Tiara Investigations detectives Leigh, Tara and Victoria are former Georgia beauty queens, now middle-aged. When they're discovered at a murder scene and cannot provide a single clue, a police detective with a grudge against them sees the perfect opportunity to shut them down. To save their agency, they'll have to stay one step ahead of him, and to save themselves, two steps ahead of the killer. Then there's the matter of their own husbands knowing nothing about their new line of work. Hey, if the tiara fits ...

Current Affairs

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Stone, Lane

Mystery

Mainly Murder Press

Tiara Investigations specializes in matrimonial cases until their ‘who did he want and when did he want them’ business takes a detour to murder. Leigh, Tara and Victoria, former Georgia beauty queens, now in their late-40’s, were ready for mid-life reinvention when they decided to open their own detective agency. Their thriving business, and one hundred percent success rate, has made them happy and fulfilled, although their lives are becoming more and more complicated because their own husbands know nothing about their little enterprise. When they are at the scene of a murder and cannot give a single clue, Jerome Kent, a police detective with a big grudge against them for investigating his own philandering, sees a perfect opportunity to shut them down. To save their agency they’ll have to stay one step ahead of him, and to save themselves one step ahead of the killer. Current Affairs: A Tiara Investigations Mystery is a story about three women who lost their way and then found it again in mid-life, proving you can re-start your life at any age. And if the tiara fits....

Current Affairs A Tiara Investigations Mystery (Tiara Investigations Mysteries Book 1)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Buckingham Pet Palace is known for treating dogs like royalty-until murder dethrones its good reputation!
 As owner of an upscale doggy daycare and spa, animal-lover Sue Patrick pampers pooches for the most elite clients in Lewes, Delaware. Surely she can survive a weeklong visit from Lady Anthea Fitzwalter, her well-to-do business partner from England. But before Sue can serve her guest a spot of tea, she discovers more-than-a-spot of blood inside the company van-and all over the driver's dead body . . . 
 Someone abandoned the van full of dogs at the Lewes ferry terminal and got away with murder, leaving Sue and Lady Anthea pawing for clues. With a fundraising gala approaching and Buckingham Pet Palace facing scandal, can two very different women work together to fetch the culprit from a list of dodgy suspects-or are they heading toward a proper disaster?

Stay Calm and Collie On (A Pet Palace Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Lyrical Underground

""Buckingham Pet Palace may provide services fit for a four-legged king, but theres no use crying over spilled kibblenot unless it leads to murder! 
 When a break-in at the Pet Palace robs Sue Patrick of more than her beauty sleep, she intends to tidy her ransacked doggy daycare and spa before making any rash decisions. But after Sue abandons her better instincts to rescue a petrified pug stranded at a lighthouse in the Delaware Bay later that morning, shes lured off mainland Lewes long enough for a freshly murdered body to get dumped in her driveway . . . 
 Aided by Lady Anthea Fitzwalter, her practically royal business partner from across the pond, Sue sniffs out clues about the yappy pug with a complicated history and the old car spotted at both crime scenes in hopes of IDing the culprit. As the investigation leads them back to the bay, the ladies soon find themselves immersed in a case trickier than a canine agility courseand chasing after a well-groomed killer who will do anything to maintain a perfect reputation . . . ""

Support Your Local Pug (A Pet Palace Mystery)

At Buckingham Pet Palace doggy daycare, the (canine) customer is always king-but when a killer strikes, owner Sue Patrick is the queen of crime-solving . . . An early morning beach jog takes a somber turn when Sue Patrick and Lewes, Delaware's Chief of Police, John Turner, encounter a gentleman dressed in a tux-and indisputably dead. While John runs to alert police, Sue witnesses an interloper rummaging through the victim's pockets, right before he's shot by a second stranger who attacks Sue. Two trusty doggy friends come to her aid, but the shooter escapes. The well-dressed corpse was Danish conductor Georg Nielsen, darling of the classical music world. Lewes is hosting the world debut of Georg's new sonata, and the show must go on . . . but there's major discord amongst the musicians. Lady Anthea, Sue's aristocratic business partner, joins her in trying to bring the curtain down on a killer. But they'll need four-legged help to stop a maestro murderer who seems to have orchestrated the perfect crime . . .

Changing of the Guard Dog (A Pet Palace Mystery)

Art expert Emma Kelly arrives at the Metropolitan Museum to meet with disgraced philanthropist Boyle York only to learn he has been murdered. His body and a nearby masterpiece are splattered with blue paint. In the following days, works of art around the world are attacked with the same paint, which Emma believes has something to do with the Virgin Mary. Emma's husband, Elliott Baldwin, the Assistant Director in charge of the FBI's New York City field office, isn't convinced but appreciates her expertise.\nFollowing a lead, Emma travels to her other home in Bath, England, and continues her search for one of the most famous Nazi-looted paintings. When a diver hired to explore a sunken Nazi submarine is murdered with the same weapon used to kill Boyle York, Emma wonders if the art crimes on three different continents are actually an attempt to trip her up.\nEmma races against the clock to countries with Virgin Mary apparition sites in an attempt to save the world's most beloved artwork. Can she convince the Vatican to disavow the perpetrators and stop the attacks and bring justice to the mastermind behind them before it's too late?

The Collector: The Big Picture Trilogy

Level Best Books

The Canvas: The Big Picture Trilogy (A Big Picture Mystery)

Aging Georgia beauty queens––Leigh, Tara, and Victoria––are at it again! When they arrive at a restaurant for a meeting with a potential client (whom they’ve designated Pop Tart) for their budding private eye firm Tiara Investigations, they find the man dead––face down in a bowl of salsa. What’s going on? The man was only concerned about his daughter’s husband’s fidelity, but this death has all the trappings of murder. Before the trio can wave queen-like, the restaurant manager and the police arrive, and they are only able to surreptitiously grab a few clues from the crime scene. When the threesome gather the next day to attend Tara’s boyfriend’s stepfather’s funeral, they are aghast to discover that their dead almost-client is the honoree. Soon, more coincidences occur as the dead man disappears, then reappears. The girls put their beautifully coiffed heads together to discuss the clues they’ve gathered to Pop Tart’s murder. Just what is the meaning of the strange terms he wrote on his napkin? Just what is the significance of the words the waiter overheard him mutter before he died? And why is Homeland Security involved? Will these clues lead to nowhere or will Tiara Investigations put it all together, find the killer, and save the day? They can and they will, because for this bevy of beauties, it’s more than just DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.

Domestic Affairs: A Tiara Investigations Mystery

Cozy Cat Press

When their best friend Merilee lands in jail, Janet and Molly naturally rush to her aid. But when the two girls find out that Merilee has been accused of murdering her own mother, they realize that the only way to help her is to find the real killer! The mystery takes the three friends back and forth from their artsy neighborhood in Dallas, to the Old West town of Shotgun City, to a ranch so big you could get lost in it. When the threesome find a map of nearby Packsaddle Mountain, they realize they’ve found a clue to a legendary outlaw’s treasure—a treasure worth killing for. Before all is said and done, the three friends will have to face a lot of danger and team up with some unlikely allies to discover the hidden loot and bring a murderer to justice. Written by twenty-four different authors, this is one cozy mystery you won’t want to miss!

A Map for Murder: A Mystery by 24 Authors

Oroz, Joyce

Rockwell, Patricia

Murray, Judy

Vido, Jennifer

Clayton, Linda

Gilbertson, Bart J.

Belz, Christian

Buckman, Lane

Koppel, Mary

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