The May Queen Murders

The May Queen Murders
Author: Sarah Jude
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 054464056X

Stay on the roads. Don’t enter the woods. Never go out at night. Those are the rules in Rowan’s Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton’s family has lived for centuries. It’s an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it. The other kids at school may think the Glen kids are weird, but Ivy doesn’t care—she has her cousin Heather as her best friend. The two girls share everything with each other—or so Ivy thinks. When Heather goes missing after a May Day celebration, Ivy discovers that both her best friend and her beloved hometown are as full of secrets as the woods that surround them.

Murder at Queen's Landing

Murder at Queen's Landing
Author: Andrea Penrose
Publisher: Wrexford & Sloane Mystery
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 149672285X

Series order taken from author's website.

DogGone Murder

DogGone Murder
Author: Marnette Falley
Publisher: C&t Publishing / Kansas City Star Quilts
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781933466712

Join Po and her sleuthing quilter friends, the Queen Bees, as they uncover murders in this fourbook mystery series. These books can be read in order or as standalone novels.

The Egyptian Cross Mystery

The Egyptian Cross Mystery
Author: Ellery Queen
Publisher: Overamstel Uitgevers
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9049982840

The Queens are intrigued when a grisly murder mars a small town’s Christmas It’s Christmas in Chicago, and Inspector Richard Queen is enjoying a busman’s holiday at a conference on gangland violence—but his son, amateur sleuth Ellery, is bored silly. Until, that is, Ellery reads of an unusual killing in rural Arroyo, West Virginia: A schoolmaster has been found beheaded and crucified. Ellery hustles his father into his roadster and heads east, since there is nothing he’d like better for Christmas than a juicy, gruesome puzzle. When the Queens arrive in Arroyo, they learn that the victim was an eccentric atheist, but not the sort to make enemies. What initially looks to be the work of a sadistic cult turns out to be something far more sinister. In the months ahead, more victims will turn up all over the world—all killed in the same horrifying manner. It will take several bodies before Queen divines the clue that unlocks the mystery of the Christmas crucifixion.

Who Killed the Homecoming Queen?

Who Killed the Homecoming Queen?
Author: R.L. Stine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-09-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665927674

A teen girl’s rising star attracts the attention of a sinister figure in this chilling young adult thriller from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. Tania is having the best year of her life. She has a hot new boyfriend, she landed the starring role in a student film, and she’s just been voted homecoming queen. But someone is jealous of Tania and plans to ruin her perfect year—even if that means killing her. Will Tania live to see the homecoming dance?

Staged 4 Murder

Staged 4 Murder
Author: J.C. Eaton
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496708601

A P.I.’s bookkeeper takes a side gig in sleuthing when an amateur production of The Mousetrap features a real-life murder in this cozy mystery novel. Sophie “Phee” Kimball is trying to get work done at her private investigation company, but it’s hard to focus when her old crush just moved to Arizona to join the staff. The last thing she needs is more distraction—like constant updates from her mom on the local production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” Practically everyone from Mom’s book club and retirement community, with the possible exception of her chiweenie dog, wants to join the cast and crew. But someone’s playing the role of a killer for real. After a much-despised cast member is found dead in the theater, Phee has no choice but to immerse herself in all the backstabbing, backstage gossip. Especially if her drama-queen mother is right about the threatening note left on her windshield—which could spell curtains for another victim

The Finishing Stroke

The Finishing Stroke
Author: Ellery Queen
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625672195

At the tail end of the Roaring Twenties, a birthday bash for publishing heir John Sebastian, Jr., perfectly coincides with the twelve days of Christmas. Among the twelve invited guests is Ellery Queen, a newly published mystery writer planning to enjoy every last minute. But when an uninvited Santa Claus shows up on Christmas Eve and then mysteriously goes missing, the party takes a disturbing turn. Threatening clues masked as gifts begin to appear under the tree, and Queen - a novice crime fighter on his first solo case - must try to solve the killer's puzzle before someone gets murdered. After a dead body turns up, Queen is no closer to stopping the killer. If he can’t anticipate the next clue before it shows up, John Sebastian’s birthday will end up his funeral.

Queen of the Flowers

Queen of the Flowers
Author: Kerry Greenwood
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472126742

With more than a dash of glamour and serious helpings of style, the witty and courageous Phryne Fisher returns. In 1928 St Kilda's streets hang with fairy lights. Magic shows, marionettes, tea dances, tango competitions, lifesaving demonstrations, lantern shows, and picnics on the beach are all part of the Flower Parade. And who else should be chosen to be Queen of the Flowers but the gorgeous, charming and terribly fashionable Hon Phryne Fisher? Phryne needs a new dress and a swimming costume but she also needs a lot of courage to confront her problems: a missing daughter, the return of an old lover, and a young woman found drowned at the beach at Elwood.

Killer Queen

Killer Queen
Author: Julie Mulhern
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781732755949

Another day, another dead woman in Ellison Russell's study.Only this one claimed to be Mrs. Anarchy Jones.As Ellison juggles mothers, daughter, unhappy wives, and near-miss murder attempts, one thing is clear--someone will go to any lengths to hide the truth.Can Ellison and Anarchy catch a killer before the body count rises? Or will Ellison be the next corpse in the study?