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Costume Catastrophe (Zoe Donovan Mystery #21)

It's Halloween in Ashton Falls and that means Haunted Hamlet and the annual haunted house. Zoe is determined not to have her plans for this annual event ruined this year especially since it is…

Count Catula (Whales and Tails Mystery #9)

Cait and the gang set out to find a killer when novelist Amanda Lowman is found dead just an hour after speaking to the Mystery Lovers Book Club about her true crime novel: The Vampire Murders. As…

Crime for the Books (Jane Doe Book Club #3)

The Jane Doe Book Club is hot on the trail of another real-life whodunit in Kate Young’s third peach-perfect mystery, for fans of Ellery Adams.

Lyla Moody and her…

Crypt Suzette (Five-Ingredient Mystery Series #6)

Val Deniston is catering the debut of Bayport’s newest bookstore-but the death of a customer is about to draw her into a real-life murder mystery … Suzette Cripps has been occupying a spare…

Dangling by a Thread (Mainely Needlepoint Mystery #4)

The Mainely Needlepointers are about to learn that no man is an island-especially when greedy developers want his land... Hermit Jesse Lockhart lives alone on King’s Island, three miles east of…

Dead Pirates of Cawsand (Blue Moon Investigations #4)

Gold coins from a centuries old sunken treasure ship have been found on the beach in Cawsand. This would be no cause for Tempest Michaels to take notice, but a man murdered by the ghost of a dead…

Deadly Brew (Dewberry Farm Mystery #3)

It's Halloween in Buttercup, Texas, and reporter-turned-farmer Lucy Resnick is up to her ears in more than goats and wayward cows. Not only has her well dried up, but it turns out the old house…

Death By Chance (Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series #16)

Halloween is right around the corner when Lady Elsmere throws an elaborate Civil War costume ball. Wearing a nineteenth-century ball gown, Josiah ventures into the party's corn maze to find her…

Death by Haunted House (Hayley Powell Novella)

When new neighbors move in next door, Hayley Powell is finding the Halloween spirit a little too close to home this year in coastal Bar Harbor, Maine . . . 
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Death by Jack-o’-Lantern (An Abby McCree Mystery #2)

Overcommitted committee member Abby McCree gets in a patch of trouble trying to solve the murder of a pumpkin farmer … The small town of Snowberry Creek, Washington, is gearing up for the…

Death By Pumpkin Spice (Bookstore Cafe Mystery #3)

Bookstore café owner Krissy Hancock would rather spend Halloween serving pumpkin goodies than wearing costumes with Pine Hills’ wealthiest at Yarborough mansion, especially when the soiree shapes…

Death of A Neighborhood Witch (Jaine Austen Mysteries Series #11)

Halloween is just around the corner, and between cauldrons of candy and a deliciously cute new neighbour, Jaine Austen is struggling to resist her sweet tooth. But this year, her once humdrum…

Death of a Pumpkin Carver (Hayley Powell Mystery #8)

For Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Halloween is all about costume parties and holiday treats-until a killer crashes the party... This Halloween, Hayley can’t…

Death of a Wicked Witch (Hayley Powell Mystery #13)

Bar Harbor, Maine, is quieter in the off-season, but the population has just increased a bit with the arrival of Ted and Trudy Lancaster. Ted’s taking over for a retiring minister, and Trudy runs…

Decaffeinated Scandal (Killer Coffee Mystery #5)

Corn maze, apple bobbing, and pumpkin carvings are a few of the things tourists, who are visiting Honey Springs Halloween Extravaganza, are expecting to see. But when a dead body is discovered on…

Deja Diva (Zoe Donovan Mystery #34)

Amongst the frenzy of Halloween decorating and Haunted Hamlet planning, Zoe's arch nemesis Claudia Lotherman is back intent on playing a game of cat and mouse with her favorite amateur sleuth.


Delicious Mischief (Rylie Keyes Mystery #2)

PI-in-training Rylie Keyes just can't catch a break. While decked out in a Baconaise costume and handing out foot-long chocolate bars at a Halloween party, she's attacked by a costumed gorilla--…

Designed For Haunting (Aurora Anderson Mystery #4)

October brings a message from Beyond The Grave...

Halloween is fast approaching in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, home of computer programmer and tole-painting…

Dessert is the Bomb (Cookies & Chance Mystery #11)

Baker turned sometimes-sleuth Sally Muccio has always loved Halloween, but this year she has more on her mind than ghosts and goblins. In addition to catering a party at her wacky father’s funeral…

Died to Match (Carnegie Kincaid Mystery Series #2)

Luke Skywalker is juggling martini glasses. Albert Einstein is dirty-dancing with Monica Lewinsky. And Zorro is furiously arguing with Death himself... Just another night's work for wedding…

Digging Up the Remains (Garden Squad Mystery #3)

Between hosting a haunted house on her lawn, serving on the town’s 400th Anniversary Planning Committee, and prepping for the Fall Festival’s 10k fundraiser, Lilly’s hands are full. She doesn’t…

Drawn and Buttered (Lobster Shack Mystery #3)

The Lazy Mermaid’s business has slowed to a snail’s pace―until a monster lobster claws his way onto the scene… With high season behind them, ballerina on-the-mend Allie Larkin and Aunt Gully are…

Fatal Fudge Swirl (Ice Cream Shop #3)

Former CIA librarian and amateur sleuth Riley Rhodes is loving her fresh start as the manager of the Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop. The leaves are turning, tourists are leaf-peeping, and…

Fiber and Brimstone (Scrapbooking Series #8)

Scrapbook maven Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava create giant puppets for the French Quarter’s Monsters and Mayhem parade. But as blood-curdling screams pierce the night, they discover that the…

Five Dog Voodoo (Mae December Mystery #5)

As Halloween approaches, engaged couple Mae December and Sheriff Ben Bradley have devoted all their energy to Ben’s campaign for reelection as sheriff of Rose County, Tennessee. The race is…

Frankencat (Whales and Tails Mystery #13)

Cait and Tara are holding a book club meeting at Coffee Cat Books the week before Halloween. There are twelve participants reading Frankenstein as a storm rolls in. The storm intensifies and the…

Frill Kill (Scrapbooking Series #5)

With Halloween barely a week away, things are spookier than ever in New Orleans. A party at Juju Voodoo draws a fabulous throng, and Carmela's friend Ava has hired a sexy tarot card reader named…

Fudge Bites (Candy Coated Mystery #7)

Halloween on Mackinac Island is a season of fun tricks, but finding a corpse is no treat for fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy... NIGHT OF THE REALLY DEAD It’s late October, off-season for tourists…

Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen Series #5)

It's nearing Halloween and bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can't keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused,…

Ghastly Glass (Renaissance Faire Mystery Series #2)

At her glass-blowing apprenticeship, Renaissance reveler Jessie Morton’s crabby boss and his creepy nephew are causing her problems. But when the man playing the Grim Reaper is killed, Jess has to…