Victoria Square Mysteries

The upcoming birth of a child is usually celebrated by all concerned, but not this time… Katie Bonner loses her lunch-literally-when her social media account serves up a shocking announcement. Her boyfriend Andy Rust's attractive assistant manager, Erikka Wiley, is bragging that she's pregnant, and apparently with Andy's child. Erikka's made it clear that she wants Katie and Andy to break up, flaunting her condition and telling everyone in Victoria Square who'll listen about her plans for the future. When Erikka turns up dead, the Sheriff's top murder investigator turns up the heat on Katie and Andy, certain that one of them is to blame for the death. But it turns out Erikka wasn't pregnant after all. Was Erikka's misconception the only way she could conceive of stealing Andy from Katie? When Katie finds planted evidence in her home, it's her friend and former Sheriff's detective, Ray Davenport, who insists on concealing it. Is it his growing affection for her that causes him to act against his training and code of ethics, or could he be the one responsible for Erikka's death? Katie is afraid to find out.

Katie's been dealt the Dead Man's Hand… It's all fun and games when Katie Bonner and her friends play poker for chocolate-covered peanuts, but the very next day Jamie Seifert collapses and dies after visiting Katie's tearoom on Victoria Square. Katie's business is on the line and she needs to prove Jamie wasn't poisoned at Tealicious. Her first order of business is to locate the mysterious woman he was dining with, and her next step is to go undercover at a nearby poker club where Jamie won big just a week before. It seems everyone there might have had a motive to rub Jamie out…and if they learn Katie has been lying to them, she might be next!

Things go awry for Katie Bonner when her former mother-in-law, Margo, throws a housewarming party at her lakeside rental and one of her guests ends up dead in the water. Maxwell Preston was a devoted husband-and a not-so-great dad. He was a beloved pharmacist who didn't take care of his ramshackle property, which is destined to be a hot commodity on Victoria Square when his heir puts it up for sale. But most of all, Preston was a stranger to the others who attended the party. Meanwhile, Nona Fiske takes charge of Victoria Square's big summer extravaganza-a disaster in the making, as what little power she's seized has gone straight to her head. The Davenport sisters have their own agenda, and they've not only been poking around to find out more about the dead man but what other mischief has been going on around the Square. So, who killed Maxwell Preston, and why? That's what Katie wants to know-and she's willing to risk everything to find out.