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Heavenly Highland Inn Mystery Series

Cindy Bell writes the Heavenly Highland Inn Mystery series which started in 2013 and is set in New York. It features Vicky and her aunt Ida who, along with Vicky's sister run an Inn. Everything is finally starting to come together for Vicky. She…

Hemlock Falls

Sarah Quilliam, manager of the Hemlock Falls Inn, and her chef sister, Meg live in the state of New York and solve murders. Books are still being written for this series, however the series started in 1994 and some of the earlier books are not…

Irina Curtius Mystery Series

Susan Bernhardt writes the Irina Curtius Mystery Series which started in October 2020 and is set in Manhattan.  It features Irina Curtius, a retired ballet dancer living on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.  Irina runs a ballet studio for young…

Lickety Splits Mystery Series

Cynthia Baxter writes the Lickety Splits Mystery Series which started in March 2018 and is set in New York. Kate McKay had doubts about swapping her high-powered life in Manhattan for Wolfert’s Roost, the quaint Hudson Valley village where she…

Life Coach Mystery Series

Victoria Laurie writes the Life Coach Mystery Series which started in October 2019 and is set in the Hamptons in New York. When Life Coach Catherine Cooper settles in the Hamptons on the heels of a nasty split from her long-time husband, the…

Merry Muffin Mystery Series

Victoria Hamilton writes the Merry Muffin Mystery Series which started in September 2013 and takes place in New York. It features expert muffin baker Merry Wynter. Merry is making a fresh start in small-town Autumn Vale, New York, in the mansion…

Microbrewing Series

Lesley Diehl writes the The Microbrewing Series which started in 2010 and is set in New York. It features Master Brewer Hera Knightsbridge. Follow Hera as she carries on her late father's work of creating excellent specialty brews in her small…

Miss Prentice Mystery Series

Ellen Kennedy writes the Miss Prentice Mystery series which started in 2012 and is set in the Adirondacks in New York. It features Amelia Prentice, fortyish high school English teacher who solves murders. In the first book the victim’s mother…

Molly Murphy Mystery Series

Molly Murphy always knew she’d end up in trouble, just as her mother predicted. So, when she commits murder in self-defense, she flees her cherished Ireland, and her identity, for the anonymous shores of America.


Mystery with Recipes Series

Isis Crawford aka Barbara Block, writes the Mystery with Recipes Series which started in 2003 and is set in New York. It features sisters Bernie & Libby Simmons. They own a catering and bake shop, A Little Taste of Heaven. Tender hearted…

Natural Remedies Mystery Series

Chrystle Fiedler writes the Natural Remedies Mystery series which started in February 2013 and takes place in Long Island, New York. It features twenty-eight-year-old naturopathic doctor Willow McQuade, N.D. who takes a holistic approach and…

Paint by Murder Mystery Series

Bailee Abbott writes the Paint by Murder Mystery Series which started in October 2021 and is set in New York.  A quiet lakeside town in western New York state is the new home of Manhattan artist Chloe Abbington and the…

Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series

Mary Ellen Hughes writes the Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series which started in May 2014 and is sets in New York. Meet Piper Lamb, who’s returned to Cloverdale, New York, the scene of many, happy childhood summers, to indulge her simmering…

Portrait of Crime Mystery Series

This series started in 2010 and is set in New York. It features Rory McBain who is a police sketch artist. She inherited her uncle's Victorian house and detective business. After Rory moves into her new home she soon meets her permanent resident…

Proverbial Crime Mystery Series

Dane McCaslin writes the Proverbial Crime Mystery series which started in 2015 and is set in New York. It features two British expats, Caro Layton-Browning, an accomplished writer of mysteries and her husband Gregory... together they solve…

Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series

Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Series features veterinarian Jessica Popper and her 4 legged friends, Westie, Max, Lou the Dalmatian, aging pussycat Catherine the Great, Tinkerbell, a tiger kitten, Prometheus, a Blue and Gold Macaw and a…

Scarlet Wilson Mystery Series

Sara Barton writes the Scarlet Wilson Mystery series which started in 2013 and is set in Connecticut. It features funny, feisty innkeeper/amateur sleuth Scarlet Wilson and her gang at the cozy, pet-friendly Four Acorns Inn. It's a multi-…

Stained Glass Mystery Series

Jennifer McAndrews writes the Stained Glass Mystery series which is set in New York and started in July 2014. It features Georgia Kelly. Stained-glass aficionado Georgia Kelly packed up her city life for the quiet of small town Wenwood, New York…

Sunset Lodge Mystery Series

Diana Xarissa writes the Sunset Lodge Mystery Series which started in July 2022 and is set in New York. Abigail and Amanda (Mandy) Clark decide to give up life in the big city and buy a historic lodge in New York’s…

Teapot Collecting Mystery Series

Amanda Cooper (aka Victoria Hamilton, Donna Lee Simpson) writes the Teapot Collecting Mystery Series which started in June 2014. It's set in New York. Tucked away in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York is the charming town of Gracious…

Troy Chance Mysteries

Sara J. Henry writes the Troy Chance Mystery series which started in 2011 and takes place in New York. It features Troy Chance, a young journalist who lives in Lake Placid New York. There are many twists and turns in the novels in this series.…

Veronica Walsh Mystery Series

Jeanne Quigley writes the Veronica Walsh Mystery series which started in May 2014 and is set in New York. It features soap opera diva Veronica Walsh whose series is canceled. At 54-years-old she finds herself without a job for the first time in…

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…

Wine Trail Mystery Series

J.C. Eaton writes the Wine Trail Mystery Series which is set in New York. It features Norrie Ellington who is a successful screenwriter living in New York City. She’s also been a silent partner for her family’s winery upstate—until her sister and…

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…