"When an accident puts beloved bishop's wife Alma Miller in a coma, many blame struggling widow Frannie Lehman. Both are the best bakers, but with Alma out Frannie finally wins first prize. When Alma dies, Frannie's kids fall victim to gossip. So Kappy King sets out to uncover the truth"--Provided by the publisher.

When her Aunt Peg lands a gig as judge at a Kentucky dog show, Melanie Travis welcomes the opportunity for a road trip. Too bad a killer has planned a deadly detour. Within three days of her arrival, Ellie Gates has been found dead. Though the police and the family believe the death to be an accident, Aunt Peg is sure they are wrong. Melanie discovers that Miss Ellie was a woman of many secrets. And she must quickly determine which one was fatal before...

Publisher Annotation: With just a few days left before Halloween, everyone at Howard Academy is anticipating the guaranteed sugar high they'll experience from gorging on Harriet Bloom's famous marshmallow puffs. The private school's annual costume party revolves around the headmaster's assistant and her batches of gooey goodies. So, it's a shock when Harriet's elderly neighbor is suddenly found dead with the beloved dessert in his hand. Melanie knows...

In Georgia, bloodhound trainer Jo Beth Sidden probes the kidnaping 30 years earlier of two babies, one of whom was murdered. The man convicted for the crime has been released on medical parole and swears he did not do it.

Jo Beth Sidden is a fiercely independent woman who raises and trains bloodhounds for search-and-rescue missions and to track down escaped prisoners in South Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp. Jo Beth's got her hands full when the local police chief hires her to sniff out a local marijuana grower and a friend asks her to locate a kidnapped man--even though the FBI is on the case. And when her sociopath of an ex-husband Bubba gets out of prison and begins...

"Melanie Travis has her hands full with her two young sons, a part-time job, and a half dozen Poodles to her name. But even with the busy holiday season approaching, she still has time to sniff out a Christmastime killer"--