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Dog-Eared Danger

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:00:19 +0300

The belief is that all animal lovers are good people, but sometimes, that's just not true.

In preparation for her wedding day and to thank her loyal companions, Harvey Beckett has scheduled a spa day for her pups, Mayhem and Taco, at the brand new doggy daycare in town. But when the pups return from their escape bedraggled and anxious, Harvey gets curious, and we know what curiosity did to the cat.

Who knew pampering pooches could be so scary?

Hanged by a Thread

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:51:26 +0300

The promise of old printer's trays has her heart aflutter, but it near stops when she finds a body at the bottom of the elevator shaft.

When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton heard that a 19th century printing press was still in the old warehouse that was scheduled for demolition, she knew she had to get in there. But when her dreams of a salvage windfall lead her on the genealogical hunt for the owners of the press and their descendants, she uncovers a story that promises to stay with her far longer than the income from her salvage operations.

When the story becomes public, will Paisley's business be safe? Will she?

Blood and Back Stitches

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:21:30 +0300

Log cabins are supposed to be full of inspiring stories, not bloody bones.

When Paisley Sutton gets the chance to salvage from her first antique log cabin, she is ecstatic, until she finds the body of a murdered man in the back room. When she and her friends begin to look into who he is and why he's dead, they uncover a heap of stories no one in town wants them to know.

Will the truth set them free or get them killed?

Publishable by Death

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:20:18 +0200

The last thing Harvey Beckett needs on opening day of her bookstore is a dead body.

All Harvey Beckett help the residents of St. Marin's find the perfect book for that moment and snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem. But when the small, waterside town's newest resident discovers the body of the community's persnickety reporter in her bookshop storeroom just before her grand opening, Harvey can't help trying to solve the crime, even when her curiosity puts her in danger.

The more Harvey learns about the town's history – and the history of the gas station that's become her bookstore – the more she understands that forgiveness is a hard thing to give . . . and receive.

Will Harvey and her friends be able to solve the murder of the town reporter without her becoming a victim herself?

St. Marin's Cozy Mysteries Box Set Volume III

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:51:23 +0300

Harvey Beckett and her friends are once again embroiled in three murders in their tiny Maryland town. Their good hearts and curious natures leave them in peril, but it's worth it, at least to Harvey.

Get books 7-9 of the series in this box set and enjoy how Harvey's nosiness and caring nature get her into all kinds of trouble. Is her quest for justice worth the danger she's in?

Aida Time

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:30:53 +0200

Bobbins and Bodies

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:51:22 +0300

All she wanted from the old house was the gorgeous mantel, not a dead body.

Paisley Sutton always expects the unexpected when she goes into a house to salvage the architectural prizes before its torn down. She evens knows she might encounter a rodent or two. But she really isn't expecting to find a dead body, not again. And when it turns out the young man she found slumped in the house's basement was killed, Paisley discovers that it's not only the house that was abandoned.

Will her research trigger the decades-old fears that someone hoped to bury in the rubble?

Plotted For Murder

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:00:22 +0300

She has always said if she was running, it's because she was being chased. That's never been more true.

It's Autumn, bookstore owner Harvey Beckett's favorite time of year, and she's most excited about two things – her bookshop's float in the annual Harvest Parade and pumpkin everything. But when her best friend Mart finds the body of her running coach and high school gym teacher behind the bleachers one fall morning, Harvey becomes enthralled in a mystery that uncovers their quaint town's darkest secrets.

When Harvey's curiosity gets the best of her, she and her pup Mayhem find that maybe there are just some secrets left undiscovered.

The Poe Baxter Books Series Box Set--Volume 1

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:40:28 +0300

When Poe Baxter decides to leave her job as an English professor and takes a position gathering rare folklore texts for her uncle, she doesn't realize that she'll be launched into a life-threatening world of danger, world travel, and even a bit of romance.

Get the first three books in ACF Bookens' new series now.

Spines and Slaughter

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:40:30 +0300

Sometimes the demons of stories take on human faces.

When Poe Baxter and her friend Beattie travel to Lima, Peru, to hunt down a rare collection of Peruvian folktales, the two women find themselves mixed up in a game of deceit that echoes the legend of the chullachaqui. Soon, they're having trouble telling truth from lie, even when their lives are at stake.

Can Poe and Beattie discern what is real from what is myth before it's too late?

Stitch X For Murder: Stitches in Crime - Book 5

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:26:42 +0300

Fatal Floss: Stitches In Crime - Book 8

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:26:41 +0300

Bound to Execute

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:20:17 +0200

The things Harvey Beckett doesn't know about her neighbors could get her killed.

In the perfect days of early May, bookshop owner Harvey Beckett is looking forward to evenings of walking Mayhem, reading in the before bed, and maybe even enjoying a snuggle with her favorite mechanic.
But a meandering dog walk pushes pause on those plans when she and Mayhem stumble upon the body of the much-detested local bank manager. Harvey and her friends discover that there's a lot going on behind the scenes in quiet St. Marin's, a lot that people are hiding.

Can Harvey help, or will her helping only end up creating more trouble for everyone around her?

This book is the third title in the St. Marin's Cozy Mystery Series by ACF Bookens.

Sewn At the Crime

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:51:21 +0300

Salvaging old books is one thing. Finding bones is entirely another.

Salvager Paisley Sutton has been wanting to go inside the old two-room school for years, but when she finally gains access, just before a local community group begins a full restoration, she finds far more than great old desks and vintage textbooks. Soon, she's preoccupied with the hunt for a murderer who is trying to hold three decades of crime.

How much is the truth worth? Is it worth Paisley's life?