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During a meeting of the Winter Warmth Book Chat, a valuable, signed copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is stolen! The book was to be sold with the intention of helping Isabella receive a kidney transplant; with the book now missing, everyone in the book club is a suspect. With Ivy Bay being host to its own Agatha Christie mystery, will Mary be able to uncover the thief in time to help Isabella? Find out in another adventure in Ivy Bay, where faith and friendship go hand-in-hand!
After discovering that the Lancaster Community Church has been broken into, Elaine and Jan investigate the matter. It appears as though two items have been stolen, leaving one to wonder only one thing: why? Meanwhile, the cousins pick up something interesting from the local flea market, which could very well carry its own mystery with it. Find out what happens in this stirring page-turner that will take you away to the cozy town of Lancaster, Maine!
A mysterious figure has left a set of beautiful books outside of Mary’s Mystery Bookshop! Each book contains an ancient letter addressed to a man named Edward from… Mary’s mother? As Mary looks into the story behind the letters, she discovers a shocking revelation that could change everything she and Betty knew about their mother. Do they really want to know the story that history has to tell, or are some mysteries better left unsolved?
As Sarah begins creating a Christmas quilt that has mysterious instructions posted online every week, she becomes skeptical over what the final product will look like. Additionally, the instructions are profoundly full of typos. Could the quilt somehow be related to a recent string of thefts reported by local merchants in Maple Hill? If so, will Sarah be able to solve the mystery before the joy of Christmas is spoiled for the season?
Debbie’s world turns upside down when Aunt Sherry claims to be an abandoned baby. With friends, they unravel secrets of the past to find truth.
After numerous tourists report missing wallets, purses, and credit cards, it’s up to Elaine and Jan to get to the bottom of this before business at Tea for Two suffers as a result. Meanwhile, when it is discovered that Rose has met someone special, the cousins must come up with the right things to say in order to support her and ensure that her relationship doesn’t come to an abrupt end. Elaine and Jan also discover new secrets about their find at the flea market. How will everything come together? Find out in Mystery and Macarons, an intriguing exploit featuring clever sleuthing and a budding romance!
As restoration begins at the historic Silver Peak opera house, the workers discover an old, locked safe that has been sealed in the walls for decades. Sadie wants to put the safe up for auction to help offset the cost of renovation. But what about the contents? What treasures might be locked within? When a threatening, anonymous note is left on Sadie’s car, she is more determined than ever to unlock the safe’s secrets and reveal who wrote the notes. Will the hidden secrets of the past have lasting effects in the present?
Mary has made a potentially newsworthy discovery! When she finds a poem by Katherine Lee Bates that could potentially be the progenitor to the classic song “America the Beautiful,” she brings it to Lincoln King to have it authenticated. However, during Lincoln’s research, the poem is mysteriously stolen! With a wide variety of suspects and only a small window of time to recover the poem, will Mary be able to find the culprit? Join her in the investigation on another cozy adventure and escape to the beautiful town of Ivy Bay, where mysteries are abounding!
During Ivy Bay’s annual Fourth of July Parade, Amanda Branson—a local high school student—goes missing without a trace! As the police search fruitlessly, Mary believes that she saw Amanda at the docks only moments after the parade. However, without any hard evidence, no one is willing to look into her claims. With time running short and the investigation becoming ever more frantic, Mary receives help from an unlikely source; the question is, will it be enough, or is it too little too late? Find out in this unique mystery full of more twists and turns than the shoreline of Cape Cod!
Something is amiss in Ivy Bay! Mary’s neighbor, Cathy, is excited to go on a sunset whale-watching excursion with her new boyfriend. However, when Mary finds evidence to suggest that Cathy never came home from her date, she begins to look into the matter. Mary’s investigation reveals that not only is Cathy missing, but there was no whale-watching excursion hosted on the night that she had said she planned it! Could this be a case of a romance gone wrong, or is Cathy hosting some secrets of her own?
Author: Kathleen Y’Barbo
When Sweet Susan’s Bakery is severely damaged in a fire, Susan must find other ways of producing income before she goes bankrupt from repair costs. As if money was not a large enough problem, evidence turns up that suggests the fire was set intentionally! Although Ivy Bay’s best sleuth, Mary, is on the job, the overwhelming amount of potential suspects could make this the most challenging case that Mary has ever encountered. Could the fire have been caused by a competitor, or is the perpetrator someone closer to home? Join Mary and her friends from Ivy Bay in an unforgettable mystery full of adventure, intrigue, and satisfying resolutions!