Unexpectedly finding herself a penniless widow with no real skills, Poppy Harmon opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best frie

"Someone is trying to turn Portland High into a school for scandal with a gossipy website called Dirty Laundry. The latest target of ruinous rumo

"With both of their marriages on the rocks, PI Maya Kendrick and PTA president Sandra Wallage investigate the dating scene until they are hired b

The charming coastal town of Bar Harbor, Maine, has a fancy new Italian restaurant, and a nasty new murder.

When Chef Romeo, who just opened up a new restaurant in town, dies from complications after having a heart attack, Hayley Powell, whose hospitali

For Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Halloween is all about costume parties and holiday treats--until a killer c

Olivia Redmond, the heiress of Redmond Meats, offers Hayley Powell a writing gig with a juicy paycheck. But when Olivia is killed, any one of her

When Hayley's idol, cookbook author and TV personality Penelope Janice, invites her to participate in a Fourth of July celebrity cook-off at her

"Bar Harbor, Maine, is quieter in the off-season, but the population has just increased a bit with the arrival of Ted and Trudy Lancaster. Ted's

The quaint fishing village of Salmon Cove, Maine, seems like the ideal location for a girls weekend with Hayley's gal pals, Liddy and Mona. Liddy

"Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell usually reserves judgement for local cuisine, not the people who serve it. But staying neutral isn't