Sophie Kimball Mystery

Murder's never on the reading list-until the book club starts dropping dead. Single mom Sophie "Phee" Kimball isn't a detective-she's an account clerk in chilly Mankato, Minnesota. But when her mother Harriet insists that her book club's latest pick is cursed-after four members die under suspicious circumstances-Phee reluctantly heads to Harriet's retirement community in sun-soaked Sun City West, Arizona. Phee doesn't believe in curses, but something is clearly not right under the blazing desert sun. As she digs deeper, she uncovers secrets, rivalries, and motives lurking behind friendly smiles. Now, it's up to Phee to read between the lines before the killer strikes again-turning the next chapter into someone's last. The perfect cozy mystery debut for fans of Richard Osman, Robert Thorogood and Jesse Q. Sutanto.

A wedding, a murder, and a retirement community full of suspects... what could possibly go wrong? Sophie "Phee" Kimball thought moving to Arizona to work for a private investigator would bring some peace and quiet. Instead, she's wrangling her seventy-four-year-old Aunt Ina's over-the-top wedding and her mother Harriet's nonstop meddling. But when a celebrity chef turns up dead on the golf course outside Harriet's front door, things really start to heat up. With her mother in a tizzy and Aunt Ina refusing to let a murder ruin her big day, Phee juggles floral arrangements and forensics while trying to catch a killer before the big "I do." Hilarious, twisty, and packed with quirky characters, this cozy mystery is a delightful romp where the only thing sharper than the clues is the one-liners.

Murder was never supposed to be in the script... Sophie "Phee" Kimball is trying hard to get work done at her private investigation company-especially now that her old crush has joined the team. But her mom's book club's obsession with the local production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" is proving to be far more distracting... After a much-despised cast member is found dead in the theater, Phee has no choice but to immerse herself in all the backstabbing backstage gossip. And with a threatening note landing on her mom's windshield, it looks like the killer might be ready for an encore… Funny, twisty, and packed with lovable eccentric characters, this cozy mystery will keep you guessing until the final bow.

In J.C. Eaton's seventh Sophie Kimball Mystery, Sophie's kooky mother, Harriet, is gearing up to become Arizona's newest radio star as the host of the Booked 4 Murder Mystery Hour. But when she ends up broadcasting herself discovering a dead body live on air, it's up to the reluctant sleuth Sophie to find the killer... Phee's mother Harriet is going to be a star! At least, that's how the Sun City West retiree describes her chance to host a live radio program of her book club's Booked 4 Murder Mystery Hour on Arizona's KSCW. But instead of chatting about charming cozies, Harriet ends up screaming bloody murder over the airwaves after discovering the body of Howard Buell, the station's programming director, in a closet--with a pair of sewing shears shoved into his chest. The number one suspect is Howard's ex-girlfriend Sylvia Strattlemeyer who believed she was going to host a sewing talk show before Harriet was offered the spot. But not only do the fingerprints found on the scissors not match Sylvia's, they belong to a woman who passed away twenty years ago at the age of ninety-seven. Now, with the whole town on pins and needles, it's up to Phee to stitch together enough clues from the past to uncover the identity of a killer in the present...