Katie and Maverick Cozy Mysteries

Katie takes a housesitting job, then learns she has to host a party on behalf of the owners. The old place is spooky and there’s a murder to be solved. As always, Maverick the search-and-rescue retriever makes sure the clues are found before the witching hour!

After losing her husband of 17 days, Katie Wilk is starting over—new town, new career, and with Maverick, a Labrador retriever puppy she isn’t really sure about. When the pair discover a dead body in a marshland, Katie finds herself caught up in the investigation of two deaths, a slew of preparations for a movie premier, and a new man who may find his way into her life.

Katie and Maverick are training for Search and Rescue certification, and Katie is working with her math and science students. But several shocking events rock their small town—a teenage girl is found dead in a state park, a neighbor’s three-year-old daughter is abducted, and Maverick’s SAR exercise turns into a real emergency. Are the crimes connected, and can Katie figure out the puzzle in time?

Katie and Maverick are out walking when Maverick dashes through the moving gate at a self-storage facility and they get locked in. By the time the police respond to the silent alarms the pair have set off, a car inside one of the garage-sized units is engulfed in flame. Was it a suicide that turned extra messy, or did someone rig the expensive sports car to explode and kill the woman inside?

Christmas is fast approaching, but the holiday season is marred. Katie’s landlady, Ida and her neighbor, Grace hadn’t spoken in 40 years and just recently made up. But when they both bid on the same unusual art piece at the Holiday Gala, the claws come out again. Two deaths happen and police attention focuses on Ida. Can Katie and Maverick find the real killer before Ida spends Christmas in jail?

It’s Christmas in Minnesota, a time for decorations, hot chocolate, carols, and fishing! Katie agrees to participate in the ice-fishing tournament. But she finds that a place where one of her students fell through the ice was deliberately cut, and the intended victim was the town’s least loveable man. When Dr. Pete is accused, Katie and Maverick track the leads in this very tricky investigation.

Katie Wilk is still reeling from astounding news about her late husband. And then, ZaZa Lavigne shows up, the woman who can push all of Katie’s buttons. But her personal problems are set aside when an heirloom diamond ring seemingly gets switched at the local jewelry store, giving Katie and Maverick a new mystery to solve.

A road trip with her students, for a memorial service, turns into a mystery when one of the first people Katie, Maverick, and the kids meet turns up dead less than a day after their arrival. When the sheriff begins questioning their group, Katie pays attention to clues. How can she find enough evidence to convince him they’re innocent, especially when she’s been warned to butt out—many times?