Maddie Day
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Series
Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 1
Description
Summer is busy season for Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida's bicycle shop, nestled in the quaint, seaside hamlet of Westham, Massachusetts. She's expecting an influx of tourists at Mac's Bikes; instead she discovers the body of Jake Lacey. Mac can't imagine anyone stabbing the down-on-his-luck handyman. However, the authorities seem to think Mac is a strong suspect after she was spotted arguing with Jake just hours before his death. Mac knows she didn't do...
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Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 4
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"ʼTis the day after Christmas, following a wicked-busy time of year for Macs bike shop. Its just as well her Cozy Capers Book Groups new pick is a nerve-soothing coloring book mystery, especially when she has last-minute wedding planning to do. But all pre-wedding jitters fade into the background when Mac and her fianč, Tim, begin a cottage renovation project and open up a wall to find a skeletonsitting on a stool, dressed in an old-fashioned bridal...
Author
Series
Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 3
Publication Date
2021.
Description
When murder turns out to be the special of the day at her friend's seafood restaurant, bicycle shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her fellow book club sleuths have to net a killer.
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Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 7
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"Just in time for Halloween, a new costume shop has opened on Main Street in Westham, Massachusetts. Cape Costumers is a cut above the usual seasonal pop-up stores with their flimsy mass-produced outfits and cheap plastic masks, mostly due to co-owner Shelly, a former Broadway costume designer. But when Shelly discovers her elderly boyfriend Enzo--a Broadway star who retired to Westham--dead of unnatural causes, Halloween suddenly gets a lot scarier....
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Cece Barton mysteries volume 1
Description
As the manager of Vino y Vida Wine Bar in Colinas, Cecelia "Cece" Barton's first Alexander Valley harvest is a whirlwind of activity. Her twin sister, Allie Halstead, who owns a nearby Victorian bed & breakfast, is accustomed to the hustle and bustle of peak tourist season. But Cece barely has a moment to enjoy her new home in between worrying about her estranged college-age daughter, juggling her responsibilities at the bar, and navigating the sticky...
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Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 5
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"Everyone loves a festival, though Mac has a few concerns about the Spring equinox event organized by the new Chamber of Commerce director, Wagner Lavoie. After all, March weather is unpredictable. Still, there's plenty to enjoy, between flower-shaped candies at Salty Taffy's, spring rolls at the Rusty Anchor, and a parade of decorated bicycles. But the festivities soon take a stormy turn . . . Mac glimpses conflict between Wagner and other locals...
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 1
Publication Date
2015.
Description
After moving to South Lick, Indiana, Robbie Jordan opens a restaurant and store and investigates when she is accused of murdering the mayor's assistant.
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Series
Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 2
Description
"Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusation of murder quite the stretch. Mac's friend Gin has found herself in a sticky situation. After wealthy genealogist Beverly Ruchart is found dead outside Gin's taffy shop, the candy maker becomes a person of interest. When it's revealed that Beverly was poisoned the night Gin brought a box of taffy to a dinner party at Beverly's house, she's bumped...
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Series
Cozy Capers book group mysteries volume 6
Description
"A rainy July weekend in Westham means the beaches are empty and business is dead at Mac's Bikes but couldn't be livelier inside the Rusty Anchor Pub. But come Monday morning one patron is not so lively when the chef opens up and finds a body behind the bar. It's last call for Bruce Byrne, an elderly high school teacher who's been around so long it seems like he taught everybody. When Mac's friend Flo, the librarian, makes the list of suspects, Mac...
10) Deadly crush
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Series
Cece Barton mysteries volume 2
Description
"After a mostly stress-free Christmas with her college-age daughter, and despite enjoying a current budding romance with fellow newcomer, Benjamin Cohen, it's time for Cece to focus on Vino y Vida, the Colinas wine bar she manages. Electrical work and anoutdoor security camera are needed, and she's hired local electrician Karl Meier to do the job, along with the help of his nephew Ian. But she regrets her choice when she witnesses Karl needlessy berating...
11) Scone cold dead
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Series
Country Store mysteries volume 13
Publication Date
2025.
Description
"Robbie is just weeks away from giving birth. While her husband Abe scrambles to get the house ready for their baby's arrival, Robbie makes last minute arrangements to keep her shop and restaurant, Pans 'N Pancakes, up and running when she's on maternity leave. And it seems Robbie and Abe aren't the only ones grappling with anxiety--a stranger is causing a stir in town and Robbie's Aunt Adele appears unusually preoccupied at the baby shower... But...
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 6
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 295 pages ; 18 cm.
Description
Robbie Jordan's rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it turns out that Robbie's home-style cooking attracts hungry customers and murder! While Robbie scrambles through breakfast orders for her expanding clientele at Pans 'N Pancakes, tempers run as high as the sticky August heat in South Lick, Indiana. Real-estate developer Fiona Closs plans to build a towering luxury resort at one of the most scenic hilltops...
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 2
Publication Date
2016.
Description
Robbie has transformed a rundown country store, but when a flirtatious widow turns up dead, Robbie must clear her friend's name.
14) Batter off dead
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Series
Country Store mysteries volume 10
Publication Date
2022.
Description
In South Lick, Indiana, fine foods and classic cookware can be found at Robbie Jordan's Pans 'N Pancakes. Unfortunately, her country store also seems to stock up on murder . . .
Robbie and her new husband Abe O'Neill are enjoying a summer evening in the park with fellow townsfolk excited for some Friday night fireworks. In attendance are senior residents from Jupiter Springs Assisted Living including Grant Bird, father to...
Robbie and her new husband Abe O'Neill are enjoying a summer evening in the park with fellow townsfolk excited for some Friday night fireworks. In attendance are senior residents from Jupiter Springs Assisted Living including Grant Bird, father to...
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 8
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
viii, 311 pages ; 18 cm.
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Description
With strange happenings going on and a decades-old mystery taking shape after skeletal remains are found, Robbie Jordan is determined to solve this case and save Christmas.
16) Deep fried death
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 12
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 327 pages ; 18 cm.
Description
Preparing for the Outhouse Race during the annual Abe Martin Festival on Memorial Day, country store and restaurant owner Robbie Jordan finds herself in hot water when someone tries to frame her for murder and must flush out a killer before everything goes down the toilet.
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 7
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
viii, 324 pages ; 18 cm
Description
"While looking forward to her high school reunion back in California, Robbie's anticipation is complicated by memories of her mother's untimely death. At first, she has fun hanging out with her old classmates and reuniting with the local flavors - avocados, citrus, fish, and spicy Cali-Mex dishes. But then she gets wind of rumors that her mother, an environmental activist, may not have died of natural causes. With the help of friends, Robbie starts...
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 11
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 18 cm
Description
"There's no mistaking Saint Patrick's Day at Pans 'N Pancakes. Robbie may only be Irish by marriage to Abe O'Neill, but the shelves of vintage cookware in her southern Indiana store are draped with glittery shamrocks and Kelly-green garlands and her restaurant is serving shepherd's pie and Guinness Beer brownies. The big event, however, is a televised cooking competition to be filmed on site. Unfortunately, someone's luck has run out. Before the cameras...
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Series
Country Store mysteries volume 3
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 343 pages ; 18 cm.
Description
After hosting a dinner for Indiana University's Sociology Department at her restaurant, Pans 'N Pancakes, Robbie Jordan must flip over the clues to prove that her friend, graduate student Lou, did not kill Professor Charles Stilton, a man who seemed to thrive on heated exchanges with his students and peers before they all get burned.
Author
Series
Country Store mysteries volume 4
Publication Date
2018.
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages ; 17 cm.
Description
For country-store owner Robbie Jordan, the National Maple Syrup Festival is a sweet escape from late-winter in South Lick, Indiana-until murder saps the life out of the celebration . . .
As Robbie arranges a breakfast-themed cook-off at Pans 'N Pancakes, visitors pour into Brown County for the annual maple extravaganza. Unfortunately, that includes Professor Connolly, a know-it-all academic from Boston who makes enemies everywhere he goes-and this...




