A New York City literary agent returns to her Indiana hometown for a funeral only to get pulled into a murder investigation in this series opener.Allie Cobb left home for the literary circles of Manhattan to make her name out from under the shadow of her legendary father. Now his death brings her and her rescue cat Ursula back to the southern Indiana town of Rushing Creek, population: 3,216. But a tragic new chapter hits the presses when the body of her father’s ha...

In Annie, E.J.'s found his North Star. In E.J., Annie's found someone who truly loves her for just her. Everything's great, right? Wrong! Despite their obvious feelings for each other, somebody's intent on tearing down the foundation they've built. And E.J.'s the target. First his career is derailed. Then his reputation is sullied.Annie's determined to find the culprit. But how's she going to do that when she has a new album to record and a tour to plan? E.J. desperately wants to p...

This is no ordinary wild animal removal call…In the sleepy panhandle of Florida, Benjamin “Elmo” Simpson has carved out a comfortable niche as the go-to wild animal removal specialist. Life is sweet until a peculiar service request takes him to a local condo and an unexpected scene. Retired lawyer Fran Cohen is missing and in his apartment is a well-fed alligator that appears to have enjoyed a nice breakfast with…or rather, of…Fran.All evidence points toward murder, and loc...

Murder hits the stacks when literary agent Allie Cobb investigates a fatality in the local library . . .Allie Cobb returns home from a book conference armed with hugs for her cat and her boyfriend, and dreams of a long, hot bath. She’s also getting ready to take the plunge by hiring an intern for her expanding literary agency. But it’s one for the books when Allie finds the town’s librarian—and her longtime role model—seconds away from death on the library floor.

Christmas in Paradise Springs is in full swing—even if it’s shaping up to be a quieter one for Elmo Simpson. Until a little girl asks Santa for the impossible.Wild animal removal specialist Elmo Simpson is spending the holidays playing Santa at the community park—and his girlfriend is about to head out of town to visit family, leaving him to a quieter-than-planned Christmas.Then a child makes one simple wish: bring her father home for Christmas.The ...

Wild animal removal specialist Elmo Simpson has another murder on his hands. It’s starting to become a habit…When a body is found on the beach near the Paradise Springs marina in the sleepy panhandle of Florida, Elmo’s disinclined to weigh in on it. But the victim is Desiree LaFontaine, former first mate of Elmo’s girlfriend, Nic, who apparently was the last person to see Desiree alive. Which makes Nicola suspect number one.But there are other suspects. Like Craig Abbott, o...

Wild animal removal specialist Elmo Simpson needs to act fast before the good people of Paradise Springs decide to remove him!Halloween has arrived, and all is well in Elmo Simpson’s life until his beloved cat Oscar wanders off and doesn’t return. While searching for Oscar, Elmo discovers a body in a ditch. A body that turns out to be Elmo’s former arch-nemesis, a man who Elmo believes stole intellectual property from him worth millions.When word gets out who the victim is,...

Paradise Springs is buzzing with its first-ever arts and music festival—but a shocking murder threatens to bury the fun.Elmo Simpson, animal removal specialist, resort owner, and festival committee chair, expects a weekend of sandcastles and performances. Instead, there’s a body buried in the sand the morning of the beach sculpture contest. When his friend and business partner, Jordan Selassie, becomes the prime suspect, Elmo is forced into another high-st...

When ordinary guy, E.J. McCarty, crosses paths with not-so-ordinary Annie Wilson, extraordinary things happen. For E.J., it's the start of a great adventure. For Annie, it's an escape from colossal failure. But thanks to fate--and Amtrak--they're thrust together on the cross-country ride of their lives.E.J. and Annie like each other, so what's the problem? Rock star/actress Cassandra Lawrence is the problem. Despite their obvious attraction to each other, Cassandra's history in sho...

Murder takes a page out of a killer’s playbook when literary agent Allie Cobb becomes her Indiana town’s number-one bestselling suspect …Running the family literary business while preparing for her best friend’s wedding, chairing a park planning committee, and getting her rescue cat to bond with her boyfriend’s golden retriever doesn’t leave Allie Cobb much time for crime-solving. But when the guy who stood her up the night of her high school senior prom is killed ...

Certain she's seen more than enough death for one lifetime, literary agent Allie Cobb is ready to close the book on her amateur sleuthing, even when she learns that an unidentified body has been unearthed in a local state park. But when a worn and haunted-looking woman shows up on her doorstep with a grim story about her young daughter's disappearance twenty years ago—and the police confirm that the recently discovered body is hers—Allie can't bear to turn the poor woman away.Deter...

When the manager of Marysburg Music, Darcy Gaughan, returns to work after a vacation, she expects to jump right back into work as the store gets ready for the upcoming Record Store Day celebrations. She's also celebrating five years of sobriety and is confident that there are good things in her future. She doesn't expect to find her boss in his office, dead from an apparent self-inflicted stab wound.The police rule the death a suicide. Darcy, who knew her beloved boss better than a...