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Murder’s the Word

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The gripping, small-town, cosy bookish murder mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Frost and Judith Cutler, NEW for Summer 2026 (The Bookstore Mystery Series)

To find the truth, she’ll have to read between the lines…

“Nail biting crescendo of an ending!” Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Full of twists and turns!” Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Y’all just have to pick up this book to find out!!” Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bookstore owner and crime writer Jen is leaving her amateur sleuthing days behind her. She’s got a new novel to finish – if she could just figure out the final murderous twist. But, when the local high school Principal is murdered, Jen soon discovers that retiring is easier written than done.

The town is shocked when their beloved vet is named the prime suspect, but Jen knows he simply couldn’t have done it.

Now, it’s up to Jen to find the real killer, can she crack the case before they strike again?

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Sentenced to Murder

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An absolutely charming, gripping, cozy bookshop-set mystery novel (The Bookstore Mystery Series)

She’s written murder mysteries before, but can she solve this real life cold case?

“you won’t want to put it down!” Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Full of twists and turns!” Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Just as Jen sits down to start writing her next murder mystery novel, she stumbles across a chilling real-life case: a man who claims he’s been wrongly convicted for murder.

Time is running out for Jaylon as he needs a kidney transplant to save his life, something he’ll never receive while he’s in prison for murder.

Jen’s amateur sleuthing skills are pushed to their very limit as time is ticking to solve Jaylon’s case and save his life. Can she save him before his sentence to murder becomes a sentence to death?

This bookish cozy mystery is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Ellery Adams, and will leave you guessing right up until the final page.

Readers can’t put down Sentenced to Murder!

‘I was hooked from page one’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Once again Sue Minix surprised me!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I recommend this book to any mystery lover!’ NetGalley review

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Moonlight Murder Mystery Club: The Long Game

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Some mornings start with coffee. This one started with a phone call she’d been dreading for two years.

When Sage Holloway’s closest ally turns up dead — accident, say the police, murder, says everything she knows about him — she finally sees the full scope of what Margaret Ashworth has been quietly building for forty years. The evidence is devastating. The proof is almost enough. And Margaret is still three steps ahead.

In Crescent Harbor, the scones are fresh, the secrets run deep, and some long games are just getting started.

She came home to bake. She stayed to finish it.

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Moonlight Murder Mystery Club: Shadow’s Warning

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Some questions get journalists killed. Diana Mercer’s were about land deals.

When a freelance writer researching Crescent Harbor’s “revitalization story” is found dead in her rental cottage two days before Christmas, the police call it a break-in gone wrong. Sage Holloway calls it something worse—because Diana walked into her bakery asking about property transfers, and the questions she was asking sounded a lot like the ones Sage has been whispering to herself since autumn.

The trail leads to an out-of-town investor with a crumbling alibi and a history of deals that go dirty. But Diana didn’t find him on her own. Someone slipped her an unsigned note. Someone with deep roots, old connections, and the kind of local knowledge that doesn’t come from research.

It comes from running the town for forty years.

Now Sage is sitting across from the most dangerous woman she’s ever met, asking a question no one has asked in four decades. The answer comes wrapped in hypotheticals, delivered with genuine warmth, and followed by a smile that could be fondness or a threat—or both.

You’re the first person in forty years clever enough to see it.

The icy steps were a warning. The fractured friendships are the cost. And the black cat who screamed in the dark is the only reason Sage is still standing.

In Crescent Harbor, the gingerbread is lying, the loyalties are cracking, and some games don’t end when you learn the truth. They’re just getting started.

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Moonlight Murder Mystery Club: Half Baked Alibis

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Some allergies are deadly. This one was deliberate.

When an aggressive property lawyer collapses at Crescent Harbor’s harvest festival, everyone assumes it’s a tragic accident—a man with a known allergy who ate the wrong thing. But Sage Holloway notices what no one else does: the faint golden sheen on his plate that doesn’t match any oil the vendors carry. Walnut oil has a very specific color. And the festival is tree nut free.

The suspect pool is long. Harrison Cross made enemies the way other people made small talk. But one man at that festival wasn’t eating, wasn’t mingling, wasn’t doing anything except standing very still with a cup of cider he never drank—watching Cross die.

Solving the murder should be enough. It isn’t.

Because the deeper Sage digs into the victim’s past, the more she finds—property deals that squeezed old families out of land they’d held for generations. Shell companies with too many layers. A retired teacher’s research that vanished the night she died. And the same name surfacing again and again, buried under enough paperwork to look like coincidence.

Then the most gracious woman in town invites her for tea, pours the Darjeeling, and says something that sounds like concern but feels like a warning.

In Crescent Harbor, the leaves are falling, the pattern is forming, and some alibis only hold up until a baker with a food science degree starts asking the wrong questions.

She’s solved two murders. Now the cat won’t stop staring at the one person nobody suspects—and this time, the danger isn’t what Sage has found. It’s who noticed her looking.