Linda Baten Johnson – författare

What could go wrong when jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts get together? How about four murders and a couple thefts? Can clues be pieced together to solve these puzzling crimes?Elvis Has Left the Building by Cynthia Hickey Cee Cee is hosting a jigsaw puzzle party in Apple Blossom, Arkansas, and everyone is expected to bring a brand-new 500-piece jigsaw puzzle to work on that depicts something from the 1950s. With a vintage car show, vendors, live music, and a dance, the night promises to be a great oneuntil the Elvis impersonator is murdered and a priceless puzzle is missing. The Puzzle King by Linda Baten Johnson Jane enters a jigsaw puzzle competition at the Fargo, North Dakota, fairgrounds. When a fellow competitor is poisoned, all suspects are confined at the hotel during the investigation, and Jane is determined to use her puzzle-solving skills to root out the killer. A Puzzling Weekend by Teresa Ives Lilly Tabitha's first event at her new bed and breakfast in Pumpkin City, Pennsylvania, is a jigsaw puzzle mystery weekend. All is going well until the hired cook is found stabbed to death. As the prime suspect, Tabitha works with the handsome investigatorand two wily beagle dogsto clear her name. Mystery at the Jigsaw Swap by Janice Thompson Mariah hopes to sell her vast puzzle collection at a jigsaw puzzle swap in Camden, Maine, at the historic opera house. But her most valuable puzzle ends up missing when another vendor is stabbed to death. Enjoy four short cozy mysteries...all involving jigsaw puzzles!

Food Trucks Can Be Murderously Good  Get a taste of murder and mayhem in four cozy mysteries.   Birch Tree, Maine, is experiencing a rash of deaths, all mysteriously linked to food trucks that frequent the Birch Point Lake Park. Mey’s noodle truck was her ticket to a new life, until her ex-boyfriend threatens to take it away. Angel’s new donut truck was doing great, until deathly rumors started. Shanice thought she had customer support when taking over her grandpa’s potato truck, until one started complaining. Marisol’s taco truck is a fixture in the park, until linked to a food judge’s death. Could competition between vendors have led to this murder and mayhem?

A tea shoppe along the coast of Maine is connected to a year's worth of mysterious deaths. Starting one winter day, Georgina finds the mayor poisoned by a plate of petit fours. That spring, Evie's favorite customer and recipe tester is killed. While out delivering scones for her summer job, Ashley discovers a crime scene to practice her student training in forensics. Against a backdrop of vibrant fall foliage, Ladessa discovers a corpse at table number four. How can one small shoppe's employees be connected to so many deaths, and will the business ever recover?

Mysteries Leap Off the Page  Murder and mayhem haunt four newly-opened bookstores.   The mysteries enjoyed in books come to life, threatening four businesses. Amber’s new bookshop and tearoom draws rare book collectors, but when one ends up dead in the mystery section, the shop’s future is questionable. Lilly’s pirate themed bookshop fits right into Harbor Inn, Maine, but she never expected to find a young pirate dead on her shop’s floor. Abby opens Secret Passages Bookshop in a Wyoming mountain town, not realizing her historic building held a real secret passage and a missing teenager. When Kelly Stephens opens her shop Artistic Adventures next to Bayside Books and Reading Room, she witnesses a suspicious death. Can the store owners and their patrons solve the mysteries before their businesses go under?

Mystery and Mayhem Run Amuck in Farm Country Four amateur sleuths muck and muddle their way through mysterious disappearances and deaths in the barnyard.Hog Wild by Cynthia Hickey Shelby Dickens'idyllic hog farm turns chaotic when her prized hog vanishes before the county fair. Racing against time, she uncovers rivalries and secrets, risking everything to expose the truth and restore honor.The Dark Side of the Moo by Linda Baten Johnson Liv Olsen returns from university to her home at Friendly Farma place that lives up to its name until the dairy cows become seriously ill and the vet is murdered in the barn. Moo-sterious happenings keep Liv looking over her shoulder as she turns amateur sleuth.Fowl Deed by Teresa Ives Lilly April transformed her homestead into an egg farm, chicken-inspired gift store, and Airbnb, then hosted the local farmer's marketall to keep the town's realtor,Jeff Barr,plus the bank from taking over the property. But when Jeff is found dead by the chicken coop, April must solve the murder or lose it all.Searching for Sunshine by Janice Thompson Jessie Kingston responds to an ad to breed her thoroughbred mare,Cosmic Sunshine,with Derby winnerLike the Wind. But this opportunity of a lifetime turns disaster when her horse goes missing while in the care of the breeder.