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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits and grits, double shifts…and murder!A Trailer Park Mystery (#1)Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!Wanda Nell Cullpepper’s hectic life isn’t getting any easier. When she returns home from a long day of double shifts at her day job waitressing at the Kountry Kitchen diner and her night shifts at the Budget Mart, the last person she wants to see is her no-account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, talking big and flashing cash.Just when she thinks things can’t get worse, Wanda Nell wakes up the next day to find Bobby Ray just plain dead—killed with her favorite pink flamingo yard ornament! But things go from bad to worse: now the sheriff is eyeing Wanda Nell as the primary suspect…and the real murderers have her in their sights. But she’s come this far on wits and grits, so with the help of her trusty best friend, Wanda Nell sets out to fight back and catch the real culprits—or lose her life!“Wanda Nell and her shotgun-toting buddy Mayrene are wonderful people to get to know. A down-home treat!” – #1 New York Times bestseller, Charlaine Harris“FLAMINGO FATALE is the Southern cozy at its best.” – Lane Wright, revewingtheevidence.com“As down-home and appealing as fried green tomatoes, grits, and sweet tea. Heroine Wanda Nell Culpepper is a steel magnolia to cherish.” – Carolyn Hart

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits, grits, double shifts…and murder!A Trailer Park Mystery (#2)Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!Wanda Nell Culpepper’s juggling a lot of plates—two full-time jobs and riding hard on her rambunctious kids. But it looks like she’s just landed a blue-plate special when one of her fellow waitresses winds up dead.Fayette’s death is no real surprise: Wanda knows she had the temper and morals of snake, along with very expensive taste in powerful men. She was also stepping out with Melvin Arbuckle, Wanda Nell’s true-blue boss, so he’s the one who’s taking the heat. Still, something in the kitchen doesn’t smell right…Wanda Nell may be too busy to tackle another mystery, but no way will she let Melvin fry!“Wanda Nell and her shotgun-toting buddy Mayrene are wonderful people to get to know. A down-home treat!” – #1 New York Times bestseller, Charlaine Harris“FLAMINGO FATALE is the Southern cozy at its best.” – Lane Wright, revewingtheevidence.com“As down-home and appealing as fried green tomatoes, grits, and sweet tea. Heroine Wanda Nell Culpepper is a steel magnolia to cherish.” – Carolyn Hart

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits, grits, double shifts…and murder!A Trailer Park Mystery (#3)Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!During a night shift waitressing at the Kountry Kitchen, Wanda Nell Culpepper sees a shocking customer in her section of the diner—her long-lost brother, Rusty. Wanda and Rusty haven’t talked since their dear mama passed on, and Wanda thinks it’s high-time for a reconciliation. But Rusty has his own reasons for coming back to their small hometown…and it seems stirring up trouble is one of them!Then a man is found murdered—the same man who was involved in a highly visible argument with Rusty just hours before he was killed! And Rusty is nowhere to be found…But Wanda Nell knows her baby brother couldn’t kill anyone. So she’s got to find Rusty and the real killer before the mess starts smelling like weeks-old hush puppies!“Wanda Nell and her shotgun-toting buddy Mayrene are wonderful people to get to know. A down-home treat!” – #1 New York Times bestseller, Charlaine Harris“FLAMINGO FATALE is the Southern cozy at its best.” – Lane Wright, revewingtheevidence.com“As down-home and appealing as fried green tomatoes, grits, and sweet tea. Heroine Wanda Nell Culpepper is a steel magnolia to cherish.” – Carolyn Hart

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits, grits, double shifts…and murder!A Trailer Park Mystery (#4)Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!With her two full-time jobs, Wanda Nell Cullpepper is already burning the midnight oil straight on into the next day. Still, she can’t pass up an opportunity to earn some extra green. So when the Kountry Kitchen hosts an exclusive bachelor party, Wanda Nell agrees to the extra shift.When the groom-to-be croaks after making a naughty toast, his younger brother is immediately arrested for murder. But something doesn’t sit right with Wanda Nell, who suspects there’s more to this sibling rivalry…Now Wanda Nell has to find the real killer…before he finds her!! “Wanda Nell and her shotgun-toting buddy Mayrene are wonderful people to get to know. A down-home treat!” – #1 New York Times bestseller, Charlaine Harris“FLAMINGO FATALE is the Southern cozy at its best.” – Lane Wright, revewingtheevidence.com“As down-home and appealing as fried green tomatoes, grits, and sweet tea. Heroine Wanda Nell Culpepper is a steel magnolia to cherish.” – Carolyn Hart

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits, grits, double shifts…and murder!A Trailer Park Mystery (#5)Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!Whatever happened to time off? Newly married Wanda Nell Culpepper is counting the minutes until her honeymoon with Jack. No work, no kids, nothing but Jack. But an unsolved cold-case murder is about to intrude on their partnered paradise…A young woman’s body is found on the Tullahoma County High School football field—and Wanda Nell and Jack begin to unwind a tangled trail of deceit. With some help from a retired schoolteacher, they uncover the prime suspect—who swears he’s innocent. But when a relative of the young woman is found dead, Wanda and Jack know they must be hot on the killer’s trail…Will Wanda Nell and Jack be able to find the murderer before her honeymoon is over…or will the murderer make this a shotgun funeral?!?“Wanda Nell and her shotgun-toting buddy Mayrene are wonderful people to get to know. A down-home treat!” – #1 New York Times bestseller, Charlaine Harris“FLAMINGO FATALE is the Southern cozy at its best.” – Lane Wright, revewingtheevidence.com“As down-home and appealing as fried green tomatoes, grits, and sweet tea. Heroine Wanda Nell Culpepper is a steel magnolia to cherish.” – Carolyn Hart

UNCOMMON GROUNDSA 21st-century spin on the traditional cozy— Maggy Thorsen, a divorcée whose husband left her for a 24 year old, is eager to open a coffee shop, Uncommon Grounds, in the small Wisconsin town of Brookhills. In a world where Starbuck''s and other chains are ubiquitous, Maggy is up for the challenge, which becomes even greater when Maggy discovers the body of one of her partners, Patricia Harper, on the floor of their coffee shop.Determined to find out who killed Patricia, Maggy delves into the mystery with a sense of humor that would make Miss Marple smile. FLAMINGO FATALEFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits and grits, double shifts…and murder!When Wanda Nell Cullpepper’s returns home from a long day of waitressing at the Kountry Kitchen diner and a night shift at the Budget Mart, the last person she wants to see is her no-account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, talking big and flashing cash.Just when she thinks things can’t get worse, Wanda Nell wakes up to find Bobby Ray dead—killed with her favorite pink flamingo yard ornament! Now the sheriff is eyeing Wanda Nell as the primary suspect.Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included!TOO MANY CROOKS SPOIL THE BROTHReaders will delight in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery debut - and relish the country cooking recipes included.This debut mystery introduces Magdalena Yoder, prim, proper, and persnickety proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, where guests enjoy the true “Amish experience.”When one of her more reclusive guests takes a tumble down the PennDutch''s picturesquely steep staircase, the timing couldn''t be worse.What at first seems to be a horrible accident turns out to be a more sinister event. Magdalena is certain there is a killer at her inn—and it''s up to her to catch the culprit!