Witchy Coffee Crime

Witchy Coffee Crime
Author: C. A. Phipps
Publisher: Cheryl Phipps
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2025-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A bump in the night, parent trouble, and a bossy business partner! Jess had hoped that life was going to slow down and she could enjoy getting back into baking. It was never going to be easy. Not with a business partner who didn’t like people. It didn’t seem fair that with all her power she couldn’t have a peaceful existence. Lately she’d been wondering, if she dared to use her power, could she change things for the better in Good Fortune? There was just one or two problems—three if you counted her snarky cat familiar—her parents are both on the witches’ council. She can follow a recipe, but can Jess follow their rules?

Witchy Bad Blood

Witchy Bad Blood
Author: C. A. Phipps
Publisher: Cheryl Phipps
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2024-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Family can be deadly! No one, including Jess, had any idea she was an exceptional witch. Until she began solving crimes using her senses. The trouble is, she'd rather be waving a spatula than a wand and her snarky cat familiar isn't happy about it. She's listed her priorities: 1 Bring her mom back from the ghostly realm. 2 Open a bakery. 3 Keep quiet about her secret sister. (A lovable thorn in her side!) 4 Don't ask questions about her missing father. Having a plan will make life bearable—as long as there isn't another murder and she doesn't mess anything up! This paranormal cozy mystery will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about magic and murder. Midlife Potions Witchy Awakening Witchy Hot Spells Witchy Flash Back Witchy Bad Blood Witchy Coffee Crimes - preorder now! C. A. Phipps is a USA Today best-selling author from beautiful New Zealand. Cheryl lives in a quiet suburb with her wonderful husband of over four decades. With a large family to keep her busy when she's not writing, there is just enough space for a crazy mixed breed dog who stole her heart! She enjoys family times, baking, and her quest for the perfect latte.

Spells and Spiced Latte

Spells and Spiced Latte
Author: Jinty James
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981379262

Can a witch who can only cast one spell solve a murder? Maddie Goodwell, Trixie, her Persian cat (who might also be her familiar), and Maddie's best friend Suzanne Taylor, run their coffee truck, Brewed from the Bean, in the small town of Estherville, Washington state. Maddie always thought it was a sleepy kind of town, apart from the fact that when she was seven, she found an ancient book, Wytchcraft for the Chosen. Now, twenty years later, she can only cast one spell successfully from the book - the Coffee Vision spell. But when she peeks into Joan's future - one of her regular customers - she sees the middle-aged woman lying dead in the kitchen! When the vision comes true, Maddie is determined to investigate - with the help of Trixie, and Suzanne. Will her witchy abilities help or hinder her?

Sweet Saboteur

Sweet Saboteur
Author: C. A. Phipps
Publisher: Cheryl Phipps
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2023-12-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

USA TODAY Bestselling Author C. A. Phipps brings you Book 1 in the Cozy Café Series! Deadly gossip, a café in trouble, and sisters determined to keep a promise. Scarlett and her sisters have different aspirations, but the one thing they agree on is that the café must survive. The trouble is, someone else is just as determined to have them fail. Hounded by deadly gossip, Scarlett's determined not to give in to the pressure to close the family business and she’ll do anything to turn things around and give her sisters a better life. Anything, except murder! A shocking death points to the café as the likely cause and Scarlett must put all fears aside to solve the mystery before everything she’s fought to keep safe is lost—or worse! Cozy Hollow might never be the same again. The Cozy Café mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a family-focused café owner who discovers she's a talented amateur sleuth—and a magnet for animals. Cozy Café series: Book 1 Sweet Saboteur Book 2 Candy Corruption Book 3 Mocha Mayhem Book 4 Berry Betrayal Book 5 Deadly Desserts "I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The storyline captured the reader's attention from the beginning until the end. The identity of the murderer kept me guessing. The characters were well developed. The feline with a personality was a nice touch."

Cookies and Chaos

Cookies and Chaos
Author: C. A. Phipps
Publisher: Cheryl Phipps
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2023-12-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The clues are in the crumbs when Murder comes to town! Using her bakery and expertise, Madeline Flynn helps the sheriff's twin nephews with their cookie sales—until strange things happen at the community center where they sell them. With a puzzling death, vandalism and a nasty scam, the danger on their doorstep can't be ignored. Maddie is once again whisked up in an investigation that will take all her sleuthing skills to solve. Gran, a posse of girlfriends, plus Big Red, her faithful Maine coon, won't let her do it alone. Along with the handsome sheriff, they're wading through clues as thick as cookie dough, hoping that the timer won't go off on another murder. Have they taken on more than they can chew? The Maple Lane Mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a quirky cat-loving bakery owner who discovers she's a talented amateur sleuth. Delicious Cozy Mysteries with free recipes. "A compelling mystery with fabulous characters. I love the recipes as well as Madeline. This book is well written with plenty of twists to keep me guessing to the end. I am looking forward to the next book by this author." "Another wonderful installment to the Maple Lane Bakery Series. Maddie, Ethan, Big Red, Gran, and the Girlz are back for another mystery in their small town. It's a fast-paced story to keep you reading until the end. Also, things are heating up between Maddie and Sheriff Tanner that you don't want to miss! The Maple Lane Mysteries: Maple Lane prequel: Sugar and Sliced Book 1: Apple Pie and Arsenic Book 2: Bagels and Blackmail Book 3: Cookies and Chaos Book 4: Doughnuts and Disaster Book 5: Eclairs and Extortion Book 6: Fudge and Frenemies Book 7: Gingerbread and Gunshots Book 8: Honey Cake and Homicide - coming soon! C. A. Phipps is a USA Today best-selling author from beautiful New Zealand. Cheryl is an empty-nester living in a quiet suburb with her wonderful husband, 'himself'. With an extended family to keep her busy when she's not writing, there is just enough space for a crazy mixed breed dog who stole her heart! She enjoys family times, baking, and her quest for the perfect latte.

Dead Wind

Dead Wind
Author: Tessa Wegert
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448308429

Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she's to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home. "Wegert nicely balances plot and characterization. Fans of Denise Mina’s Alex Morrow will be pleased" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on the scene with fellow investigator Tim Wellington, can't shake the feeling that she knows the victim - and the subsequent identification sends shockwaves through their community in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. Politics, power, passion . . . there are dark undercurrents in Shana's new home, and finding the killer means dredging up her new friends and neighbors' old grudges and long-kept secrets. That is, if the killer is from the community at all. For Shana's keeping a terrible secret of her own: eighteen months ago she escaped from serial killer Blake Bram's clutches. But has he followed her, to kill again? The Shana Merchant novels are a brilliant blend of chilling psychological thriller and gripping police procedural, set in an atmospheric island community with a small-town vibe.

The Ice Coven

The Ice Coven
Author: Max Seeck
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593199693

Investigator Jessica Niemi is in a race against time to find the link between a body with strange markings that has washed up on a frigid shore in Finland and two baffling disappearances in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Hunter. Six months have passed since Jessica’s encounter with the mysterious serial-killing coven of witches and the death of her mentor. Her nightmares about her mother and the witchcraft that undid her have only gotten worse, but she’s doing what she can to stay focused. Her homicide squad, now under new leadership, has been given a murder case and a new series of disappearances to investigate. A young woman’s corpse has washed up on an icy beach, and two famous Instagram influencers have gone missing at the same time. The missing influencers and the murdered woman all have ties to a sinister cult. Jessica finds an eerie painting—of a lighthouse on a remote island—as she investigates, and under the picture is a gruesome poem detailing a murder. The nightmares about her mother suddenly seem all too real, making Jessica wonder if the dead woman might be trying to tell her something about the killings. And as Jessica works frantically to solve her latest case, her horrific past comes roaring back and threatens to destroy her.

Witch

Witch
Author: Glenn Puit
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2005-12-06
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 9780425207192

Drawing on extensive interviews with the accused herself, here is the sordid, twisted, and surprising story of Brookey Lee West—a successful technical writer from Silicon Valley who became Las Vegas’ most notorious female serial killer. In February, 2001, police uncovered the decomposed remains of Christine Smith bagged like garbage in a Las Vegas storage unit. She’d been dead for years. Next to the makeshift tomb were books on witchcraft and Satanism. It didn’t take long for authorities to discover that the owner of the foul Canyon Gate Unit #317 was Christine’s own daughter, Brookey Lee West. Further investigation revealed something even more shocking—a one-woman crime spree that spanned two decades, stretched from Nevada to California, and may have counted among its victims Brookey’s own husband and brother....

Honey Cake and Homicide

Honey Cake and Homicide
Author: C. A. Phipps
Publisher: Cheryl Phipps
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2024-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Wedding singer blues, one deadly kiss, and a cake fatality! Excited to finally wed her childhood sweetheart, Maddie’s plans for the day suddenly take a horrible turn when a body is found in the most unlikely place. This spectacular whodunnit has Maddie, Big Red, Gran and the groom, aka the sheriff, scrambling for answers when one of the Girlz looks guilty of murder. Will they find the killer in time for the festivities to go ahead, or is Maddie’s perfect day doomed from the start? If you loved Murder, She Wrote, you’ll enjoy this bakers style because Maddie’s not taking no for an answer either. The Maple Lane Mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a quirky cat-loving bakery owner who discovers she’s a talented amateur sleuth. The Maple lane Mysteries Book 0.5 Sugar and Sliced Prequel Book 1 Apple Pie and Arsenic Book 2 Bagels and Blackmail Book 3 Cookies and Chaos Book 4 Doughnuts and Disaster Book 5 Eclairs and Extortion Book 6 Fudge and Frenemies Book 7 Gingerbread and Gunshots Book 8 Honey Cake and Homicide Each book contains an easy recipe or two!

The Witch Way Collection

The Witch Way Collection
Author: Jane Hinchey
Publisher: Baywolf Press
Total Pages: 1009
Release: 2022-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Supernaturals and humans have always lived in harmony in Whitefall Cove… until now. When local witch Harper Jones returns to her magical hometown of Whitefall Cove, she keeps finding herself in the middle of murder mysteries. It all starts when her high school nemesis turns up dead and Harper’s determined to bring the killer to justice. Together with her familiar—an orange furball named Archie—and her hilarious Gran, who thinks bedazzled Ugg boots are the height of fashion, Harper sets out to solve the mystery; and that’s just the start of her adventures. If you love witchy sleuths with a knack for finding out whodunit, then you don’t want to miss this bestselling collection and your chance to binge read the entire series in this special boxed collection!