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LOVE, DIE, NEIGHBOR: The Prequel to the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Can be read as a stand-alone) IT’S NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN THE WELCOME WAGON IS ACTUALLY A HEARSE… >>>As the mother of an active toddler and the wife of an often absent husband, Kiki Lowenstein already has both...
THE PERFECT READ FOR TIMES LIKE THIS!! A collection of stories to help you move from sad to glad, I'm Too Blessed is a hug disguised as a book. Ready for something to lift your spirits? To make you smile? To remind you that it's all going to be okay?...
LOVE, DIE, NEIGHBOR: The Prequel to the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Can be read as a stand-alone) IT’S NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN THE WELCOME WAGON IS ACTUALLY A HEARSE… >>>As the mother of an active toddler and the wife of an often absent husband, Kiki Lowenstein already has both...
JUST BECAUSE HER HUSBAND’S NAKED, DEAD, AND IN A HOTEL BED... ...it might not be what it seems. But there’s that scarf in his mouth. Of course it is. Given the situation, Kiki Lowenstein can’t help remembering that George got her pregnant while cheating on his girlfriend. True, he did the right thing...
SWEET MEMORIES MADE OF MURDER-- PASTRY, PIZZA, AND A POISONOUS PILL… St. Louis, Missouri -- Recovering from financial ruin and the murder of her husband— she’s not saying which was worse — Kiki Lowenstein’s getting her life back on track as a professional scrapbooker, in charge of a huge event...
AS MANY SECRETS AS PILES OF STUFF—MURDER IN A HOARDER’S HAVEN… The phrase “hostess with the mostest” takes on a whole new meaning when crafty amateur sleuth Kiki Lowenstein finds herself stuck in the middle of a hoarder’s crime scene in the third installment of the Joanna Slan’s cozy mystery series....
THE SCHOOL NURSE CALLS TO SAY THAT KIKI'S DAUGHTER, ANYA, HAS STUMBLED OVER THE CORPSE OF A DEAD TEACHER. BUT EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT … NOW. HA. HA. HA! And Kiki might just believe that a badly shaken daughter is the worst of her worries...EXCEPT... that pre-teen Anya might have actually seen...
An enhanced and newly revised edition of the 5th book in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series of cozies, featuring ace crafter and female amateur sleuth Kiki Lowenstein. (Paper, Scissors, Death: Book #1 was shortlisted for the Agatha Award.) Also includes a bonus preview of Ready, Scrap, Shoot: Book #6 in...
A TIME-HONORED SCHOOL MAY DAY PAGEANT TURNS DEADLY WHEN A SNIPER TAKES AIM -- AND A WEALTHY MATRIARCH, A BEER BARAON'S DAUGHTER IS SHOT. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT KIKI WAS THE REAL TARGET Unfortunately, the answer is YES. After running for her life and huddling in a car until the...
POLICE DETECTIVE CHAD DETWEILER IS OVERJOYED TO LEARN THAT HE'S GOING TO BE A FATHER. BUT HE MIGHT BE VIEWING HIS NEWBORN FROM THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF DEATH ROW. When Detweiler's estranged wife is found shot to death with bullets from his revolver, the proud papa-to-be finds himself up the...
THE WEDDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT. BUT THE DISCOVERY OF A CORPSE IN THE PUNCH BOWL PUT A DAMPER ON THE CELEBRATION Ace scrapbooker Kiki Lowenstein certainly did her part to make everything just right for her mother-in-law's special day. Especially when everyone-in-the-know knows that Sheila, the bride who was blushing...
A HALLOWEEN SCRAPBOOK PARTY TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE—AND KIKI IS LEFT WITH BLOOD ON HER HANDS. Good-hearted Kiki Lowenstein plans a Halloween charity crop at a historic haunted house. The crafting is going great until someone slashes the throat of Laurel, one of Kiki’s employees. The attack puts a real...
WHO PUT THE HOMICIDE IN THE HOLIDAYS? NOT KIKI...BUT SHE BETTER TACK DOWN THE PERSON WHO KILLED ONE OF HER CUSTOMERS OR SHE'LL BE HANGING STOCKINGS BY HERSELF AT THE STORE! Kiki is eight months pregnant and trying to cram as much ho-ho-ho into the holidays as possible. When a...
“Till death do us part” comes way too soon for newlywed Kiki Lowenstein. Instead of church bells, gunshots ring out after Kiki says her vows. Newly revised and enhanced version of Book #11 in the ongoing, 13-book cozy mystery series featuring ace scrapbooker and crafter, Kiki Lowenstein. A very pregnant...
IN SUB-ZERO JANURARY, AN INFANT IS ABDUCTED...AND KIKI MIGHT BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN TRACK DOWN THE CULPRIT. St. Louis, Missouri -- The arrival of Kiki's baby is cause for celebration, but Kiki herself suffers from a severe case of post-partum blues. Her mood darkens further when she learns that her...
TWO FBI AGENTS COME LOOKING FOR KIKI'S NANNY, AND SUDDENLY THE HOUSEHOLD IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. Kiki and her husband must ask themselves the toughest questions they'll every have to face: Can we trust this person with our kids? The answer might say more about them than it does about their nanny,...
AN EPIDEMIC OF TEENAGE SUICIDES LEAVES A RURAL COMMUNITY GRIEVING--AND THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING. CAN KIKI GO UNDERCOVER AS AN ART TEACHER AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP? SHE SHOULDN'T. Metro-St. Louis, Missouri. To clear her calendar, Kiki must juggle multiple obligations and make a tough decision: Can she...
THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY DIVORCE…YOURS AND THE JERK’S. >>>In this case, there’s Clancy’s side and then there’s the JERK ‘s side. Of course, Kiki sides with Clancy because they’re BFFs (Best Friends Forever). As for the JERK, well, the poor guy can’t make up his mind. The JERK...
The BIGGEST Kiki book yet! Introducing the Miss Fits, ordinary women who do extra-ordinary things! Every holiday season, Kiki Lowenstein plans 12 days of classes, her Holiday Craft Extravaganza. And every year, it nearly kills her. This year is no exception. As the holiday season approaches, Kiki over-schedules herself and...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 1 includes Stories 1, 2, and 3 in a series of short reads featuring Kiki Lowenstein, a young mom, a woman struggling to find her way in the world, and determined to do the right thing, no matter what. Read these and see why...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 2 features Stories 4 and 5 from the life of Kiki Lowenstein, a soccer mom turned amateur sleuth. She’s the girl next door with a talent for solving crimes and making friends. Read these stories for a quick lift of your spirits—and you’ll see...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 3 features Stories 6 and 7 in the life of Kiki Lowenstein, a delightful Midwestern soccer mom whose life has been turned upside-down by her husband’s murder. Over the course of the series, Kiki grows a backbone, going from a meek little mama...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 4 offers up three more quick reads in a series featuring Kiki Lowenstein, your new best friend. This spunky single mom uses her many talents to bring joy into the lives of her readers!! Story 8: The TP Caper -- When two teenagers have...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 5 features two more adorable stories in a series of quick reads featuring Kiki Lowenstein, your new best friend. Kiki’s first “real” job at a scrapbook store demands that she act more like a referee than a creative talent. Even so, this spunky...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 6 brings you another heart-warming adventure in the life of a scrappy single mom who is everyone’s new best friend. Read this clean short story for a quick lift of your spirits—and you’ll see why readers all over the world have fallen in...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 7 features another story from the life of everyone’s favorite girl next door. If you love animals (especially rescues), crafts, and friendship, you’ll fall in love with Kiki Lowenstein. o Story 15: The Heartbreak– The last thing Kiki needed when she adopted her...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 8 is perfect for mystery lovers who enjoy clean, feel-good stories. Readers think of Kiki Lowenstein as their fictional best friend. Isn’t it time you got to know Kiki, too? These three stories are the perfect introduction to this fun protagonist! Kiki’s the...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 9 Kiki Lowenstein is not only a Crafting Queen, she’s a mom, a friend, and the girl next door—if you lived next to a detective agency! The Kiki Lowenstein books are like a mini-vacation for your soul! Story 18: The Lucky Charm – This...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 10 features Kiki Lowenstein, a true-blue friend who loves helping other people to tap into their creativity. She’s spunky, curious, and brave—especially when it comes to defending those she loves! Story 19: The Lilac Festival –Kiki visits Mackinaw Island, a spot that’s long been...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 11 stars Kiki Lowenstein, a spunky animal lover, crafter, and friend. This is perfect for fans who love reading good, clean traditional mysteries with social relevance. Story 20: The Purple Passion – A customer begs Kiki for help when her daughter is accused of...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 12 features Kiki Lowenstein (the girl next door) in two more quick reading stories. Kiki’s a force for good, a devoted mother, and a crafty superstar. This clean, traditional mysteries series will warm your heart and put a smile on your face. Story...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 13 brings you another sweet, clean story featuring Kiki Lowenstein, the girl next door. This quick read will lift your heart. Story 23: The Cupcake Caper – Kiki’s best friend, Clancy, thinks she’s “over the hill” romantically. Her attempts at dating have been both...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 14 brings you another romp with the girl next door. If you love family, friends, food, fur babies, and crafting, you’ll love Kiki and company. Story 24: Murder at the Majestic Mall - It was supposed to be a working vacation. Kiki finally got...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 15 offers readers another chance to spend time with the girl next door, the perfect amateur sleuth, and a devoted friend—Kiki Lowenstein. Story 25: A Soldier’s Final Gift – a dying soldier leaves behind an urgent message, and maybe more? His distraught mother begs Kiki to...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 16 brings readers another good, clean read featuring a spunky amateur sleuth: Kiki Lowenstein. Story 26: A Halloween Close Call – This is Kiki’s favorite holiday, even if she doesn’t like to get spooked. So she agrees to a fun outing at a farm...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 17 brings you yet another clean, feel-good story featuring everybody’s best friend, Kiki Lowenstein. She’s fun, she’s spunky, and she’ll send your spirits soaring. Story 27: The Haunted Album – captures Kiki doing what she does best: creating a memory album. But this particular...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 18 brings you more of everyone’s best friend, Kiki Lowenstein. As the star of a feel-good, clean, traditional mystery series, Kiki will brighten your day and lighten your load! Story 28: The Rowan Tree Branch – Keeping a death-bed promise, Kiki goes on an...
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 19 features three stories starring everyone’s best friend, Kiki Lowenstein. If you enjoy clean, traditional mysteries that put a smile on your face, you’ll love Kiki! Story 30: The Handmade Tale – A little boy crafts an angelic gift that blesses Kiki’s entire family....
The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Volume 20 invites you into the world of everyone’s best friend—Kiki Lowenstein. She’s funny, she’s faithful, and she’s fearless. If you love feel-good stories with no foul language, you’ll adore Kiki and company! Story 33: The Missing Gift celebrates a time of miracles. In this...
She began a journey of self-discovery. She never expected to uncover an old boyfriend and a dead body… Stuart, Florida. With her parents deceased and her son away at college, Cara Mia Delgatto longs to reinvent herself. And a sentimental purchase of a fixer-upper in a small, coastal town seems...
Life in Paradise isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Cara Mia Delgatto feels like she is drowning in problems! Stuart, Florida. Her ex-husband is refusing to pay their son’s college tuition (as promised), her sister is pulling mean pranks, and her old boyfriend has broken her heart…again. And that’s...
Cara Mia thought she found a sculpture of a mermaid in the sand…and then it moved! Rescuing a half-drown immigrant was not what she wanted on her morning walk. Stuart, Florida. Was it the right thing to do? Will the woman survive? And if she does, will she be okay?...
Cast Away: Book #4 in the Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series The fourth book in a clean, romantic, mystery series set in Florida that focuses on love and friendship with a touch of history, too. Stuart, Florida -- A priceless coral and gold artifact intended for a queen disappears from a...
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Joanna Campbell Slan has done it again! From the author of stories in five of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Bestsellers comes the continuing the saga of Cara Mia Delgatto, a single mom trying to grab a SECOND CHANCE at life! When a young...
Charlotte Bronte's Classic Strong-Willed Heroine Lives On Winner of the DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD FOR LITERARY She answered a child's cry for help. She never expected to uncover a murder and unlock secrets a king wants to keep… Yorkshire, 1820. Happily married to a country squire and the mother of...
The Second Book in the Critically Acclaimed Historical Mystery Series Featuring Jane Eyre as an Amateur Sleuth. When her husband’s damaged vision grows worse, Jane Eyre Rochester suggests a trip to an ocular specialist in London. But a night at the opera changes everything! And what seemed like a healing journey...
The first book in a new series featuring Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, written by a USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author. The world was not prepared for this story, a conspiracy hatched in the highest levels of the British government. A rogue Minister of Defense plans to turn soldiers...
Second book in a New Series for those who love traditional mysteries! FANS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES -- AND ALL MYSTERY LOVERS -- REJOICE FATHER OF LIES is the second in an exciting new series taken directly from newly-discovered files of John H. Watson, M.D., friend, biographer and colleague of England's...
The third book in a new series featuring Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. In this continuation of a new twist to the Sherlock Holmes’ canon, Holmes and Watson reluctantly search for a missing sailor…and stumble on a sinister plan to embarrass and de-throne Queen Victoria. The two friends must work...
Once again, the Confidential Files of Dr. John Watson provide us with a thrilling Sherlock Holmes adventure! If you love Holmes, this book will be your cup of tea! Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. John Watson, are no strangers to danger—but a visitor’s claim that they are to be...