph Series #8)

Part-time sleuth and full-time fashionista Haley Randolph just won an all-expenses-paid vacay at the Rowan Resort, a ridiculously exclusive island getaway that caters to the whims of millionaires…

Beach Blanket Barbie (Zoe Donovan Mystery #6)

Zoe suspects that something is up when Levi’s ex-girlfriend Barbie comes to town unexpectedly. When she ends up floating face down in the lake Zoe and the gang shift into full sleuth mode to find…

Beachbound (Pineapple Cay Mystery #2)

Organizing a conference for Professor Philip Putzel isn’t high on Nina Spark’s to-do list. All she wants is to enjoy the sun and sand at her new home on Pineapple Cay, hopefully with handsome…

Bikinis in Paradise (Tj Jensen Pardise Lake Mystery Series #3)

When the Tropical Tan Corporation descends on Maggie's Hideaway, the lakeside resort where Tj Jensen lives, she must juggle a bikini contest, BBQ cookoff, missing model, and dead chaperone while…

Board Stiff (Dead-End Job Series #12)

Husband and wife PI team Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont won’t be sparing the sunscreen on their latest assignment, but they’re about to find out murder is no day at the beach…. Will the Real…

Booty Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series #14)

Sarah Booth Delaney’s fiancé, Graf Milieu, has become depressed while recovering from a severe leg injury, but Sarah Booth knows just how to help him heal. She’s arranged a romantic getaway for…

Clam Wake (Bed-and-Breakfast Series #29)

Innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and cousin Renie face off against a cold-blooded killer in a beach community in this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from…

Dead Man's Island (Henrie O Series #1)

Few men would respond to an attempt on their life with an invitation to the killer to try again. But arrogant, daredevil media magnate Chase Prescott has done just that, while issuing an urgent…

Death by the Sea (By the Sea Mystery #1)

The Indialantic by the Sea hotel has a hundred-year-old history on beautiful Melbourne Beach, Florida, and more than a few guests seem to have been there from the start. When Liz Holt returns home…

Death in a Beach Chair (Susan Henshaw Series #15)

For Susan and Jed Henshaw and their friends Kathleen and Jerry Gordon, the tiny Caribbean resort called Compass Bay has everything. White sand, luxurious cottages, rum punches to die for-even a…

Death of a Bachelorette (Jaine Austen Mystery Series #15)

Jaine’s life has been a royal pain since she started penning dialogue for Some Day My Prince Will Come-a cheesy dating show that features bachelorettes competing for the heart of Spencer Dalworth…

Death of a Lobster Lover (Hayley Powell Mystery #9)

The quaint fishing village of Salmon Cove, Maine, seems like the ideal location for a girls’ weekend with Hayley’s gal pals, Liddy and Mona. Liddy’s on the rebound from a breakup, but when she…

Dune to Death Series #4

Bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle and her policeman beau Joe Flynn hgave finally gotten hitched-and they're off on a sunny honeymoon to beautiful Buccaneer Beach.But an unfortunate…

Fall of a Philanderer (Daisy Dalrymple Series #14)

For Daisy and her husband Alec, a long-awaited break by the sea becomes a busman's holiday when a local ladies' man turns up murdered on the beach... Yet in the coastal town of Westcombe it's hard…

Fame, Food and Murder (Dune House Cozy Mystery #21)

Suzie and Mary are excited to be hosting cooking classes by a famous chef. Dune House, the majestic B&B on the beach, is all ready for the arrival of the chef and students. Mary is…

Footprints in the Sand (Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery Series #3)

It's the dead of winter and struggling actress and wedding-cake decorator Piper Donovan is thrilled to be in warm and romantic Sarasota, Florida, enjoying the powdery white beaches, soothing seas…

It Takes Two to Mango (Trouble in Paradise #1)

After Plum Lockhart's job as a travel magazine editor is eliminated in corporate cuts, she decides she's sick of cold winters in NYC and fruitless swiping on dating apps―what she needs is a…

Killer Crab Cakes (Fresh-Baked Mystery Series #4)

When Phyllis's cousin asks her to look after her Oak Knoll bed-and-breakfast for a few weeks, Phyllis jumps at the chance-mostly because the inn is located close to the annual Rockport, Texas,…

Killer Honeymoon (Savannah Reid Series #18)

Now that plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid has finally walked down the aisle, she's ready for a romantic island getaway with new husband Dirk Coulter. The trip is supposed to be a blissful week of rum…

Live and Let Chai (Seaside Café Mystery #1)

Trouble is brewing in Everly's new café. Can she bag the culprit? Life hasn't been so sweet for Everly Swan over the past couple of years, but now that she is back in her seaside hometown and the…

Love, Lies and Liquor Series #17

Agatha Raisin is lonely. Busy as she is with her detective agency and the meetings of the Carsely Ladies' Society, she still misses her ex-husband, James Lacey. So when he suddenly resurfaces and…

Manuscripts and Deadly Motives (Dune House #15)

Suzie and Mary love running Dune House, the majestic bed and breakfast by the beach. They are enjoying hosting their guests with their boisterous yellow Labrador, Pilot by their side. But when a…

Maui Madness (Zoe Donovan Mystery #7)

Zoe and the gang go to Maui and become involved not only in a treasure hunt for a sunken ship, but in a murder mystery with more twists than a mountain road. Join the gang as they dine in popular…

Milkshakes, Mermaids, and Murder (Ellie Avery Series #8)

Ellie Avery planned a perfect family getaway: fun in the sun on Florida's Gulf Coast, with a side visit to the eBay vendor who'd mistakenly sent her the wrong handbag. But what should have been a…

Murder At Wrightsville Beach (Magnolia Mystery Series #4)

With temperatures in the nineties, Ashley Wilkes, historic preservationist, heads for Wrightsville Beach where sister Melanie has rented an oceanfront sleeps-14 cottage. But murder never takes a…