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As the manager of Vino y Vida Wine Bar in Colinas, Cecelia "Cece" Barton's first Alexander Valley harvest is a whirlwind of activity. Her twin sister, Allie Halstead, who owns a nearby Victorian bed & breakfast, is accustomed to the hustle and bustle of peak tourist season. Just when it seems things can't grow any more intense, Colinas is rocked by a murder within the wine community . . . and Cece is identified as a possible suspect! With her reputation and her livelihood on the line—and the deputy sheriff breathing down her neck—Cece has no choice but to open up her own murder investigation.

In the heart of historic Exeter, Detective Inspector Whipton Barton is called to investigate the mysterious death of Dr Evelyn Merton, a brilliant historian found dead in the Cathedral’s Chapter House. As Barton delves into the world of ancient manuscripts and academic rivalries, he uncovers a web of obsession and betrayal, and a chilling hoax. With the help of his team and the insights of those closest to Evelyn, Barton must unravel the truth before the killer strikes again. The Antiquarian is a gripping cosy mystery where history isn’t just a passion – it’s a deadly force.

Agnes Barton is not your typical senior citizen living in Tadium, MI, on the shores of Lake Huron. She drives a red hot Mustang, shops at Victoria's Secret, rankles local police officials, and has a knack for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. What does a murder that happened forty-three years ago have to do with missing tourist Jennifer Martin? Agnes makes it her personal mission to find out, and she's not letting the fact she's seventy-two get in the way.

It's Memorial Day weekend and Sonoma County's Alexander Valley is buzzing with activity. For Cece, business at Vino y Vida is going great, as is her romance with new beau, Benjamin. Meanwhile, Cece's neighbor, Richard Flora, is stirring up controversy with his newest article, an exposé of Regan Greene, power-hungry director of a valley district organization. Also in the mix is the town's big classic car show, paired with wine tastings....

Senior snoop, Agnes Barton, has taken up residence in a Winnebago at a campground in East Tawas, Michigan. It's not the ideal place for a woman of 72 to live, but she's making do. She had planned to start a detective agency with partner in crime, Eleanor Mason, but a snag with the license has them free-wheeling it, not that it matters because they are the ones folks call when dead bodies turn up.

Cornwall, 1905: Emily steht für ihre Überzeugungen als Suffragette ein und muss dafür sogar eine Nacht in der Zelle verbringen. Das wird ihrer Mutter zu viel. Sie schickt ihre Tochter zu einem entfernten Verwandten nach Cornwall aufs Land – in der Hoffnung, dass sie dort die richtige Partie für eine Heirat findet. Bei Emilys Ankunft im Herrenhaus Higher Barton wird die Leiche eines Dieners entdeckt, woraufhin sich die energische junge Frau in die Ermittlungen stürzt. Sehr zum Leidwesen des örtlichen Vikars, dem diese Vorkommnisse in seiner Kirchgemeinde gar nicht gefallen.

A financial Ponzi-style fraud costs the Wilsons everything but the old family manse.... Opening the Four Acorns Inn sounds like a good idea, except for one thing - someone is out to ruin them any way possible, and that includes murder. Scarlet Wilson's love life keeps tanking, no matter what she does. It's pretty sad when the elderly ladies at the inn have a better romantic life than the 40-something innkeeper. Is she cursed when it comes to men, or is there something more sinister going on?

When Scarlet Wilson is asked to host Annalee Pinault and Gunnar Magnusdotter’s nuptials at the Four Acorns Inn, she never expects it to start a war of matrimonial madness. Three senior citizens want Scarlet to get into the wedding business, and they aren't willing to take no for an answer. It doesn't take long for things to spiral out of control.

A teenager turns up dead in the woods, brutally murdered, and it looks like it might be politically motivated.... The short-handed homicide team can't seem to get a handle on the case...things just keep going wrong.... Is someone trying to intimidate Laurencia Rivera and her investigators, to protect the killer and prevent him from being caught?

Maddie Day presents Book 2 in the Cece Barton Mystery series.

A pleasant night in Bay Head, NJ, unexpectedly turns dangerous as Scarlet Wilson heads for home after a delightful weekend at the Jersey Shore with boyfriend Kenny "Captain Peacock" Tolliver. A terrified teenager, chased by a homicidal maniac, clings to her car, refusing to let go of the moon roof. What do you do when a determined killer comes at the girl attached to your windshield, knife in hand? If you're Miz Scarlet, you get creative and put the pedal to the metal, even as the cars pile up.

Ever since Agnes' car accident, things have changed drastically for her. When she wakes up in the hospital, not only is her son, Stuart, there - who she hasn't seen in years - but a ghostly apparition!