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Concurrently being published as "Ill Wind / Raising the Dead (Butterscotch Jones Mysteries Book 12)". Two cozy Christmas shorts are included in this holiday short story collection. Raising the Dead (Miss Henry Mystery Series Book 13) In England, it is said that April is the cruelest month, but Miss Henry is finding March to be difficult enough. She has come to Guise Hall in Tickhill to assist Raphael whose work has been delayed by mysterious on-site accidents and the discovery of a vampire burial in the old herb garden. Rumors are flying about the old vampire curse which blighted the ...

The twelfth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series is a 31k-word book containing the stories "Snow Angel" and "High Society." "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com In "Snow Angel," Alex and Chloe are headed out of town, ready to spend a peaceful Christmas at a ski resort in Bethlehem, Colorado. Once there, Chloe finds that all is far from peaceful and bright in the newly restored hotel with a dark history. Someone wants to keep the hotel from officially opening on New Year's Eve and is willing to sabotage the resort, even if it puts ...

When Santa’s visit to the Gulch is called off due to a bad storm Butterscotch Jones has to step in and save Ricky’s Christmas. While Butterscotch is busy in Manitoba, Miss Henry is in Quebec. She is trying to drum up some Christmas spirit while hunting for a missing lawyer. Nicodemus Smith has her hands full tracking down a lost philanthropist who fancies himself to be Santa Claus, and Jane Blackthorn is going her best to cope with a plum pudding thief who is vexing her first Christmas in merry olde England. While Kenneth Mayhew tries to restore order at the Mayhem Mansion revels, Chloe...

The sixth Chloe Boston bundle is 113k words and includes the full texts of books 18 through 20 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "On the Beach", "Camp Chaos", and "The Davenport Caper".

The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 3 includes the full texts of books 8 through 10 in the Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series: "Red, White, and a Dog Named BLue", "Haunted", and "The Great Pumpkin Caper". "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com "Red, White, and a Dog Named Blue (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 8)" is a collection of short stories that fills in the gaps betwixt and between in Chloe's life. In the title story, Chloe's 4th of July turns deadly when she is called in to judge a baking competition at the county fair. In the story Batter Up!, Chloe gets talked into ...

The twentieth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com Chloe is invited to a swank party where a jewel heist occurs. It appears to be an open and shut case until Chloe begins nosing around. Along the way Chloe succeeds in stirring up some ghosts from her past. The Davenport Caper is a classic whodunit with lots of laughs and love to spare. For readers who enjoy a fast paced cliff hanger with plenty of twists and an action packed ending. Reviews "I was delighted to find Chloe Boston and all of Melanie ...

Hans, the donkey, has been let go from his job at the petting zoo and goes to Bremen Town to seek his fortunes at the music festival. Along the way he meets an unemployed dog and cat and another fellow musician who happens to be a rooster. At the outskirts of Bremen Town they are approached by a hare who wants to help a kind farmer who has been kidnapped by thieves. The musicians agree to detour from their new career path long enough to take part in an adventure.

Follow the adventures of Edam Mauz, a house mouse who goes to visit his country cousins at Christmas.

Up in the Air Hope Falls is hosting its first Kite Festival to raise funds for the animal shelter. The festival will bring in funds, tourists and a pair of feuding kite makers, one of whom ends up dead. A little investigation proves that the late Gerhardt Brandt was not a good man and had an impressive list of enemies. Can Chloe find the killer before everyone packs up their kites and heads home? Cooked Books What do prom night, German Chocolate Cake, and organized crime have in common? They're all elements in Chloe Boston's latest case. The FBI needs a baker to keep a mob accountant's ...

"Haunted" is the ninth book in the Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series. Initially suspended from the Hope Falls Police Department, Chloe takes on an urgent case for Alex and finds herself playing ghost buster. Haunted is an action packed, cliff hanger of a cozy. You've come this far, why not go all the way?

"Modern Art" is the ninth installment in the Miss Henry Cozy Mystery Series. Miss Henry knows nothing about modern art but that doesn't stop her from filling in when there is a sudden vacancy at a prestigious art show. She is surrounded by strangers but among the new faces there is one she knows from her days at the NSA. She can take no comfort in this fact though because the face belongs to a man that was supposedly killed by terrorists years before. Filled with uneasiness at his reappearance, Juliet is not entirely surprised to learn the next morning that Jessop Carmody, former NSA agent,...

The Miss Henry Mysteries Volume 1 is a collection of cozy mystery books 2-4 in the series. It includes the novels "Landscape in Scarlet", "Requiem at Christmas", and "Impression of Bones". "Portrait of a Gossip", the first novel in the series, should be read separately before reading this bundle.

A House Mouse at Christmas Follow the adventures of Edam Mauz, a house mouse who goes to visit his country cousins at Christmas. A House Mouse Picnic Edam and Gouda Mauz have gone into the woods to gather nuts and berries. Gouda wants to go to the meadow and Edam to the pond. Edam's adventures with the wild animals in the marsh teach him that there are many scary things in the world beyond the farm, but there are many wonderful things and new friends waiting too. Cinder Mouse A House Mouse at Halloween Edam Mouse has found the best club house in the world-- a giant pumpkin where someone has...

Edam and Gouda Mauz have gone into the woods to gather nuts and berries. Gouda wants to go to the meadow and Edam to the pond. Edam's adventures with the wild animals in the marsh teach him that there are many scary things in the world beyond the farm, but there are many wonderful things and new friends waiting too.

The Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mysteries 2 is a 82k word collection of books 5-7 in the series. It includes the novels "Points West", "The Wedding", and "Wild East".

"Four Seasons" is the ninth installment in the Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mystery Series. Leon Rausch of the CIA was not thrilled to be stranded in the Canadian wilderness. While worried about the attempted assassination that brought down his plane not far from McIntyre's Gulch, he has no idea that other dangers are lurking in the woods around him. With the Mountie snowbound in Winnipeg, it is left to Butterscotch and her neighbors to mount a rescue mission into the territory of The Others and get the passengers and crew out alive. Burdened with injured and hounded by the weather, they are ...

In "Still Waters", quiet McIntyre's Gulch is troubled by a strange cat burglar who seems interested in nothing but photographs. Mountie Chuck Goodhead is off on some mysterious mission leaving Butterscotch to cope on her own which she was doing quite happily when Agent DeSoto of the FBI arrived claiming he was there on a fishing trip. "Four Seasons" is the ninth installment in the Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mystery Series. Leon Rausch of the CIA was not thrilled to be stranded in the Canadian wilderness. While worried about the attempted assassination that brought down his plane not far from ...

Concurrently being published as "Raising the Dead / Ill Wind (Miss Henry Mystery Series Book 13)". Two cozy Christmas shorts are included in this holiday short story collection. Ill Wind (Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series Book 12) Twas the night before Christmas and the Gulch was missing both persons and toilet paper. Butterscotch Jones, unwilling Canadian detective, volunteers to to make a run to Irish Camp where the Wings is grounded with the town's much needed Christmas supplies. With the weather closing in and a hijacking in progress at the airport, she may need Santa's sleigh to escape...

This is the mysterious missing Butterscotch Jones mysteries book 8, previously published as "Duet". The book includes the Chloe Boston mystery "Make Over". In "Still Waters", quiet McIntyre's Gulch is troubled by a strange cat burglar who seems interested in nothing but photographs. Mountie Chuck Goodhead is off on some mysteries mission leaving Butterscotch to cope on her own which she was doing quite happiliy when Agent DeSoto of the FBI arrived claiming he was there on a fishing trip. In "Make Over", Chloe has chosen to spend her vacation restoring the old Stubbs Mansion. Put in charge ...

P.I. Zack Moon made a wish on a falling star and his prayers were answered in the form of his new assistant, Addy Claire. Abigail had always wanted to be a detective, but there were scary things happening at the Psychic Investors Hotline where she was working undercover, proving that sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for.