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By Annalisa Daughety (Guideposts)

A treasure hunt is set to begin in Sugarcreek and the surrounding countryside, and Cheryl Cooper is eager to sign up. Not only does she think it is a fun way to learn more about the area, but the winning team will win a thousand-dollar prize.  Levi Miller is her pick for a partner, and he readily agrees to take part in the competition.  Once the hunt gets underway, she begins to wonder if there is more to the game than meets the eye. After a series of unfortunate events, it is evident someone is out to sabotage the competitors.

By Annalisa Daughety (Guideposts)

Cheryl Cooper and Levi Miller have painstakingly planned a special “Live Like the Amish” weekend for a group of senior citizens. The Miller family farm will serve as the perfect backdrop for the event, and they plan to give their guests an inside look at all things Amish– from buggies to fry pies and everything in between. It promises to be a relaxing time for all.

By Susan Page Davis (Guideposts)

Even as Jan puts the final touches on her wedding plans, mystery still swirls around the tearoom. While searching for the perfect wedding gift for Jan and Bob, Elaine and Nathan stumble upon a distinctive antique teapot at Mainely Bargains. Nathan feels certain it’s the one that’s been missing for 150 years from Hannibal Hamlin’s historic family tea set that once served President Lincoln. After Nathan purchases the teapot, Elaine and Jan set out to help him trace its provenance. Their pursuit brings them in contact with some very interesting people, including a woman who is convinced Nathan’s teapot belongs to her – and will stop at nothing to get it back.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

Investigating a suspicious accident leads Drew on a path that points to international intrigue and ever-growing danger. Drew Farthering arrives in idyllic Scotland for the 1935 British Open at Muirfield hoping for a relaxing holiday with his wife, Madeline, and friend Nick. But death meets him once again when Lord Rainsby, his host at Thorburn Hall, is killed in a suspicious riding accident—only days after confiding in Drew his fears that his business partner was embezzling funds. Thorburn Hall is filled with guests, and as Drew continues to dig, he realizes that each appears to have dark motives for wanting Raisnby out of the way. Together with Madeline and Nick, he must sort through shady business dealings, international intrigue, and family tensions to find a killer who always seems to be one step ahead.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

When the village of Farthering St. John is stunned by a series of murders, Drew Farthering is drawn again into the sleuthing game. Drew Farthering wanted nothing more than to end the summer of 1932 with the announcement of his engagement. Instead, he finds himself caught up in another mysterious case when the family solicitor is found murdered, an antique hatpin with a cryptic message, Advice to Jack, piercing his chest. Evidence of secret meetings and a young girl\’s tearful confession point to the victim\’s double life, but what does the solicitor\’s murder have to do with the murder of a physician on the local golf course? Nothing, it would seem–except for another puzzling note, affixed with a similar-looking bloodied hatpin.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

A Regency-era costume party should have been an amusing diversion, but it seems wherever Drew Farthering goes, mystery – and murder– are on the guest list. Drew and Madeline Farthering arrive at a Regency-era house party at Winteroak House, excited to be reunited with old friends, including Drew’s former Oxford classmate, Talbot Cummins. Tal is there with his fiancée, Alice Henly, and though many present seem worried about the couple, nobody is prepared when Alice dies from a sudden overdose. Tal refuses to believe she’s taken the drug intentionally, and a dark question arises of whether the death is an accident or murder. The police have their own information, though, and Drew is shocked when they arrest someone he’s trusted since his childhood—someone who’s been smuggling drugs into the country for years.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

When a celebrated actor is found murdered in his dressing room, all signs point to Drew\’s old flame. But behind the curtain nothing is what it seems, and this quickly becomes his most puzzling case yet. Just as Drew Farthering thinks his life has calmed down some, Fleur Landis reenters his life in dire need of his help. She\’s married now, no longer an actress–but the lead actor in her former troupe\’s production of The Mikado has been murdered, and Fleur is the police\’s number one suspect. Drew would rather focus on his fiancée, Madeline Parker, and their upcoming wedding, but he can\’t leave Fleur and her family in the lurch–even if she did break his heart once.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

The rolling, frigid mists that creep in over the Yorkshire moors hide a mystery as challenging as Drew has ever faced. At the urgent request of an old school friend, Drew and Madeline Farthering come to Bloodworth Park Lodge in the midst of the Yorkshire moors, a place as moody and mysterious as a Brontë hero. There have been several worrisome incidents around those lonesome, rolling hills– property desecrated, fires started, sheep and cattle scattered. Worst of all, the vicar has been found dead on the steps of the church, a crime for which Drew can discern no motive at all. Few in Bunting’s Nest seem like suspects, and Drew can’t keep his suspicions from falling on his friend’s new bride.

By Julianna Deering (Farlinford Press)

Downton Abbey Meets Agatha Christie in This Sparkling MysteryFrom the tip of his black Homburg hat to the crease in his cheviot trousers, he\’s the epitome of a stylish 1930s English gentleman. His only problem? The body he’s just discovered. Drew Farthering loves a good mystery, although he generally expects to find it in the pages of a novel, not on the grounds of his country estate. With the help of beautiful and whip-smart Madeline Parker, visiting from America, Drew proposes to use the lessons he\’s learned reading mysteries in order to solve the crime. Before long, he realizes this is no lark, and no one at Farthering Place is who he appears to be — not the blackmailer, not the adulterer, not the embezzler, and not even Drew himself.

By Kay DiBianca (CrossLink Publishing)

A Watch that Tells More than the Time. In a deserted park on a cold winter day, 27-year-old Kathryn Frasier is training for a marathon when she discovers a gold watch on a fencepost. Sensing that it was deliberately left for her to find, she sets out to solve the mystery behind the watch, but her orderly life is turned upside-down when it leads her to a dark family secret and a suspicion that her parents’ recent deaths may not have been an accident.