Fall Haven has always been a tranquil retreat for its residents. However, when the luxurious Aura Spa and Wellness Resort opens its doors just outside town, it brings with it an unexpected wave of mystery. Lifelong friends and amateur sleuths Leigh and Paloma find themselves at the heart of the enigma when a dead body is discovered on the spa’s pristine grounds. As the local authorities struggle to make sense of the puzzling crime, Leigh and Paloma take it upon themselves to uncover the truth.
As tensions rise and more secrets are brought to light, Leigh and Paloma race against time to identify the culprit before more lives are lost. Along the way, they encounter a web of intertwined secrets, clandestine affairs, and long-held grudges that threaten to tear the community apart.
Champagne Wishes and Caviar Screams is book 6 in the Wicked Wick Mysteries series.
Christmas is coming, and the chocolate is off limits!?
Fall Haven without a Winter Festival is like Christmas without chocolate!
When a massive snowstorm hits Fall Haven, many residents and out-of-towners alike are trapped out at the Old Maple Inn in the blizzard. Up-and-coming chef Won Shin prepares an extravagant French-Korean fusion meal as the inn’s new chef-in-residence, and course after course, everyone gets a little more than they bargained for. But when someone turns up dead in a snowdrift right outside the inn, all signs point to a certain chocolate sauce as the likely culprit.
Leigh and Paloma and the gang hunt down clues through cabins, kitchens, and the frozen wilderness to figure out who did the dirty deed and why before someone else gets iced.
With Arsenic Sauce is book 5 in the Wicked Wick Mysteries series.
Cinnamon, pumpkin spice, and hints of something really rank.
Fall Haven loves a good festival, especially when it’s fall themed! The Sleepy Haven Farm is going all out this year, with a you-pick-it pumpkin patch, a haunted farm and corn maze, and loads of spooky activities all week long.
Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch will be splitting time between their Wicked Wick candle shop on the Fall Haven town square and spending evenings out at the farm selling hot tea and cider. When they offer to help out with some of the haunted activities, they are confronted with something far scarier than vampire jump-scares and fake blood splattered everywhere: a real dead body.
Something Stinks in Fall Haven is book 4 in the Wicked Wick Mysteries series.
Something borrowed, someone dead!
The impending destination wedding of movie star Hudson Smith-Jones to social media celebrity Song Yu has Fall Haven filled to bursting with fans, families, invited guests, and apparently… a killer.
Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch at the Wicked Wick Candle Shop have been hired to create a signature “ScentStory” for the extravagant Yu-Smith-Jones affair. When one of the wedding party shows up dead in the middle of town, Leigh and Paloma must follow the olfactory clues to sniff out the killer before someone else is left pushing up daisies.
Kicking the Bouquet is book 3 in the Wicked Wick Mysteries series.
A sledgehammer, a corpse, and a maple-scented mystery…
Renovations at the old Fall Haven Maple Factory are right on target until an overenthusiastic giant dog reveals a secret long hidden in the historic walls: a body!
The local sheriff is too busy investigating a string of fires to be of much help on this one. As the fires pop up closer and closer to the center of town, Fall Haven residents become more spooked. So amateur sleuths Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch step out of their comfort zone at the Wicked Wick candle shop and into the sticky situation. With their eclectic team of helpers, they must dig into the factory’s not-so-perfect past to determine who the victim was, and who did the dirty deed, before the old maple factory or their beloved candle shop go up in smoke.
Murder in the Maple is book 2 in the Wicked Wick Mysteries series.
A duo of amateur sleuths must follow their noses to solve a murder in the first installment of this small-town cozy mystery series.
Childhood friends Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch left their high-pressure, big-city jobs to pursue a quieter life running the Wicked Wick candle shop in the small town of Fall Haven. Rumors about a giant chain warehouse store moving to town have the mom-and-pop business owners on edge, but the community is stringing up lights, baking pies, and setting up booths in the town square to sell their wares at the annual Winter Festival. But when a prominent local businessperson winds up dead in the middle of the festival grounds, Leigh and Paloma realize their little hamlet isn’t as quiet and innocent as they had hoped. Plenty of people have a lot to lose if the megastore comes to town, but are any of them angry enough to kill? The ladies of Wicked Wick must sniff around for clues and solve the crime before their business — or their lives — are snuffed out.
At the Scent of the Crime is book 1 in the Wicked Wick Mysteries series.
Christmas deals, steals, and killer high heels!
It’s the week before Christmas 1986, and Milltown Mall is THE place to be in Wahoo Beach. From Teddy Ruxpin and Cabbage Patch Kids to the Show Your Face modeling competition, everyone is on the prowl for something. When a model is found murdered before the competition even begins, Tiffany, Dylan, and the gang must find out what at the mall might be worth killing for.
Bag Your Face is book 5 in the Major Bummer Murders series.
Halloween, 1986. Wahoo Beach is overrun by zombies.
This year’s Haunted Wahoo Halloween extravaganza is a little out of control. The Zombie Apocalypse theme is obvious all over town, and so grossly executed that it’s hard to tell the fake living dead from the regular old just plain dead.
When a roller derby promoter is found murdered in one of the Haunted Wahoo attractions, fingers and roller skates start pointing, with many of them aimed directly at local Roll & Rock rink owner Buster Jackson.
Arcade owner Tiffany Sloan, Officer Dylan Spencer, and a punk kid named Zero join forces with a cast of kooky Wahoo Beach characters to find out who committed the gnarly crime, both to clear Buster’s name and to keep Wahoo Beach safe from more true Halloween horrors.
Barf Me Out to the Max is book 4 in the Major Bummer Murders series.
Antiques, Antics, and Apples?
It’s 1986 and the Wahoo Beach Police Department has its sights set on some mega-sweet Apple IIGS computers. But when an art thief strikes the big fundraising event out at the Country Club, the town’s hopes for that cutting-edge technology are dashed. Just as arcade owner Tiffany Sloan, officer Dylan Spencer, a punk kid named Zero, and a colorful cast of Wahoo Beach residents join forces to hunt down the stolen art, they find more than they bargained for. The art doesn’t turn up, but a body does. Can Tiffany and the gang hunt down the killer and the missing antiquities before tragedy strikes again?
Members Only Murder is book 3 in the Major Bummer Murders series.
Sun, Surf, Sport, Murder?
It’s 1986, and the Big Wave Open Surfing Championships have finally come to Wahoo Beach. Tiffany Sloan has her hands full enough running the Putts & Stuff arcade and mini-golf complex, but when a mega gnarly wipeout takes down the championship’s frontrunner and totally harshes the tournament vibes, Tiffany must grab a cold Tab and pound sand to determine if the death was a tragic accident or something more majorly sinister.
Mega Gnarly Wipeout is book 2 in the Major Bummer Murders series.
Welcome to Wahoo Beach!
The year is 1986, and all Tiffany Sloan wants to do is listen to her favorite jams, catch some rays, and have a totally awesome opening weekend for her extreme new putt-putt course. But when a random dead dude is discovered nearby, Tiffany must put down her can of AquaNet and pick up some clues to figure out what happened — and why — before her business is mega destroyed. Join Tiffany, her preppy ex-boyfriend, and a punk kid named Zero as they track down information across Wahoo Beach to solve the mystery before the killer can strike again.
Gag Me with a Spoon is book 1 in the Major Bummer Murders series.