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Welcome to New Oslo, where the air is crisp, the tea is hot, and the mysteries are to die for! Lena Larsen didn’t expect to solve crimes when she moved back to her small hometown, but with the help of her witty, recently-deceased grandmother’s ghost, she’s unraveling the town’s secrets one case at a time. This collection of three delightfully quirky novellas serves up plenty of paranormal puzzles, hometown hijinks, and a side of supernatural sleuthing. In Granny's Ghost and the Haunted Homicide, Lena tackles her grandmother’s murder, and it’s as chilling as the old Victorian ...

On opening night, murder takes center stage. Savannah Stanton's perfect date night turns deadly when Spring Grove's dinner theater production ends with a real murder instead of a staged one. The murder weapon? Sweet Springs Bakery's engraved cake knife. The suspects? Nearly everyone in the theater company. As Savannah and Sheriff Cole Hensley navigate backstage drama, bitter rivalries, and opening night chaos, they'll discover that behind the curtain, someone has staged the perfect crime.

A beach party. A bitter rival. A knife in the back. Sweet Springs Bakery's beach-themed farmers market booth has it all, from flamingos and tiki torch lighting to the best key lime pie in Arkansas. What it doesn't need is a dead body—especially when the victim is stabbed with a knife from their own zesting station. Now a rival baker is dead, half the vendors are suspects, and Savannah is caught between protecting her employees and helping Sheriff Cole Hensley solve a murder that's anything but sweet. Someone is serving up lies with a side of lime zest, and Savannah is running out of time ...

'Tis the season for murder in New Oslo. Lena's Christmas party takes a deadly turn when a fire alarm clears the room, and someone uses the chaos to kill the town's most difficult resident. Snowed in with a house full of suspects, a ghostly grandmother with strong opinions, and a Santa who might be guilty, Lena races to untangle tinsel from truth. Because one of her party guests has been very, very naughty.

A 90’s comeback. A broken friendship. And a supernatural sleuth. When Lena Larsen agrees to host the comeback reunion of 90s pop duo Harmony & Discord at her Victorian bed and breakfast, she expects some diva behavior and maybe a few nostalgic tears. What she doesn't expect is murder. Twenty years after their spectacular fall from grace destroyed both their friendship and their careers, Melody Sinclair and Casey Hart can barely stand to be in the same room together. But someone wants them back together—and someone else wants them silenced permanently. When tragedy strikes during the ...

Small town politics just got deadly. Lena Larsen thought the biggest challenge of the evening would be accepting a civic award without tripping over her own feet. She was wrong. When the lights go out during her ceremony at New Oslo City Hall, Lena finds herself literally stumbling over the mayor's dead body—strangled with the very ribbon meant to honor her crime-solving skills. Talk about twisted irony. With her boyfriend Sheriff Mark Hansen leading the investigation and her best friend Charlie providing moral support (and baked goods), Lena dives into a web of small-town politics, ...

When haute couture meets cold-blooded murder... Lena Montgomery's quiet home has been transformed into fashion central as she hosts an exclusive runway show featuring some of the industry's biggest names. With her quick-witted grandmother and loyal friend Charlie by her side, she's prepared for the usual drama that comes with corralling high-maintenance designers and models. But when renowned fashion designer Maggie St. Clair is found strangled with her own signature scarf moments before the show, Lena's event transforms from a celebration of style to a gathering of suspects. Between bitter...

This backyard cookout is about to go up in flames… Lena thought hosting the annual New Oslo neighborhood block party would be the perfect way to bring the community together in her Victorian home's sprawling backyard. With her best friend Charlie providing delicious baked goods, Sheriff Mark Hansen by her side, and even her sassy grandmother's ghost offering ethereal advice, what could go wrong? Everything, as it turns out. When long-buried secrets and bitter grudges explode into public view during the festivities, Lena's peaceful gathering turns into a battlefield of accusations, ...

Death by devil's food—but was it really the cake? Savannah Stanton thought she was finally settling into small-town life in Spring Grove. But when a prestigious judge drops dead during the town's annual Dessert Festival—right after sampling Holly's signature devil's food cake—Savannah finds herself kneading through far more than just dough. With the bakery's reputation at stake and whispers of sabotage rising like badly proofed bread, Savannah must sift through a cast of colorful suspects: a fiercely competitive rival baker, a resentful estranged brother, and a host of other townsfolk...

Bad reviews can kill a business. This one killed the critic. When popular TV show "Taste of the Grove" chooses Sweet Springs Bakery for a special feature, cousins Savannah and Holly Stanton are thrilled for the exposure. But their excitement turns bitter when host Blake Harrison's charming on-camera personality proves to be a carefully crafted facade. After he publicly humiliates Holly and threatens to destroy the bakery's reputation, tensions rise faster than perfectly proofed dough. When Blake is found face-down in Holly's award-winning tiramisu, the bakery becomes the center of a murder ...

Dans ce concours de jardinage, certains gagneront un prix tandis que d'autres seront élaguées... Lorsque la détective amateur Lena Larsen accepte d'accueillir le prestigieux salon du jardin de New Oslo dans sa maison victorienne, elle s'attend à une compétition féroce. Elle ne s'attend pas à ce qu'elle soit fatale. Mais après qu'un célèbre cultivateur de delphiniums est retrouvé mort parmi les fleurs primées, Lena se retrouve à cultiver des suspects au lieu de fleurs. Avec le fantôme de sa mamie qui commente depuis la touche (que seule Lena peut entendre), son meilleur ami ...

The recipe for murder includes one part rivalry, two parts revenge. The Spring Grove County Fair was supposed to be about blue ribbons and friendly competition. But when a decades-old baking rivalry turns deadly, Savannah Stanton finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation that's anything but sweet. With the help of Spring Grove's handsome Sheriff Cole Hensley, Savannah begins uncovering secrets that have been simmering in this small Arkansas town for years. Everyone seems to have something to hide, and the more questions she asks, the more dangerous the answers become. In a town ...

Quand les recettes sont volées, la vengeance déborde... La maison d'hôtes victorienne de Lena Larsen à New Oslo était censée accueillir un simple concours de chili de charité. Mais lorsque le chef célèbre Chad « Chili » Bartell est retrouvé mort — le visage plongé dans sa propre marmite — la température dans la cuisine commence vraiment à monter. Avec son meilleur ami Charlie, son petit ami shérif Mark, et les conseils pas très subtils du fantôme de sa mamie, Lena doit passer au crible un ragoût de suspects : une blogueuse culinaire au tempérament explosif, un ...

Quand la haute couture rencontre le meurtre de sang-froid... La maison tranquille de Lena Montgomery a été transformée en quartier général de la mode alors qu'elle accueille un défilé exclusif mettant en vedette quelques-uns des plus grands noms de l'industrie. Avec sa mamie à l'esprit vif et sa fidèle amie Charlie à ses côtés, elle est prête à affronter le drame habituel qui accompagne la gestion de créateurs et de mannequins exigeants. Mais lorsque la célèbre créatrice de mode Maggie St. Clair est retrouvée étranglée avec son propre foulard signature quelques instants...

Un flair pour les ennuis… Quand Lena hérite de la maison victorienne de sa Mamie Ingrid dans la charmante ville de New Oslo, elle s'attend à un nouveau départ et à une vie plus tranquille dans sa ville natale. Au lieu de cela, elle se retrouve plongée dans un réseau de secrets, de mensonges et de dangers inattendus. Alors que Lena s'installe dans sa nouvelle maison, d'étranges événements et un sentiment accablant de malaise la tourmentent. Est-ce le fruit de son imagination, ou y a-t-il quelque chose de plus sinistre en jeu ? Lorsqu'une rencontre fantomatique révèle une ...

Unleash your inner detective in this paw-sitively gripping collection! Step into a world where furry friends and foul play collide. "Fur-ensic Files: The Complete Collection" brings you three tail-wagging tales of mystery, mayhem, and mischief. From the canine capers of "Fetch Me A Felon" to the show-stopping suspense of "Best In Show, Worst In Murder," and the long-bodied intrigue of "Dachshund Dynasty," this bundle is packed with paws-itively perfect puzzles and barking mad adventures. Are you ready to sniff out the clues and catch the culprits? Curl up with these cozy mysteries - your ...

Magic, murder, and mischievous pixies - just another day in Elderberry Grove As a third-generation magical pest control witch, Juniper Green thought she'd seen it all. Pixie infestations? No problem. Garden gnome uprisings? Just another Tuesday. But when a routine call from Elderberry Grove's most difficult client ends with Juniper finding a dead body in the herb garden, she realizes some problems can't be solved with a simple banishing spell. With her trusty familiar Iris by her side, Juniper reluctantly teams up with the town's non-magical sheriff to investigate the murder. But as they ...

Mort. Drame. Et un fantôme très opiniâtre. Lena Larsen voulait simplement vendre des tartes à la collecte de fonds du New Oslo Playhouse. Elle n'avait pas prévu de tomber sur le cadavre du président autoritaire du conseil d'administration du théâtre—ni de voir sa paisible petite ville norvégienne exploser en accusations, secrets et scandales. Avec sa mamie fantôme à la langue bien pendue qui lui prodigue des conseils non sollicités (que seule Lena peut entendre), sa meilleure amie Charlie qui gère le chaos, et le shérif Mark qui tente de résoudre un meurtre, Lena se ...

À New Oslo, les collectes de fonds sont meurtrières... Le dîner de collecte de fonds de Lena Larsen pour le centre des aînés local était censé être une soirée tranquille et sophistiquée. Mais lorsqu'un invité s'effondre mort à table, les talents de détective amateur de Lena sont mis à l'épreuve. Avec une mamie fantôme offrant des indices énigmatiques, un beau shérif qui peine à rester impartial, et une distribution de personnages de petite ville cachant chacun leurs propres secrets, Lena doit démêler un réseau de mensonges avant que le meurtrier ne frappe à nouveau. ...

Small town magic. Deadly illusions. When Lena Larsen opens her grandmother’s old Victorian house to paying guests for the weekend, she tries to prepare for anything and everything. Her first night hosting brings two rival magicians, their complicated entourages, and enough drama to fill every room. But when the arrogant Magnus Morrison is found dead while practicing an escape trick, Lena realizes one of her guests is a killer. With help from her best friend Charlie, Sheriff Mark, and her grandmother's ghost, she must uncover which guest is dealing in deadly illusions. As old rivalries, ...