Bücher von Sheri Richey

When murder is the thread holding together costumes for the community play, Peggy can't avoid the gossip or the orphaned pup under her feet.Running the Carom Seed Craft Corner on Fennel Street in Spicetown should be enough for one person, but Peggy Cochran spends her spare time volunteering to make costumes for the town play at the Spicetown Community Center. When a costume she made over twenty years ago resurfaces, so do the details of the prior drama teacher's death and Police Chief Conrad Harris can't ignore the questions.Finding a puppy in the alley behind the store, gets under her feet, and into her heart even before the murder is all sewn up.

With the sudden absence of her spa manager, Grace Keslar finds herself saddled with two businesses to run.Heading off to tackle the health spa, Grace leaves Chauncey, her large gray crazy-whiskered cat, in control of the mansion's bed-and-breakfast. Discovering the spa operation to be less than transparent, Grace listens to her intuition and examines every corner (even the restrooms) to figure out what is amiss. Back at the mansion, Chauncey monitors fragile guests searching for something missing in their life.Together, with only the evening hours to confer, Grace and Chauncey work to mend broken hearts, bring families back together, and catch a thief.

The trouble begins when Chauncey declares that the newest houseguest of the Keslar Mansion is just not passing his sniff test!Chauncey, the large gray crazy-whiskered cat, has been fairly tolerant of houseguests up to this point, but the latest arrival has been deemed unacceptable. With the mansion on edge trying to plan Amanda Morgan's wedding, the citizens of Spicetown in an uproar over a mysterious traffic patrolman disrupting their streets, and long-lost relatives arriving at the Keslar mansion, Grace has a full schedule.Can they resolve all the discord without disrupting the wedding? Perhaps Chauncey's doppelganger can help!

Although Mayor Cora Mae Bingham planned a peaceful summer of self-improvement while ensuring all the sidewalks in Spicetown were in tip-top shape, the new Farmer's Market presented special challenges that required her attention.With her friend, Mavis Bell, embarking on a busy retirement plan; the original Farmer's Market manager becoming a celebrity; and Police Chief Conrad Harris testing out a second career in teaching, Cora was focusing on others taking on a little more responsibility until an unidentified body turned up in Red River and mysterious guests started breaking into empty houses for sale in Spicetown.Instead of a peaceful summer, Cora had to keep both eyes on the suspicious activity surrounding the new Farmers Market management and the neighboring towns to figure out how it was all connected.