Cosy Mysteries Mountains

As if hitting the half-century mark wasn't enough, Misty Murphy celebrated her landmark birthday by amicably ending her marriage and investing her settlement in a dilapidated mountain lodge at the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The lodge is fully booked on opening night, every room filled with flexible folks who'd slipped into spandex and ascended the peak for a yoga retreat with plans to "namastay" for a full week. Misty and her guests are feeling Zen - at least until the yoga instructor is found dead.

Attorney Avery Andrews has returned to her humdrum hometown of Dacus, South Carolina, leaving her job at a powerful law firm in the rearview mirror. But with her Donna Karan suits she's struggling to fit back in. Is it still a place she's able to call home now that she's swapped her prestigious clients for high school bullies and formidable aunts? She finds sanctuary in her grandfather's cabin on Luna Lake until police arrive to investigate a mysterious rumor. But more than secrets lie beneath the dark surface of Luna Lake.

Burnt-out social worker Amalie Holmes thinks she's finally caught a lucky break in the form of a free cottage from her mystery great aunt. With nothing to lose, Amalie heads for the hills, or, in this case, the mountains. Turns out the cottage comes with a big family secret: Amalie is from a long line of witches. She quickly discovers that living in a new town isn't easy, especially when lightning strikes whenever she loses her temper! When an orphaned 11-year-old stands accused of murder, Amalie's social worker instincts compel her to solve the case and clear the child.

International resort developer Nigel Goodwin has traveled all the way from London, England, to Misty Murphy's little corner of North Carolina, and bought out the Mountaintop Lodge for the week prior to Christmas. Their intention? To pitch an exclusive new resort concept to wealthy American investors.

A broken tree branch. A dead body. An ambitious personal assistant. An unfaithful husband. Was it murder or simply an unfortunate accident? A lot of people resented Amelia Prescott, the grande dame of marketing agencies, because of her success. But did someone resent her enough to murder her? That becomes the job of Sheriff Davis and Brigid - to find out if Amelia’s death was an accident or a carefully thought-out murder. Confrontations can get dicey. Good thing Brigid has a 125-pound Newfoundland to help her.

Bill Walton is still driving Dave Pasch crazy. In book two of the Bill Walton Mysteries, the seven-foot Deadhead won't let his broadcasting partner enjoy himself, even in Maui. He drags him out of the world's greatest luau and right into a deadly mystery, while an erupting volcano threatens the lives of everybody on the island. Walton and Pasch have three days to solve the murder of one of Walton's oldest friends while calling the greatest basketball tournament under the sun, the Maui Invitational.

Scarlett Chase’s newest temp job is working for a multi-generational family during their week-long stay at a large cabin in the beautiful mountains. She gets to use the skills she gained while earning her CNA as she takes care of a teenage girl with a full-leg cast and the family’s aging grandfather while the rest of the group hits the ski slopes.

Attorney sleuth Avery Andrews has quickly built up a reputation for being the go-to girl when a mystery arises. So when she is called to historic Charleston to get to the bottom of a fresh and perplexing case, she is more than ready for the challenge. A local man goes on a shooting rampage. He was known to have a short temper and wasn't the most popular guy in town. But the reason behind the shooting is a mystery.

Since attorney Avery Andrews left her high-flying law firm to return to her hometown of Dacus, there has been no end to the run-of-the-mill problems walking through her door. But Avery likes the perplexing cases. And it's been a while since she's dug into one. So she's intrigued to hear of a young woman who was found dead on a tombstone twenty years ago, her packed suitcase by her feet. Her cut throat looked like a ruby-red necklace.

Attorney sleuth Avery Andrews is back in her humdrum hometown of Dacus, South Carolina. The only problem is she's swapped illustrious city cases for a town where the biggest news is a pig on the loose. And while there's no end to the people queuing outside her door for help, paying clients are scarce. Or so she thinks. A woman enters Avery's office claiming her husband is accusing her of poisoning him. From beyond the grave.

It's summer and the Fourth of July carnival has come to Dacus. The only problem is that the fright house isn't impressing attorney Avery Andrews. Until a leg falls off a blood-spattered, chainsaw-wielding mannequin. A very real—and very dead—leathery body is revealed. This has quickly become the most realistic fright house she's ever experienced. For the first time that night, Avery feels a jolt of fear. And a dash of adrenaline as a new case falls into her lap.

After viewing the summer solstice at sunset from Oregon's Larch Mountain in the mid-1990s, amateur sleuths John and Sara Todd are run off the road while navigating the scenic highway. The driver, barreling down a long gravel driveway from an abandoned sawmill, doesn't stop. As John and Sara track down the person who wrecked their car, they stumble into a case of illegal waste dumping and a desperate business owner. The Todds stay a step ahead of the DEQ, local police, and FBI, but as they put together the pieces, they find themselves in the crosshairs of a man with nothing to lose.

Adam and Tara are sucked into a police investigation that might get Tara killed. Can Adam keep her safe or will he lose her forever? Tara James, the local librarian assistant, is afraid her past will catch up to her when an infant is abandoned outside the Tipton County Library. Will news of the abandoned baby stir up publicity and force her to go on the run again? Librarian Nancy Daley’s world has become complicated. Carter is pushing to set a wedding date, a woman was left for dead on the side of the road, and Tara, her assistant, is acting strange.

While at the beach, Amelia is approached by a woman who is concerned about the son she gave up for adoption 16 years ago. Millie has been having nightmares that make her fear he is in danger. She petitioned the court to view the sealed records but was refused. Will Amelia and Rick be able to convince the courts to help them? If her son is in danger, will they get there in time?