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The Fortune Cookie (Claire Rollins Mystery #11)

Claire, Nicole, and Robby are having fun shooting their historical cooking show for a Boston television station, running the bustling chocolate shop in the North End, and working on new…

The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer (Paws & Claws Mystery #2)

The spirited sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Murder, She Barked Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly getaway in the United States, is gearing up for a howling good Halloween-until a…

The Ghostly Groundskeeper (Tess and Tilly Mystery #12)

In book 12 in the series, Tony offers to pay for a televised ad promoting the annual haunted house, and Tess agrees to act as spokesperson. She shows up to film the piece and quickly discovers…

The Ghosts Therapists (Tess and Tilly Mystery #18)

Tess and Tony are asked to chair the annual Halloween event, which once again, will feature a televised therapy session conducted by paranormal psychologists Tim Rivers and Tom Masters.…

The Ginseng Conspiracy (Kay Driscoll Mystery Series #1)

Murder comes to town and so does Kay Driscoll, whose tenacious nature tells her city officials are attempting a cover-up and she must expose the truth. On her way to attend a Halloween Ball, Kay…

The Halloween Haunting (Tess and Tilly Mystery #7)

Tess and Brady are planning a haunted house fundraiser so they can expand the shelter to include a top of the art training facility as well as a permanent residence for hard to place animals.…

The Halloween House (Tess and Tilly Mystery #4)

Every town has one. The big old house which has stood empty for so long that no one really remembers anyone living there. The iconic subject of lore and folktales which hints at supernatural…

The Hunt Ball (Foxhunting Series #4)

The trouble begins at Custis Hall, an exclusive girls’ school in Virginia that has gloried in its good name for nearly two hundred years. At first, the outcry is a mere tempest in a silver teapot–…

The Legend of Sleepy Harlow (League of Literary Ladies #3)

It takes more than a lurid legend to scare off the League of Literary Ladies… For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving’s spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow…

The Legend of Tabby Hollow (Whales and Tails Mystery #5)

A cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make…

The Litter of the Law (Mrs. Murphy Series #22)

Autumn has descended and crops are being harvested all over Crozet, Virginia, ideal conditions for a scenic drive for Harry and husband Fair. Bucolic views are all well and good, but Harry’s nose…

The Murders at Astaire Castle (Mac Faraday Mystery #5)

Never tell Mac Faraday not to do something. Spencer's police chief, David O'Callaghan, learns this lesson the hard way when he orders Mac Faraday to stay away from the south end of Spencer's…

The Plot and the Pendulum (Library Lover's Mystery Series #13)

Halloween is approaching in Briar Creek, and things get spooky when a skeleton is found and connected to a decades-old cold case, in the newest Library Lover's Mystery from the

The Sacrifice (Anna Denning Mystery #3)

It’s nearly Halloween in Elk Park, Colorado, and one of the Elk Valley Historical Society’s founding members, a retired history professor who wanted to hire genealogist Anna Denning to complete…

The Scarecrow Murders (Rhodes to Murder Mystery #4)

It's a battle of the sexes in little Rhineburg, Illinois when Bruck University's fledgling football team butts heads with female rodeo riders during Halloween Homecoming Days. The Big Bad Bruins…

The Skeleton Haunts a House (Family Skeleton Mystery #3)

Sid the Skeleton bones up on clues to solve a Haunted House homicide in this mystery from the author of The Skeleton Takes a Bow… What holiday could bring more warmth to a skeleton’s chest cavity…

The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library Mystery #4)

Halloween in North Carolina’s Outer Banks becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy Richardson stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead body. Wealthy…

The Stitching Hour (Embroidery Mystery Series #9)

Marcy’s shop, the Seven-Year Stitch, is one year old this October so it’s time to party in little Tallulah Falls, Oregon. Aside from the Halloween decorations and festive stitching kits and…

Tiaras & Terror (Aloha Lagoon Mystery #13)

This book is written by Anne Marie Stoddard. Happy Hula Boutique manager, Kaley, is excited to celebrate Halloween with her friends at Aloha Lagoon’s upcoming Alohaween Festival-that is, until her…

Town in a Pumpkin Bash (Candy Holliday Series #4)

In the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has a mostly idyllic life, tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father and occasionally stepping in to…

Trick or Deadly Treat (Fresh-Baked Mystery Series #9)

It’s Halloween in Weatherford, Texas-which means Phyllis Newsom is baking up a storm of yummy seasonal treats...but she’s about to get even busier unmasking a killer. While Phyllis and her friend…

Trick or Deceit (A Celebration Bay Mystery Series #4)

This October in Celebration Bay, you can’t swing a black cat without hitting a haunted house. There are three finalists in the contest for the town’s official Haunted House, and ten thousand…

Trick or Treason (Zoe Donovan Mystery #26)

As is his tradition, Zak has gone Halloween Crazy, while Zoe is trying to overcome the baby bump blues and harness some enthusiasm for the annual Haunted Hamlet. Things seem to be on track for a…

Trick or Treat (Resort at Castaway Bay #3)

In book 3 in the series, it's Halloween and Sydney joins Ezra and his group as they take on an old murder case where the suspected killer has been caught and convicted although Ezra has reason to…

Trick or Treat Murder (Lucy Stone Series #3)

Haunted-house parties and ghostly galas. . .grinning pumpkins, mayhem and murder. It's going to be one heck of a Halloween for Lucy Stone and Tinker's Cove. . . It's October in Maine, and everyone…

Trouble Brewing (Barks & Beans Cafe Mystery #5)

Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java...and where murder sometimes pays a visit.

Convinced that the…

Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones (Liss MacCrimmon Mystery #7)

Liss MacCrimmon, newlywed and proud owner of Moosetookalok, Maine's, Scottish Emporium, is thrilled to be organizing the rural town's Halloween fundraiser. And the abandoned Chadwick mansion will…

Whiskers and Lies (Magical Cats Series #14)

Librarian Kathleen Paulson is always willing to help a friend, but to save one from a wrongful arrest, she’ll need magical backup from her affectionate cats in the newest installment of this…

Wicked Witch Murder (Lucy Stone Series #16)

When the bewitching Diana Ravenscroft comes to quiet Tinker's Cove and opens Solstice, a quaint little shop offering everything from jewelry to psychic readings, Lucy Stone writes her off as…

Witches' Bane (China Bayles Series #2)

The second China Bayles mystery. Herb shop owner China is shocked when Halloween hijinks take a gruesome turn in Pecan Springs, ending in a brutal murder. And China is even more shocked when her…