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A Book to Kill For

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:40:21 +0300

A quiet book lover falls for a rugged carpenter...who doesn't even like to read?!?

Maggie Bell loves working at a bookshop in the charming town of Fair Haven, Connecticut. After her beloved boss passes away, his son, Joshua Whitfield, comes into town and turns Maggie's world upside down. He wants to turn part of the store into a cafe and sell books about vampires and silly romances. Maggie is horrified.

But when an electrician is killed in the middle of the bookshop renovations, Joshua is the prime suspect. Maggie must put their differences aside to clear his name. She finds herself becoming more and more attracted to Joshua. Can a mousy bookworm really fall in love with a rugged carpenter who doesn't even like to read?

The first book in a new cozy mystery series by 3x USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin

Granny Goes Rogue

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 15:40:57 +0300

Retired secret agent Barbara Gold's biggest challenge is finding a birthday present cool enough for her teenage grandson... until a dead body drops into her shopping cart inside Cheerville's new high-tech big-box store.

Suddenly, Barbara is pulled back into the action and thrill she used to love in her working years—CIA involvement, shadowy figures, mysterious deaths, missing loot, and a chance for her to make a difference.

Read the hilarious 8th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series.

Cape Bay Cafe Mystery 10 - Punch, Pastries, and Poison

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:30:47 +0300

From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the highly anticipated 10th book in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries

Fran throws Matt a birthday party at the cafe and invites all of Cape Bay to attend. Halfway into the party, many of the guests become sick, and some end up in the ER. Fran fears the cause was food poisoning, but Detective Mike Stanton informs her that it was actual poison—someone at the party intentionally poisoned the pastries or punch.

Did the perp mean to target one person or to hurt as many people as possible? Did they want to shut down the cafe and destroy her business? Was it someone she knew or a sick stranger? Whoever it was, Fran had likely met the culprit at her party. And that makes her shudder.

When another partygoer ends up dead days later, Fran is on high alert. She must find the murderer before anyone else gets hurt.

Includes special recipes

Punch, Pastries, and Poison

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:30:48 +0300

From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the highly anticipated 10th book in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries

When another partygoer ends up dead days later, Fran is on high alert. She must find the murderer before anyone else gets hurt.

Includes special recipes

Granny Burns Rubber

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:06:20 +0300

I'm Barbara Gold. Age: 71. Height: 5'5". Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: Undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired CIA agent, widow, and grandmother.Liz, a friend Barbara met during her undercover stint at Cheerville’s nudist colony, is getting married. When Barbara accompanies Liz to plan the wedding, the wedding planner is shot dead at the venue. Barbara knows that bullet was intended for Liz, but why? Liz has secrets of her own, and her colorful past is catching up with her and threatening her new peaceful life. Even though Barbara is in the dark about who Liz used to work for, she knows she has to help her friend using her CIA skills and connections.Read the action-packed 10th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series.keywords:senior sleuths cozy mysterysecret agent thrillerretired CIA agentCIA training humorfunny novella mysterynew cozy mystery seriesquick read

Lies in Savannah

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 01:30:44 +0300

Savannah, Georgia, 1922

Becky Mackenzie is certain she knows who poisoned the judge in a pie-eating contest at an annual festival in Savannah. After a bit of snooping, she's shocked to learn her father is mixed up in all of this. Could it also be true that he has been stepping out on her mother?

On top of that, there's trouble in paradise with Adam. Becky has bad luck. Even Madame Cecelia is afraid to tell her what her latest Tarot card reading means. All of her relationships are in shambles, and even the ghosts in the cemetery are avoiding her. Can Becky get out of her jams in time to solve another creepy murder?

Set in the Jazz Age of speakeasies and flappers in beautiful and gothic Savannah, Georgia, The Southern Sleuth series will charm your hats off.

A Death Before the Wedding

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:20:50 +0300

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin

Bride-to-be Amelia Harley has a second cupcake truck to renovate and a second wedding to plan. When she visits a wedding venue called The Old Barn, the proprietor gets stabbed and left to die. Any one of the people on the estate could have been the killer.
Can Amelia solve this baffling murder, hire a second baker for her expanding business, put her nosy ex-husband in his place, and plan the wedding of her dreams? Find out in another Pink Cupcake Mystery that's sweet enough to sink your teeth into.

Read the 10th cozy mystery (30,000+ words) in the popular Pink Cupcake series.

Bloodier Than Fiction

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:40:20 +0300

Joshua hires staff for the bustling bookshop café in charming Fair Haven. A reluctant and shy Maggie soon warms up to the new barista Babs and stock boy Casper.

When Maggie notices some older boys taunting Casper after work, she helps him escape. But the next day, one of the bullies is found dead in the park with his throat slashed.

Can quiet, secretive Casper really be a killer? Maggie butts into policeman Gary's investigation to find out. She wonders if she's developing feelings for Gary. Wasn't Joshua her crush? Either way, it isn't a good idea for her to get involved with either of them. One is her boss, and the other is an old high school friend.

But romance doesn't stay on Maggie's mind for long when she becomes the target of a murderer.

Read the 2n book in a new cozy mystery series by 3x USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin

Desserts and Death

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 19:28:38 +0200

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper LinAmelia's cupcake business is more popular than ever, but between running the Pink Cupcake and making catering orders, she is burnt out. As she and Lila look to hire an assistant, they hear a customer has died after slipping off a roof. Could it really be an accident, or was it murder? And could the murderer be someone who has just commissioned Amelia to bake one hundred double-chocolate raspberry cupcakes for the victim's wake?Find out in the 6th book (30,000 words) in the popular Pink Cupcake mystery series.

Granny on Board

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:55:40 +0200

I'm Barbara Gold. Age: 70. Height: 5'5". Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: Undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired widow and grandmother.Octavian takes Barbara on a seniors' cruise for her seventy-first birthday, but the vacation is not all piña coladas and shuffleboard. Barbara makes a frenemy in Georgina Branch, queen bee to a group of equally conniving girlfriends. Barbara is sure one or all of them killed the passenger who accidentally fell overboard early in the trip.Barbara and Octavian are stuck on a ship with a murderer, but at least the cruise has plenty of booze. Before their vacation gets cut short by another "accidental" drowning, can Barbara find the killer and keep her boyfriend safe? Read the hilarious 7th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series.

Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:09:03 +0200

*****99¢ new release sale! Regularly $4.99. From *USA TODAY* Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 6th cozy mystery in the popular series set in a charming beach town! ** It’s almost Christmastime in Cape Bay, and another murder has everyone in town talking. A despised new drama teacher at the local high school is killed in the school’s parking lot. The police arrest a beloved teacher, Mrs. Crowsdale, but everyone else thinks she is too nice to murder anyone. Mike, however, says they have solid evidence that proves she did it. Sammy is particularly devastated. Mrs. Crowsdale was her favorite teacher and still her hero. Sammy begs Fran to find the real culprit. Fran isn’t so sure. Mike would be angry with her for butting in on another case. And what if more danger befalls her? After all, there are some pretty dangerous people in town… *Includes 3 special recipes!*

Bookmarked for Blood

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:35:08 +0200

When Maggie's high school bully, Shelly, is found strangled to death, Maggie can't resist butting into another murder investigation. She discovers that Shelly had just inherited a beautiful house from her recently deceased aunt. Could the house be linked to the murder?

To crack the case, Maggie must attend her high school reunion, step back in time to the drama-filled halls of the school, and face the very people who made her life a nightmare. Will she be able to find the killer, untangle the threads of her own history, and reveal what really happened in that mysterious house?

A cozy mystery series with a dash of romance by 3x USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin

Secret Agent Granny 10 - Granny Burns Rubber

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:06:21 +0300

Strangers in Savannah

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:10:48 +0200

Savannah, Georgia, 1922

A heartbroken Becky relents to her mother's matchmaking efforts and agrees to go on a date with the successful businessman Herbert Coleman. Despite her cousin Fanny's attempts to steal him away, Becky is surprised to find she enjoys Herbert's company. But when a string of murders in Savannah hits too close to home, Becky is witness to the gruesome acts when she finds a mutilated dead body on her family's tobacco field. She dreams about more murders before they happen and draws grotesque imagery in her sketchbook. Whoever—or whatever—the serial killer is wants to send Becky a message. What do they want from her? The only person who can help Becky is psychic Madame Cecelia, but has she succumbed to the attacks of this strange entity as well?

From 3x USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin, The Southern Sleuth historical cozy mystery series is set in the Jazz Age of speakeasies and flappers in...