Gemma Halliday Publishing

Publisher info

We are a small, boutique publisher of quality women's genre fiction who work with a select number of authors per year. We enjoy stories with laughter, heart, and lots of clever plot twists. We don't publish books with graphic gore or sexual content, which makes our books perfect for sharing with your eighteen-year-old daughter or your eighty-year-old grandmother. Our titles are available in most major online retailers and by special request from brick & mortar bookstores and libraries.

Where to find Gemma Halliday Publishing online

Homicide Honeymoon
Series: Aloha Lagoon Mysteries, Book 22. Pre-release—available June 18, 2024. Price: $5.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Wedding planner Kristy Piper has her hands full when her latest bride-to-be is found crying over the dead body of her former fiancé! Is it shock...or guilt? With the local police working on "island time," Kristy takes it upon herself to wade through an entire wedding party full of suspects to solve the murder and save the wedding...or die trying!
Cornered at the Corral
Series: Ghost Town Mysteries, Book 4. Pre-release—available May 14, 2024. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 56,840. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
A body is found in the river near the Calico Rock Mine and Ghost Town, and manager Lily Cranston is unexpectedly drawn into a murder investigation. An innocent man accused of the crime, a century-old family feud, and a web of secrets that someone will kill to keep buried...can Lily navigate them all or will the killer silence her for good?
Cookies & Chance Mysteries Boxed Set Vol. IV (Books 10-12)
Pre-release—available April 30, 2024. Price: $6.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a boxed set of three tasty mysteries featuring baker turned sleuth Sally Muccio. This boxed set includes three full-length novels—and delicious recipes!—from the Cookies & Chance Mysteries series, including: Knee Deep in Dough (book #10), Dessert is the Bomb (book #11), Seasoned with Murder (book #12)
Museum of Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 30. Pre-release—available April 23, 2024. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 73,960. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Merry Wrath's hometown erects a Museum of Murder it's an instant hit! However the ex-CIA spy turned Girl Scout leader isn't totally thrilled that she’s featured in the exhibits. Even less so when a killer recreates copycat murders among the exhibits! Merry has no time to lose to catch a murderer before she becomes the next victim to be immortalized at the museum.
Death at the Spring Fling
Series: Aloha Lagoon Mysteries, Book 21. Pre-release—available April 16, 2024. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 58,470. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Kiki Hepburn is happy to help put together the Aloha Lagoon Spring Fling Dance, hanging crepe paper jellyfish and paper mâché honu. But the dance suddenly turns deadly when Kiki finds a dead body...and Kiki's nemesis, Ruby, standing over it with the murder weapon! Did Ruby finally snap? Or does someone else on the island have murderous intentions?
Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Boxed (Books 16-20)
Pre-release—available April 9, 2024. Price: $9.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Take a Hawaiian vacation at the killer Aloha Lagoon resort and enjoy laughter, romance, and just a little murder! This boxed set contains 5 full-length cozy mystery novels in the Aloha Lagoon Mysteries series including: Death Under the Sea (book #16), Tidal Wave (book #17), Death on a Cliff (book #18), Hula Homicide (book #19), Hallo-waiian Murder Mystery (book #20)
Resort to Murder
Series: Northwoods Mysteries, Book 1. Pre-release—available March 26, 2024. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,830. Language: English. Published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Emmy Cooper returns to her family's lake cottage resort, she expects to get a much-needed break... but what she finds instead was a dead body! The pushy land developer wasn't loved in life, and now suspects in his murder seem to be coming out of the woodwork, including Emmy's own father. To clear her dad's name and get to the truth, Emmy must find out who would resort to murder.
Poppies, Perils, and Poison
Series: Camelot Flowers Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 76,390. Language: English. Published: March 19, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Florist Gwen Stevens is torn between her lifelong crush on her best friend and the hot new local police detective. But her thorny love life takes a backseat when a newcomer to her small town drops dead in the local coffee shop...and Gwen's surrogate aunt is the main suspect in her murder! Can Gwen uncover the truth before the killer poisons her chances of a happily ever after?
'Bout to Dye in Birmingham
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,120. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It’s March 2020 in Birmingham, Alabama, and Maggie Baxter is not only navigating her shutdowns, face masks, and toilet paper shortages, but she also stumbles upon a dead man—snipped in the bud with his own set of monogrammed scissors! It's a salon scheme gone south, and now it's up to Maggie and her eccentric cousin Francis to find a killer and survive 2020!
Chilled to the Dog Bone
Series: Samantha Davies Mysteries, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 62,590. Language: English. Published: March 5, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's Saint Patrick's Day weekend in upstate New York, and Samantha Davies is excited about the annual outdoor games put on by the local fire company... that is until the grumpy rival fire chief is found dead on the ice! To make matters worse, Sam's fingerprints are all over the evidence at the murder scene. Can Sam find the killer and clear her name before the Luck of the Irish runs out for her?
Double Scoop of Murder
Series: Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 62,090. Language: English. Published: February 27, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Danika Delany loves running her uncle's old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island. But when a local billionaire dies and leaves his fortune in the form of a treasure hunt, chaos descends on her small town... and Dani digs up more than she expected when she discovers a dead body buried instead of a treasure! Now, instead of a four-billion-dollar payday, Dani is on the hunt for a killer.
Merry Wrath Mysteries Boxed Set Vol. IX (Books 25-27)
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 193,310. Language: English. Published: February 20, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a boxed set of three laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mysteries! This boxed set includes three, full-length novels featuring the CIA assassin turned Girl Scout troop leader, including: Method Actor Murder (book #25), Marked for Murder (book #26), and Mythic Melee Murder (book #27)
Murder She Meowed
Series: Bookshop Kitties Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,020. Language: English. Published: February 6, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Children's book author Christy Bailey is thrilled that her aunt Betty is finally marrying the man of her dreams! But when Christy finds her friend and wedding caterer's ex-husband dead just after the reception, she is once again thrust into a murder investigation! Can she prove her friend is innocent and track down the real killer...or will this be one wedding without a happy ending?
Showdown at the Saloon
Series: Ghost Town Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 61,710. Language: English. Published: January 16, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Lily Cranston loves managing the Calico Rock Mine and Ghost Town. Her life is finally looking up...until the night she finds the body of an apparent hitman on the side of the road! As if that weren’t bad enough, in his pocket is her sister’s name and address. Now it's up to Lily to search through family secrets, ghost seekers, and even organized crime to get the truth and save her sister!
My Old Kentucky Homicide
Series: Bourbon B&B Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 79,790. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2024 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Jess Walker returns home to her family's Three Sisters B&B in the heart of bourbon country, the last thing she expects to encounter as a dead body. One of the B&B's VIP guests is found dead, and the local sheriff is treating it as an accident, blaming it on unsafe conditions at the B&B. Now all three sisters will need to work together to find the perpetrator of the Old Kentucky Homicide.
Match Box Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 23,620. Language: English. Published: December 12, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's just another weekend camping trip for ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath and her precocious Girl Scout troop. But when a creepy camp caretaker is found inconveniently dead behind the rifle range and a violent storm comes out of nowhere, Merry and the troop are stranded with a killer! Can Merry unmask the murderer before she and the girls get burned?
Merry Christmas Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 29. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 21,970. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's not Christmas in Who's There, Iowa without a severely mandatory holiday lights policy! Merry Wrath's Girl Scout troop shows up on her doorstep with a box of lights and an ultimatum. Unfortunately, as Merry's begrudgingly working on the display, she finds a dead man tangled in her lights. Can Merry find the killer and get her display back on track before the lights go out on Christmas?
Grounds for Murder
Series: Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,000. Language: English. Published: November 21, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Danika Delaney is thrilled to have taken over her uncle Jimmie's old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island and is working hard to make it her own. In an effort to increase business, Danika invites a mystery writer to the shop for a reading... but when he's found dead, it's suddenly up to Danika to find out who wanted to silence the author!
Murder on the Books
Series: Modern Midwife Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 76,890. Language: English. Published: November 14, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Christmas, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's winter in the Maeve O'Reilly Kensington's seaside New England town, and the holidays are fast approaching. Maeve decides to make a last-minute dash to the Langford Library just before closing time...and discovers the body of the well-loved library director in the snow! Did she have a medical issue? Did she fall? Is murder on the books? It's up to Maeve and her eclectic family to find out!
Murder Comes Home
Series: Hometown Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 80,850. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When a reality TV show comes to town, Army retiree Tessa Treslow couldn't be more excited. That is, until she realizes they brought with them a cold blooded killer! And when Tessa's Aunt Edna suddenly becomes entangled in the investigation, Tessa has a personal reason to find the murderer... before they find her!
Monster Mash Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 28. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 62,170. Language: English. Published: October 17, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
What’s scarier than ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath’s pint-sized Girl Scout troop? How about the spookiest Halloween haunted house ever? But when a man is found murdered by "zombies" inside the girls' attraction, it's suddenly up to Merry to find the killer and save Halloween... before the horrors aim their haunting at her!
Hallo-waiian Murder Mystery
Series: Aloha Lagoon Mysteries, Book 20. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 67,210. Language: English. Published: October 3, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's Kiki Hepburn's first Halloween in Aloha Lagoon includes poisonous flowers, a prickly pineapple plantation, and a zombie themed wedding... and a murder! With time running out and "something" stalking her every move, will Kiki live to see her Halloween treats? Or will this year end in a "trick" Kiki won't come back from?
Bake, Batter, and Roll
Series: Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 13. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 64,780. Language: English. Published: September 26, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When baker Sally Muccio's Grandma Rosa becomes a contestant on a reality TV dating show for seniors, Sal knows it's a disaster in the making. What she didn't expect was to find the show's host dead in her bakery! Between the stacks of suspects and the danger mounting, Sal fears this is one Hollywood production without a happy ending. Can Sal find a killer before she winds up battered as well?
Pups, Pumpkins, and Murder
Series: Samantha Davies Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 56,900. Language: English. Published: September 19, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Samantha Davies finds a murdered man—crushed beneath a 2,000 pound pumpkin!—her upstate New York fall suddenly turns very chilly. And when her good friend and owner of the local cafe becomes the police's prime suspect, Sam takes it up on herself to find the real killer. With her faithful dachshund, Porkchop, by her side, can Sam get to the truth... before the killer gets to her?
Homicide at High Noon
Series: Ghost Town Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 61,110. Language: English. Published: September 12, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Lily Cranston is accused of embezzling funds from the Calico Rock Mine and Ghost Town she manages, she's shocked. But when the auditor brought in to prove her crimes is killed, Lily finds herself scrambling to prove she's not only innocent of embezzlement but also murder! Can she find the missing money and the killer before it’s too late?
Mystic Mojo (A Mystic Isle Mysteries Novella)
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 9,830. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Melanie Hamilton works the Mansion at Mystic Isle, a getaway in the Louisiana bayou dedicated to all things paranormal. But even Mel couldn't have predicted receiving a haunted piano for the resort's Summer Jazz Festival! The old instrument jumps all over the stage on its own, howls like a rougarou under a full moon, and even attacks the players! Can Mel get to the truth and save the festival?
Cookies, Chamomile, and Corpses (A Cookies & Chance Mysteries Novella)
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 18,120. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Sally Muccio is in search of money to start up her own novelty cookie shop. Luckily, Sal's grandmother agrees to help with the financial situation if Sal will do her one small favor—find out who killed her sister, Luisa. Sal reluctantly agrees, but trouble is brewing, and the hunt to find a killer might bring everything crumbling around her.
Murder A La Mode
Series: Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 66,850. Language: English. Published: August 8, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When Danika Delaney returns home to Long Island to take over her eccentric uncle’s old fashioned malt shop, she’s not exactly thrilled. Especially when she discovers the body of her ex-boyfriend’s estranged wife in a melted puddle of rocky road in the malt shop! Can Dani narrow down the suspect list before she ends up in a puddle of her own...
Mythic Melee Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 27. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 61,140. Language: English. Published: July 25, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout Leader Merry Wrath is wary when her troop signs themselves up for a LARP (Live Action Role Playing Game). But what starts out as a game suddenly becomes very real when Steve the Sorcerer is murdered! Between epic battles, eccentric suspects, and a cranky local detective who’s really close to retirement, can Merry find a real killer among the role players?
Murder at the Mine
Series: Ghost Town Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 60,600. Language: English. Published: June 6, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Lily Cranston was excited to be the new manager of the Calico Rock Mine and Ghost Town tourist attraction in her old hometown. But Lily's happy homecoming takes an unexpected turn when one of the Calico Rock re-enactors turns up dead—murdered in the ghost town! Can she solve the mystery and stay alive? Or will the ghost town claim another victim...
Marigolds, Mischief, and Murder
Series: Camelot Flowers Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 85,380. Language: English. Published: May 16, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
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Gwen Stevens will do just about anything to prove she's ready to take the reins of the family business, Camelot Flowers. But when Gwen stumbles on the dead body of a high school friend, everything else in her life suddenly takes a backseat. Between a corpse, an attraction to two different inconvenient men, and slew of suspects, can Gwen find the killer...before they have her pushing up daisies?
Rhinestone Ransom
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,960. Language: English. Published: May 2, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
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When jewelry designer Logan Moretti agreed to watch a stranger's dog, she never imagined the pup would become a dognapping victim! Now with a ransom request for a diamond tennis bracelet, a chase down by the docks, and more danger than she ever imagined, Logan's good deed suddenly has her in way over her head. Can she save the pooch and escape unharmed?
Marked for Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 26. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 72,240. Language: English. Published: April 25, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
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Merry Wrath has been out of the spy biz so long that she's sure the CIA has forgotten all about her... until an assassin shows up with a contract to terminate her! It has to be an elaborate prank. Or so Merry thinks, until she learns that the contract also went out to a slew of suspicious bad guys. And when those would-be killers start showing up as bodies, Merry needs to find answers... and fast!
That Dog Won't Hunt
Series: Birdwell, Texas Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,240. Language: English. Published: April 18, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When all the dogs in Birdwell, Texas start vanishing, Helen Harding wants to know why! Now she and volunteer sheriff Aodhagan MacFarley are on the hunt to find out if the disappearances are supernatural, like the media thinks, super explainable, like Aodhagan thinks, or just super ridiculous, like Helen thinks. Can she bring home an entire population of purloined pooches?
Champagne, Sunrise & Dead Guys
Series: Gianna Mancini Mysteries, Book 9. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,300. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When ghost whisperer Gianna Mancini discovers food critic Tamara Evans stabbed to death, she has her work cut out for her finding the recently departed's killer. Was it the angry ex-husband, a young smitten bartender, a grouchy restaurateur Tamara gave a scathing review to, or possibly even a member of Gianna’s own family? If Gianna can't find out quickly, this may be her last course!
Mystic Wedding Bell Blues (A Mystic Isle Mysteries Novella)
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,120. Language: English. Published: March 28, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
It's springtime on the bayou—and a wedding is on the agenda for Melanie Hamilton's best friend, Cat, at The Mansion at Mystic Isle resort outside New Orleans. But when the semi-famous TV revival reverend set to oversee the nuptials winds up dead, things go quickly from matrimony to murder. Can Mel catch a killer in time to save Cat’s wedding?
Gianna Mancini Mysteries Boxed Set 2 (Books 4-6)
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 212,990. Language: English. Published: March 21, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Fischetto comes a boxed set of three hauntingly fun mysteries! This boxed set includes three full-length novels in the Gianna Mancini Mysteries series, including: Stilettos, Bow Ties & Dead Guys (book #4), Diamonds, Pies & Dead Guys (book #5), Ghosts, Private Eyes & Dead Guys (book #6)
Fishing Badge Murder (A Merry Wrath Mysteries Novella)
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 16,110. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When former CIA agent turned suburbanite Merry Wrath takes her Girl Scout troop fishing, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body. And when a mysterious FBI agent shows up to take over the murder case, Merry soon discovers things are not entirely what they seem in her small town of Who’s There, Iowa...
A Wedding Gone to the Dogs
Series: Samantha Davies Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 70,040. Language: English. Published: March 7, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Children's book author Samantha Davies' is thrilled that her Southern Belle cousin Candie is getting married again. But when Candie's ex-husband show up dead right before the wedding, a murder investigation derails the nuptials. Can Sam and her faithful dog Porkchop prove her cousin's innocence in time for her to walk down the aisle? Or will the killer get way with murder?
Merry Wrath Mysteries Boxed Set Vol. VIII (Books 22-24)
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 192,800. Language: English. Published: February 21, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a boxed set of fabulously funny Merry Wrath Mysteries! This boxed set includes three, full-length novels featuring the CIA assassin turned Girl Scout troop leader, including: Mardi Gras Murder (book #22), Munchies and Murder (book #23), and Memories are Murder (#24)
Home Is Where the Murder Is
Series: Hometown Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,120. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When retired US Army officer Tessa Treslow organizes a charity, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body! The victim is a stranger to their small town, who claimed to have ties to Tessa's best friend—putting her bestie squarely in the position of suspect #1. Can Tessa find out the truth about the dead woman's claims and save her friend... or will the killer be claiming another victim?
Method Actor Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 25. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 69,230. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Community theater comes to Merry Wrath's small town when two actors arrive from off-off-off Broadway (…Street in Peoria) with their stage pig, Iago, to put on a production of Derek the Sparkly Unicorn Ninja. But when one of the thespians takes Method Acting a bit too far and ends up dead on stage, Merry has to work fast to find a killer before the curtain falls on another victim!
Dial M for Meow
Series: Bookshop Kitties Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 75,700. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2023 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When children’s book author, Christy Bailey, receives a call from her aunt to help out at her bookshop, the last thing she expects to find is Aunt Betty standing over a dead body! Now Christy and her two helpful cats must find out who murdered her aunt's best frenemy in the purrrrfect crime... before Aunt Betty ends up behind bars!
Murder on the Widow's Walk
Series: Modern Midwife Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,310. Language: English. Published: December 6, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Maeve O'Reilly Kensington, a modern-day nurse midwife, and her sister Meg find themselves once again in the middle of a murder investigation when wealthy and ruthless Monty Livingstone is pushed form the Widow's Walk of a coastal New England home. Maeve, Meg, and their savvy Boston Irish mother must band together to uncover Monty's secrets and find his killer!
Merry Wrath Mysteries Boxed Set Vol. VII (Books 19-21)
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 197,770. Language: English. Published: November 15, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a boxed set of three hilariously over-the-top Merry Wrath Mysteries! This boxed set includes three, full-length novels featuring the CIA assassin turned Girl Scout troop leader, including: Mosquito Bite Murder (book #19), Manga and Murder (book #20), Mayor for Murder (book #21)
A Doggone Death
Series: Samantha Davies Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 60,700. Language: English. Published: November 8, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Samantha can't wait to join their fellow hookers (rug hookers, that is) for a event sponsored by her friend Lucy. But what should be friendly fun turns into a deadly disaster, when Samantha stumbles upon a fellow hooker in distress—who dies in Sam's arms! The dead woman, Hilda Pratt, wasn't exactly beloved by all—least of all Lucy. Now it's up to Sam to clear her friend's name and find a murderer!
Memories Are Murder
Series: Merry Wrath Mysteries, Book 24. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 71,400. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When someone from ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath's past surfaces just as a dead body turns up in her garage, she can't chalk it up to mere coincidence. Is Teo the Tapir framing Merry for murder? And can Merry keep her taxidermist sisters-in-law, her troop of unruly Girl Scouts, and fifty-one frantic hamsters in check long enough to discover the truth? Or are some memories too deadly to hold onto?
Seasoned with Murder
Series: Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 12. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 65,820. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
When full time baker and sometime sleuth Sally Muccio heads out on a fun-filled cruise, the last thing she expects to encounter is a dead body. And when a woman Sal knows is innocent is accused of the crime, it's up to Sal to find the real killer...before she herself becomes a victim of high crime on the high seas!
Hula Homicide
Series: Aloha Lagoon Mysteries, Book 19. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 66,660. Language: English. Published: September 6, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Kristy Piper is thrilled with her job as the wedding planner at the Aloha Lagoon resort. That is, until a groomsman turns up dead and her hot new photographer is the police's prime suspect. Suddenly it's up to Kristy to clear the heartthrob's name and figure out which of her current wedding party had it in for the dead man...before they strike again!
Death on a Cliff
Series: Aloha Lagoon Mysteries, Book 18. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 56,510. Language: English. Published: August 9, 2022 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Former socialite Kiki Hepburn is happily settling into life in Aloha Lagoon, Hawaii, working at the local dive shop. But when a NFL draft pick arrives in town with his not-so-friendly entourage, all that changes. Suddenly Kiki is faced with a dead body, a desperate friend, a string of clues, and the police closing in on an innocent man. Can Kiki navigate the sea of suspects to catch the killer?
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Aloha Lagoon Mysteries
There's trouble in paradise... Welcome to Aloha Lagoon, one of Hawaii's hidden treasures. A little bit of tropical paradise nestled along the coast of Kauai, this resort town boasts luxurious accommodation, friendly island atmosphere...and only a slightly higher than normal murder rate. While mysterious circumstances may be the norm on our corner of the island, we're certain that our staff and Lagoon natives will make your stay in Aloha Lagoon one you will never forget! visit us at alohalagoonmysteries.com
Ukulele Murder
Price: $2.99 USD.
Deadly Wipeout
Price: $5.99 USD.
Mele Kalikimaka Murder
Price: $5.99 USD.
Death of the Big Kahuna
Price: $5.99 USD.
Ghost Town Mysteries
Lily Cranston is eager to return to her hometown and get a do-over on life. She'll be among old friends, with loving family, and as the new manager of the Calico Rock Mine and Ghost Town, she's excited to take on the challenge of turning the old west town back into the premier tourist destination she remembers from her childhood. But Lily's happy homecoming takes an unexpected turn when one of the Calico Rock re-enactors turns up dead—murdered in the ghost town!
Murder at the Mine
Price: $4.99 USD.
Homicide at High Noon
Price: $4.99 USD.
Showdown at the Saloon
Price: $4.99 USD.
Cornered at the Corral
Price: $4.99 USD.
Northwoods Mysteries
When Emmy Cooper returns to her family's lake cottage resort, she expects to get a much-needed break... but what she finds instead was a dead body! The pushy land developer wasn't loved in life, and now suspects in his murder seem to be coming out of the woodwork, including Emmy's own father. To clear her dad's name and get to the truth, Emmy must find out who would resort to murder.
Resort to Murder
Price: $4.99 USD.
Camelot Flowers Mysteries
Florist Gwen Stevens knows two things to be true. One—her parents are never going to retire and hand over the reins to the family flower shop, Camelot Flowers, if Gwen can’t handle the business while they’re on their yearly trip to escape the cold of central Illinois in the Florida Keys. And two—she needs to get over her unrequited crush on her best friend, Chris Crawford. But when Gwen stumbles on the dead body of a high school friend, everything else in her life suddenly takes a backseat. Especially when Chris becomes the main suspect in the murder, and it seems only Gwen believes in his innocence. With her friend's freedom on the line, Gwen will use every lifelong connection she has in her small town of Star Junction to find the real killer, even if the sexy new police detective, Finn Butler, doesn’t want her help.
Samantha Davies Mysteries
After a nasty divorce, Samantha Davies has finally gotten her life back on track. She enjoys her hobby of hooking—rug hooking, that is—and is fulfilling a lifelong dream by writing her first children’s book, featuring her dachshund, Porkchop. But the pleasant pace of her life in small-town Upstate New York is suddenly shattered when she finds the dead body of the local pet shelter owner—murdered and covered in kibble!
Kibbles and Death
Price: $4.99 USD.
A Doggone Death
Price: $4.99 USD.
Chilled to the Dog Bone
Price: $4.99 USD.
Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries
When twenty-five-year-old Danika Delaney, black sheep of the Delaney clan, returns home to Long Island to take over Jimmies, her eccentric uncle’s old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island, she’s not exactly thrilled. But things start to look up when her uncle tells her she can do whatever she’d like with the shop, and it seems she might realize her dream of a small trendy café. That is, until she discovers the body of her ex-boyfriend’s estranged wife in a melted puddle of rocky road in the malt shop basement. With her two sidekicks, her sister and a good childhood friend, in tow, Dani searches for –stumbles upon—one clue after another. But as she narrows down the suspect list, she realizes if she’s not careful she may end up in a puddle of her own.
Murder A La Mode
Price: $4.99 USD.
Grounds for Murder
Price: $4.99 USD.
Double Scoop of Murder
Price: $4.99 USD.
Bookshop Kitties Mysteries
When children’s book author, Christy Bailey, receives a call from her aunt Betty to help out at her bookshop, she drops everything to go. Christy packs up her two cats—Milton and Pearl, the stars of her children's mystery books—and leaves busy Philadelphia for tiny Green Meadow, Indiana. The timing of the call is perfect, as Christy’s letch of an ex-boyfriend has just cleaned out her savings, leaving Christy with a pile of unpaid bills and a desire to start over. And what better place to do that than a charming small town in Middle America? But when Christy reaches her aunt's bookshop, instead of small town hospitality she finds a dead body! Even worse, her aunt is passed out in the corner, hands covered in blood. Can Christy and her kitties find the real killer? Or have they framed her aunt in the purrrrrfect crime?
Dial M for Meow
Price: $4.99 USD.
Murder She Meowed
Price: $4.99 USD.
Bourbon B&B Mysteries
When Jess Walker returns home to Kentucky to help her family's Three Sisters B&B in the heart of bourbon country, the last thing she expects to encounter as a dead body. One of the B&B's VIP guests is found dead, and the local sheriff is treating the death as an accident, blaming it on unsafe conditions at the B&B. Now all three sisters will need to work in perfect harmony in order to find the perpetrator of the Old Kentucky Homicide.
My Old Kentucky Homicide
Price: $4.99 USD.
Modern Midwife Mysteries
Maeve O’Reilly Kensington loves her job as a nurse-midwife at Creighton Memorial Hospital in the quintessential New England seaside town of Langford. Nothing could bring her more pleasure than helping women usher new life into the world... except possibly having a child of her own with her husband, Will. In the meantime, she's happy to celebrate the families of those she treats, and content to support her husband in his newly formed catering business. Until murder comes knocking at her door...
Murder at the Wedding
Price: $4.99 USD.
Murder on the Books
Price: $4.99 USD.
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