Excepting an internship at A Novel Idea, a thriving literary agency in Inspiration Valley, North Carolina, 45-year-old former journalist Lila Wilkins, while dealing with her quirky new co-workers and a stack of query letters, stumbles upon a murder mystery involving a penniless aspiring author.

ORDER # M112-1   $12-90   ISBN 9780425246191

When local car salesman and minor celebrity Big Daddy Boudreaux is found dead at her Mardi Gras party after an altercation with her uncle, pastry chef Rita Lucero, despite her busy schedule, must save her Uncle Nestor from a sticky situation.

ORDER # M112-2   $12-90   ISBN 9780425246221

When an old family friend, who has returned to Providence, Ohio to start a new honeybee farm, is found murdered, and all fingers point to her assistant Rebecca's boyfriend, a honeybee farmer himself, Charlotte Bessette sets the town abuzz as she tries to find the real killer.

ORDER # M112-3   $12-90   ISBN 9780425245873

Inviting fellow chef Yolanda to stay with her in the wake of two arson fires that ended the life of a local private investigator, Goldy Schulz reluctantly accepts protection from the police and dons her sleuthing cap when the killer targets her home.

ORDER # M112-4   $12-90   ISBN 9780061348167

After her best friend Claire and her new husband, the Reverend Bob Knudson, leave for their long-awaited honeymoon, Hannah Swensen stumbles upon the body of Bob's substitute, Matthew Walters, a Lutheran minister with a sweet tooth and a penchant for robbery, in the rectory. Includes recipes.

ORDER # M112-5   $12-90   ISBN 9780758234926

Donning her cowboy boots, fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian returns home to Sagebrush, Colorado to prove the innocence of her former boyfriend, cattle rancher Cole Tucker, who has been arrested for the murders of three women.

ORDER # M112-6   $12-90   ISBN 9780451236135

Unable to retain her professional detachment when her mother is abducted while baby-sitting her 4-month-old daughter, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Faith Mitchell teams up with Will Trent and Sara Linton in a case that reveals unsettling truths.

ORDER # M112-7   $12-90   ISBN 9780345528216

When Connor Lawton, Athena College's new writer-in-residence - and his daughter Laura's ex-flame - is found murdered, good-natured librarian Charlie Harris and his intrepid feline Diesel must prove Laura's innocence by following Connor's cluttered trail of angry lovers.

ORDER # M112-8   $12-90   ISBN 9780425246184

As the Margaret Moffette Lea Pageant and Ball fast approaches, Harlow Jane Cassidy, an extremely busy custom dressmaker, must find the time to clear her name when she is accused of murdering a local golf pro who was stabbed to death with her dressmaking shears.

ORDER # M112-9   $12-90   ISBN 9780451236142

While dealing with her ex-husband who is trying to win back their 10-year-old daughter, Alison Kerby must help a pair of sad spirits who, haunting her Jersey Shore guesthouse, need her help in solving a murder.

ORDER # M112-10   $12-90   ISBN 9780425246207

When she tries to return a rare first edition of Beauty and the Beast to its rightful owner, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright becomes trapped in a web of murder and betrayal linked to the death of her close friend 10 years earlier.

ORDER # M112-11   $12-90   ISBN 9780451236128

Former reporter Annie and the ladies of her scrapbooking club band together to investigate a young mother's suicide and discover that Maggie Rae's death may have been murder as they sift through her mysteriously discarded scrapbooks.

ORDER # M112-12   $12-90   ISBN 9780758266316

During Cape Willington's annual Moose Fest, Candy Holliday, who is covering the events for the local newspaper, discovers a link between a recent murder, a mysterious white moose and several weekend visitors that puts her life on thin ice.

ORDER # M112-13   $12-90   ISBN 9780425246177

When the bones belonging to Heather Winston, who went missing 22 years ago, are found in the walls of the Webster mansion, Katie Bonner delves into this cold case at the behest of Heather's aunt, a jewelry vendor at Artisans Alley.

ORDER # M112-14   $12-90   ISBN 9780425246160