Karen Sue Walker

When April May buys a huge Victorian home, she plans to turn it into a tearoom serving exotic teas, dainty sandwiches, and fluffy scones. From the moment she moves in, strange things begin to happen and soon bodies begin to turn up....

The last thing anyone expected in the idyllic seaside California town of Crystal Shores was murder! Max Walters is a talented bridal consultant with dreams of moving to New York and being a designer. When her boss goes on vacation, things quickly unravel when one of her clients is poisoned. With...

Does April May have a new career as a ghost detective? A couple of vaudeville-era ghosts have invaded April’s tearoom insisting that she travel to Lavender Falls to find a missing man. The catch? They don’t even know the man’s name. But April could use a vacation, and the charming tourist...

A new life complete with tea, scones, and…murder? And let’s not forget the ghost.... When your fiancé breaks up with you on your 49th birthday, what do you do? If you’re April May, you buy a huge Victorian home on a whim and open a tearoom featuring lace tablecloths, exotic teas, and...

A murder that’s anything but elementary. When an earthquake closes the only road in and out of town, a Sherlock Holmes fan club is stranded at the SereniTea Tearoom. April May does her best to keep the tea flowing and the guests calm, but after one guest turns up dead and the ghost of a...

This cozy collection includes three delightful full-length mystery novels in the Haunted Tearoom Cozy Mystery Series....

Temptation is around every corner as April May is about to discover. There's a new ghost in town, and he wants April to solve his murder. Is this her destiny now--to be a ghost detective? Meanwhile, she has a tearoom to run and more drama at home among the living. See what else is in store for...

Laid off and laying low, I wasn’t looking for trouble—but trouble found me anyway. When stuntwoman Whitley Leland is banished to the mountain town of Arrow Springs to “keep an eye” on her spirited grandmother Bobbie, she’s counting the days until she can return to Los Angeles. But...

In a city where the past and present collide, solving the mystery of the talisman could have lasting consequences—for both the living and the dead. At SereniTea Tearoom, April May and her assistant prepare for an afternoon tea fundraiser before heading off on a well-deserved vacation. But...

April May has turned her tearoom into a psychic fair for the day. Visitors are having their palms read and fortunes told, while April bakes up plenty of flaky scones and buttery shortbread....

April May needs a new hobby—something other than finding dead bodies! There’s more to life than running a tearoom and baking tasty treats. As the weather cools and fewer tourists visit, April decides to explore a new hobby. At a painting class, she’s befriended by a group of women, and...

Can April May find a killer? If not, she may end up in jail for murder....

Trouble is brewing as April May approaches her 50th birthday and the opening of her tearoom. When word gets around that a local reporter is penning a tell-all, everyone in town is on edge that their secrets may be revealed....

April May is intrigued by the fog-shrouded lighthouse where a troubled woman lost her life a decade earlier. When the woman’s sister chooses to re-examine the past, secrets are revealed that threaten the peaceful town and its residents....

Max Walters, eine talentierte Brautmodenberaterin, genießt das ruhige Leben in ihrer kleinen Küstenstadt, bis ein Mord alles auf den Kopf stellt.

April May liebt den Nachmittagstee mit feinen Sandwiches, Scones und köstlichem Gebäck. Als sie ein charmantes rosa-lila Haus sieht, beschließt sie spontan, es zu kaufen und ein Teehaus zu eröffnen.

When my five-pound rescue Chihuahua’s shady past leads straight to a dead body, I’m suddenly back in the murder business—whether I like it or not. I’m Whitley “Whit” Leland, recently unemployed stuntwoman and reluctant amateur detective. My last brush with homicide was supposed to be...

Was ist schlimmer, als sich mit einer Diva herumzuschlagen? Sie tot zu finden–noch vor der Premiere! Hochzeitsberaterin und widerwillige Hobbydetektivin Max Walters hatte nie damit gerechnet, für die Kostüme der lokalen Inszenierung von Romeo und Julia verantwortlich zu sein. Nur noch wenige...

Ein Mord, der alles andere als elementar ist. Als ein Erdbeben die einzige Zufahrtsstraße der Stadt blockiert, strandet ein Sherlock-Holmes-Fanclub im SereniTea Tearoom.

In einer Stadt, in der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart aufeinanderprallen, könnte die Lösung des Geheimnisses des Talismans weitreichende Folgen für die Lebenden und die Toten haben. Im Teesalon SereniTea bereiten sich April May und ihre Assistentin auf ihren wohlverdienten Urlaub vor.