Genres : Amateur Sleuth

A former rodeo queen turned paralegal.A criminal attorney with a soft spot for lost causes.To find a missing girl, Emily and Jack will have to team up for one wild ride.“Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense. Hutchins has done it again!” — Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business
Dumped by her husband for a man, ex-rodeo queen Emily Bernal yearns for a fresh start. When a handsome local attorney named Jack offers her a gig, she's not sure...

A dead developer. A prize display ruined. Chaos unfolds. Yesterday, florist Lila Jennings argued with Maplewood’s most-hated developer. Today, he’s dead. Right in the middle of her prize display. Her best friend Lucy spins stories faster than a potter’s wheel. While the bulldog-loving neighbor with a knack for showing up at the right time can’t resist joining in. Meanwhile, Clementine the cat and Tank the bulldog unearth more than bones and biscuits. And soon the suspect list stretches longer than...

When photographer Connor Barrett discovers a puzzling artifact in the museum at Mesa Verde, he asks anthropologist Jill Larkin to help interpret his discovery and to locate other examples of the artifact. Their search takes them to New Mexico, Washington, D.C., Kenya, Italy, and Austria. The more they learn, the more concerned they become about the terrifying powers of the talismans they have collected.

Welcome to Citrus Beach! Where the balmy breezes carry secrets as potent as the tangerine sunsets.Under the ever-watchful eye of the Floridian sun, where retirees come to play bingo and tourists leave with sunburned noses, lies a little mystery that's about to cause a big stir. "Murder for Neptune's Trident" isn't your average beach read—it's the kind of book that sneaks up on you like a seagull eyeing your lunch.Enter Megan Cassidy, a local businesswoman whose to-do list never included...

Welcome to Silver Pines—where the coffee’s strong, the locals are quirky, and even the furniture has secrets.After years away, Clare Garner is back in her hometown, happily restoring antique pieces and running her family’s furniture gallery. With her high school sweetheart, Jackson Barrett, by her side and a big corporate project on the horizon, life is finally falling into place.That is, until Blake Catalano—her swoon-worthy college ex—waltzes back into town with a smile and something he’s definitely not telling her.Things...

A dead womanizer. A friend suspected of murder. And a teacher turned sleuth.In Willow, Ohio, English teacher Kendra Clayton craves more than dateless nights spent grading papers. And boy does she get it when her friend Bernie's boyfriend, Jordan, a notorious womanizer, is brutally murdered, and both she and Kendra become suspects. Kendra can only save herself—and the friend she believes is innocent—by doing some investigating of her own.But between Jordan's past and present conquests—and a chain of emptied wallets...

Just another cozy mountain town or one with elemental magic and hidden agendas under the surfaceAutumn assumed she would lead a normal life as an earth and air witch. Running a paper shop with her cousin, Simone, on Main Street, they handed out the perfect messages and comforting items that each of their customers needed.That is, until the stormy fall equinox brings the foreshadowing dream of a handsome stranger, leading Autumn to find her Gran suddenly dead. As she pieces...

Review of Book One, Dead End: "A Page Turner! A perfect curl-up-with-a-cuppa-something hot-and-read-until-you-get-to-the-last-page mystery. Real, honest and believable characters, good dialogue, with detail enough for great settings. And every good murder mystery needs a Wally!"Dead End: A Kaitlyn Willis Mystery by Leslie J. HallWhat if Stephanie Plum worked with the cast of “Parks and Recreation”?Kaitlyn Willis’s job as a Code Enforcement Officer usually involves writing tickets for untrimmed trees and cars parked on the suburban lawns of Cedar Grove, Washington....

Emily Hayes used to be a tenured psychology professor with a corner office and a thriving marriage. Now she’s divorced, unemployed, and living in a shoebox apartment that smells faintly of despair. Her only hobby? Late-night arguments about ghost sightings on a paranormal forum with a woman who reads tarot in dive bars.That woman—Juniper Quimby—owns exactly one leather jacket, lives out of a van painted with moon phases, and has “commitment issues” tattooed across her entire personality. Together, they’ve decided...

Murder, Magic & Mayhem in Good Fortune!Jessica Lavender never wanted to be a witch, but fate—and her sassy cat familiar—had other plans. Running a potion shop is challenging enough when you can barely brew a proper potion. Add in a spirited (literally) mother, an overzealous assistant, and a town buzzing with secrets, and Jess has her hands full.When a shocking death shakes Good Fortune, Jess is pulled into a tangled web of lies and danger. A friend is accused of...