Missing Mabel (Curl Up and Dye Mystery Series, No. 1 / Hometown Mysteries)
By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc.)
Release date: August 1, 2010
Watch the tangled mess a Kansas hairdresser gets herself into when she reports to the funeral home that the body she is to work on is not the same as in her reference photo. Is she being punished when the director accuses her of stealing a diamond ring? Will Hilde Higgins’s former boyfriend help her unravel the issue or only bring more trouble to her life?
Missing: The Secrets of Crittenden County, Book One
By Shelley Shepard Gray (Avon Inspire)
Release date: March 20, 2012
Shelley Shepard Gray, New York Times bestselling author of the Families of Honor, Seasons of Sugarcreek, and Sisters of the Heart series, returns with another page-turning romance set in Amish country. Gray’s eagerly anticipated fourth series, The Secrets of Crittenden County, begins with Missing, a poignant and compelling tale of an unlikely romance born of tragedy. When the shocking death of a young man rocks a quiet Amish community, the dead man’s former girlfriend and his “Englisher” best friend find themselves murder suspects. But they are strengthened by their faith, and by an unanticipated love that awakens. Readers of Christian romance and inspirational fiction are captivated by stories of love among the Amish, as proven by the phenomenal success of Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, Cindy Woodsmall, and the previous novels of Shelly Shepard Gray.
Mucky Streak (Squeaky Clean Mysteries)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: March 14, 2024
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Murder Comes by Mail (The Hidden Springs Mysteries)
By A. H. Gabhart (Revell)
Release date: May 17, 2016
A Cozy Mystery Complete with a Small Town Full of Charming, Quirky CharactersDeputy Sheriff Michael Keane doesn’t particularly enjoy being touted as the hero of Hidden Springs after pulling a suicidal man back from the edge of the Eagle River bridge in front of dozens of witnesses–a few of whom caught the breathtaking moments with their cameras. But the media hype doesn’t last long as a new story pushes its way into the public consciousness of Hidden Springs’ concerned citizens. Photos of a dead girl arrive in the mail, and Michael becomes convinced she was murdered by the man he saved. With a killer one step ahead, things in Hidden Springs begin to unravel. Now Michael must protect the people he loves–because the killer could be targeting one of them next.
Murder Freshly Baked (An Amish Village Mystery)
By Vannetta Chapman (Zondervan)
Release date: June 9, 2015
When delicious baked goods become lethal, a trail of poetry leads to a sweet-toothed killer. Don’t taste it / Don’t share it /Just throw it away / If you try my bakery pie / You won’t live to see another day. The Amish Artisan Village of Middlebury, Indiana, might be the last place you would ever expect to find a murderer. But Amber has been managing the Village for decades and there’s nothing she hasn’t seen. Or so she thought.
Murder at the Courthouse: A Hidden Springs Mystery (The Hidden Springs Mysteries)
By A. H. Gabhart (Revell)
Release date: October 6, 2015
After a few years as a police officer in Chicago, Michael Keane has no trouble relaxing into the far less stressful job of deputy sheriff in his small hometown. After all, nothing ever happens in Hidden Springs, Kentucky. Nothing, that is, until a dead body is discovered on the courthouse steps. Everyone in town is a little uneasy. Still, no one is terribly worried–after all the man was a stranger–until one of their own is murdered right on Main Street.
Murder at the Flamingo: A Novel (A Van Buren and DeLuca Mystery)
By Rachel Mcmillan (Thomas Nelson)
Release date: July 10, 2018
“Maybe it was time to land straight in the middle of the adventure…”Hamish DeLuca has spent most of his life trying to hide the anxiety that appears at the most inopportune times — including during his first real court case as a new lawyer. Determined to rise above his father’s expectations, Hamish runs away to Boston where his cousin, Luca Valari, is opening a fashionable nightclub in Scollay Square. When he meets his cousin’s “right hand man,” Reggie, Hamish wonders if his dreams for a more normal life might be at hand. Regina “Reggie” Van Buren, heir to a New Haven fortune, has fled fine china, small talk, and the man her parents expect her to marry. Determined to make a life as the self-sufficient city girl she’s seen in her favorite Jean Arthur and Katharine Hepburn pictures, Reggie runs away to Boston, where she finds an easy secretarial job with the suave Luca Valari.
Murder at the Mikado (A Drew Farthering Mystery)
By Julianna Deering (Bethany House Publishers)
Release date: July 1, 2014
Answering a plea for help from an old flame, Drew and his fiance, Madeline, discover murder and more behind the scenes of a theater production.
Murder by Mushroom (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #63) (A Cozy Mystery)
By Virginia Smith (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: August 7, 2007
Serving up murderous munchies at a church potluck social wouldn’twin any popularity contests, as Jackie Hoffner discovered. Someonehad laced the casserole she brought with poisonous mushrooms…and the deadly dish had fellow churchgoer and town fussbudgetAlice Farmer pushing up daisies. Now the gossip-hungry townsfolksuspected Jackie of foul play. To prove her innocence, she decided toconduct her own murder investigation, and Trooper Dennis Walsh’shelpful efforts and boy-next-door charm were welcome. Meanwhile, the town’s mysterious poisoner seemed tohave more victims in mind….
Murder in Mind (An Ellie Quicke Mystery)
By Veronica Heley (Severn House Publishers)
Release date: September 1, 2012
In the new Ellie Quicke mystery, Ellie is forced to think the unthinkable about her own daughter, Diana. Could she be a murderer?Ellie has always disliked the local big estate agent, aka Great White Shark, and is distressed when her daughter Diana announces that she is carrying his child and about to become his fourth wife. But Ellie is soon drawn into the family circle when one of the Hooper children dies in their private gym and another succumbs to a peanut allergy.