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Bush Tea Murder

Caribbean Island Mystery, Book 1
by: Ashley-Ruth Bernier

Plot Summary

Culinary journalist Naomi Sinclair is cooking up a maelstrom of trouble upon her return to the blue waters of her native St. Thomas. 

The first in a new cozy mystery series set in the US Virgin Islands, this charming amateur sleuth will enrapture readers of Joanne Fluke and Carrie Doyle.


Food journalist Naomi Sinclair doesn’t expect a side of murder with her passion fruit juice. But when her return to St. Thomas heralds a series of troubling cases, ranging from petty theft to cold-blooded murder which threaten her tight-knit community, that is exactly the kind of unsavory treat she must sink her teeth into. 

Luckily for her neighbors, Naomi is as deft at solving puzzles as rolling johnnycake dough–a good thing since her island community, though small, keeps serving up plenty of trouble. With the help of her friends and her crush, Mateo, Naomi must navigate the tumultuous turquoise waters of life in the Caribbean, all as her beloved father battles an illness that keeps tugging her back to her island amid her rising career stateside. 
Release Date: 18-November-2025

Murder in York

Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, Book 12
by: J.R. Ellis

Plot Summary

In the ancient city of York, winter brings Christmas markets, cold weather…and murder.

Snow dusts the cobbled streets of York as tourists flock to its famous Christmas markets. But for DCI Oldroyd, what starts as a peaceful evening on a ghost tour quickly turns deadly.

The tour guide’s grim discovery is no theatrical performance—he finds the body of Henry Marlow, a notorious local landlord, in the doorway of a derelict building. Oldroyd soon has no shortage of a resentful ex-wife, angry tenants, and even the guide who knows every secret passage of the old city.

As festive lights sparkle above the narrow passageways of York, darkness gathers below when a second body is found in the shadow of the ancient cathedral. Can Oldroyd untangle the web of secrets and lies before anyone else dies? As the holiday season approaches, it seems the killer is planning on making this a Christmas to remember—for all the wrong reasons…

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