Genres : 60-150 Pages

Nan has volunteered to raise funds for the local animal shelter by throwing the most lavish—but also the most convoluted—charity event in Blueberry Bay history. The so-called “Black Cat Benefit” is one part adoption event, one part dinner party, and also one part silent auction, formal ball, and glammed-up race for the cause. Unfortunately, when a guest turns up dead partway through the night, nobody takes his murder seriously, assuming it’s yet another part of the planned festivities. Oops! Can...

When the rich do it, it’s business. When the poor do it, it’s a crime. Grey I took revenge on a broken financial system, never expecting that my biggest problem would be the woman who locked me in her basement afterward. She wants one thing: the reward money for turning me in. Unfortunately for her, we have more in common than she thinks. She’s just as unhinged as I am, and she’s felt the squeeze of the same monster I...

Sometimes, letting go is the only way to hold on. In the heart of the small town of Orchard Grove stands a mysterious apple orchard, a place where time feels fluid and the past lingers like the sweet scent of ripe fruit. For generations, the orchard has been a quiet witness to the hopes, memories, and forgotten dreams of those who visit its ancient trees. Elise, a devoted mother and bookshop owner, has spent years surrounded by other people’s stories...

A hard-boiled detective novella. Private eye, Tom Sharp, and his faithful AI assistant, Frank, investigate the death of an unlucky man hit by a bus. It looks like an accident, but the victim’s elderly mother believes her son was cursed. It’s Los Angeles, 2055, where life is cheap, the tech is glitchy, and magic is real. The kicker: Sharp is the only one in this world immune to magic. As he’s often reminded by friend and foe alike, he’s not...

When a famed archaeologist is found dead, antique shop owner Vivian Rosario’s expertise in Silverado Junction’s silver-laden past draws her into a deadly mystery. Vivian Rosario thought she’d left her fast-paced Chicago life behind when she opened The Vintage Vault, her charming antique shop in Silverado Junction, New Mexico. But when Dr. Garrett Wolfe, a local historian obsessed with the town’s mining history, is found dead under suspicious circumstances, the quiet life she envisioned is shattered. A mysterious silver ingot,...

Jack Mears is down on his luck. A career criminal, wanted by the police in four countries, he's used to being in tight spots, but this time his prospects appear truly bleak. Stuck in a French town, waiting for a pay-off that looks ever less likely to get made, and with the cops closing in and the Russian underworld out for his blood, he'll do anything for a way out. So when a stranger in a bar offers him an...

A missing musician. Canada's frozen north. Can Jason locate Ben Quigley before a deranged fan puts them both permanently on ice? Jason Davey's last job was aboard the Star Sapphire cruising from Vancouver to Alaska. Now Jason's back on shore, and he has a regular gig at a jazz club in London. When Dominic, Jason's film-student son, asks his dad to help track down a missing musician for a documentary he's making, Jason leaps at the chance. Ben Quigley played...

Step into the world of 1930s Cornwall, Ontario, in "A Peculiar Case," where Elizabeth Grant finds herself at a crossroads after the sudden loss of her husband. Determined to regain her independence, she embarks on an extraordinary venture by creating a fictitious male persona to launch her own private investigation business. As she seeks clients, Elizabeth's life takes a thrilling turn when she accepts a case involving the theft of a rare book. Little does she know that this investigation...

In this gripping psychological novella, betrayal runs deep in a small Colorado town where drought, wildfire, and municipal corruption create the perfect storm for murder. When Olivia Hahn discovers her lifelong love James wants access to confidential city banking information, she faces an impossible choice. Give in to his demands and risk prison, or lose the man she's dreamed of having a family with since childhood. But James isn't working alone—his new partner Kate has her own dangerous agenda for...

Loch Ness Murder is Book 2 in The Charlie Kingsley Cozy Novella series by USA Today bestselling author Michele PW (Pariza Wacek). Ideal for cozy mystery fans, especially readers who love clean, twisty and funny cozy mysteries that include tea, pets, baking, small towns and quirky side characters. "All of the Redemption series is great!! This story is about obsession, which is a dangerous state of mind. Very entertaining and I enjoyed it a lot." Lee Brothers "I'm an avid...