Claudia Bishop

Sarah Quilliam, manager of the Hemlock Falls Inn, and her chef sister, Meg, turn detective when a reenactment of the seventeenth-century witch trials turns all too real when a mock execution leads to a very dead victim. Original.

A Taste for Murder

Co-owners of the Hemlock Falls Inn, Sarah and Meg Quilliam are called upon to assist unpopular newspaperman Henrick Conway, a nosy reporter whose latest expose+a7 has resulted in the warning deaths of two of his relatives. Original.

A Pinch of Poison

Hosting the wedding rehearsal dinner of ex-senator Alphonse Santini, who seeks reelection and has transformed the quiet inn at Hemlock Falls into a political battleground, sisters Sara and Meg become involved in a recipe for murder. Original.

Murder Well-Done

Desperate to keep their upstate New York inn running, Sarah and Meg Quilliam turn sleuth when several of their guests, a group of middle-aged artists known as "The Crafty Ladies," begin to turn up dead, one by one. Original.

A Touch of the Grape

Sarah and Meg Quilliam, operators of upstate New York's Inn at Hemlock Falls, agree to help socialite Tiffany Taylor with her charity work in Florida, only to become caught in the middle of a murderous fight between Tiffany and her ex-husband. Original.

Death Dines Out

Having sold the Inn at Hemlock Falls, Sarah and Meg Quilliam find themselves returning to the scene of the crime when the new owner hosts a gathering of Texas cattlemen and one of the guests turns up dead. Original.

A Steak in Murder

Hoping to buy back the Inn at Hemlock Falls, the Quilliam sisters are challenged when the body of a TV producer turns up on the grounds. Original.

Marinade for Murder

When the International Association of Pet Food Providers convention guests begin fighting like cats and dogs over switching to vegan pet food, which results in murder, inn owner Sarah Quilliam and her sister, Meg, guided by a pet psychic, investigate. Original.

Ground to a Halt

When a big-time magazine and television show asks to feature the Inn at Hemlock Falls during Christmas, the Quilliam sisters, who are in dire financial straits, embrace this opportunity, until the editor's husband, an avid skier, is murdered on the slopes and they are threatened with a lawsuit. Original.

A Carol for a Corpse

When a nasty celebrity chef, who has stolen some of their customers, is found dead with a knife sticking out of his neck, sisters Quill and Meg find themselves in hot water when, despite a vast array of suspects, fingers are pointed at them. Original.

Toast Mortem

Sisters Meg and Sarah Quilliam find themselves back in the detecting business when professional organizer Linda Connally, hired by Hemlock's mayor to take over the annual Spring Fete, is found dead in the trunk of a used car. Original.

A Fete Worse Than Death

When the rivalry between the hosts of Your Ancestor's Attic and Pawn-O-Rama turns deadly, inn owners Sarah and Meg Quilliam, experts at apparising motives for murder, set out the prove that the most obvious culprit is actually innocent. Original.

Dread on Arrival

In the picaresque town of Hemlock Falls, innkeeper Sarah Quilliam and her sister Meg, who astounds guests with her culinary talents, must rely on their mystery-solving skills when murder checks in. Original.

A Dinner to Die for

Don Bruns

A Merry Band of Murderers is more than a compilation of short mystery stories from some of the genre's finest writers. It is also an exploration of music. Conceived by Claudia Bishop and Don Bruns, the collection is staged in two acts: first, a non-fic................

A Merry Band of Murderers

A Taste for Murder/ A Dash of Death

A Plateful of Murder

Betty Hechtman

Cleo Coyle

Emily Brightwell

Maggie Sefton

Grab a cup of hot chocolate and cozy up with this collection of six holiday themed mysteries! HOLIDAY GRIND: A Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle When Village Blend manager and head barista Clare Cosi finds a red-suited body in the snow, she adds solving Santa’s slaying to her coffeehouse menu. MRS. JEFFRIES & THE YULETIDE WEDDINGS: A Victorian Mystery by Emily Brightwell The week before Christmas, Inspector Gerald Witherspoon’s staff prepares for the long-awaited wedding of Betsy and Smythe. But an unwelcome surprise falls in his lap: a Yuletide murder. MRS. JEFFRIES & THE FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN: A Victorian Mystery by Emily Brightwell When the host of a Yuletide dinner drops dead before the second course, Mrs. Jeffries and the busy sleuths must rally in support of their overworked Inspector. A CAROL FOR A CORPSE: A Hemlock Falls Mystery by Claudia Bishop To save their inn from a lawsuit, the Quilliam sisters need to prove a skier's death was no accident. But the slope-side slayer has a message for Meg and Quill: You better watch out... YOU BETTER KNOT DIE: A Crochet Mystery by Betty Hechtman When the husband of Molly Pink’s neighbor has gone missing, the crochet fiend gets hooked on unraveling another mystery. FLEECE NAVIDAD: A Knitting Mystery by Maggie Sefton When a librarian is murdered, Kelly Flynn and her knitting crew try to separate the lion from the lambs—before someone else gets fleeced.

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The Quillam sisters, proprietors of the Hemlock Falls Inn, face poor business, and appeal to television's Helena Houndswood to tape one of her stylish shows at the Inn, which leads to a mysterious death and disappearance

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