It's the season of peace on earth and goodwill toward men except at R&P Labs, which has been drawn into the middle of a feud between two Seattle seafood restaurants. A customer has died from an unusual form of food poisoning found in oysters and the restaurant where he had his last meal is in trouble. So is R&P, which had just tested their food and given them a clean bill of health. So as Christmas approaches, the R&P team -- Rob, Phil, Ellis, Virginia...

What is Agatha Harley to do when a decades old secret about an unsolved murder is revealed to her? When the source is her dear, elderly neighbor who suffers with memory lapses, Agatha finds herself back at odds with her closest friends. Hank Davidson and Sheriff Reggie Coil are skeptical because the case had previously been investigated. Agatha's faith in her friend pushes her towards the truth. Even if she has to go it alone this time. Hank, a champion...

Book four of Murders by Design Interior designer Deva Dunne finds more than fabulous furnishings on her trip to the design mall; she and her client come upon the body of one of Deva's favorite shop owners, swinging from the atrium railing. It looks like suicide, but Deva feels sure that the purveyor of Florida's finest antiques would never leap to his death from a tacky blue stool. Deva's boyfriend, studly and stoic police lieutenant Victor Rossi,...

When three friends and co-workers stumble upon a murder, they decide to hide the body until they can find their kidnapped Pastor before he meets the same fate. With humor and a little love along the way, the newly formed D.I.C.KS., Dames Investigating Crimes and Killers, stumble upon a prescription drug ring that leads them to break and enter buildings, follow criminals to an adult bookstore, and be betrayed by the most unlikely of suspects.

Small-town drama catches bookstore/bistro owners Fay Lynn and Gayla when their best friend is falsely accused of murdering the mayor -- the man everyone in town loved to hate.Now, as they work together to solve another mystery, new secrets come out into the light. Will one of secrets be the end of Fay Lynn?

When Professor Molly investigates a mysterious paddling accident, she discovers it isn't just business majors who cheat to get what they want. Whether it's moving up in the college rankings, getting a seat in the big canoe race, or just looking out for themselves, some people will do whatever it takes to sink the competition.

You don't have to be Jewish to love Rose Kaplan, the sharp-witted senior sleuth in "Mrs. Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death," and her loyal sidekick Ida. You just have to love a geriatric mixture of murder, mystery, and laugh-out-loud humor, Holmes and Watson with a touch of Lucy and Ethel (and the occasional Yiddish curse). Mrs. K wins the honor of preparing her famous matzoh ball soup for her retirement home's Passover seder. But when Bertha Finkelstein...

Interior designer Jilly is grieving the loss of her parents and trying to figure out what to do with the business they built. Leaving behind New York and her fiancé at Christmas, she retreats to the private island of Turtle Cay to try and mend her broken heart. This is where she felt closest to her mom and dad. She finds the peace she is so desperately searching for, but also the mystery surrounding her parents. She tries to get answers but they...

A grieving artist, a smitten detective, a devious killer: You never know who you'll meet at the dog park.Would you recognize a killer if you talked to one every day? Artist Lia Anderson doesn't. Neither do her friends at the Mount Airy Dog Park. When the apparent suicide of Lia's deadbeat boyfriend brings Detective Peter Dourson to Mount Airy Dog Park, he decides to adopt the dead man's dog to infiltrate the tight group he's certain conceals Luthor...

Hoagy discovers a rock god's deadly side is more than an act. From the first time they played on the Ed Sullivan Show, Us was the hottest band on earth. For more than a decade, the group tore through the charts and indulged in an endless cycle of drugs, women, and violence, until two musicians died, the drummer by drugs, the guitarist by a crazed gunman. Once the band was finished, lead singer Tristam Scarr retreated to the English countryside, hiding...