A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again.
After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn’t seem to convince to leave, and a new family she’d never be able to live without.
In book 17 in the series, Abby joins Colt as he investigates the death of a local man who died after eating pudding dosed with poison during a community dinner. Was the man targeted or was the poison in the pudding a random act set into motion by a madman intent on murder?
Meanwhile, Thanksgiving is only a few days away and several guests who’ve visited the inn in the past return to spend the holiday with Abby, Georgia, and the rest of the Inn at Holiday Bay family. In addition to the return cast, a couple is looking for their runaway granddaughter and another is trying to make the best of things after tragedy struck his family.
Halloween in Brambleberry Bay promises a spooky season of frights, fights, and a dash of delight—where the only thing scarier than the dark is what lurks within it. Candy and pumpkins abound as trick-or-treaters run amok—but in this quaint small town by the sea, a serial killer might just be on the loose as well.
It’s so spine-chilling, it’s to die for! RECIPE INCLUDED!
A mind reader. Talking pets. An arrogant homicide detective. A murder club. And a corpse.
Welcome to the club. Getting in was easy. Getting out can be murder.
Living in Brambleberry Bay can be a real killer.
It’s criminally cozy.
Halloween in Brambleberry Bay is usually a time for pumpkin carving, costume contests, and candy corn binges. But this year, the jack-o-lanterns aren’t the only things lighting up the night—there’s a killer on the loose. And with the bodies piling up, Hattie and Killion are left wondering if it’s the work of a serial killer.
Willoughby Hall has opened its wicked arms to the residents of Brambleberry Bay as it plays host to the Halloween Hollow Festival on its sprawling thirty-three acre estate. But a real body turns up in the makeshift graveyard and soon the residents of Brambleberry Bay are wrapped up in a mystery darker than the seasonal espresso blends.
The Halloween Hollow Festival may be renowned for its extravagant decorations but as of late it’s become the backdrop for deadly homicide that is as frightening as any haunted house.
Between bobbing for apples and dodging deadly traps, my sweet cat, Cricket, and our golden retriever buddy, Rookie, must navigate through the maze of clues and suspects. The closer we get to solving the case, the mystery only seems to deepen, revealing that beneath the festive façade, Halloween Hollow harbors dark secrets of its own.
A Cozy Mystery by New York Times,USA TODAY, andWall Street Journal bestseller Addison Moore —Humor with a side of homicide.
A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again. After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn’t seem to convince to leave, and a new family she’d never be able to live without.
In book 16 in the series, Abby is offered the chance to participate in an author event being held at Firehouse Books with one of her own favorite authors. When the guest author turns up dead, Abby realizes that clues to the author’s death could be found in the new novel the woman had yet to release. Using her own sleuthing skills, Abby jumps into the investigation after it becomes clear that it just might take an author to find the meaning in the pages.
Meanwhile it is weeks before Halloween and the inn is filled with guests looking for a spooky weekend retreat. Join Abby, Georgia, Jeremy, Nikki, and Mylie as they host a series of events designed to provide thrills and chills to all who dare to venture within.
Valorie 5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!!!! Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2025 Format: KindleVerified Purchase I love this series, it gets better every book!!!! Abby and Georgia are getting ready for a very busy weekend. Abby has a book signing weekend with four other famous authors at Firehouse bookstore first Thrills and Chills Weekend book fest. Georgia, Jeremy and Julie are getting for the Inn's Harvest festival and Holiday Bay is having their Halloween Thrillerfest. Abby is having a few of "author stalkers" they follow authors around the country to their book signing events. Lonnie and Colt have a gig in Bar Harbor, so Abby and Lacey go and see Loretta there a past guest from the Inn, A famous country western singer. Loretta's been struggling with a lost in her life, and she wrote a song about. And that what the last song she sung. But back at the book signing with Abby the headliner author failed to show up for the book signing especially after the meet and greet dinner the night before. What is going on two women both met with an unexplained demise. You have to get the book cause there is so much going on I don't want to spoil it!!!!!
It’s summer in Brambleberry Bay and the esteemed country club is hosting a beachside sunset cocktail party. But hold onto your beach umbrellas because murder is about to crash the party. And one guest won’t be catching anymore waves.
And that little mind-reading secret of Hattie’s? It’s about to come to light.
The killer might be hoping for a tranquil tide, but I’m about to bring some sunshine-filled justice to the sandy shores of Brambleberry Bay.
A mind reader. Talking pets. An arrogant homicide detective. A murder club. And a corpse.
Welcome to the club. Getting in was easy. Getting out can be murder.
Living in Brambleberry Bay can be a real killer.
It’s criminally cozy.
A Cozy Mystery by New York Times, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Addison Moore —Humor with a side of homicide. RECIPE INCLUDED!Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison’s books, “…easy, frothy fun!”
A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again. After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn’t seem to convince to leave, and a new family she’d never be able to live without. In book 15 in the series, it’s time for the annual clam bake weekend which promises to bring not only new guests to know and love but a mystery to solve and an important decision to make.
RO G'ma 5.0 out of 5 stars Bodies and Secrets Uncovered Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021 Format: KindleVerified Purchase Clue in the Clam is the fifteenth book in Kathi Daley’s heartwarming The Inn at Holiday Bay series. The setting is charming, and the well-developed characters are three-dimensional, compassionate, and caring. The storyline is well plotted, and there are lots of twists and red herrings in the complex mysteries contained within this book. The storyline flows smoothly, and the book is a clean read with a perfect blend of mystery, heartache, joy, and caring with a touch of sweet romance. Every time I pick up one of Ms. Daley’s books, I know I’m in for a treat, and I’ve never been disappointed. I highly recommend this series to readers who enjoy well-crafted cozy mysteries.
After Abby Sullivan’s lost her husband and their infant son in a tragic accident, she moved to Holiday Bay, Maine, opened the Inn at Holiday Bay, made a new life for herself, and found a home and a family. Georgia Carter, who has also overcome obstacles in her life, is the inn’s talented cook/baker and manager, and she and her Newfoundland dog, Ramos, live with Abby, Rufus, a Maine Coon, and Molly, a terrier mix, in a cottage on the property. Georgia’s cable cooking show, Cooking with Georgia, is doing well. Jeremy Slater, who lives in the inn’s basement apartment with his young niece, Annabelle, is a valuable asset who helps with the inn’s day-to-day operations.
Holiday Bay is preparing for their annual Clam Bake week. Abby and Georgia decided to have the inn’s murder mystery dinner and clam bake on a private island owned by Belmont Salinger. After Georgia is contacted by a representative of the theater group about needing photographs of the island, Tanner agrees to use his boat to make a trip to the island. Georgia invites Abby and Colt to join them, and they make plans to go out to dinner afterward. Unfortunately, their plans change when Abby comes upon the body of a local town councilman, Oliver Halifax. As Police Chief Colt Wilder investigates, he and Abby uncover secrets harbored by several local residents.
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