Virginia
The Ariel Quigley Mysteries (Honora Finkelstein) Ariel Quigley is a young English instructor who talks to ghosts and has precognitive dreams.
The Barbara Marr Mysteries (Karen Cantwell)
The Bear Collector’s Mysteries (John J. Lamb) Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon is settling into a quieter life with his wife Ashleigh in Virginia’s mountain country, where they collect and create teddy bears.
The Blue Ridge Library Mysteries (Victoria Gilbert)
The Book Retreat Mysteries (Ellery Adams) Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the storybook resort of Storyton Hall, catering to book lovers who want to get away from it all.
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 Bridal Bouquet Shop Mysteries (Beverly Allen) As the co-owner of The Rose in Bloom, Audrey Bloom creates magnificent flower arrangements for brides to be. Though helping to plan a wedding can be stressful, it’s nothing compared to the groom turning up dead.
The Cooking Class Mysteries (Miranda Bliss)
The Cumberland Creek Mysteries (Mollie Cox Bryan) Having traded in her career as a successful investigative journalist for the life of a stay-at-home mom in picturesque Cumberland Creek, Virginia, Annie finds solace in a local “crop circle” of scrapbookers.
The Daphne Martin Mysteries (Gayle Trent)
The Domestic Diva Mysteries (Krista Davis)
The Down South Café Mysteries (Gayle Leeson)
The Elizabeth Parker Mysteries (Tracy Kiely) Tracy Kiely brilliantly combines the wit and spunk of Austen’s protagonists with a contemporary, traditional mystery with her lead character Elizabeth Parker. With a vibrant cast of characters, the lush setting of a Virginia estate, and irresistible humor, she delivers on all counts.
The Foxberry Falls Mysteries (Fern Cooper) Jessica is a city girl in small town Foxberry Falls, Virginia, where everyone’s got eyes on her.
The Garden Society Mysteries (Alyse Carlson) Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country’s most exquisite gardens, and it’s Camellia Harris’ job to promote them.
The Ghostly Fashionista Mysteries (Gayle Leeson) Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn’t realize a ghost came with the property!
The Good Buy Girls Mysteries (Josie Belle)
The Hope Street Church Mysteries (Ellery Adams) Cooper Lee, hoping for a fresh start, joins the Bible study group at Hope Street Church. The last thing she expects while studying the Bible is a lesson in murder.
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 Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries (Heather Weidner) Jules Keene, owner of the posh Fern Valley Camping Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains, offers guests a unique vacation in refurbished and upcycled vintage trailers. Hoping to expand her offerings, she partners with her maintenance guy to create a village of tiny houses, the latest home DIY craze.
The Juno Patchen Mysteries (Ed Lynskey)
The Mall Cop Mysteries (Laura DiSilverio)
The Margot Durand Mysteries (Danielle Collins)
The Meg Langslow Mysteries (Donna Andrews) So far Meg Langslow’s summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she’s maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones–each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands.
The Moonshine Mysteries (Carol Miller)
The Mrs. Murphy Mysteries (Rita Mae Brown) “Harry” Haristeen, her town’s thirty-something post-mistress, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. The series is credited to Rita Mae Brown and her cat Sneaky Pie Brown.
The Old Town Antique Mysteries (Cordy Abbott) Camille Benson, the newly elected mayor’s mom, wants to buy the local antiques store, and gets caught up in the murder of the current owner.
The Olivia Penn Mysteries (Kathleen Bailey) Olivia had planned for a week of rest and relaxation in her hometown of Apple Station, Virginia before her move to New York for a promotion and a chance to pursue her publishing dreams. Within hours of arriving home, her world changes forever with the death of someone dear.
The Pelican Cove Mysteries (Leena Clover) Dumped by her cheating husband, 44 year old Jenny King is trying to build a new life in the small seaside town of Pelican Cove. Locals are lining up at the Boardwalk Cafe for her tasty cakes and muffins.
The Pelican Cove Short Stories (Leena Clover) Pelican Cove is gearing up for a grand Thanksgiving. Local amateur sleuth Jenny King and the Magnolias are busy planning the big dinner, salivating over pumpkin pie and turducken.
The Pumpkin Patch Mysteries (Joyce and Jim Lavene)
The Rainy Day Mysteries (Jeff Shelby)
The Sidekick’s Survival Guide (Christy Barritt)
The Supper Club Mysteries (Ellery Adams)
The Tuxedo Cat Bookshop Mysteries (Lyn Key) Hope Jones opens the Brontë Bookshop in the small town of Sweet Springs tucked away in the Virginia piedmont. Her best friend assists Hope, along with her fifteen-year-old daughter. Their tuxedo cat Nozy Cat, the bookshop mascot, likes to sleep by the cash register while he guards it.
The Victoria Town Mysteries (Mollie Cox Bryan) Welcome to Victoria Town, Va., the town that time forgot—until it became a tourist attraction for lovers of all things Victorian. Spring is a busy time with the town getting ready for the popular Spring Fling. Viv Barton is busy helping her aunt prepare the Sweet Victoria B&B for the festivities.
The Wine Country Mysteries (Ellen Crosby) In the wealthy Blue Ridge wine country of northern Virginia, vineyard heiress Lucie Montgomery must find a killer or lose her cherished family heritage.
The Wintergreen Mysteries (Patrick Kelly, MD)