Murder Among Friends
In this tense mystery, Maple Quinn proves that the people you trust most can sometimes be the ones with the most to hide.
In Blue Heron Bay, even healing can hide something deadly.
One month after opening Star’s Landing café, former therapist Molly McBeal is finally settling into the peaceful life she fought for—crafting perfect espresso, serving quirky regulars, and relying on her intuitive Mini Aussiedoodle, Star, to keep her grounded. Then a desperate woman interrupts Molly’s grand opening with a plea: her sister Jennifer didn’t take her own life two years ago. She was silenced.
Molly once promised to “look into it” and failed. This time, she won’t look away.
Jennifer’s obsessive ex-boyfriend had motive. A resentful gallery owner stood to lose everything. Even a landlord quietly profited from her death. Yet each suspect clears, and the pattern only grows stranger.
Meanwhile, café regulars begin confessing unsettling feelings after private conversations with someone they trust.
As Molly follows the thread, she realizes the threat isn’t buried in the past—it’s woven into her community.
If she exposes the truth too late, another life will be lost.
“There is nothing more chilling—or more captivating—than a mystery that strikes close to home . Maple Quinn reminds us that sometimes our closest inner circle is exactly where the deadliest secrets are hiding. It’s a twisty reminder to always keep one eye on the clues and the other on your guest list!”
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Death in the Bookshop
In this atmospheric mystery, June Hollis proves that the most lethal secrets are often hidden in plain sight—right between the pages of a bestseller.
Mara Ellison came to Larkspur Cove for a fresh start— not a murder investigation.
After leaving a scandal behind in the publishing world, Mara settles into the foggy lakeside town of Larkspur Cove with her cozy bookshop and her clever rescue dog, Pepper.
But during the town’s lively Spring Book Stroll festival, a powerful real-estate developer is found dead in the library archives.
The police call it an accident.
Mara calls it a badly written story.
With suspects piling up —including Mayor Deirdre Shaw, an ambitious mayor and Reid Hargrove, a charming cousin eager to inherit—Mara can’t resist unraveling the puzzle.
But when anonymous threats start arriving and evidence mysteriously appears that could make her the prime suspect, Detective Cole Mercer warns Mara to stay out of the investigation.
But Mara can’t ignore a mystery that refuses to stay shelved.
And in Larkspur Cove, someone is ready to close the book on her permanently.
“There is something inherently dangerous—and utterly delightful—about a mystery that unfolds between the stacks of a local bookstore. June Hollis has a gift for making you feel the dust on the shelves and the tension in the air. As a writer, I’m always a sucker for a story where the books themselves might hold the key to the crime!”
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Save the Date for Murder
In this tense mystery, Maple Quinn proves that the people In this gripping prequel, Vivian Keyes proves that even the most celebratory dates can hide a deadly motive.
One bride-to-be. Two trusted friends. Three ways the truth gets twisted.
When former wedding planner Kelsey Woods returns to the seaside charm of Carlyle Cove, Maine, she’s hoping for a fresh start—serving pastries at her aunt’s café and standing by her childhood best friend Tanya on her big day. But when the town’s infamously difficult wedding planner turns up dead just days before the “I dos,” and Tanya becomes the prime suspect, Kelsey’s picture-perfect plans unravel fast.
Armed with color-coded checklists, an eye for detail, and zero crime-solving experience, Kelsey teams up with retired detective Elinor Brooks—and Duke, her beloved sidekick dachshund with a nose for trouble. As a trail of clues point to a disgruntled florist, a lovesick best man and secrets buried deep in the town’s history, Kelsey discovers that behind every cranberry scone lurks a motive for murder.
With wedding bells ready to ring and rumors flying like confetti, Kelsey must solve the mystery before her best friend’s walk down the aisle becomes a march toward disaster.
“There is nothing quite as high-stakes as a wedding—unless you add a cold-blooded killer to the guest list . Vivian Keyes has crafted a prequel that perfectly captures the tension of a ‘big day’ gone wrong. It’s a twisty reminder that some invitations come with a much higher price than a toaster!”
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