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It's party time in Bunburry! The deluxe Magnolia Inn is hosting surprise birthday celebrations for Bunburry's favourite senior citizens, Liz and Marge. But the party is not the only surprise. A glamorous widow, Francesca Fairfax Adams, is staying in the Magnolia Inn, and catches the eye of self-made man and amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister.

Tessa Calder used to make liars look respectable. As a London crisis PR consultant, Tessa could polish a scandal, bury a headline, and turn disaster into a carefully worded statement. Then one client went too far. Now disgraced, unemployed, and spectacularly low on options, Tessa inherits The Velvet Paw: a rain-swept cat café in the seaside town of Morrowmere-on-Sea. The will comes with one irritating condition. She must run the café for ninety days before she can sell it. Simple. Until she walks in on five cats holding a staff meeting. The Velvet Paw is no ordinary café.

Sawyers Bend has a way of hiding its secrets. But this one won’t stay buried forever. Avery Sawyer runs a successful brewery in Sawyers Bend, but the shadow of her father’s unsolved murder looms over everything. Prentice Sawyer made enemies easily, and a year after his death, no one has been brought to justice. The killer has made it clear—he’s not finished with the Sawyer family. Avery is tired of looking over her shoulder. She’s determined to find the killer and set her family free from their father’s past.

Faith Fairchild is asked to cater a very small, very private college reunion on an isolated New England island—an event that could be her dream job. But when she discovers the true reason for the get-together, not even the spectacular ocean views can keep it from turning into a nightmare.

Rachel Pemberton, a refined widow turned reluctant sleuth, is drawn into a scandal when her close friend is found dead under suspicious circumstances. With the town gossip mill in overdrive and whispers of long-held secrets resurfacing, Rachel enlists the help of her sisters—fierce and fashionable Rosa, and delightfully eccentric Lucy—to get to the bottom of it.

Jane Stuart and Ivy Benson were once best friends. Ever since Ivy's daughter Marlene was murdered, things have been rocky. To patch up their friendship, Jane invites Ivy to the writer's retreat Jane organized. Off-season Mt. Munsee Lodge is a mountain-top hotel which is perfect for relaxing and...

""The twenty-five mysteries that Katherine Hall Page has cooked up for her sleuth, Faith Fairchild, make for delectable reading. What a body of work! Dig in."" -- Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked Amateur detective and caterer Faith Fairchild is at her Penobscot Bay, Maine cottage preparing for...