Melanie Hamilton is not your average artist. She brings home the bacon by inking tattoos at New Orleans's Mansion at Mystic Isle, a resort in the middle of the bayou that caters to fans of the peculiar and paranormal.

Mystic Isle Mysteries

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Mystic Mayhem by &
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 66,560. Language: English. Published: September 15, 2015 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
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Melanie Hamilton brings home the bacon by inking tattoos at New Orleans's Mansion at Mystic Isle, a resort in the middle of the bayou that caters to fans of the peculiar and paranormal. But when a guest of the resort, a millionaire's widow, is poisoned, and Melanie's close friend is arrested for the murder, things go from hectic to downright dangerous.
Mystic Mistletoe Murder by &
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 64,660. Language: English. Published: November 22, 2016 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
'Tis the season at The Mansion on Mystic Isle, and Melanie Hamilton, resident tattoo artist at the resort renown for its supernatural atmosphere, can feel the holiday spirit everywhere in the Louisiana bayou. But when Papa Noël turns up as dead as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and all the bounty from a recent charity drive is stolen, Melanie has to find the killer and get it all back!
Mystic Mischief by &
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,440. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2017 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Just when Melanie Hamilton thought things couldn't get stranger at The Mansion at Mystic Isle, she finds herself in the middle of a true pirate treasure hunt! Fortune hunters have arrived Indiana Jones-style at the New Orleans resort...resulting in a dead body! Now it’s up to Mel and the rest of the odd crew at Mystic Isle to bring order back to the bayou and solve the murder.
Mystic Deception by &
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 57,150. Language: English. Published: June 4, 2019 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
When the Federation of Magicians decides to hold their annual contest at the Mansion at Mystic Isle resort on the bayou, Melanie Hamilton couldn't be more excited. But when the contest frontrunner turns up dead, Mel and the rest of the staff at the resort rally to chase down the culprit. Will an abracadabra and the wave of a magic wand catch the killer, or will it be Mel who disappears?
Mystic Isle Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-3) by &
Series: Mystic Isle Mysteries. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 188,740. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2018 by Gemma Halliday Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery
From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens comes a boxed set of the first three tantalizingly fun mysteries from the Bayou in the Mystic Isle series, including: Mystic Mayhem – book #1, Mystic Mistletoe Murder – book #2, Mystic Mischief – book #3
Mystic Wedding Bell Blues (A Mystic Isle Mysteries Novella) by &
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?
Mystic Mojo (A Mystic Isle Mysteries Novella) by &
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?