Melissa Bourbon

Opening a custom dressmaking boutique in the old farmhouse she inherited from her late great-grandmother, Harlow Jane Cassidy gets more than she bargained for when her first client is accused of murder and she must help find the real killer--with a little help from beyond. Original.

Pleating for Mercy

When her boyfriend's daughter's date for the big homecoming dance is accused of murder, it is up to magical dressmaker Harlow Jan Cassidy to find the real killer. Original.

A Killing Notion

Every book tells two stories-one written on the pages with pen and ink, and one woven into the paper, a story of the soul. The Lane women have the gift of bibliomancy. They can read them both.Beneath, book blurb: Almost everyone in the Lane family line dies young. The gift of bibliomancy tells their story before the deaths happen. But Cassie Lane doesn't see it as a gift. For her, it is a curse. As soon as she's able, she leaves Laurel Point, Oregon, running from her past and her fate, ending up in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There she meets Leo Hawthorne and lives a perfect life with him in an old Sea Captain's house. Perfect, that is, until Leo vanishes at sea.After an old copy of Moby Dick foretells Leo's death, Cassie forbids all books from the lives of her children with Leo. But when twins Pippin and Gray discover a secret room where their father hid away books that were special to him, long forgotten secrets surface, an old crime comes to light, and everything Pippin thought she knew is turned upside down.

A Book Magic Mystery

Murder in Devil's Cove

As the Margaret Moffette Lea Pageant and Ball approaches, Harlow Jane Cassidy, a busy dressmaker, must find the time to clear her name when she is accused of murdering a local golf pro, who was found stabbed to death with her dressmaking shears.

A Fitting End

Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

A Custom-fit Crime

With a few magical tricks up her sleeve, seamstress Harlow Jane Cassidy investigates the murder of a disagreeable member of the local women's group. By the national best-selling author of A Killing Notion. Original.

A Seamless Murder

Harlow Cassidy Mystery #1

Storiebook Charm

From the author of the Magical Dressmaking Series comes a Christmas story filled with merriment, mystery, and murder. Bliss, Texas, is gearing up for its annual Winter Wonderland festival, but when a mysterious Scrooge ends the merriment with murder, it’ll take more than a ghost from Christmas past to set things right. Designing a holiday fashion show set in the town’s most prominent historic mansion seems like a job tailor made for dressmaker Harlow Jane Cassidy. But with the mansion’s restoration still in progress and threatening weather on the horizon, she’s feeling on pins and needles more than reveling in holiday cheer. Having volunteered to play Santa in this year’s festival, Dan Lee Chrisson was ready to move on after his divorce—until Bliss became his final resting place. Discovering his body puts Harlow at the scene of the crime. She’ll need plenty of help from friends and even her late great-grandmother’s spirited sleuthing if she’s to have a ghost of a chance of catching a killer who’s just jumped to the top of the naughty list…. INCLUDES SEWING TIPS

A Magical Dressmaking Mystery

Deadly Patterns

Things are topsy-turvy in Lola Cruz's world. Lola's cousin is getting married, and Lola's in the wedding, dressed like a throwback from a John Hughes movie; her biological clock has started ticking; and the bachelorette party to beat all bachelorette parties is in the works. The evening's events will push all the women past their boundaries--including Lola. But all that pales compared to the new case at Camacho & Associates. Not everyone is convinced that Jack Callaghan's childhood friend, Philip, committed suicide, least of all the man's mother, Marnie. Marnie hires the P.I. firm--and specifically Lola--to get to the bottom of her son's death. There's not much to go on, but Lola would rather drop dead than leave a case unsolved. When a second attack happens against Marnie herself, Lola knows she's on the right track. Now her biological clock isn't the only thing ticking. She has to stop a murderer before he--or she--strikes again. - - - - - - - - - - DROP DEAD LOLA by Melissa Bourbon - A Henery Press Mystery. If you like one, you'll probably like them all.

Drop Dead Lola

Former Manhattan fashion designer Harlow Jane Cassidy has a gift for creating beautiful dresses. But when Harlow becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation, she’ll need more than her sewing skills to unravel the mystery… Business is booming at Harlow’s custom dressmaking boutique, Buttons & Bows, even with the presence of her great-grandmother’s ghost hanging around the shop. But thanks to the fast approaching Margaret Moffette Lea Pageant and Ball, Harlow has her work cut out for her when Mrs. James hires her to make her granddaughter’s pageant gown. With the debutante ball getting the whole town of Bliss, Texas, into a tizzy, Harlow knows her dress has to be perfect. But when a local golf pro is found stabbed to death with dressmaking shears, the new deputy thinks Harlow and Mrs. James conspired to commit the crime. Now, Harlow has to finish the dress on time and clear her name, before the next outfit she designs is a prison jumpsuit…

Murder Through an Open Door

#1 Amazon Bestseller! Perfect for fans of Ellery Adams, Carlene O'Connor, and Barbara Freethy. “...a deftly crafted and impressively original novel by an author with a genuine flair for originality...certain to be an unusual, immediate and enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections…” ~Midwest Book Review After twenty years, Pippin Lane Hawthorne and her twin brother, Grey, return to their birth place—the Outer Banks island of Devil’s Cove. But what was supposed to be a chance at a new life turns sinister when their father’s old fishing boat reveals a dark secret. Now Pippin must embrace her fate as a bibliomancer and learn how to ‘read’ the books she’s always shied away from. Only then will she be able to discover the truth about what really happened to her parents and continue their efforts to break the curse that has haunted the Lane family for two thousand years. “A magical blend of books, mystery, and smart sleuthing, Melissa Bourbon’s Murder in Devil’s Cove offers mystery readers everything they crave and stands out in the crowded cozy genre. This captivating new series will leave readers spellbound.”-NYT and USA bestselling author, Ellery Adams

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