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Popcorn, movie nights…and a scream that won’t fade into the credits. Sugar Creek’s summer movie nights promise picnics, laughter, and The Cookie Company’s new Cookies & Cream Sandwiches—until opening night turns deadly. Town treasurer Gerald Knox is found murdered behind the screen, a half-eaten cookie in his hand. Now the Harpers are under suspicion. Determined to clear their bakery’s name, Lilianna and Remi dive into small-town grudges, movie club drama, and long-buried financial secrets. But in Sugar Creek, everyone has something to hide—and someone is willing to kill to ...

Autumn has settled over Acorn Falls, and the Sweater Weather Café is alive with cinnamon rolls, gossip, and Maple Tipton’s famous pumpkin lattes. Maple and her oh-so-handsome partner, Kelly, crave a peaceful season—but when a bloody handprint appears on the café door and a college professor turns up dead, tranquility goes out the window. Between jealous colleagues, secret affairs, and scheming students, Maple finds herself in the middle of another murder. With Kelly’s wit and a dash of courage, she’ll need to uncover the killer before her cozy café becomes a crime scene. Warm, ...

A quiet weekend was all Becky wanted. Instead, she found another truth no one else wanted uncovered. Hoping for rest and distance from her growing reputation, Becky leaves Briar Hollow for a simple RV getaway by the lake. Campfires crackle, neighbors smile—and then a camper is found dead, stabbed with a kitchen knife. With the campground locked down and fear spreading fast, Becky once again finds herself noticing the details others overlook. What begins as a petty dispute soon reveals something far darker—secrets the victim carried with him and a killer who planned to vanish without a ...

In Briar Hollow, everyone knew who the killer was—until the truth proved them wrong. When Becky Bennett arrives in the lakeside town hoping for a quiet fresh start, she doesn’t expect to stumble into a murder that the entire community is eager to solve quickly—and conveniently. After a beloved man is found dead behind his rose garden, suspicion falls fast on the grieving wife. The town accepts the story without question. But something about it doesn’t sit right with Becky. As whispers turn into certainty and pressure mounts to stop asking questions, Becky discovers that truth is far...

In the frost-bitten town of Frosthaven, the retreating ice has finally given up its most dangerous secret. When a melting glacier reveals the skeletal remains of the legendary Northern Star shipwreck, the community is electrified by rumors of stolen gold. But the excitement turns to dread when beloved local historian Silas Frost vanishes without a trace. Amateur investigator Maggie Calloway isn't one to sit by the fire while a neighbor is in trouble, especially when Silas’s granddaughter comes pleading for help. As Maggie digs into the historian’s research, a shadow falls over the ...

A glamorous spa. A secret buried in steam. A small-town journalist with a golden retriever who won't stop digging for the truth. Caroline Meadows returns to Maple Falls, Connecticut, seeking peace and a fresh start in her late aunt’s cozy cottage—alongside her loyal golden retriever, Sherlock. But when the town’s beloved spa owner is found dead in the aromatherapy room, tranquility gives way to trouble. The police suspect a tragic accident. Caroline suspects something far more sinister. As she uncovers scandals simmering beneath the surface—from blackmail and betrayal to a secret ...

When autumn arrives in Maple Hollow, Vermont, the air smells of apples, cinnamon—and secrets. Loretta Lockwood, innkeeper of the cozy Maple Cabin Inn, is ready to enjoy the Apple Harvest Festival… until a tragic accident at the local cider mill turns deadly. With her sharp wit, loyal friends, and a nose for the truth, Loretta uncovers a web of sabotage, stolen recipes, and small-town rivalries bubbling beneath the surface. As the leaves fall and the cider flows, she’ll need to press for answers before greed spoils everything Henry Beckett built. Perfect for fans of Ellie Alexander and...

If you liked Desperate Housewives, and you get the warm and fuzzies over cozy culinary mysteries, you will love Chicken Pot Pride! When sixty-something empty nester Nessie Stewart launches Casserole Confessions—a quirky little business where she delivers homemade dishes and listens to her neighbors spill their secrets—she expects gossip, not homicide. But when a body is found in her client’s freezer, Chesterfield’s whispers turn into a full-blown scandal. Every casserole she delivers comes with a confession attached, and every alibi seems shakier than the town’s rickety book-club ...

Someone in Buttercream Bay wants Piper Malone out of the competition… and they’re willing to steal a whole batch of honey buns to prove it. When Piper debuts her new Honey Bun Bliss Roll, business is sweeter than ever—until a masked thief crashes a private tasting and steals her entire batch, leaving behind a chilling ransom-style note. Suddenly Piper’s cozy winter season is drizzled with danger. As threats escalate, sabotaged deliveries multiply, and jars of warning-label honey appear on her doorstep, Piper teams up with Logan, Tessa, and her troublemaking cat Churro to uncover the...

In Orange Falls, even the sweetest “yes, ma’am” can hide a whole heap of murder. When Daisy Peterson moves into her sister’s antebellum home, she expects sweet tea, porch swings, and maybe a little small-town gossip. What she finds instead is a secret basement book club where homeschool moms dissect true crime—and a member who turns up dead. Magnolia Harper was digging into church finances and a too-perfect riverfront deal. Now she’s gone, her death ruled an accident. Daisy isn’t buying it. As whispers grow louder and reputations begin to crack, Daisy uncovers a carefully ...

Maple and Kelly are back at it—proving once again that in Acorn Falls, even the coziest café can’t escape a little chaos. Trouble seems drawn to the Sweater Weather Café like cream to coffee, and this time, it’s personal. When a big-city publisher asks Maple to write a true-crime memoir about her famous cold-case sleuthing, she’s ready to trade clues for cappuccinos—until a desperate stranger walks in with a decades-old mystery. Now Maple’s writing her book and solving a disappearance that someone would kill to keep secret. Between latte foam, local gossip, and one very ...

The Whitcombs’ annual Christmas Eve gala is the highlight of the season—glittering chandeliers, champagne toasts, and gossip flowing faster than eggnog. But when a blizzard traps Grandeur’s elite inside the mansion and a wealthy developer turns up dead beneath the tree, the party becomes a deadly game of secrets. Hannah Green reluctantly steps into the role of amateur sleuth, but Peppermint the Yorkie is already sniffing out the truth. From dragging a satin glove out from under the Christmas tree to growling at false alibis, Peppermint’s pawprints are all over the case. Everyone in ...

One last summer. One last murder. And one final mystery in Cliff’s Cove. Welcome back to Cliff’s Cove, Maine—where lobster rolls are buttery, the gossip is salty, and trouble always seems to find sisters Becky and Lisa McAllister. As they reopen their beloved food truck, Let’s Lobstah!, for what should be a peaceful summer, the town’s biggest festival turns deadly when a celebrity chef is found murdered. With the whole harbor buzzing and old secrets rising to the surface, Becky and Lisa must untangle a final recipe for revenge before the killer strikes again. With Detective ...

Winter Falls’ Founders’ Day celebration brings colonial reenactments, antique displays—and an alarming discovery when Holly finds her shop has been used to stash a missing town heirloom alongside a pile of hard tack. While police focus on outsiders, Holly quietly studies the community she knows so well, following whispers of old grudges and property disputes. With Muffin at her side and Lindsay offering support, Holly uncovers a trespasser with roots deep in Winter Falls’ past. The final reveal is classic cozy: a tense confrontation where Holly uses logic, history, and calm resolve ...

A garden party, a zesty cookie…and a collapse that hides something far more sinister. Spring has barely arrived in Sugar Creek when The Cookie Company debuts its Lemon Drop Cookies. But during a charming garden party, a guest collapses near the hedges—and it quickly becomes clear it wasn’t the cookies that killed them. Now the death is being called murder…and somehow, suspicion still lands on Lilianna and Remi Harper. Determined to clear their name, the mother-daughter duo dig into gossipy neighbors, bitter rivalries, and secrets hiding behind perfect lawns. As they peel back layers...

When a beloved librarian collapses at Acorn Falls’ Autumn Book Festival, Maple’s quiet life turns into a full-blown whodunit. Poor Maple can’t run fast enough to escape being the town’s modern-day Angela Lansbury! With her sharp-tongued and handsome partner, Kelly, and loyal friend Honey by her side, Maple dives into a swirl of lattes, lies, and local gossip to catch a killer before the next victim takes a final sip. Perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Murder, She Wrote, Murder is Sticky Business is a warm, witty, and deliciously twisty cozy mystery brewed for fall nights and ...

The Winter Falls Holiday Market is the highlight of the season—until beloved vendor Lila Jameson collapses after sampling her own peppermint bark. The police suspect food poisoning, but Holly notices small details others miss: tampered packaging, tense rivalries between vendors, and a missing delivery slip. As she interviews townsfolk under the guise of “curiosity,” she pieces together a case involving ambition, jealousy, and financial ruin. By the final chapters, Holly unmasks the saboteur at the market’s closing ceremony, using her quick thinking and attention to detail.

At the Cliff’s Cove Chowder Cook-Off, the competition is fierce… but this year it’s downright deadly. Business is booming for Becky and Lisa McAllister, the lobster-loving sisters behind the Let’s Lobstah! food truck. But when a rival chef collapses during the town’s annual chowder competition—and someone swaps the sisters’ secret ingredient for poison—the McAllisters suddenly find themselves as the main course in a very messy scandal. With their food truck shut down by the health inspector and suspicion bubbling straight toward them, Becky and Lisa must sift through a stew ...

A small town. A school scandal. A deadly secret hidden in the music. When Caroline returns to Maple Falls, Connecticut, she expects charming concerts—not murder. But when beloved music teacher Harlan Chase is found dead on the auditorium stage, Caroline and her loyal golden retriever Sherlock find themselves unraveling a decades-old embezzlement scheme that someone is willing to kill to keep buried. As Caroline digs deeper, whispers of corruption, buried financial secrets, and old rivalries surface. With the town divided and danger closing in, Caroline must follow every note of the ...

When snow blankets Maple Hollow, Loretta Lockwood’s cozy Maple Cabin Inn should be filled with warmth, laughter, and the scent of fresh-baked muffins. But when a famous food critic collapses after tasting one of Loretta’s maple muffins, a storm far colder than winter sweeps through town. With the Bakers’ Guild in chaos, old rivalries rising, and her late Aunt Mae’s secret recipes resurfacing, Hazel must uncover the truth before the scent of scandal sticks for good. Joined by her sharp-tongued best friend Birdie and the ever-steady Jonas, Loretta stirs through layers of deceit, ...