A Star-Studded Music Festival on the Carmel Coast Turns Deadly… Event planner Ivy Schaeffer is no stranger to high-energy celebrations, but when she’s hired to organize Carmel’s first coastal music festival, she expects music and sunshine—not murder. Beneath the rhythm and revelry, tensions simmer among the headline band, but no one is prepared when Gus—the arrogant and universally disliked lead singer—is shot dead under the cover of a dazzling fireworks finale. The new detective wants Ivy far from the case, but her detective boyfriend quietly enlists her help. With her sharp-...

I just finished this enthralling mystery because I couldn't put it down! 5 STAR Booksprout Review When a mysterious stranger stumbled into my B&B and whispered his final word, everything changed. He didn’t just crash my party—he brought secrets, enemies, and a lifelong grudge. I was supposed to be celebrating—with cinnamon rolls, cider, and absolutely not staring at a crime scene. Now, the whole town thinks my B&B has bad karma. With everyone talking about the murderous event I needed to unravel this mystery fast. With my trusty dogs Pip and Watson, who have a talent for pastry theft,...

Murder is the last thing on the wedding itinerary… but in Merrivale, trouble is always on the guest list. Emma Sharpe is thrilled to host the wedding of the season at the Old Bell Inn. With her best friends—Lily the florist, Rose the baker, and wedding planner Kate—everything is in place for a perfect celebration. But when controversial developer Richard Sterling is found dead in the inn’s garden, the festivities come to a screeching halt. Richard’s plans to bulldoze Merrivale’s historic farmlands had already divided the village, igniting old feuds and unearthing long-buried ...

When cupcake critic Vanessa Sweet drops dead, Maggie Harper takes the heat—unless Lena can prove who really had an appetite for revenge. Lena Merritt just wanted a cupcake. What she got was a front-row seat to murder. Vanessa Sweet, the town’s most feared food critic, took one bite of Maggie Harper’s new signature cupcake - Midnight Mocha - then dropped dead. Right there, in the middle of Buttercup Bakery. Now, Maggie’s the prime suspect. The cops are convinced it’s an open-and-shut case. But Lena knows Maggie would never hurt anyone. With the help of a sharp-eyed retired ...

Liberty’s life is full of contradictions – she never drinks, but she owns the most popular bar in Heatwave, a western steampunk amusement park. Rhett has been everywhere, met everyone and tried everything before landing a job in the middle of the desert as a member of the largest amusement park’s security detail. Every now and then Rhett ends up with a case that is impossible to solve. When his pointless search for a needle in a haystack gets interrupted by a sudden heatwave, a rare dust storm that gave the theme park its name, locking him behind the doors of Liberty’s bar for more ...