After imbibing in one too many Banana Bamboozles at a backyard party, Cassidy Dunne is flabbergasted to recognize one of the partygoers as her teenage niece. When she points out the girl to her longtime best friend, Dan Diehl, he revokes her bar priv...
In this sequel to BANANA BAMBOOZLE, all Cassidy Dunne wants is a road trip to bond with her niece and some gooey campfire s’mores. What she gets is an extra serving of mayhem -- marijuana brownies, creepy locals, an ardent admirer, a precocious c...
Mystery author Charlemagne "Charlee" Russo thought the twisty plots and peculiar murders in her books were only the products of her imagination. That is, until her agent is found dead exactly as described in her new, unpublished manuscript. Suspicion...
Between a kidnapping, a double booking, and a crew of hapless volunteers, Charlee worries the writing conference will go to the dogs.
Mystery author Charlee Russo agrees to speak at a Portland writers' conference organized by her friend Viv...
1 DOWN: DEATH BY HOMICIDE Quinn Carr wishes her life could be more like a crossword puzzle: neat, orderly, and perfectly arranged. At least her passion for puzzles, flair for words -- and mild case of OCD -- have landed her a gig creating cross...
An author's mysterious disappearance. A pugnacious hired gun holding a pug for ransom. Charlee must find them both before the deadline expires.Charlee Russo's career and bank account will be DOA unless her literary event with bestselling author Rodol...
1 DOWN: A PERSON OF INTEREST Quinn Carr has been quietly creating crosswords for the Chestnut Station Chronicle in her small Colorado town since she was in high school, but she has yet to solve the puzzle of how to make a living from her passio...
1 ACROSS: HUMAN REMAINS Creating crossword puzzles for the Chestnut Station Chronicle won’t allow Quinn Carr to quit her diner waitress job any time soon. But it does provide an outlet for her organizational OCD, and also lets her leave subtle hint...
A Christmas pageant. A dead Santa. All is not calm, and it's definitely not bright.The only thing Charlee Russo wants for Christmas are some silent nights so she can work on her mystery manuscript. Instead, she gets snowballed into writing and direct...
A despised landlord. A bookstore owner turned accidental sleuth. Can she inventory her books and the suspects in time?Dena Russo is starting a new chapter of her life in Sugar Springs, Colorado-sinking all her money and energy into launching a bookst...
A mysterious middle-of-the-night visitor. A dangerous blizzard. Someone is bound to make a mistake.Dena Russo is fast asleep in her snug house unaware of the savage storm brewing just outside her door. As her cozy world shatters, she must face both a...
A public argument. A disappearance. Another cliff-hanger for Thrice Sold Tales?After a bumpy start for the Sugar Mill Marketplace, Dena Russo finally thinks she has the ABCs of bookstore ownership under her belt. All is well until the man from whom s...
Part 1: The Boy Who Grew Antlers Andy Bennett is a quiet and relatively shy fifth grader, despite the fact he has a famous mother. After a heated confrontation with his bully over his mother, Andy finds himself brooding on the prospect of a rematch w...