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Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Author · 81 books

USA Today Bestselling Author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson writes cozy mysteries, thrillers, and paranormal women's fiction featuring strong female leads. Her stories shine through her dialogue, which readers have praised for being realistic and compelling. Her first novel, Unfinished Business, was a five-star Reader's Favorite, a Rone Award finalist, and a number one bestseller on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. In 2021, she introduced readers to detective Rachel Ryder in Damaging Secrets. Overkill, the third book in the Rachel Ryder series, was one of Thrillerfix’s best thrillers of 2021.Reviews have praised her work as ‘compelling, and intense,’ and ‘read through the night, edge of your seat thrillers. Prior to publishing, she worked as a journalist in the suburbs of Atlanta where her work appeared in multiple newspapers and magazines. She wrote a monthly featured column in Northside Woman magazine. Writing is only one of Carolyn's passions. She is an avid dog lover and currently spoils two pit bull boxer mixes. She lives in the mountains of North Georgia as an empty nester with her husband, a cantankerous cat, and those two spoiled dogs. Contact Carolyn at carolyn@carolynridderaspenson.com

Series

Books

Uncertain Affairs book cover

Uncertain Affairs

2022

Déjà Boo book cover

Déjà Boo

2022

Deceased and Desist book cover

Deceased and Desist

2021

Don't Worry Be Witchy book cover

Don't Worry Be Witchy

2023

Escrowbar Holder book cover

Escrowbar Holder

2022

Dogs, Dinners, and Death book cover

Dogs, Dinners, and Death

2020

Deadly Means book cover

Deadly Means

2023

Hounds, Harvest, and Homicide book cover

Hounds, Harvest, and Homicide

2019

How They Were Taken book cover

How They Were Taken

2025

The Favor book cover

The Favor

2019

Unbinding Love book cover

Unbinding Love

2016

Witch or Without You book cover

Witch or Without You

2023

Hip to be Witchy book cover

Hip to be Witchy

2024

Merry Chick Lit Celebrate the Season with Six Sassy Shorts book cover

Merry Chick Lit Celebrate the Season with Six Sassy Shorts

2013

Praying for Peace book cover

Praying for Peace

2019

The Scarecrow Snuff Out book cover

The Scarecrow Snuff Out

2018

Foul Play book cover

Foul Play

2025

Goody Witch Shoes book cover

Goody Witch Shoes

2023

Fatal Silence book cover

Fatal Silence

2023

Santa's Little Thief book cover

Santa's Little Thief

2020

The 12 Cozy Mystery Carols of Christmas book cover

The 12 Cozy Mystery Carols of Christmas

2019

Ghost From the Grave book cover

Ghost From the Grave

2020

Witchy Wonderland book cover

Witchy Wonderland

2022

Bidding War Break-In book cover

Bidding War Break-In

2019

Get Up and Ghost book cover

Get Up and Ghost

2019

Let's Hear it for the Witch book cover

Let's Hear it for the Witch

2023

There's a New Witch in Town book cover

There's a New Witch in Town

2020

There's a New Witch in Town

2022

Don't Curse Me Like That book cover

Don't Curse Me Like That

2024

The Event book cover

The Event

2018

Signed, Sealed and Dead book cover

Signed, Sealed and Dead

2019

All Out of Spells book cover

All Out of Spells

2023

Untrue Accusations book cover

Untrue Accusations

2022

Foreclosure Fatality book cover

Foreclosure Fatality

2020

Fright Night Felony book cover

Fright Night Felony

The Witchy Holiday Cozy Series

2023

All She Wants To Do Is Witch book cover

All She Wants To Do Is Witch

2023

Realtor Rub Out book cover

Realtor Rub Out

2019

Squatter's Fight book cover

Squatter's Fight

2021

Undetermined Events book cover

Undetermined Events

2018

Estate of Deception book cover

Estate of Deception

2025

Hungry Like the Witch book cover

Hungry Like the Witch

2022

The Christmas Elf book cover

The Christmas Elf

2015

Walking on a Witchy Line book cover

Walking on a Witchy Line

2024

Damaging Secrets book cover

Damaging Secrets

2021

Any Way You Witch It book cover

Any Way You Witch It

2023

Body Count book cover

Body Count

2022

Upgraded for Murder book cover

Upgraded for Murder

2022

Unexpected Outcomes book cover

Unexpected Outcomes

2017

Fatal Fortune book cover

Fatal Fortune

2023

Carol of the Witches book cover

Carol of the Witches

2023

Hunted Girl book cover

Hunted Girl

2021

Final Fix book cover

Final Fix

2023

The Garland Ghoul book cover

The Garland Ghoul

A Midlife Psychic Medium Series Novella

2022

Deal Gone Dead book cover

Deal Gone Dead

2018

Bizarre Love Potion book cover

Bizarre Love Potion

2024

Apparitions and Alibis book cover

Apparitions and Alibis

2024

Haunting Hooligans book cover

Haunting Hooligans

2019

Ghosts are People Too book cover

Ghosts are People Too

2019

Another Witch Bites the Dust book cover

Another Witch Bites the Dust

2021

Who's that Witch? book cover

Who's that Witch?

2021

Overkill book cover

Overkill

2021

Open House Heist book cover

Open House Heist

2019

You Dropped a Curse on Me book cover

You Dropped a Curse on Me

2024

Unbreakable Bonds book cover

Unbreakable Bonds

2014

The Inn at Laurel Creek book cover

The Inn at Laurel Creek

2014

Pooches, Pumpkins, and Poison book cover

Pooches, Pumpkins, and Poison

2019

The Witch Who Stole Christmas book cover

The Witch Who Stole Christmas

2024

Mourning Crisis book cover

Mourning Crisis

2018

Bust a Witch book cover

Bust a Witch

2023

Countdown book cover

Countdown

2022

The Claus Killing book cover

The Claus Killing

2019

Witch this Way book cover

Witch this Way

2020

Uncharted Territory book cover

Uncharted Territory

2015

Every Spell You Break book cover

Every Spell You Break

2024

Undesirable Situations book cover

Undesirable Situations

2020

Spooks for Sale book cover

Spooks for Sale

2020

Unfinished Business book cover

Unfinished Business

2013

Decluttered and Dead book cover

Decluttered and Dead

2018

Dark Intent book cover

Dark Intent

2024

Sharp Dressed Witch book cover

Sharp Dressed Witch

2023

The Ghosts book cover

The Ghosts

2016

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