Genres : Mystery

This box set contains 3 volumes in the series, books 1 to 3. BETTER A WIDOW When wealthy industrialist Harold Thorndyke dies suddenly in his bed, it’s ruled a tragic heart attack—just another casualty of his failing health. But when private investigator Blake Lane is hired by Harold’s sister, Margaret, to dig deeper, he discovers that the truth is anything but natural. What this the perfect murder? With the glamorous yet volatile ex-cabaret girl Lila Thorndyke, Harold’s much younger widow,...

If you like mysteries with a hint of romance... When Marion and Ruth open their salon, just as they do every morning, they’re horrified to discover a corpse seated in a styling chair. The police determine that the cause of death is strangulation. The murderer has to be someone from Chippingville, someone who knows Marion and Ruth. In their quest to discover the truth, they receive the unexpected help of their hair salon's clients, and that of the attractive village...

What if he’s just not that into you because he’s already dead? With the newly promoted Sergeant Walker away in Edinburgh, Mary Plunkett has decided to put on her big girl pants and tackle the dating scene. Things have changed a little since she last donned her low-waisted jeans and took someone out to the Dancing. Against all odds, she ends up meeting someone she actually likes. Then the worst thing possible happens: she is ghosted. Of course, everyone knows...

"My name is Jules Hooker. I have lived through a few crappy moments in my life—and with a name like Hooker, you can just imagine—but nothing, nothing, compares to the two intensely and world-shatteringly crappy things that happened to me this last June. Three, I guess, if you count Gilbert. After my boyfriend dumped me on the day I thought he was going to propose, I’d have to say two other really bad things happened last June. The first would...

In 1946, as Los Angeles shifts from war to peace, struggling P.I. Kit Comfort and her partner, notorious ex-cop Henry Richman, can't afford to say no, even when the job involves a lovelorn secretary and her wayward Army vet lover. Their routine missing persons case soon takes a deadly turn, however, when the trail leads to a cabal of fifth columnists and government agents with a secret agenda. As ethical lines blur, the detectives find themselves in a desperate race...

A high school nemesis. A misuse of powers. And an unexpected consequence. Sixteen-year-old Charley Cooper is furious when her cousin Danu uses her powers to get back at a high school nemesis without considering the consequences. When someone attacks the other girl and she ends up in a coma, Danu becomes the prime suspect. As annoyed as she is at her cousin, Charley doesn't want her to go down for something she didn't do. Even though Charley has never had...

Forbidden from pursuing her calling, Shadow Holmes, the great-granddaughter of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older—and smarter—brother, works for her father selling real estate in Miami. To compound matters, Shadow has no idea her father is the director of The Bee, a clandestine British spy agency, until she and her parents are poisoned by the bewitching—and decidedly evil— Professor Jane Moriarty. Enter Watson, our charming canine raconteur with a Holmesian mystery of his own, Tuesday Hudson, Sherlock’s stoned granddaughter, and Inspector Archie...

Suspense in Paradise. Dive into an atypical mystery tale in Amish Country by R. F. Whong, named a 2025 Featured Author by Minnesota Anoka County Library. Amazon reviews: “I have never read a book as unique as this one. The details honestly make it one of a kind.”

A murder mystery from Northern Ireland that will keep you glued to the page! "Thrilling...evocative...spellbinding! Read it today!" - Amazon Reviewer Belfast 2020. When the dead body of a respected Bishop is found in his office, the entire community of East Belfast is shocked. But this isn't any ordinary murder. The Bishop was stripped naked, and his limbs twisted in certain shapes...Inspector Jim Sheehan of the East Belfast Major Crimes Unit, is called in to investigate. The more he digs...

A harvest festival, excellent food, and a murder. Now that Ivy runs the only diner in Muddy Creek, she has her hands full. When her friend Darcy asks for help in solving the mystery of her missing husband, Ivy can’t refuse. Despite his disappearance five years ago and the fact that the police never expected foul play, Ivy is determined to find the truth. With the help of José and Boyd, Ivy will leave no stone unturned. When Ivy receives...