Crooked Lane Books imprint: 209 books

HOUSE STRENGTH: Crooked Lane has seen excellent sales in the cozy genre, as evinced by Lefty Award winner Dying for a Taste and USA Today bestseller Plantation Shudders, so A Crafter Knits a Clue fits right at home with our list. CRAFTING FRENZY: Crafts have been a fan-favorite theme among...

SMALL TOWN SUSPENSE: Kerr has crafted a captivating story set in a small town with a compelling mystery and riveting family drama in the vein of Jayne Anne Krentz and Julia Keller. HOUSE SPECIALTY: With strong sales of titles like Dark Road Home and Time of Death, Crooked Lane has been tremendously...

SOUTHERN MYSTERY: The gritty southern Georgia mountain setting will appeal to fans of John Hart and Brian Panowich. BESTSELLING TRADITION: Fans of Dennis Lehane and James Lee Burke will rejoice in this edgy mystery.

FRESH TAKE ON PSYCH SUSPENSE: Readers are still craving unique spins on psychological suspense and R. J. Jacobs delivers with a twisting tale of secrets, lies, and madness, complete with an explosive ending. SOUTHERN SETTING: We’ve seen good success from Southern authors and settings with...

A murder aboard a steamboat forces Abraham Lincoln to make a fateful choice—one on which the future of the nation may hang, if his client doesn’t first—in this gripping follow-up to critically acclaimed author Jonathan Putnam’s “masterfully crafted” (Alex Grecian) debut, These Honored...

Philadelphia journalist Danny Ryan is finally getting his life together. Two and a half years after losing his family, he’s moved to a new house, started working again, and even began getting close to fellow reporter Alex Burton. Then an old high school acquaintance, Greg Moss, shows up asking for...

Rookie cop Laura Mori catches her first investigation when the fiery crash of a sports car lights up the night sky. The fire burns the body beyond recognition, but the police are able to identify the car as that of Kent Jameson, celebrity author and benefactor of Sunrise Lake. And Jameson fears that...

Lacy Marie Crocker’s whimsical pet couture has gained a following in New Orleans’s cozy Garden District, and word of mouth has traveled all the way to her favorite fashion designer, Annie Lane. Lacy’s thrilled when Annie schedules a private session at her home to discuss a companion line for...

USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower turns the charm up to ten in her fourth Magical Bookshop mystery. With the help of Walt Whitman's works, magical bookshop owner Violet Waverly puts her pedal to the metal to sleuth a bicycle-race murder that tests her mettle. A...

A match-made in cozy heaven for fans of Jenn McKinlay, Kate Carlisle, and book lovers everywhere, Nora Page's third Bookmobile mystery will (book)worm its way into your heart. Two wrongful accusations has librarian Cleo Watkins and her loved ones booked for trouble. It's springtime and...

**USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower is back with the third in her more-charming-than-ever Magical Bookshop mystery. Fans of Sofie Kelly and Heather Blake, prepare your bookshelves! Niagara region booksellers Violet Waverly and Grandma Daisy sleuth the slaying of a sommelier whose book...

Essie Lang's second Castle Bookshop mystery is perfect for fans of Lorna Barrett and Vicki Delany. Thousand Islands bookstore owner Shelby Cox sleuths the slaying of a true-crime writer who may have learned too much about a murder case that should have stayed shut. There are a thousand...

Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop--located at 222 Baker Street--specializes in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and is also the home of Moriarty the cat....

STELLAR SALES: Like the little engine that could, Margaret keeps on selling. She came out of the gate strong with her first twos books, Killing Trail and Stalking Ground, and has seen sales grow for Book 3 in the series, Hunting Hour. We expect this fourth book to continue this great performance. K-9...