Harper Lin

Francesca Amaro moves back to her hometown of Cape Bay, Massachusetts, and takes over the family business, Antonia's Italian Cafe. She spends her days making delicious artisan cappuccinos, until she stumbles upon her neighbor's dead body. When the police discover Mr. Cardosi was poisoned, Francesca becomes a suspect. The victim's son, Matty, happens to be Francesca's old high school friend. Together, they uncover the secrets of the locals in order to find the killer in their idyllic beach town.

Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse

*** FREE for a limited time only. Regularly $3.99 *** A hilarious new mystery series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin! Barbara Gold, a retired CIA agent, is bored out of her skull in Cheerville, a sleepy town in New England—until a man is poisoned during a book club meeting for seniors. Everyone thinks Lucien had a heart attack, but from his symptoms, Barbara knows someone has slipped poisoned into his cake or drink. Even though she is no longer under cover, Barbara feels as if she’s only playing the part of a sweet grandmother, but this may just be her most useful cover yet. The clock ticks as she investigates who in the Cheerville Active Readers’ Society would want Lucien dead. It's only a matter of time before his death is declared murder and the police start hounding everyone. Suddenly Barbara's CIA training is useful again, and Cheerville is starting to seem not so dull after all. Read the action-packed first book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series. keywords: senior sleuths cozy mystery secret agent thriller CIA training humor funny novella mystery new cozy mystery series quick read

Secret Agent Granny Book 1

Granny's Got a Gun

Savannah, Georgia, 1922 While her mother’s only wish is to see her married, Becky Mackenzie just wants to sketch in the cemetery and talk to ghosts. Becky will admit she is attracted to the handsome Adam White, but he’s a northerner shunned by Savannah society—plus Becky’s man-eating cousin Fanny is sinking her claws in him just to spite her. But Becky’s got bigger fish to fry when a man gets stabbed to death at her best friend Martha’s birthday party. Was this just a case of a poker game gone wrong, or were more sinister forces at play? Becky must use her gift of communicating with the spirits to find the killer before any of her friends get hurt. Set in the Jazz Age of speakeasies and flappers in beautiful and gothic Savannah, Georgia, the Southern Sleuthseries will charm your hats off. keywords: historical cozy mystery series ghost cozy funny mystery series 1920s novel paranormal cozy

Love and Murder in Savannah

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 7th cozy mystery in the popular series set in a charming beach town! On New Year’s Day, Fran takes her dog Latte on a walk. Luck of all luck, she finds a dead blonde on the sidewalk—right outside Ryan’s house. Sammy, Fran’s best friend, has been staying with Ryan, and she becomes the police’s number one suspect. The victim was Ryan’s ex-girlfriend, an out-of-towner who has been secretly terrorizing and stalking Sammy. Sammy’s DNA has been found on her body, so the police think she has motive for killing the ex. Everyone in town knows Sammy wouldn't hurt a fly, but Detective Mike Stanton has been thrown off the case, and a tough detective from Boston takes over who is convinced Sammy is the killer. Fran can’t just sit back and watch her best friend—and the café’s best latte maker—go to jail. Book 7 of the Cape Bay Café Mysteries features the most high-stakes murder case yet. Includes 2 special recipes! Cafe cozy mystery cozy mystery with recipes amateur sleuth small town cozy mystery beach town cozy mystery series

A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery Book 7

Espressos, Eggnogs, and Evil Exes

A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery Book 6

Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks

Americanos, Apple Pies, and Art Thieves

***FREE for a limited time*** The Pink Cupcake Truck is here! From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: After a messy divorce, forty-four-year-old Amelia Harley has taken back her maiden name and decided to sell homemade cupcakes out of a food truck. With the help of her two teenage kids in picking out the name and color of her truck (pink, of course) and using social media to help spread the word, Amelia is ready to roll in Food Truck Alley. However, a man is found stabbed to death in the dining area, and the young man from the burrito food truck next to Amelia’s is arrested. Matthew is a big, tattooed former gang member, an obvious suspect, but Amelia believes he is innocent. Can Amelia save an innocent man? Can she make her food truck a success and make her children proud? Find out in the first novella (30,000 words) in The Pink Cupcake Mysteries. Keywords: food truck cozy mystery cozy mystery with recipes amateur sleuth small town cozy mystery cupcake recipes cozy mystery series fun cozy quick read

A Pink Cupcake Mystery Book 1

Sweets and a Stabbing

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 9th cozy mystery in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries. When Fran moves back to her idyllic beach town to take over the family café, she also develops a knack for solving bizarre murders. When Matt whisks Fran away on a romantic spa weekend at the Alford Inn, she’s excited to try French macarons from Jacques de Gaulle, the inn’s famous in-house baker. But when an off-duty employee is murdered in the spa—during a mud wrap treatment no less—Fran must use the time she could’ve been relaxing to solve another murder case. A friend’s crumbling marriage depends on it! Includes macchiato and macaron recipes!

A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery Book 9

Macchiatos, Macarons, and Malice

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 8th cozy mystery in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries. When Fran moves back to her idyllic beach town to take over the family cafe, she also develops a knack for solving bizarre murders. In the middle of Fran's date night with Matt, at Cape Bay's best Mexican restaurant, Fran's favorite waiter drops dead. Everyone else thinks Pablo had a stroke, but Fran believes he was murdered because he had been getting strange, threatening notes in his apron at work. As Fran digs deeper into another murder case she shouldn't be involved in, she learns her beloved waiter had some secrets stewing in his personal life. Includes 2 donut recipes! keywords: Cafe cozy mystery cozy mystery with recipes amateur sleuth small town cozy mystery beach town cozy mystery series Culinary cozy cozy mystery dog animal

A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery Book 8

Double Shots, Donuts, and Dead Dudes

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 4th cozy mystery in the popular series set in a charming beach town! Fran is anticipating her trip to Italy with Matty… until a precious diamond ring is stolen from the town’s jewelry store and an employee is murdered. Fran suspects the storeowner of insurance fraud, but what if she’s wrong? Would her life be at stake again if she butts in on another police investigation? Includes two recipes! keywords: Cafe cozy mystery cozy mystery with recipes amateur sleuth small town cozy mystery beach town cozy mystery series Italian cafe mystery with recipes

A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery Book 4

Lattes, Ladyfingers, and Lies

"Summer tourist season is winding down, but the Cape Bay police find a dead body in the alley beside Mary Ellen's Souvenirs and Gifts. Police rule it a suicide, but Francesca Amaro knows it's murder. Who would buy a bag of souvenirs, including a box of delicious marzipan, only to commit suicide moments later? Even though the police tell her to stay out of the case, Fran is too curious not to investigate, even though she's running a busy and popular café."--from Amazon.com.

Margaritas, Marzipan, and Murder

When Francesca's old high school crush, Todd, is accused of murder, she is convinced he is innocent. The police don't believe Todd's story, and neither does Matty. During the busy summer tourist season at Cape Bay, Francesca sets out to prove Todd's innocence. Matty, however, investigates to prove Todd is guilty. Why does Matty detest Todd so much? But what if he's right - what if Todd is a murderer?

Tea, Tiramisu, and Tough Guys

A Wonder Cats Mystery Book 1

A Hiss-tory of Magic

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: The 1st book in a culinary mystery series that take you on a tour of Paris! Includes 5 Special French Macaron Recipes. French native Clémence Damour returns to Paris to run the family patisserie, a famous franchise known for their delectable gourmet pastries and sweets in Paris and around the world. To get off on the right foot with la gardienne, the caretaker of her apartment building, Clémence gives her a box of their luxury macarons. The next morning however, the half-eaten box of macarons is found near la gardienne's dead body. An incompetent inspector accuses Clémence of being the killer, which prompts her to clear her name and solve the case herself. Join Clémence and her friends as they solve murder cases, bake macarons and other treats, and fall in love in The City of Lights. Macaron Murder is the first book (25k novella) in a new culinary cozy mystery series featuring delicious recipes of French pastries and desserts. If you like light-hearted cozy mysteries with recipes by Joanne Fluke or Jessica Beck, you'll enjoy The Patisserie Mysteries. keywords: Paris murder mystery series cozy mystery with recipes free first book in series cozy amateur sleuth chick lit mystery French dessert mystery series with recipes

A Patisserie Mystery with Recipes Book 1

Macaron Murder

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: FREE 1st in the series novella in a 4-book holiday mystery series. Includes Holiday Drink Recipes! After breaking up with hunky movie star Nick Doyle, superstar singer Emma Wild returns to her hometown for Christmas to get away from it all. In Hartfield, a small town in Ontario, Canada, she gets caught up in a murder case after a fan's drink is poisoned at the Chocoholic Cafe, owned by Emma's sister Mirabelle. Who is the killer and was the drink originally intended for Emma? To add to the chaos, Sterling Matthews is the detective on the case. He'd shattered her heart nine years ago and inspired all her hit singles, but now they must work together to find the murderer before the murderer finds Emma. This is the first book in the Emma Wild 4-book Holiday Series. Book 1: Killer Christmas Book 2: New Year's Slay Book 3: Death of a Snowman Book 4: Valentine's Victim Save and own the complete 4-Book Emma Wild Holiday Series Box Set! keywords: christmas cozy mystery cozy mystery series with recipes small town cozy mystery free cozy mystery first book holiday mystery novella Christmas murder mystery chrismas holiday mystery

An Emma Wild Mystery Book 1

Killer Christmas

A hilarious new mystery series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin! Retired CIA agent Barbara Gold decides to take up gardening to pass the time in Cheerville, a quaint New England town. Before she can pay for her peat moss and a copy of Gardening for Numbskulls at the garden shop, she overhears two ladies gossiping about the death of Cheerville’s best gardener. Based on her extensive secret agent training, Barbara quickly concludes Archibald didn’t die in a freak accident via hedge clippers, but was murdered. The local police are no help, ruling the death a suicide. To solve this case, Barbara must go undercover on her own—with a 9mm pistol, of course. From taking Seniors Yoga to infiltrating an underground gambling club, Barbara must use her best asset—her guise as a sweet seventy-year-old granny—to find the murderer, while not letting her babysitting duties to her thirteen-year-old grandson, Martin, and attention from a new love interest distract her. Read the action-packed 2nd novella (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series. keywords: senior sleuths cozy mystery secret agent thriller CIA training humor funny novella mystery new cozy mystery series quick read

A Secret Agent Granny Mystery Book 2

Granny Undercover

From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the highly anticipated 10th book in the popular Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries Fran throws Matt a birthday party at the cafe and invites all of Cape Bay to attend. Halfway into the party, many of the guests become sick, and some end up in the ER. Fran fears the cause was food poisoning, but Detective Mike Stanton informs her that it was actual poison—someone at the party intentionally poisoned the pastries or punch. Did the perp mean to target one person or to hurt as many people as possible? Did they want to shut down the cafe and destroy her business? Was it someone she knew or a sick stranger? Whoever it was, Fran had likely met the culprit at her party. And that makes her shudder. When another partygoer ends up dead days later, Fran is on high alert. She must find the murderer before anyone else gets hurt. Includes special recipes

Punch, Pastries, and Poison

I’m Barbara Gold. Age: 70. Height: 5’5”. Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: Undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired widow and grandmother. Retired secret agent Barbara Gold’s biggest challenge is finding a birthday present cool enough for her teenage grandson… until a dead body drops into her shopping cart inside Cheerville’s new high-tech big-box store. Suddenly, Barbara is pulled back into the action and thrill she used to love in her working years—CIA involvement, shadowy figures, mysterious deaths, missing loot, and a chance for her to make a difference. Read the hilarious 8th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series. ﻿keywords: senior sleuths cozy mystery secret agent thriller CIA training humor funny novella mystery new cozy mystery series quick read

A Secret Agent Granny Mystery Book 8

Granny Goes Rogue

I'm Barbara Gold. Age: 71. Height: 5'5". Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: Undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired CIA agent, widow, and grandmother. Barbara Gold, a retired CIA agent, volunteers to accompany her thirteen-year-old grandson, Martin, on a group camping trip with his peers. Out in the wilderness with no phone coverage, the teens and their guardians are enjoying fresh air and mountain views... until Martin's photography teacher is found dead in an abandoned mine. Barbara quickly gathers evidence before the rain can wash it away, but she and the campers quickly become the hunted. A psychopath is loose in the woods, tracking their every move. Barbara must use her old spy and combat training to outsmart the killer and keep the kids safe. But doing so might reveal secrets from her past to her beloved grandson. Read the thrilling 9th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series.

Secret Agent Granny, #9

Granny Goes Wild

I’m Barbara Gold. Age: 70. Height: 5’5”. Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: Undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired widow and grandmother. Ex-CIA agent Barbara Gold witnesses a woman being struck down by a car in broad daylight. It was no hit and run but plain, cold-blooded murder. After some sleuthing, Barbara discovers the strangest fact yet about sleepy Cheerville, New England: there’s a nudist colony on the edge of town, and the victim was an active member. Barbara must go on the hardest mission of her career—bare her 70-year-old body for all to see—in order to solve another bizarre murder mystery. Read the hilarious 4th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series. keywords: senior sleuths cozy mystery secret agent thriller CIA training humor funny novella mystery new cozy mystery series quick read

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