reparing to launch a high-risk Las Vegas mob museum and casino, publicist Temple Barr uncovers a buried safe and a recently murdered body during a live event and finds herself turning to Midnight Louie's cat posse to stave off mafia threats on her life.

ORDER # M911-1   $13-30   ISBN 9780765358318

When a Scrooge-like officer with the Health and Safety Board spoils the Costwolds holiday festivities by trumping up reasons to ban town decorations and May Dimwoody's hand-made toys, Agatha Raisin is called on to investigate the officer's subsequent murder.

ORDER # M911-2   $13-30   ISBN 9780312536503

When one of the judges at this year's Scottsdale Food Festival is murdered, Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura, the owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, must beat a clever killer at his own game, while whipping up some delicious treats.

ORDER # M911-3   $13-30   ISBN 9780425244050

As she tries to recover from a debilitating injury, Sharon McCone seeks to discover the truth behind the disappearance of one of the friends she made at physical therapy, a missing-persons case that could have a powerful effect on national security.

ORDER # M911-4   $13-30   ISBN 9780446400527

This merry collection of mysteries includes Joanne Fluke's "Gingerbread Cookie Murder," Laura Levine's "The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies" and Leslie Meier's "Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots," in which Lucy Stone follows the crumbs from a gingerbread cookie to find a missing boy - and a murderer.

ORDER # M911-5   $13-30   ISBN 9780758234964

While renovating another house in Waterfield, Maine - a project that will be filmed as part of a home-renovation TV show, Avery Baker and her handyman boyfriend Derek Ellis find their dreams of fame shattered by the discovery of a dead body.

ORDER # M911-6   $13-30   ISBN 9780425244074

While filling in for the culinary reporter at the Ranchero Globe, Jordan McAllister, who dreams of being a sports reporter, finds her first assignment taking a deadly turn when a waiter from the new steak house in town is found murdered outside her door.

ORDER # M911-7   $13-30   ISBN 9780425244043

While hosting a lavish party in a graveyard for big-time producer Lucas Cruz, event planner Presley Parker finds her reputation on the line when an entertainment reporter crashes the party and winds up dead.

ORDER # M911-8   $13-30   ISBN 9780451235015

School psychologist Skye Denison becomes immersed in honky-tonk murder and mayhem when Suzette Neal, a rising country star, is found murdered after asking her to investigate her mother's suspicious death, which occurred 27 years earlier.

ORDER # M911-9   $13-30   ISBN 9780451235008

While helping to find new homes for victims of animal hoarding, shelter manager Lauren Vancouver must come to the aid of her boss, Mamie Spelling, after the CEO of a pet shelter, who threatened to expose Mamie's hoarding, is found dead.

ORDER # M911-10   $13-30   ISBN 9780425243794

Going off the grid to find Garrett Wheeler, the Sentinel's chief, trusted agent Alexa Marlowe follows a deadly trail to a murderous drug cartel boss, while her new partner Jessie desperately tries to solve a cold case to clear her name in a long-ago murder.

ORDER # M911-11   $13-30   ISBN 9780061969690

While catering social butterfly Lolo Baker's audience participation mystery party, Gwen Katz, the owner of her late uncle's kosher deli, discovers that murder is on the menu when a dead body comes crashing through the ceiling.

ORDER # M911-12   $13-30   ISBN 9780758241719

Rita Jewel's dream job selling fabulous clothes and accessories to the socialites of San Francisco turns into a nightmare when one of her clients, MarySue Jensen, is found murdered and robbed of her handcrafted stilettos.

ORDER # M911-13   $13-30   ISBN 9780425244036