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Braddock Mystery Series

Donna Clancy writes the Braddock Mystery Series which started in March 2024.  It features Tammy Wright, a bestselling mystery author who returns to her hometown to give her Aunt Clara a hand with running her ceramic shop during tourist…

Hometown Hardware Mystery Series

Paula Charles writes the Hometown Hardware Mystery Series which started in January 2024 and is set in Oregon. It features recent sexagenarian widow Dawna Carpenter who thought running her own hardware store after the death of…

Megan Henny Cozy Mystery Series

Rimmy London writes the Megan Henny Cozy Mystery Series which started in April 2022 and is set in California.  It features Megan Henny and a very large Great Dane named Fred. She opens up a scooter shop on the…

Gold Digger Mystery Series

Diana Orgain writes the Gold Digger Mystery Series which started in August 2021 and is set in California.  Frannie lives in the historic town of Golden, not too far from Sacramento California. Her family owns and operates a gold…

Daisy Thorne Mystery Series

Louis Innes writes the Daisy Thorne Mystery Series which started in November 2020 and is set in England. It features hair salon owner Daisy Thorne.  In the first book Daisy solves a murder in an English manor.


Aurora Anderson Mystery Series

Sybil Johnson writes the Aurora Anderson Mystery Series which started in 2014 and is set in California.  It features computer programmer and tole painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson.  It also features her adoptive mother, who…

Apron Shop Mystery Series

Elizabeth Penney writes the Apron Shop Mystery Series which is set in Maine and started in December 2019.  Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown…

Clock Shop Mystery Series

Julianne Holmes writes the Clock Shop Mystery series which started in October 2015 and is set in Massachusetts. It features expert clockmaker, Ruth Clagan. After her divorce Ruth moves to the small town of Orchard, MA after she has been named the…

Costume Shop Mystery Series

Diane Vallere writes the Costume Shop Mystery series which started in February 2016 and is set in Nevada. It features former magician’s assistant Margo Tamblyn who returns home to Proper City, Nevada, to run her family’s costume shop business,…

Creature Comforts Mystery Series

Arlene Kay writes the Creature Comforts Mystery Series which started in March 2019 and is set in Massachusetts. It features army vet Persephone “Perri” Morgan who has big plans, as her custom leather leashes, saddles, and other pet accessories…

Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery Series

This is a new series started in 2012 and is set in Missouri. It features Devereaux Sinclair, owner of Devereaux's Dime Store and Gift Baskets.


Hat Shop Mystery Series

Jenn McKinlay writes the Hat Shop Mystery series which started in August 2013. It is set in London and features Scarlett Parker. Scarlett Parker’s love life is in the loo—as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say—it’s also gone viral with an…

Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series

This series started in 2012 and takes place in Florida. It features Glory Martine who has inherited her uncle's Souvenir Shop... that just happens to be haunted.


Kite Shop Mystery Series

Clover Tate writes the Kite Shop Mystery Series which starts in February 2017 and is set in Oregon. It features kite shop owner Emmy Adler. Emmy is finally living her dream. She’s moved to the coastal town of Rock Point, Oregon, and is starting a…

Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series

Kaitlyn Dunnett aka Kathy Lynn Emerson writes the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series which started in 2007 and is set in Maine. It features professional Scottish dancer Liss MacCrimmon. Liss suffers a career-ending knee injury and returns to her…

Missy DuBois Mystery Series

Sandra Bretting writes the Missy DuBois Mystery Series which is set in Louisiana. It features hat designer Missy DuBois who opened her shop, Crowning Glory, along Louisiana's Great River Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride.


Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery Series

Christin Brecher writes the Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery Series which started in June 2019 and is set on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Stella Wright, owner of the Wick & Flame candle store on Nantucket Island, is an accidental sleuth…

Organized Mysteries Series

Ritter Ames writes the Organized Mysteries series which started in 2014 and is set in Vermont. It features organization expert Kate McKenzie. Kate thought she and her family were making a fresh start in her husband's hometown, but she quickly…

Queen Bee Series

Set in the fictional town of Moraine, Wisconsin, Story Fischer is gearing up for National Honey Month (September). Her messy divorce is final. Her store, The Wild Clover, is very successful and is the only local grocery. It is a truly unique…

ScotShop Mystery Series

Fran Stewart writes the ScotShop Mystery series which started in March 2015 and is set in Vermont. It features Scottish Shop owner Peggy Winn. Hamelin, Vermont, isn’t the most likely place for bagpipes and tartan, but at Peggy Winn’s ScotShop,…

Snow Globe Shop Mystery Series

Christine Husom writes the Snow Globe Shop Mystery series which started in January 2015. It features curio shop manager Camryn Brooks. Camryn thought she’d seen every kind of snow globe—until she saw one depicting a crime scene… Ever since she…

Sweet Nothings Vintage Lingerie Series

This series takes place in Tennessee and started in September 2012. It features Emma Taylor who leaves her job as a stylist in New York City to return home to help her Aunt Arabella renovate her lingerie shop, Sweet Nothings.


Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon writes the Tourist Trap Mystery Series which started in 2014 and is set in California. It features store owner Jill Gardner. In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is to keep her store--Coffee,…

Victoria Square Mystery Series

This series takes place in western New York and was started in 2011. It features Katie Bonner who is a young widow. She is suddenly both the executor and the largest shareholder in Artisan Alley, a collection of booths for artisans and crafters…

Vintage Toyshop Mystery Series

Barbara Early (A.K.A. Beverly Allen) writes the Vintage Toyshop Mystery Series which starts in October 2016 and is set in New York. Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland but it was never her dream to manage her father’s vintage…

Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series

Cheryl Hollon writes the Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery series which started in September 2015 and is set in St. Petersburg, Florida. It features Savannah Webb. After Savannah’s father dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, she drops everything to…

Year Round Christmas Mystery Series

Vicki Delany writes the Year Round Christmas Mystery series which started in November 2015 and is set in New York. It features Merry Wilkinson. As the owner of Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, Merry Wilkinson knows how to decorate homes for the holidays…