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Arriving in the mountain town of Lily Rock for the Fourth of July weekend, Avery plans to rent a room from Stella Rawlins—a friendly local known for her love of books and quiet acts of defiance. When Stella is killed by a sabotaged firecracker hidden inside her library, Avery becomes the discovery witness…and an immediate suspect.

Eigentlich sollte das Kunstprojekt Urlauber nach Amrum locken: Inselpersönlichkeiten schlafen unter den Augen der Öffentlichkeit. Aber nachdem Tourismusdirektor Lasse Jansen am Morgen tot im gläsernen Sarg aufgefunden wird, steht die Insel unter Schock und die Inselpolizei vor einem Rätsel. An der Leiche fehlen äußere Verletzungen, auch die Spurenlage rund um den Fundort ergibt keine Hinweise. Polizeihauptmeisterin Hilla Petersen und Hauptkommissar David Kern nehmen die Ermittlungen auf.

A Body at the Purim Carnival. A Hidden Past. A Community in Danger. When his golden retriever Rochester noses out a dead body behind the bounce house at Stewart’s Crossing’s first Purim carnival, Steve Levitan is pulled into two dangerous investigations, each revealing its own world of secrets, power, and betrayal.

In Food of the Dogs, Steve and his bride Lili head to Vermont for a relaxing honeymoon—until Rochester uncovers a murder victim. Their romantic getaway turns into a dangerous search for a killer hiding among small-town secrets. Dog Grant Me finds Steve back at Friar Lake Conference Center, where a winter cooking course becomes the setting for threatening notes, political intrigue, and a student’s murder. As a blizzard closes in, Steve, Lili, and Rochester must unmask a killer before the storm traps them with a murderer.

The body in the canal belongs to Steve's old friend. Can Steve and Rochester uncover the clues to what happened to him? When his college friend Doug moves to Stewart's Crossing after an ugly divorce, reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan sees a way to pay forward the help he received under similar circumstances. But when Doug dies under mysterious circumstances, Steve and his crime-solving golden retriever Rochester have a new goal: Find the truth behind Doug's death, even if Steve has to risk the freedom he has fought so hard for to do it.

Claire Caldwell's life is in ruins. Fired from her corporate job and dumped by her boyfriend, she drives to Arizona to settle her great-aunt's estate, planning to sell the ranch and slink back to Chicago. But Whispering Saguaro Ranch has other plans. First comes the fox... a peculiar creature with copper fur and knowing eyes that leaves gifts on her doorstep.

The sixteenth title in Mandy Morton's delightful No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series. Chocks away! as our feline detectives investigate some sticky situations at the local chocolate factory in Catberry-on-the-Brink. Up at the Manor House, the family is at war as dark secrets are uncovered in...

It's all happening in Woodford, an English town in the county of Brackenshire, with a serious accident resulting in a change at the equine veterinary practice, Zumba classes providing popular community exercise, and The Ship Inn and The Woodford Tearooms kept busy with hungry and thirsty patrons. But someone is producing fake antique bronze figures, and as time goes on the devastating effects are being felt in homes and businesses in the town.

Harald, Katja, Thilo und Sabine sind Vogelbeobachter. Im Grabenstätter Moos am Chiemsee haben sie schon die ein oder andere seltene Vogelart aufgespürt. Dieses Mal stoßen sie jedoch in der nahegelegenen Schrebergartensiedlung auf eine ornithologische Sensation: einen Zwergsäger! Und daneben – eine Leiche. Ausgerechnet der Eder, Erzfeind von Haralds Freund, dem Renntaubenzüchter Muggenhammer, liegt tot in dessen Garten. Erdrosselt. Den Vogelbeobachtern erscheint diese Falllösung allzu einfach, weshalb sie eigene Ermittlungen anstellen.

Don't miss the third instalment in the Alma Timperley Mystery series, another charming and quirky paranormal cosy crime mystery. A Ghost Hunter's Guide to Untimely Death is available to pre-order now! Praise for the Alma Timperley Mystery series: 'If you like historical fiction with a spooky...

Brought to you by Penguin. When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit… Nearing the end of his life, the wealthy Martin Greenough hides away behind the high walls of his grand mansion in Boston, with only his cat and his servants to keep him...

Mit ihrer neuen Schäferin Rebecca gehen sie auf Europareise und beziehen bald ihr Winterquartier im Schatten eines abgelegenen französischen Schlosses. Ein Werwolf, ein Loup Garou, ist dafür verantwortlich, sagen die Ziegen der Nachbarweide. Für Miss Maple und Co. heißt das: Sie müssen schnell Licht ins Dunkel bringen, um nicht nur ihr eigenes Fell, sondern auch ihre Schäferin zu schützen. Diese führt sie mitten in ein Gewirr aus eiskalten Schlossfluren, verschneiten Wäldern und unbequemen Fragen.

Libby and Alexis’s business, the Dharma Inspired Day Spa, will participate at Mesa’s biggest arts and crafts fair this year, but right from the start, bad stuff starts happening. On the very first morning, several booths are vandalized and products are stolen, among them the hand-knitted items Libby’s mom and her friends have made for charity. Everyone pitches in to get the booths rebuilt in time for the festival opening, but the calamities keep piling up. Dogs are becoming ill, one vendor’s business is being threatened with shutdown, and there’s more theft.

Two cozy novellas explore murder, mystery, and mayhem at the local dog park in this unique collection from authors Neil S. Plakcy and Joanna Campbell Slan.

If you love Christmas whodunits, small-town sleuths, and canine partners who always sniff out the truth, this festive double-feature brings together two fan-favorite series: Steve & Rochester from the Golden Retriever Mysteries and Kiki & Gracie from the Kiki Lowenstein Mysteries.

When the Cuisine Network brings its brand-new reality show, Dog’s Kitchen , to the peaceful Friar Lake Conference Center, Steve Levitan expects chaos—but not sabotage. Celebrity chefs, foodie influencers, and gourmet-loving dogs descend on the property, turning Steve’s summer into a whirlwind of barking, baking, and behind-the-scenes drama. His golden retriever, Rochester , just wants to stay close to the food.

When Eastern College launches its first winter intersession program, administrator Steve Levitan is excited to host a course on Caribbean cuisine at Friar Lake Conference Center. His wife Lili is co-teaching with her friend, prominent food anthropologist Dr. Yesenia Ubeda. But before the first meal is served, threatening notes appear, old documents surface with explosive implications for US-Cuba relations, and a student with a hidden agenda is found murdered. With his golden retriever Rochester at his side, Steve must untangle a web of long-buried secrets and dangerous obsessions.

When a cat named Alice comes into her life, Cait begins to suspect that Alice may hold the answers to the mystery surrounding the body she found in the church, as well as the person behind her aunt's illness.

Discover new delicious mysteries in this fourth installment in The Kamogawa Food Detectives series, the beloved Japanese bestseller and celebration of the healing power of food. “Off-beat and charming, [with] more complexity of flavor than you might expect.” – NPR – Fresh Air with Terry...

Spring has sprung, and the first nice weather of the year send campers and hikers out into the woods in droves. One unlucky hiker reported that they saw a body, but that they couldn’t remember the exact location. When amateur sleuth and dog trainer, Eve, and her bold, brave cadaver dog Atlas go out to recover it, there’s no body, but it’s clear something was afoot. After receiving a report of suspicious activity on the small lake at night, Atlas and Eve stretch their abilities to conduct a water search.