Read 3 Christmas-themed cozy mysteries from 3 popular series by USA Today bestselling author Harper Lin. BOOK 1: Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks is the 6th book in the Cape Bay Café 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. In Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks, it's almost Christmastime in Cape Bay, and another murder has everyone in town talking.
A despised new drama teacher at the local high school is killed in the school's parking lot. The police arrest a beloved teacher, Mrs. Crowsdale, but everyone else thinks she is too nice to murder anyone. However, Mike, the town's lead detective, says they have solid evidence that proves she did it. Sammy, an employee at the cafe, is particularly devastated. Mrs. Crowsdale was her favorite teacher and still her hero.
Sammy begs Fran to find the real culprit. Fran isn't so sure. Mike would be angry with her for butting in on another case. And what if more danger befalls her? After all, there are some pretty dangerous people in town.BOOK 2: Fur-miliar Felines is the 7th book in the Wonder Cats Mysteries. Cath Greenstone, her cousin Bea, and her hippie aunt Astrid live in Wonder Falls, a small town near the mystical Niagara Falls.
They run the Brew-Ha-Ha café, and naturally, they're witches hiding in plain sight along with their three magical cats, Treacle, Peanut Butter, and Marshmallow. Cath's power is the ability to communicate with animals. She often converses with their cats, also magically inclined, and they help uncover more than one secret lurking in wonderful Wonder Falls. In Fur-miliar Felines, it's Christmastime, but something strange and sinister is in the air.
Treacle, Cath's courageous black cat, can't see what it is, but he feels a dangerous presence out there in the snow-blanketed streets. Aunt Astrid also feels dark ripples in the dimensions. The Greenstone witches suspect this creature is somehow tied to the disappearance of two high school students. Soon, one of them turns up dead, half-eaten. The holiday spirit is in full effect in Wonder Falls, but so is a puzzling and gruesome murder mystery.
BOOK 3: Crime Before Christmas is the 4th book in the Bookish Café Mysteries. Maggie Bell loves working at a bookshop in the charming town of Fair Haven, Connecticut. After her beloved boss passes away, his son, Joshua Whitfield, moves into town and turns Maggie's world upside down. He wants to turn part of the store into a cafe and sell books about vampires and silly romances. Maggie is horrified.
Can a quiet book lover fall for a rugged carpenter. who doesn't even like to read?!?In Crime Before Christmas, Fair Haven is celebrating its annual Ice Fishing Jubilee right before Christmas. When a bad-mannered lawyer is found frozen to death inside his fishing shack, the police soon discover he was really shot. The prime suspect is local ice fishing legend Jim Campbell, but Maggie thinks he is innocent.
The culprit could be the long-suffering wife or the mistress, and soon, Maggie is off doing her own investigating, dragging Joshua along for the ride. As her boss, Joshua couldn't possibly be romantically interested in her. So why did he hold her so close at the town dance? As Christmas nears, Maggie catches a killer and also a kiss under mistletoe.