Download or read book The Sleuthing Granny Gang and the Summer Scandal written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death visits the unlikeliest of locales: White Sage’s lavender festival. When the jam contest favorite ends up dead, the Sleuthing Granny Gang ladies are on the case. Former cadaver dog Fairmont helps them sniff out clues, while the group’s leader Zella does her best to keep her silver-sleuth friends from taking dangerous risks. This year’s jam contest has a hefty prize, a contract with an Austin-based jam company. But did the killer murder to level the contest playing field, or are other motives at work? Fairmont and the Sleuthing Granny Gang tackle this deadly lavender-scented puzzle together!
Download or read book Fairmont Finds Canine Cozy Mysteries Books 4 6 written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairmont, Zella, and the Sleuthing Granny Gang are back for three more mysteries! Included in this pet mystery collection: Tracking the Poison Pen Nasty notes and deadly deeds. Zella's had enough of the horrid letters she's been receiving since she moved to White Sage. Each of the notes shares the same theme: go home. Except White Sage is Zella's home. No one is making her feel unwelcome in her adopted town. She enlists the sleuthing granny gang to help her track down the poison pen letter writer…and that's when the first body appears. The Sleuthing Granny Gang and the Summer Scandal Death visits the unlikeliest of locales: White Sage's lavender festival. When the jam contest favorite ends up dead, the Sleuthing Granny Gang ladies are on the case. Former cadaver dog Fairmont helps them sniff out clues, while the group's leader Zella does her best to keep her silver-sleuth friends from taking dangerous risks. This year's jam contest has a hefty prize, a contract with an Austin-based jam company. But did the killer murder to level the contest playing field, or are other motives at work? Hunting the Traveler's Tragedy What's at the theater? A deadly production! A murdered actor in a traveling production sparks a new Sleuthing Granny Gang investigation. Zella, Fairmont, and the nosy ladies of White Sage have to find the killer before their friend Monique or her boyfriend are arrested. The SGG only have a few days to solve the murder or the production of Twelfth Night will be cancelled and White Sage's fall tourist season ruined.
Download or read book Sugar Plum Ploy written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sugar plum shortages cause gnome naughtiness. The gnomes are demanding sugar plums from Sticky Tricky Treats, a popular local witch-owned candy store. With the store owner Lina on her honeymoon, her business partner Sabrina turns to Trixie for help handling the unruly customers. Trixie’s keen to help, but she has questions. What’s a sugar plum? Why are the gnomes so crazy about them? And why have they suddenly descended upon Sticky Tricky Treats for their sugar plum fix? When International Criminal Witch Police lead detective Sylvester Wendell gets a new murder case, it doesn’t take long for he and Trixie to recognize their cases are connected. Trixie and Sylvester join forces to find the killer in this magical cozy mystery! Keywords: magical mystery, supernatural mystery, supernatural suspense, holiday cozy mystery, animal cozy mystery, paranormal cozy mystery, cosy mystery, gnomes, fairies, crows, devils, demons, witches, warlocks, wizards, elves, dragons.
Download or read book On the Street Where Death Lives written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skeletons in the closet… The living have them, but what about ghosts? Geoff’s about to find out. He’s convinced his ghostly neighbor Ginny was murdered. When he starts digging for answers, he unearths more than facts. Join Geoff, his favorite bobcat Clarence, Sylvie, and a gang of supernatural misfits as they investigate murders, both past and present! On the Street Where Death Lives is a paranormal cozy with a touch of humor, a sprinkle of the supernatural, and a dash of dark mystery. Warning: Be prepared for ghostly visitations, a crass bobcat with an obnoxious attitude, a helpful but mysterious witch, a well-meaning medium who isn't even a little psychic, and bad guy who gets his (or hers).
Download or read book Cutthroat Cupcakes written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killer cupcakes Seems improbable to Lina, but when a distractingly attractive detective snaps cuffs on her and accuses her of witchy crimes she’s forced to reconsider. The murder weapon? A cupcake topper sold in Lina’s shop, Sticky, Tricky Treats. The method? A killing curse. The curse’s origin? Lina...sort of. Except Lina hadn’t a clue that she was a witch, and certainly didn’t know she’d accidentally cursed some of her confections. She's got to catch the killer who twisted her curse or face a conviction as an accessory. Now, if only the warlock detective assigned to the case weren't such a distraction. Cutthroat Cupcakes is a magical witch culinary cozy with a touch of romance, the first of three books in the Cursed Candy Mysteries series! #1: Cutthroat Cupcakes #2: Twisted Treats #3: Fatal Fudge
Download or read book Death Retires written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a complete ghost mystery series featuring an ex-reaper and a possessed bobcat solving paranormal mysteries! Death's not taking a holiday, he's retired. Or he was, until murder intrudes on his quiet retirement plans. Geoff's stalked by ghosts, and his former bosses have saddled him with the care of a possessed bobcat. With his beautiful neighbor Sylvie and his cat's help, can he solve a fiendish crime? See how Geoff becomes involved in his first murder investigation and all of the uproarious antics that ensue with his new friends: a witch, a medium, and a demon. Death Retires is the first mystery in a four-book, complete series, including: Death Retires A Date with Death On the Street Where Death Lives With a Little Bit of Death Also in the Death Retired world is the Grave Witch Mysteries series, coming soon! Keywords: cat cozy mystery, ghost cozy mystery, reaper cozy mystery, paranormal mystery, magical mystery, cosy mystery, supernatural suspense, supernatural mystery, witch, medium, spirit, demon
Download or read book Twisted Treats written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s murder when family come to visit. Great Aunt Sophia’s in town to teach Lina all of her witchy ways. No great surprise, her eccentric great aunt’s teaching methods are just as unorthodox as the lady herself. Certainly not approved by the International Criminal Witch Police. Which is a problem, since Lina’s neck deep in another murder investigation. Lina has to juggle her great aunt’s idea of witch training as she helps the ICWP solve a rather unusual murder…one that’s been linked to Lina’s magic. Can she balance her witch training while trying to catch a killer? Oh, and also keep her great aunt out of the clink.
Download or read book With a Little Bit of Death written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spelled into Silence Before Clarence was a man possessing a bobcat, he was a murder victim. Now that he’s beginning to trust Geoff, he’s revealed a little of his background…and asked Geoff to find his murderer. Geoff can either do the legwork himself or unlock the spell that keeps Clarence from telling anyone who hurt him. What nefarious magic is meddling with Clarence’s free will and why?
Download or read book A Date with Death written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First dates are killer. Retired soul collector Geoff knows little of modern courting customs. Sadly, his best resource for dating tips is a possessed bobcat with suspect views of women. Will Geoff's natural charm be enough to win Sylvie? Hard to say, because murder intrudes before he can find out. Will our couple finish the date, catch the bad guy, maybe both? Click to find out how murder and love mix in this humorous paranormal mystery! Series reading order: #1 Death Retires #2 A Date with Death #3 On the Street Where Death Lives A Date with Death is a paranormal cozy with a touch of humor, a sprinkle of the supernatural, and a dash of romance. Warning: Be prepared for ghostly visitations, a crass bobcat with an obnoxious attitude, and silly supernatural antics.
Download or read book Tracking a Poison Pen written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nasty notes and deadly deeds Zella’s had enough of the horrid letters she’s been receiving since she moved to White Sage. Scrawled on scraps of paper and left near her home to find, each of the notes shares the same theme: go home. Except…White Sage is Zella’s home. No one is making her feel unwelcome in her adopted town! She enlists the sleuthing granny gang to help her track down the poison pen letter writer…and that’s when the first body appears. Join Zella, Fairmont, and the rest of the sleuthing granny gang in their latest adventure.
Download or read book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil written by John Berendt and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994-01-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.
Download or read book Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Series written by Agatha Frost and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BESTSELLING BOOKS 4-6 IN THE PERIDALE CAFE SERIES! TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME!"The Peridale Cafe series is one of the most enjoyable series in the cozy mystery genre!Join Julia South as she continues to develop her relationship with Detective Inspector Barker Brown, teach her lodger and apprentice, Jessie, and get caught up in even more murders in Peridale and beyond! 3 complete BESTSELLING cozy mystery series in 1 book!CHOCOLATE CAKE AND CHAOS (Book 4)A funeral wreath is delivered to Barker's cottage. Is it a prank, or a grim warning? Julia's fears that somebody is trying to kill Barker are confirmed when a dead body with a striking resemblance to him is found on his doorstep the very next day, just as their romance is deepening. Barker might be on temporary suspension from his role as Detective Inspector at the village police station, but that doesn't mean he's short of enemies in Peridale, especially when a dark face from his past arrives in the small village to stir up painful memories. With an unclear list of suspects and motives, Julia vows to keep Barker safe, but can they figure out the puzzle as they work outside of the law in a race against time to stop Barker paying the ultimate price?SHORTBREAD AND SORROW (Book 5)When Julia's gran, Dot, wins an all-inclusive spa trip to Scotland, Julia finds it difficult to refuse the offer of a relaxing week away from her caf�. Along with her sister, Sue, they pack up her tiny vintage car and drive all the way from Peridale to Seirbigh Castle, ready to be pampered. The last thing Julia expected was to be caught up in another murder investigation, but when the cruel owner of the family-run spa, Henry McLaughlin, is shot dead, she can't resist ditching the facemasks and massages in favour of cracking the case.Julia quickly befriends the young cook and talented-baker, Blair, and acquires a job in the kitchen so she can observe the strange family in the wake of the murder. Henry's wife and children are acting suspicious, and with an incompetent young Detective Inspector on the case, Julia makes it her mission to discover the secrets held within the ancient walls before Seirbigh Castle claims another victim.ESPRESSO AND EVIL (Book 6)When a coffee shop opens in the village, Julia is surprised when her customers flock to the new business, leaving her caf� almost empty. A failed protest against the corporate chain store leaves Julia wondering if her caf� can survive, but she suddenly has bigger fish to fry when the owner of the coffee shop is poisoned, and she is framed for his murder.As Julia attempts to clear her name, she is stopped in her tracks when an unwanted familiar face arrives in Peridale. Her past and present crash together, threatening to jeopardise her blossoming relationship with Barker. Julia's history is back to haunt her, and she is forced to deal with the consequences of her actions before it is too late. Somebody is trying to frame Julia for her rival's murder, but can she juggle her most challenging case yet with her complicated love life before she loses more than just her caf�?Parts 4-6 in the Peridale Cafe series! Can be read as standalones but will be enjoyed more as part of the series. A light, cozy mystery read with a cat loving and cafe-owning female amateur sleuth, in a small village setting with quirky characters. No cliffhangers, swearing, gore or graphic scenes!FULL PERIDALE CAFE READING ORDER:1. Pancakes and Corpses2. Lemonade and Lies3. Doughnuts and Deception4. Chocolate Cake and Chaos5. Shortbread and Sorrow6. Espresso and Evil7. Macarons and Mayhem8. Fruit Cake and Fear
Download or read book The Films of Joseph H Lewis written by Gary D. Rhodes and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores American Joseph H. Lewis's eclectic career, including his best-known film, Gun Crazy. Joseph H. Lewis enjoyed a monumental career in many genres, including film noir and B-movies (with the East Side Kids) as well as an extensive and often overlooked TV career. In The Films of Joseph H. Lewis, editor Gary D. Rhodes, PhD. gathers notable scholars from around the globe to examine the full range of Lewis's career. While some studies analyze Lewis's work in different areas, others focus on particular films, ranging from poverty row fare to westerns and "television films." Overall, this collection offers fresh perspectives on Lewis as an auteur, a director responsible for individually unique works as well as a sustained and coherent style. Essays in part 1 investigate the texts and contexts that were important to Lewis's film and television career, as contributors explore his innovative visual style and themes in both mediums. Contributors to part 2 present an array of essays on specific films, including Lewis's remarkable and prescient Invisible Ghost and other notable films My Name Is Julia Ross, So Dark the Night, and The Big Combo. Part 3 presents an extended case study of Lewis's most famous and-arguably-most important work, Gun Crazy. Contributors take three distinct approaches to the film: in the context of its genre as film noir and modernist and postmodernist film; in its relationship to masculinity and masochism; and in terms of ethos and ethics. The Films of Joseph H. Lewis offers a thorough assessment of Lewis's career and also provides insight into film and television making in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Scholars of film and television studies and fans of Lewis's work will appreciate this comprehensive collection.
Download or read book Night Shift Witch written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witch with a side hustle. A standalone witch cozy mystery in a complete series! Star needs another paying gig while she finishes up witch training. Why not at a funeral home? It fits her goth image, and the funeral director is sort of hot...even if he does wear a suit and tie. The job seems perfect, until Star discovers one of their accidental death clients didn’t die accidentally. Before she knows it, she’s neck-deep in paranormal intrigue and her completely human, way-too-nice-for-his-own-good boss is right there with her. Night Shift Witch is the first mystery in a complete series, including: Night Shift Witch Star of the Party Tickle the Dragon's Tail Twinkles Takes a Holiday Also in the Night Shift Witch world is the Vegan Vamp Mysteries series, including: Adventures of a Vegan Vamp The Client's Conundrum The Elvis Enigma The Nefarious Necklace The Halloween Haunting The Selection Shenanigans The Cupid Caper The Reluctant Renfield The Hexed Hunt and Bewitched Christmas Keywords: witch cozy mystery, witch cosy mystery, paranormal mystery, magical mystery, supernatural suspense, witch mystery, wizard, golem, dragon, ghosts, cat, familiar, vampire, first-in-series, complete series, witch cozy mystery series
Download or read book The Scent of a Poet s Past written by Cate Lawley and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairmont's sniffed out another body: a poet with a past. When the wrong man is arrested for Pablo the poet's murder, Zella's friends convince her to lend a hand in finding the real killer. Zella and her gang of elderly White Sage residents team up to solve the crime, but Fairmont isn't about to be left behind. Can four ladies and their four-legged friend find a killer before there's another victim?Recipes and Fairmont-approved dog training tips included.
Download or read book Sniffing Out Sweet Secrets written by Cate Lawley and published by Cate Lawley. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No more award-winning cupcakes in White Sage, Texas Not when the baker behind the delicious treats is discovered dead by Zella and Fairmont. Unfortunately, the baker’s death was no accident. Did her killer have a personal motive, a professional one? Everyone in White Sage seemingly adores Catie, the cupcake shop owner and head baker, so who could have killed her? Zella’s determined to find out who killed the small town’s newest darling, and she recruits her gang of meddling friends to help her. Follow Fairmont and his favorite people as they track down the killer in this small-town cozy mystery. Fairmont-approved dog-training tips included.
Download or read book Mystery Magazine written by Maura Yzmore and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Magazine presents original short stories by the world's best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty. Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery. ★ In this issue ★ In our cover feature, "Cajun State" by O'Neil De Noux, there is not much crime at Cajun State University ... until someone steals the big Christmas tree from campus. Retired New Orleans police detective Hunter Bourget, now a university cop has to find that tree (and who stole it). "Fruit On The Bottom" by Maura Yzmore: A woman doubts her reality as certain foods, which help with her chronic condition, keep vanishing from the fridge. "Fair Is Fair" by Brandon Barrows: Jason Brockman has money troubles and no time to solve them. When he stumbles across the perfect extortion opportunity, what else is he supposed to do but take it? Of course, it's never that simple and there's always a problem you can't foresee ... In "The Christmas Caper" by Sharon Hart Addy even a Grinch's best laid plans get tripped up. In "Just Another Small Town Death" by Joseph Goodrich, a policeman in a small Minnesota town investigates the death of a woman he'd known-and loved-when he was a child. In "A Hungarian Christmas" by Vicki Weisfeld, Veronika convinces her young fiancé, Bert, that every Hungarian girl must have a present on Hungarian Christmas. "Another Body" by Steve Beresford: Casey Baxter seems to have a knack for finding dead bodies, and when she finds another-lying stabbed in the automated warehouse where she works-it's the start of a very peculiar day ... "Santa Walks Into A Bar" by Frank Oreto: Wearing the Santa suit to Drake's Bar and Grill had been a joke. But after that night Officer Paul Drazdzinski wouldn't laugh for years. "The X In Xmas" by Robert Jeschonek: To solve the murder of a Mafia boss at Christmastime, Detective Charlie Collins joins forces with a female detective who has plenty of mob connections. The twisted holiday traditions of local wise guys lead them down a dark road decorated with death. Try solving "Not Even The Mouse," A You-Solve-It By Eric B Ruark.
