Dogs
Dogs are faithful friends to many sleuths, often protecting them from the villain at the last moment. Below is a list of series which include man’s best friend.
The Abby Connors Dog Rescue Mysteries (Joyce Sanford)
The Abby McCree Mysteries (Alexis Morgan)
The Accidental Ghost Detective (Emmie Lyn) When Nikki Knight returns to her childhood stomping grounds in Frog Hollow, Georgia, she realizes life is nuttier than the pecan muffins at her late grandmother’s haunted B&B. But the only ghost in the Moonlight Mansion is the previous lady of the house, still roaming the halls in her afterlife.
The Adam & Bagel Mysteries (Edward Coburn) Adam Martin Swope decided to take a job as columnist for the Tweet, the newspaper in the small West Virginia town of Canary Corners.
The Agent to the Paws Mysteries (E. J. Copperman) Kay Powell is the Agent to the Paws, representing showbiz clients who aren’t exactly people. In fact: they’re dogs. You can kill any people you want, but you’d better leave Kay’s clients alone.
The Allegra Darling Mysteries (Sara Bourgeois) When Allegra Darling, star fitness instructor, inherits an ice cream shop from her Uncle, she is at a loss. Allegra Darling doesn’t eat carbs, and she won’t be caught dead selling them.
The Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries (Isabella Alan) When Angela Braddock inherits her late aunt’s beautiful Amish quilt shop, she gets a fresh start in Holmes County, Ohio. With her snazzy cowboy boots and her French bulldog, Angie doesn’t exactly fit in with the predominantly Amish community.
The Animals in Focus Mysteries (Sheila Webster Boneham) The passions aroused by canine competition can inspire violent fantasies. But when a talented handler falls flat on her face during the obedience trials, Australian Shepherd lover Janet MacPhail can hardly believe someone would actually resort to murder.
The Apple Blossom Bay Mysteries (Molly Maple) When Hannah Hart moves to the small town of Apple Blossom Bay to look after her eccentric aunt, she doesn’t expect the first thing she finds to be a murder.
The Arrow Investigations Mysteries (K. C. Walker) Whitley “Whit” Leland is an out-of-work stuntwoman with an attitude. Stuck in a sleepy mountain village with her wannabe PI grandmother, Bobbie, she’s content to spend her time chasing after her wayward rescue dog.
The Art Detective Dog Lover Mysteries (Lisa Shea) Cindy Lange’s heart lay in shattered pieces. A fluke Google search revealed that her partner of seven years, Diana, had traded her in for a newer, younger model. Seeking to retreat from her grief, Cindy signed up to be a dog foster mommy.
The Avery Ayers Antique Mysteries (Tracy Gardner) After her parents’ deaths, Avery Ayers takes over the family business, Antiquities & Artifacts Appraised, from the home office in Lilac Grove.
The Avery Barks Dog Mysteries (Mary Hiker)
The Bailey the Bloodhound Mysteries (Kallie E. Benjamin)
The Bait & Stitch Mysteries (Ann Yost) When an Upper Michigan Finnish-American Community is shocked by murder, local knitter Hatti Lehtinen searches for answers. There’s never been a serious crime in the Keweenaw Peninsula that anyone can remember.
The Baker Street Mysteries (Valerie Burns) A surprise inheritance offers a chance to regroup and rebrand—as long as Maddy Montgomery is willing to live in her late, great-aunt Octavia’s house in New Bison, Michigan, for a year, running her bakery and caring for a 250-pound English mastiff named Baby.
The Bakers and Bulldogs Mysteries (Rosie Sams) Melody loves her bakery, but her quiet life is about to get a lot more exciting when a customer leaves the cutest French Bulldog puppy outside her window.
The Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries (Linda O. Johnston)
The Barking Detective Mysteries (Waverly Curtis) Pepe can talk—even if his new owner, Geri Sullivan, seems to be the only person who can understand him. When Geri takes her first assignment for a quirky private investigator and stumbles over a Seattle millionaire’s corpse, Pepe proves to be worth his weight in liver treats. Lesser dogs might flinch. But Pepe isn’t the kind to turn tail and run.
The Barks & Beans Cafe Mysteries (Heather Day Gilbert) Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java…and where murder sometimes pays a visit.
The Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries (Darci Hannah) Lindsey Bakewell left big city Wall Street for small town Beacon Harbor, Michigan to pursue her passion as a pastry baker in a place that always made her happy.
Dog Detective – The Beagle Mysteries (Rosie Sams) A realtor and a former police beagle are on the case when murder and mayhem come to town. Written by Rosie Sams and Agatha Parker.
Dog Detective – The Beagle Mysteries (Agatha Parker) A realtor and a former police beagle are on the case when murder and mayhem come to town. Written by Rosie Sams and Agatha Parker.
The Book Magic Mysteries (Melissa Bourbon)
The Bookbinding Mysteries (Harper Kincaid) Quinn Victoria Caine is back in her quirky town of Vienna, Virginia, starting her new life as a bookbinder in her family-owned, charm-for-days bookshop, Prose & Scones. With her trusty German Shephard, RBG—‘Ruff Barker’ Ginsburg—by her side, what can go wrong?
The Books by the Bay Mysteries (Ellery Adams) Ever since Olivia Limoges came back to town – a return as mysterious as her departure – she has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers, break her writer’s block, and make a few friends.
The Books to Die For Mysteries (Richard Houston)
The Bouncing Grandma Mysteries (Alice K. Arenz) Fifty-two-year-old Glory Harper is stuck in a wheelchair with a broken leg, bored, and itching for some excitement. She doesn’t expect it to come in the form of a foot dangling out the back of a carpet as it’s carried into her new neighbor’s house.
The Bread & Barks Bakery Mysteries (Paige H. Perry)
The Brooklyn Murder Mysteries (Olivia Blacke) Bayou transplant Odessa Dean has a lot to learn about life in Brooklyn. She’s scored a rent free apartment and has a new job at Untapped Books & Café. Hand-selling books and craft beers is easy, even walking Huckleberry the shop dog, but making new friends and learning how to ride the subway might take a little extra time.
Dog Detective – A Bulldog on the Case (Rosie Sams) Lola Ramsay is a veteran trying to keep it quiet that she can hear her dog talking. When her friend Tanya offers her a new life in a sleepy British village, it seems like the perfect place to work everything out.
The Cadie Sharp Mysteries (S. E. Babin) All Cadie Sharp wants is a quiet life. After a case gone wrong, she leaves the military and heads to small-town Tennessee, far away from the dangers of her former life, and opens up a gourmet treats shop.
The Candy-Coated Mysteries (Nancy Coco) Allie McMurphy is up to her neck in renovations at the grand old hotel that’s been in her family for generations. With its quaint Victorian charm–and world-famous fudge shop–the place is one of Mackinac Island’s most beloved landmarks.
The Canine Confections Mysteries (Amy Hueston)
The Canine Cozy Mysteries (Sharon Michaels)
The Canon Clement Mysteries (Richard Coles) Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rectory alongside his widowed mother, Audrey, and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda.
The Carolina Clubhouse Mysteries (Meg Hogan)
The Cats Walking Dogs and Solving Mysteries (Corrine Winters)
The Charcuterie Shop Mysteries (J. C. Eaton) If it wasn’t for a flamboyant, self-absorbed ghost occupying Katie Aubrey’s rental house, the thirtysomething former business tech turned charcuterie chef would be able to concentrate on her new sandwich shop and catering business.
The Chatty Corgi Mysteries (Jennifer Hawkins) Emma Reed leaves London and her life in high finance behind her and moves to an idyllic village in Cornwall, with its cobblestone streets and twisting byways. She plans to open a village tea shop and bake the recipes handed down to her from her beloved grandmother, and of course there’ll be plenty of space for her talking corgi, Oliver, to explore. Yes…talking. Emma has always been able to understand Oliver, even though no one else can.
The Chronicles of St Morrigan’s (Rosie Adams) Hecate Jones has been in the doldrums, but she hopes for better when she finds the Humanities teaching post advertised for a private school in Nohallows, a village in the back of beyond.
The Churchill and Pemberley Mysteries (Emily Organ) Growing bored in the autumn of her years, Londoner Annabel Churchill buys a private detective agency in a Dorset village.
The Citrus Beach Mysteries (Victoria L. K. Williams) A simple errand for a client leads Megan Cassidy into more trouble than she could have ever thought possible. Before she knows what has happened, she’s a witness to a murder and a target for bullets and speeding trucks.
The Cleopatra Jones Mysteries (Maggie Toussaint)
The Coffee Truck Mysteries (Justine Maxwell) Life is good in Pine Lakes, Arizona for barista Hazel Hewitt. While her mom and grandma run their family’s cafe, she’s buzzing about town in their new coffee truck with her trusty dog, Latte.
The Colleen McCabe Mysteries (Kathryn O’Sullivan)
The Collie Dog Mysteries (Sarah Jane Weldon) Beau dreams of being a champion sheepdog just like his aunt. With the help of new livestock friends and a kind-hearted farmer, he vows to lead the herd proudly through the lush valleys of Wales.
The Consignment Shop Mysteries (Duffy Brown)
The Cookie Baker Mysteries (Joanna Blalock)
The Cook-Off Mysteries (Devon Delaney) After a short-lived marriage, Sherry Frazzelle is living single life to the fullest in her little Connecticut town, accompanied by her Jack Russell terrier, Chutney. Her new passion is competitive cooking—but it turns out that murder is the surprise ingredient.
The Coral Shores Veterinary Mysteries (D. L. Mitchell) As the new owner of the Coral Shores Veterinary Hospital, Dr. Emily Benton is in over her head. When she makes a house call she finds the woman’s terrier, Elvis, in a state of distress, and the owner face down on the floor-dead.
The Cornish Village Mysteries (Clara Penrose)
The Cotswold Capers Mysteries (Peter Hyson)
The Cottage on Gooseberry Bay Mysteries (Kathi Daley) Ainsley Holloway arrives in Gooseberry Bay and rents a cottage on the sea where she and her dogs, Kai and Kallie, can settle in. Her first night in town she meets a young woman who is later found dead.
The Crime á la Mode Mysteries (Christy Barritt) Meet Serena Lavinia: part-time ice cream truck driver, part-time reporter, and full-time woman of mystery. She never expected to find a cute little terrier while on her morning ice cream route on the island of Lantern Beach, North Carolina.
The Crystals & CuriosiTEAS Mysteries (Lauren Elliott) Self-taught “seer” Shay Myers is the owner of a New Age tea shop, Crystals & CuriosiTeas, and the descendant of an Irish witch. She’s set on growing ingredients in the mysterious greenhouse on the second floor and decides to hold her own group reading.
The Diva Doggie Designer Mysteries (Allyssa Mirry) Doggie Diva Fashion Designer, Daphne Harmon, has launched her doggie design business, and it’s off to a great start.
The Dixie Days Mysteries (Christy Breedlove) Sabine has settled into with her constant companion, Dingo, her Australian Shepherd. While living in rural Jaemore County, Georgia writing for the “Everything Southern” Dixie Days magazine, Sabine is able to make new friends and explore her new home.
The DIY Diva Mysteries (Paula Darnell)
The Dog Club Mysteries (Valerie Burns)
The Dog Days Mysteries (Jamie Blair) Cameron Cripps-Hayman is looking to make friends with her neighbors. What she isn’t looking for is one of their bodies floating in the canal. When she is named a suspect for the murder, Cameron takes solving the crime into her own hands, teaming up with her eccentric co-workers and adopts the five mangy guard dogs of her deceased neighbor.
The Dog Detective Mysteries (Sandra Baublitz) Amateur sleuth Clarissa Montgomery Hayes loves her loyal canine partner, Paw. Together they sniff out crime and dig up clues to solve mysteries.
The Dog Gone Good Mysteries (Sharon Michaels)
The Dog Groomer Mysteries (Chelsea Thomas)
The Dog Leg Cove Mysteries (Susan Harper) Regina “Reggie” Slim inherited a unique marina where dogs and people enjoy houseboat living. As she settles into what she hopes will be a new and peaceful life, everything gets turned upside down. Written by Susan Harper and Danielle Collins.
The Dog Leg Cove Mysteries (Danielle Collins) Regina “Reggie” Slim inherited a unique marina where dogs and people enjoy houseboat living. As she settles into what she hopes will be a new and peaceful life, everything gets turned upside down. Written by Susan Harper and Danielle Collins.
The Dog Lover’s Mysteries (Susan Conant) Holly Winter, a writer and amateur sleuth, and her adopted Alaskan malamute, Rowdy, team up to track down a killer lurking at a dog show
The Murder at the Dog Show Mysteries (Karen Harbert) Jennifer Brooks normally leads a quiet life. A Mental Health Administrator during the week, a breeder and exhibitor of champion Cardigan Welsh Corgis on her own time, and member of the board of directors of her national club.
The Dog Sitter Detective Mysteries (Antony Johnston)
The Dog Town USA Mysteries (Meg Muldoon)
The Dog Walker Mysteries (Judi McCoy) Meet Ellie Engleman, psychic dog-walker The newest dog-walker on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has a talent – she can hear what her canine clientele is thinking. So when a dog’s owner turns up dead, Ellie must bone up on her sleuthing, and perk up her ears to find a killer.
The Dog Walker Mysteries (Rene Roberts) All Nikki Lawry dreams of is her own animal rescue centre, and she’s saving every penny she earns to purchase the land she needs—one dog walking gig after another. The thing is, walking people’s dogs tends to lead to knowing maybe a little too much about your canine clients.
The Dog Yoga Mysteries (Katherine Hayton)
The Dogs & Donuts Mysteries (Emmie Lyn) Ellie Hart thinks her luck has changed when a dog walking job falls in her lap. Changed for the worst, that is, when the first thing she does is stumble upon a body.
The Dogwood Springs Mysteries (Sally Bayless) Libby Ballard, director of the history museum in the small town of Dogwood Springs, Missouri, is eager to start a new chapter of her life. She’s only been in town a few days, but she’s settled into an apartment, made a new friend named Cleo, and adopted a lovable golden retriever named Bella.
The Domestic Partners in Crime Mysteries (Frank Anthony Polito) After a successful first season of Domestic Partners chronicling the renovation of their historic Craftsman Colonial, mystery author PJ Penwell and actor JP Broadway are taking on a renovation of a local Tudor Revival inherited by identical twin brothers.
The Downward Dog Mysteries (Tracy Weber)
The Drunken Pie Cafe Mysteries (Diana DuMont) Welcome to Sunshine Springs, the idyllic town where Isabelle “Izzy” James has moved to follow her dream of opening a pie shop that serves boozy pies.
The Dublin Driver Mysteries (Catie Murphy) Ferrying tourists around Dublin for the Leprechaun Limo Service makes quite a change after years in the military. Still, Megan Malone is enjoying her life in Ireland. She likes the scenery, the easy pace, the quirky, quick-witted locals.
The Duchess of Snodsbury Mysteries (Kathryn Mykel) London, 1958. Lady Mary, Duchess of Snodsbury has received a royal dispatch to travel to London to prepare the last of the debutants for entrance into society. Written by P. C. James and Kathryn Mykel.
The Durham Dog Walker Mysteries (Bee Oxberry) Donna Bell owns the Happy Crafts store in the sleepy village of Bockenbury. The most exciting part of her day is walking her spaniel, Ruby, with her dog-walking friends. But dogs are being stolen all over the village, leaving their families devastated.
The Dusty Deals Mysteries (Rae Davies)
The Embroidery Mysteries (Amanda Lee) When Marcy Singer opens an embroidery specialty shop in quaint Tallulah Falls, Oregon, she throws a soiree and a Stitch-In. Soon, Marcy’s sign- up sheet for embroidery classes fills up.
The Fairmont Finds Mysteries (Cate Lawley) Fairmont loves his new lady, Zella, with all the exuberance of a once abandoned dog. A fluffy dog bed, delicious meals, and exceptional company – what more could a dog want? Everything’s grand…until he sniffs out a dead body.
The Farmers’ Market Witch Mysteries (Constance Barker)
The Father Douglas Mysteries (C. T. Mitchell) Father Douglas is a senior sleuth and the Catholic priest at the local parish in the sleepy seaside village of Hastings Point, Australia.
The Flock & Fiber Mysteries (Veryl Ann Grace) Martha Williamson is the owner of The Spider’s Web — a shop specializing in spinning and weaving. She lives with her two Great Pyrenees dogs, Falcor and Denali, on a small farm near Black Hills, Washington.
The Food Truck for Hire Mysteries (Sydney Tate)
The Forecast for Murder Mysteries (Lynda Brunelle) Grace Callahan has moved back to her hometown on Prince Edward Island to take over the weather broadcast position on the evening news. She expected to be tracking low pressure systems, not murder. Follow Grace, her pup Sadie and her mom, Rose, as they track the weather, and local murders.
The Four Seasons Mysteries (Randolph Crew) Nate Hawke, hampered by his reputation in town as a liar and prankster, solves four murders as a junior high student, with help from his classmates, Nate’s spunky mom, the Korean War widow who uses Marine fighter pilot jargon, and his intrepid but stubborn wise-cracking mutt, Superman.
The Georgiana Neverall Mysteries (Christy Evans) Former corporate drone Georgiana Neverall loves her new occupation as a plumber’s apprentice, but is a bit surprised when she finds a brooch clogging a sink.
The Ginny Jomes Alaskan Mysteries (Bebe Steiner) Meet Moose Peak, Alaska’s retired elementary school teacher, Ginny Jomes. That’s Jomes with an “M”. Book club maven, owner of a faithful miniature dachshund … and mystery solver.
The Gone to the Dogs Mysteries (Janice Thompson) Marigold Evans’ first attempt at rescuing an abandoned pooch lands her in a drainage pipe in Brenham Texas, and almost in jail, until Parker Jenson comes to her rescue. Series written by Janice Thompson and Kathleen Y’Barbo.
The Gone to the Dogs Mysteries (Kathleen Y’Barbo) Marigold Evans’ first attempt at rescuing an abandoned pooch lands her in a drainage pipe in Brenham Texas, and almost in jail, until Parker Jenson comes to her rescue. Series written by Janice Thompson and Kathleen Y’Barbo.
The Gourmet De-Lite Mysteries (Peg Cochran) Preparing calorie-conscious meals for the dieters of Woodstone, Connecticut, Gigi Fitzgerald knows a cheater when she sees one. And when murder is on the menu, she’s ready to get the skinny on whodunit…
The Grace “The Hit Mom” Mysteries (Nikki Knight) With the unwitting help of her diverse and colorful PTA parent pals, Scotchie the Giant Dog, and her clueless defense lawyer husband, Grace Adair tracks killers and unearths all kinds of secrets in suburbia.
The Gracie Williams Mysteries (Kathleen Suzette) Gracie Williams never wanted to be a detective. But when she and her golden retriever, Sophie, stumble upon a body while out for a walk, she finds herself in the position of amateur sleuth. Can a mild-mannered canine help catch a killer?
The Half-Baked Mysteries (Kate Satori)
The Hannah the Ghost P.I. Mysteries (Penny Brooke)
The Happy Tails Dog Walking Mysteries (Stella St. Claire) Olivia Rickard would kill to keep everything just the way it is. But just as she’s getting comfortable, her sister suddenly wants to buy an entire brownstone with her, and her boyfriend is moving way too fast.
The Haunted Craft Fair Mysteries (Rose Pressey Betancourt) Artist Celeste Cabot welcomes the chance to show her paintings at a craft fair. Unfortunately, her sales take a hit when a customer returns a painting, claiming it’s haunted.
The Haunted Haven Mysteries (Carol J. Perry) Maureen Doherty receives a mysterious inheritance: an inn in Haven, Florida. A quaint, scenic town on the Gulf of Mexico hidden away from the theme parks, Maureen believes it’s a good place to make a fresh start with a new business venture.
The Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries (Juliet Blackwell) Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Bay Area. At her newest renovation project, a run-down Pacific Heights mansion, Mel is visited by the ghost of a colleague who recently met a bad end with power tools.
The Haunted Lodge Mysteries (Tegan Maher)
The Hawkins Harbor Mysteries (Nola Robertson)
The Heathcliff Lennox Mysteries (Karen Baugh Menuhin) It’s 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep. Lennox goes to Melrose Court, home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders begin and it snows and it all becomes very complicated.
The Henry Houdini Dog Detective Mysteries (Morgen Bailey) Henry, a talking Jack Russell, is part of a small team researching a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. He is the target of several dognappers but can he use his wit or guile to outwit them and find the proof needed to convict the criminals? Originally written under the pen name Rachel Cavanagh.
The Hometown Mysteries (Rosalie Spielman) Tessa Treslow never wanted a small town life. As soon as she graduated high school, she happily escaped her tiny town to join the U.S. Army. Twenty years later, the hometown hero is finally ready to come back.
The House Call Dog Groomer Mysteries (Reida Kenzington)
The Cozy Mysteries in the Mountains (Liz Turner) Victoria Armstrong returns to the small mountain town she’d once fled. Running the family restaurant isn’t her first career choice.
The Isabel and Alma Trumbo Mysteries (Ed Lynskey) Anchorage, Virginia, is like any other sleepy small town until Jake Robbins is murdered, and his fiancée Megan Connors is arrested for it. But Megan’s feisty septuagenarian aunts, Isabel and Alma Trumbo, decide they better set aside their hobby of playing Scrabble and get busy as amateur sleuths.
The Island Dog Squad Mysteries (Deb McEwan)
The Jackson Hole Moose’s Bakery Mysteries (Sue Pepper) Rents doubled. No affordable housing. Tourist town Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is in a housing crisis, and Sadie Moose, second generation owner of Moose’s Bakery, is right in the middle of it.
The Jazz Ramsey Mysteries (Kylie Logan)
The Jess O’Malley Mysteries (Jinny Alexander)
The Jillian Bradley Mysteries (Nancy Jill Thames)
The Julia Lives in a Van Mysteries (L. C. Richards)
The Kat and Dog Detective Agency Mysteries (Tatie McKenna)
The Adventures of Katie and Cludo (Arlene Morgan)
The Kiki Lowenstein Mysteries (Joanna Campbell Slan) Pampered, passive Kiki Lowenstein transforms swiftly from cheated-on spouse into a fighter, walking right out of her luxurious life and into a scrapbooking store, where she deftly turns a hobby into a moneymaker.
The Killer Coffee Mysteries (Tonya Kappes) Roxanne Bloom follows her dream and opens The Bean Hive, Honey Springs first coffee house on the town’s newly revitalized boardwalk. and opens just in time for Honey Springs annual festival.
The Kitty Worthington Mysteries (Magda Alexander) England, 1923. After a year away at finishing school, Kitty Worthington is eager to return home. But minutes after she and her brother Ned board the Golden Arrow, the unthinkable happens.
The Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries (Verity Bright) England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic forty-five-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet.
The Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries (C. A. Newsome)
The Libby the Psychic Dog Mysteries (A. L. Jambor) What happens when an English lord is reincarnated as a pudgy terrier? Lord Percival Plep was a hero in the war to end all wars, but when a bullet ends his life, he wakes to find that he has been reborn one hundred years later as a dog!
The Library Lover’s Mysteries (Jenn McKinlay) Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey’s friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children’s book, but Beth’s boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way.
The Little Dog Diner Mysteries (Emmie Lyn)
The Little Tombstone Mysteries (Celia Kinsey)
The Little-Pinch-of-Murder Mysteries (Miranda Rose Barker)
The Lobelia Falls Mysteries (J. J. Justice) When Meghan “Meg” Leisler’s mother and sister die in a car crash, she has to leave her fast-paced life in New York City to head home to Lobelia Falls to help her father with the funeral arrangements. She ends up dealing with a lot more than just the deaths.
The Lorna Shadow Ghost Mysteries (K. E. O’Connor) Lorna Shadow wants to be the best personal assistant she can be to the rich and aristocratic. The trouble is, the ghosts have other plans for her.
The Lotti Puginski Mysteries (Emma Kane)
The Lottie Lindberg Mysteries (Ruby Riverton) A British female crime story-loving sleuth, Lottie Lindberg, and her little white West Highland Terrier companion, Little Dickens, stumble upon murder after murder from British shores to American and Canadian ones.
The Lottie Sprigg Mysteries (Martha Bond) 1923. Lottie Sprigg is a lowly maid. But when she’s hired by a wealthy heiress, she embarks on a thrilling journey across Europe and beyond. Lottie’s expecting exciting exploits and spectacular sights. But she’s not expecting murder…
The Low Country Dog Walker Mysteries (Jackie Layton) Secrets can be deadly. One steamy South Carolina morning, Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott discovers a client’s dead body. Police quickly decide she’s the prime suspect. Horrified, she knows she’ll have to turn detective if she’s going to convince them they’re barking up the wrong tree.
The Lucky Paws Petsitting Mysteries (Bethany Blake)
The Maddie Mills Mysteries (Cindy Bell)
The Madison Night Mysteries (Diane Vallere)
The Mae December Mysteries (Lia Farrell) Mae December runs a successful dog boarding business in Tennessee. When her neighbor, Ruby Mead-Allison, fails to pick up her unruly Pomeranian from Mae’s kennel, Mae pokes around and discovers the woman’s body.
The Magic Bean Paranormal Mysteries (Natalie Summers)
The Magic Library Mysteries (Hillary Avis) In the tiny town of Remembrance, Oregon, Allison Rye guards a library of memories. Her only job? Keep the library hidden. Because the magic books could be dangerous in the wrong hands, and the wrong hands are definitely interested.
The Magical Bakery Mysteries (Bailey Cates) Baker Katie Lightfoot serves up enchanged delicacies and tracks down a malicious murderer in this magical series.
The Mags Rogers Mysteries (Rita Mae Brown) With the ruins of her high-powered Wall Street job in the rearview mirror of her rented silver Camaro, thirty-two-year-old Mags Rogers arrives at her great-aunt Jeep’s sprawling Wings Ranch to reassemble her life. In the passenger seat is Mags’s beloved wirehaired dachshund, the urbane Baxter.
The Mandy Bell DVM Mysteries (Abby Deuel) Mandy Bell, DVM, is summoned to a small Midwestern town called Crestview. A colleague and classmate from vet school has passed away and left her veterinary clinic and house to Mandy.
The Marcia Banks and Buddy Mysteries (Kassandra Lamb) Marcia Banks likes to think of herself as a normal person, even though she has an unusual name (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) and a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for military veterans with PTSD.
The Matilda Smithwick Mysteries (E. J. Cochrane) Dog walker-turned murder investigator Matilda Smithwick is stressed out. Thankfully, her best friend Dottie has the perfect solution—a weekend getaway to a private island off the coast of Maine.
The Maxie and Stretch Mysteries (Sue Henry) At sixty-three, Maxie McNabb is cruising down the Alaska Highway in her brand-new Winnebago. With her mini-dachshund at her side and the open road ahead, she’s never been happier.
The Mysteries of Medicine Spring (Susan Kimmel Wright)
The Melanie Travis Mysteries (Laurien Berenson) Melanie Travis, thirty-something teacher and single mother, is talked into investigating her uncle’s death. Kennel owner Max Turnbull’s apparent heart attack seems suspicious because of his missing prize pooch—a pedigreed poodle named Beau.
The Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mysteries (Christina Freeburn) Empty nester Merry Winters loves three things: Christmas, crafting and her family. To regain purpose and joy, Merry hits the road to a Christmas vendor event with her furry sidekick Ebenezer in her new mobile crafting sleigh, aka an RV.
The Midlife Medicine Mysteries (Amorette Anderson) For the first time in years, traveling nurse Grace Littleton is out of work and alone. Grace is on a search for something more. A magical village in the Vermont countryside seems to hold some answers, and a few major problems to boot.
The Miss Ruffles Mysteries (Nancy Martin) When flamboyant Texas millionaire Honeybelle Hensley dies a suspicious death, everybody in town is shocked to learn that the sole beneficiary of her worldly fortune is none other than Miss Ruffles―her dog.
The Mobile Groomer Mysteries (M. Alfano)
The Monsieur Pamplemousse Mysteries (Michael Bond) Aristide Pamplemousse is a former detective, now employed as an inspector for a French restaurant guide. He and his faithful, intelligent bloodhound, Pommes Frites, become involved with, investigate, and solve crime mysteries.
The Monty Dog Detective Mysteries (Louisa Bennet) If you think dogs can’t understand us… think again! Monty is a perfectly rational animal (apart from his obsession with cheese). So when his beloved master is murdered, Monty decides to use his formidable nose to track the killer down.
The Most Unusual Mysteries (Katherine Black) Retired librarian and bookshop owner May Morrigan lives in the affluent village of Blackheath with Fletcher, her best friend since they met decades ago, and May’s two dogs. What could be more normal?
The Murder on the Vine Mysteries (Krista Lockheart) Heather Moore, and her charming chihuahua, Anthurium, aka “Ant” live in a massive estate with expansive gardens and is the director of the horticultural department at the prestigious Shellesby College.
The Murder, Truffles and Dogs Mysteries (B. E. Maahs) When Emma Everett arrives in Breezy Bay on Vancouver Island, she helps her sister Amanda launch her bed and breakfast. Emma finds the best way to escape her past is by hunting truffles with Amanda’s faithful German Shepherds, King and Flare.
The Murders in Bourbon Country Mysteries (Scarlett Dunn) Honey Howell returns to Bardstown, Kentucky to work with her grandfather in his legendary bourbon distillery. What she never expected to find in the small, quiet town was murder.
The Natural Remedies Mysteries (Chrystle Fiedler)
The Nikki Bryant Mysteries (Lauren Carr) Folks in the small town of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, claim that where Nikki Bryant goes, trouble is not far behind. Her refusal to back down from a challenge has made Nikki Bryant a top investigative journalist.
The Nina Brown Mysteries (Cat Green)
The Noodle Shop Mysteries (Vivien Chien) The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever end up is back at her family’s restaurant. But she figures that helping wait tables is her best option for putting her life back together.
The Northwest Mysteries (Dianne Harman) A murdered guest at her first catering event? Definitely not good for DeeDee’s fledgling business.
The Nuts About Nuts Mysteries (Cindy Bell) Kerri Gale is getting ready for the grand opening of her gift and nut shop, Nuts about Nuts, in the small picturesque town of Cascade Grove. She is new to the area and is enjoying setting up home with her Yorkshire Terrier, Cashew, and spending time with her new friend, Natalie.
The Oh Fudge! Mysteries (Grace Lemon)
The Oxford Dog Walker Mysteries (Annie Dalton) Anna Hopkins survived. By day she is a part-time admin assistant at an Oxford college. By night she is obsessed with solving the sixteen-year-old murder of her entire family. Her rescue dog, Bonnie, is her companion and saviour.
The Painted Lady Inn Mysteries (M. K. Scott) Donna’s dream of running a Victorian Bed and Breakfast is almost a reality. Her lack of inn keeping expertise, a shabby house in need of dire renovation and lack of money has slowed her down a bit.
The Pampered Pets Mysteries (Sparkle Abbey) When Caro Lamont, former psychologist turned pet therapist makes a house call to help Kevin Blackstone with his two misbehaving German Shepherd dogs, she expects frantic dogs. What she doesn’t expect is that two hours later the police will find Kevin dead and his dogs impounded.
The Paws & Claws Mysteries (Krista Davis)
The Pawtisserie Mysteries (Laura Quinn)
The Pet Boutique Mysteries (Annie Knox)
The Popcorn Shop Mysteries (Kristi Abbott) Opening a gourmet popcorn shop was never on Rebecca Anderson’s bucket list. She has returned to her hometown of Grand Lake, Ohio, with her popcorn-loving poodle Sprocket to start a new business.
The Pride Street Paranormal Mysteries (T. Thorn Coyle) It’s an ordinary dinner out with the humans at How We Roll. Corgi Marsha and her sidekick, Klaus, have just settled in beneath the courtyard table, angling for a bite of salmon skin when, with a loud crash, their favorite waiter collapses!
The Rare Books Mysteries (Daphne Silver) Rare books librarian Juniper Blume knows this much… an ancient Celtic manuscript shouldn’t be in a Maryland cemetery. But that’s exactly what her brother-in-law claims.
The Red Pine Falls Mysteries (Angela C. Blackmoore) Struggling from the loss of her husband, Abby Morgan finds herself trying to find a new life in a small Oregon town called Red Pine Falls. It has everything she’ll need to recover. A new best friend, a handsome park ranger, and a loving grandmother.
The Riverbank Knitting Mysteries (Allie Pleiter) For Libby Beckett, opening her charming yarn shop, aptly named Y.A.R.N., and introducing customers to the joys of knitting and crochet, is the work she was meant to do.
The Rosa The Cuban Psychic Mysteries (Ileana Muñoz Renfroe) Rosa de los Reyes along with Raul her spirit guide, her abuela Nana, her familiar Moro, and Las Cubanitas keep themselves busy solving murders in the Rosa The Cuban Psychic Mysteries. Never a dull moment these characters get together.
The Roundup Crew Mysteries (Diana Orgain)
The Ruff McPaw Mysteries (Max Parrott)
The Rugged Rocks Dog Mysteries (Lori Woods) Following her divorce, Ray Riley finds herself with all her possessions packed into a rusty food truck, and traveling halfway across the country to begin a new life in the coastal town of Rugged Rocks. Unfortunately, Rugged Rocks is not as peaceful as it initially seems.
The Sadie Kramer Flair Mysteries (Deborah Garner) When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions.
The Saguaro Bookshop Mysteries (Jenna Hendricks) Maisy Bransky’s life takes an unexpected turn when she inherits a quirky bookshop from her beloved Great-Aunt Jo. The giant saguaro cactus out front named Siggy, shelves filled with rare books, and the possibility of a small coffee shop inside seem like the perfect recipe for a peaceful life. With the help of a rescued Frenchie named Ollie, a mysterious old cowboy, and unexpected allies, Maisy discovers cryptic messages, hidden compartments, and a secret diary that hints at Aunt Jo’s enigmatic past.
The Samantha Davies Mysteries (S. A. Kazlo) Samantha Davies 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.
The Sandie James Mysteries (Tessa Kelly) Sandie James and her sister’s bakery have a last-minute wedding booking. Now they have no time to spare to pull off their biggest job yet. It seems to be going well until their dad crashes the reception and picks a fight with a guest.
The Scottsferne Chronicles (Marty Langenberg) Annette and her German Shepherd Rex find a skeleton in the barn of a property she inherited from her father.
The Scrappy Librarian Mysteries (Marion Moore Hill) Juanita Wills, intrepid (aka nosy) public librarian in the small town of Wyndham, Oklahoma, tries to get to the bottom of a hate crime that takes place in a local church.
The Segmimn’s School of Sorcery Mysteries (Emory Keller)
The Senior Sleuthing Club Mysteries (Jinty James)
The Senior Sleuths Mysteries (Laurien Berenson) Senior sisters-in-law Peg Turnbull and Rose Donavan get along about as well as stray cats and pedigree pooches most days. But outspoken Peg and even-keeled Rose do have something in common—a true knack for solving murders.
The Shady Springs Dog Mysteries (Mary Hiker)
The Sisters of Fate Mysteries (Emory Keller)
The Southern Cousins Mysteries (Peggy Webb) They say you can’t get to Heaven without passing through the Eternal Rest Funeral Home. And no one gets into Eternal Rest without passing muster with Elvis—the basset hound who’s convinced he’s the reincarnation of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll.
The Southern Quilting Mysteries (Elizabeth Spann Craig) Beatrice Coleman knows everything there is to know about quilts, except how to make them. But with her recent move to Dapple Hills, North Carolina, she’s learning all sorts of new things.
The Spirits in Savannah Mysteries (Paula Lester)
The St. Marin’s Mysteries (A. C. F. Bookens) All Harvey Beckett wants to do is read books, help the residents of St. Marin’s find the perfect book for that moment, and snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem.
The Starling and Swift Mysteries (Mary Jane Hathaway) Kitty Swift travels around the sunny Yucatan peninsula assisting luxury cruise ship groups as an interpreter for the deaf. She’s perfectly content to spend her days with her service dog, Chica, and a motley crew of wealthy vacationers.
The Starry Hollow Witches Mysteries (Annabel Chase) Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Short on both cash and time, Ember Rose does her best as a single mom in New Jersey, serving up attitude along with repossession notices.
The Stewart Hoag Mysteries (David Handler)
The Sticker Shop Mysteries (Courtney Flagg) Millie Grant enjoys working at her sticker shop in small town America. On a typical spring day, it’s Millie’s week to pick up pizza for the book club.
The Subbing isn’t for Sissies Mysteries (Carolyn J. Rose)
The Sugar Martin Vintage Mysteries (Shea MacLeod) Cocktails, capers, and corgis in 1948 England! After receiving a letter about a mysterious inheritance, Sugar Martin hops a plane from the West Coast of America to exciting post-war London. However, everything is not as it seems, and Sugar finds herself stuck in England for the foreseeable future.
The Sullivan Investigations (Evelyn David)
The Superstition Mysteries (Linda O. Johnston) Rory Chasen never thought superstitions were real—until her beloved fiancé is killed after walking under a ladder. To find closure and the truth about superstitions, Rory takes her dog Pluckie to a town called Destiny, where superstitious beliefs are a way of life.
The Tansy & Hank Mysteries (Miranda Rose Barker) When recent college graduate Tansy Silver inherits her deceased aunt’s Appalachian small-town lifestyle, she finds herself running a holistic herb shop business… and communicating back and forth in her mind with her wise(cracking) French bulldog companion Hank.
The Tara Sen Mysteries (Dola Basu Singh) After being cheated out of her business by her ex-fiancé, Tara Sen moves back home with her golden retriever Sherlock. When she’s chosen to compete on India’s most famous reality TV show Top Baker, she knows winning the bake-off and the prize money can help reopen her late mother’s bakery.
The Tea Shop Mysteries (Laura Childs) Meet Theodosia Browning, owner of Charleston’s beloved Indigo Tea Shop. Patrons love her blend of delicious tea tastings and Southern hospitality. And Theo enjoys the full-bodied flavor of a town steeped in history—and mystery.
The Tess and Tilly Mysteries (Kathi Daley) Tess and her dog Tilly spend their days delivering the latest gossip along with the daily mail.
The Thousand Islands Doggy Inn Mysteries (B. R. Snow)
Tilly & Toffee Investigate (Emily Tandy) Mystery, Magic and ice cream. It doesn’t get any better than that. When a dead body is found on the beach, ice cream parlour owner, Tilly Sunday, is determined to find the murderer. With Toffee, her talkative canine companion, by her side, what could possibly go wrong?
The Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries (Mia P. Manansala) When Lila Macapagal moves back home to save her Tita Rosie’s failing restaurant, she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment.
The TJ Jensen Mysteries (Kathi Daley) Between volunteering for the annual pumpkin festival and coaching her girls to the state soccer finals, high school teacher TJ Jensen finds her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his favorite chair.
The Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mysteries (Barbara Allan) Determined to make a new start in her quaint hometown, Brandy Borne never dreams she’ll become the prime suspect in a murder case. Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds small-town Serenity, Iowa anything but serene.
The Truffle Hunter’s Mysteries (Timbre Quinn) Running a successful restaurant has its ups and downs, though, protecting the immense wealth the Marchese family acquired brings a whole other set of problems.
The Vampire Pet Boutique Mysteries (Elle Wren Burke) Josie Wixx, disabled vampire and pet boutique owner, prefers to spend her days selling fancy and weird pet accessories and her nights eating chocolate while curled up with her Scottish Terrier.
A Very Murder Christmas (Rosie A. Point) Holly loves the small town life in Full Fork, New York, especially since she gets to spend most of her time walking the adorable dogs of the town’s elite.
The Vintage Kitchen Mysteries (Victoria Hamilton)
The Wagging Tail Mysteries (Cindy Bell)
The We Sit Pets Mysteries (Matthew Ross) An ambitious high-achieving young woman, her brother – a charming slacker getting by on good looks and charisma, an out-of-control unstoppable terrier called Winkle, and a popular social media star bludgeoned to death. Who ever said pet-sitting would be a walk in the park?
The Whiskey Dog Mysteries (Faith Walker)
The Whiskey Mattimoe Mysteries (Nina Wright)
The Wizards of Little Hope Mysteries (Tyler Rhodes) After losing his wife five years ago, Bran sank into a mire of depression and over-eating. Two years of grieving later, he got his act together, moved back to his hometown of Lost Hope, and embraced his wizardly credentials.
The World Traveler Mysteries (Carolyn L. Dean) Jennifer was happy working as a baker at the Ravenwood Inn, but when fate comes calling in the form of Gable Landon, she’s ready to jump at the new career he offers.
The Zoe Donovan Mysteries (Kathi Daley) Amid a backdrop of zombies on the run and Halloween festivities, animal control officer Zoe Donovan is faced with losing something she loves in order to save someone she loves when she finds a dead body in the basement of a haunted house just two days before Halloween.