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The first three books in the Irish Village Mystery series are included in this edition: Murder in an Irish Village, Murder at an Irish Wedding, and Murder in an Irish Churchyard.

LA shoe designer Maddie Springer lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300-pound psychic, and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer.

L.A. shoe designer Maddie Springer hasn't seen her father since he reportedly ran off to Las Vegas with a showgirl named Lola. So she's shocked when he leaves a desperate plea for help on her answering machine - ending in a loud bang. Gunshot? Car backfire? Never one to leave her curiosity unsatisfied, Maddie straps on her stilettos, and along with her trigger-happy best friend, makes tracks for Sin City in search of her MIA dad. Maddie hits the jackpot, all right.

Martha is lost. She’s been lost since she was a baby, abandoned in a suitcase on the train from Paris. Ever since, she’s waited in the station's lost property for someone to claim her. It’s been 16 years, but she’s still hopeful. In the meantime, there are mysteries to solve: secret tunnels under the station, a suitcase that may have belonged to the Beatles, the Roman soldier who appears at the same time every day with his packed lunch. Not to mention the stuffed monkey that someone keeps misplacing.

Was ein unterhaltsamer Theater-Abend bei der Premiere von "Amadeus" werden sollte, endet für Inspector Barnaby mit einem Fall: Jemand muss ein echtes Messer unter die Requisiten geschmuggelt haben, sodass der Darsteller des Salieri seinen Mord praktischerweise gleich selbst erledigt. Und wie Barnaby feststellt, hatte die gesamte Belegschaft, von der untreuen Gattin des Gemeuchelten bis zum größenwahnsinnigen Regisseur, ein Motiv.

In dem kleinen englischen Ort Compton Dando beobachtet man die neuen Bewohner des Herrenhauses mit äußerstem Misstrauen: Eine merkwürdige Truppe von New-Age-Jüngern, die behaupten, mit Geistern und fernen Planeten in Verbindung zu stehen... Als eines der Gruppenmitglieder tot aufgefunden wird, ist kaum jemand aus dem Dorf wirklich überrascht. Zunächst sieht alles nach einem Unglück aus - doch dann folgt ein weiterer Todesfall.

In Compton Dando beobachtet man die neuen Bewohner des Herrenhauses mit äußerstem Misstrauen. Sie behaupten, mit Geistern und fernen Planeten in Verbindung zu stehen. Und so wundert es kaum jemanden, als einer der New-Age-Jünger tot aufgefunden wird. Bald ist auch noch ein zweiter Todesfall zu beklagen, und Barnaby steht vor einem höchst verworrenen Rätsel. Der dritte Barnaby-Krimi in bester britischer Tradition, von Frank Arnold großartig interpretiert.

This edition includes books four through seven of the Irish Village Mystery series: Murder in an Irish Pub, Murder in an Irish Cottage, Murder at an Irish Christmas, and Murder in an Irish Bookshop.

When fashion designer Maddie Springer is invited to help style contestants in the Hawaiian Paradise Beauty Pageant, she jumps at the chance! The fantastic publicity coupled with a weeklong vacation with her best friends, Marco and Dana, is a win-win. But trouble follows her to paradise when one of the beauty queens winds up dead. Is it a case of a personal grudge, a jealous contestant...or a jealous lover?

Hailed as “queen of the cozy police procedural” (Publishers Weekly), USA Today bestselling author Carlene O’Connor returns to County Cork in Ireland’s lush countryside, where locals are simmering with excitement over the reality TV baking contest coming to town—until someone serves up a show-stopping murder that only Garda Siobhan O’Sullivan can solve.

In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Natalie's Bistro has always been warm and welcoming. Nowadays twenty-two-year-old Siobhan O'Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with her five siblings, after the death of their parents in a car crash almost a year ago. It's been a rough year for the O'Sullivans, but it's about to get rougher.

Les Panthères grises organisent une fête surprise pour l'anniversaire de leur copine Alice, dévastée par un chagrin d'amour. Au programme des réjouissances : le strip-tease d'un Chippendale. Mais voilà que la police décide de s'installer chez Alice pour espionner le voisin d'en face. Mauvaise idée... nos Panthères grises s'emparent de l'enquête non sans avoir martyrisé les policiers qui s'immiscent, avec plus ou moins de bonheur, dans la vie tumultueuse de ces drôles de dames.

Thea Osborne reconnects with her friend Emmy while on a visit to the church in Baunton, near Cirencester with her stepdaughter Stephanie. Emmy, now married to local farmer Nick Weaver, asks Thea to help them find their missing niece, Ginny. Before Thea can get started, she stumbles upon the recently killed body of Alice, a woman they had briefly seen in Cirencester the day before.

Former High School guidance counselor Brenna Flynn returns home to Bayview City after the sudden death of her husband. Unable to find work in her field, she signs up with a temp agency to find employment. Sent on an interview for a cooking reality show, she aces it and gets the job of production assistant. On her second day at work, Brenna discovers a body in the studio. She soon learns she's the police's primary suspect. Determined to clear her name, she uses some skills she's honed as a high school counselor to learn more about the victim.

Lucy Frampton lives amid the glitzy trappings of Los Angeles. Her friends enjoy intimate relationships with aroma therapists and body sculptors, and her neighbors' estates boast screening rooms and humidity-controlled wine cellars. The exclusive Windermere Academy, which her daughter, Chloe, attends, has a shrink on the payroll to lead "encounter sessions" when tiny tempests threaten the students' sunny days. And even bit players in the Windermere school pageants have publicists and agents.

L'été s'annonce chaud pour les Panthères grises ! Lorsque Maria, la croqueuse d'hommes de la bande, est contactée par Henri, son premier amour, elle voit déjà se raviver une ancienne flamme... que nenni ! Henri a simplement besoin de son aide pour retrouver sa femme portée disparue depuis quelques jours sur l'île de Noirmoutier. Autant dire que cette proposition tombe à pic pour Maria qui entraîne aussitôt ses copines dans une nouvelle enquête. Ravies de quitter la morosité parisienne, les Panthères rejoignent l'île sans se douter des surprises qui les attendent...

Animation filmmaker Lucy Frampton seemingly has it all—the glamorous mansion, adorable child and too-handsome-for-his-own-good producer husband. But Lucy has something her famous neighbors do not: a nude, wannabe starlet floating dead in her swimming pool!!! When she and her husband become the prime suspects in the high-profile murder investigation, Lucy knows she’s going to have to clear her own name—especially when she finds out that the enterprising victim had set her sights on Lucy’s husband!

A handsome, if slightly shabby, stone house in Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingley as well as his three dogs and will be Thea Slocombe's latest house-sitting assignment. Without even a local shop, Thea expects the location to be one of her quietest, until the serene atmosphere is shattered by a fatal hit-and-run. The ensuing high-profile police investigation plunges Thea deep into the victim's complicated family dynamics and the rift that had already torn it apart. And she cannot help wondering if the reverberations of scandal have led to a deliberate and murderous assault.

As the only veterinarian at Oak Falls Animal Hospital, Dr. Kate's life is complicated. When winter storms hit the Hudson Valley, she's swamped with hospital patients and house calls, and her long-distance relationship with law student Luke Gianetti is precarious. The discovery of the body of Sookie Overman, a professional organizer, gets the town buzzing, but Kate's too busy to take the case. She has her animals to take care of after all.

It’s Christmas, and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea’s daughter Jessica has come to stay, much to her stepdaughter Stephanie’s delight. But then things take a turn for the worse. A local family, the Frowses, finds themselves increasingly harassed by an aggressive landlord. When Beverley Frowse goes missing, Thea and Stephanie both feel they should do their best to help her husband and son to solve the mystery.