Genres : Amateur Sleuth

Is there anything more unsettling than the inability to trust your own senses? Dwayne Morrow is about to find out…Recent events in West Virginia have left Dwayne in a fragile state of mind. His recollections of those final hours are blurry at best, and while he knows what he wants to believe, he’s bound by a promise not to investigate any further. Despite the patience and support from friends and family, he finds himself hobbled by despair, unable to fully...

The coastal Oregon town of Rainbow Falls might be sleepy, but it’s definitely not innocent...True crime junkie and graphic designer Annie Abbott is convinced nothing exciting will happen while she’s house-sitting her parents’ home in Rainbow Falls, Oregon. Sure, the town has more coffee shops than people, but crime? Not so much.But that’s before a seemingly feral cat gives birth in her garage, prompting a call to the very handsome, very single town vet. Just as their romance starts heating...

First, no coffee. Then a dead guy. This is one killer vacation.I thought being forced into a Mother’s Day trip with my entire family on the Oregon Coast was bad. Then came the dead bodies.Turns out Mom’s cozy vacation spot kept its high murder count a secret.So I’m stuck in a death trap.Either I can play detective for a few days or follow Mom’s perfect schedule. Detective it is. But is my vacation long enough to solve a couple years’...

A missing woman. A haunted lighthouse. A scavenger hunt hiding deadly secrets.#Vanlife is supposed to be about freedom, not murder. But when ghost-plagued sleuth Piper Ashwood rolls into their hometown in a tricked-out campervan, they’re not just back for an awkward family funeral—another cryptic postcard has arrived, and it might finally lead them to the truth about their missing wife.Then, a local librarian vanishes on the eve of the town’s legendary scavenger hunt, and Piper finds themself tangled in a...

"A nonstop suspense thriller with an amazing cast of characters." --NetGalleyHistorian Wrenn Grayson arrives at the Rosemont mansion expecting to receive payment for her services from the mansion's new owner, Clay Addison. That expectation dies when she and Clay find Trey Rosemont murdered on the foyer floor. Across town, police officers race to Eastwood University. Priceless Egyptian artifacts were stolen from the history department safe. Wrenn's longtime love, Eastwood professor Gideon Douglas, heads the department. Only recovery of the artifacts...

Out on a limb for a killer!In the whimsical small town of Bisque, filled with fur babies and friendly faces, the unthinkable can still happen, and somewhere a body drops. But also in Bisque, Sir Percival, a dapper cat detective with a gentleman’s code, stands sentinel.One fateful night, amid Christmas lights and glittering snowflakes, Sir Percival’s vigilant gaze spots an intruder in dark shadows, silently stalking the home of a neighbor where a spirited little dog resides. But following the...

When Kara returns home to revive a shuttered newspaper, she finds more than dust and silence. Haunted by whispers, cold rooms, and a missing reporter, she digs into a mystery the town wants buried. A stranger watches her every move. Some secrets were never meant to be uncovered.

Everyone came to hear Helena Marsh read murder. No one expected to witness one.When the bestselling mystery author arrives in Mapleoak for a bookshop reading event, the Murder Mystery Book Club is beside themselves with excitement. Twenty-four hours later, Helena is found dead — crushed beneath a fallen bookcase in her seaside rental cottage.With the town’s real detective inconveniently out of state, the club finally has its moment.Helena had enemies and plenty of them.A scorned ex-lover hiding secrets.A furious rival...

Morris Drummond is not at his best. Well, he hasn't been at his best for a while now. But having just suffered two crushing losses, he's almost at rock bottom, which for him means driving ride-share in his mom's beat up Chevy, drowning his sorrows in tacos and spray cheese, and avoiding anything related to ambition, self-care, or laundry.Morris is about to learn that he didn't even know what rock bottom looked like, and it's all thanks to his mom....

MAY YOUR CHRISTMAS BE CHERRY AND ALBRIGHT... From The Wall Street Journal bestselling author Larissa Reinhart, a Rashomon-styled Christmas mystery starring two of her best-selling heroines. While Cherry Tucker suffers from flu-induced visions of murder, Maizie Albright's on the hunt for a missing granddaughter whose criminal stockings have long been filled with coal. “It was fun watching Maize and Cherry do what they do best, helping each other, indirectly, along the way in this engagingly entertaining drama. I look forward...