


Books in series

#1
A Cop and a Coop
2020
It’s a mother-clucking mystery!
When Leona Davis hatches a plan to return to her beloved hometown of Honeytree, Oregon, she hopes to build the egg farm of her dreams and leave behind the marriage of her nightmares.
But the yolk’s on her when she breaks ground on her chicken palace and unearths a skeleton in her front yard. It’s clearly fowl play. The bones may be decades old, but there’s no statute of limitations on murder.
With a county forensics team roosting on her lawn and a flock of town gossips poking their beaks where they don’t belong, Leona’s well-laid farming plans may be nothing more than a wing and a prayer.
Her spicy high school ex, Sheriff Eli Ramirez, assures Leona he’ll crack the case, but he’s not exactly a hardboiled detective. Her best hope to get back to a life with more hens and less mens? Scramble to uncover her small town’s buried secrets before everything’s totally plucked.
A Cop and a Coop is the first book in the clever, irreverent Clucks and Clues Cozy Mysteries series that will keep you chuckling and guessing until the end.
No gore, swears, or other yucky stuff.

#2
A Flock and a Fluke
2020
The plot chickens…
It’s springtime in Honeytree, and Leona’s pullets are finally laying. Customers are flocking to buy her farm-fresh eggs.
But during the town’s Easter Egg Scramble, Leona finds more than hidden treasure when she stumbles on the dead body of the pastor’s wife. And the death isn’t a fluke—it was poison.
After Leona’s eggs are blamed for delivering the fatal dose, her customers fly the coop along with her reputation. With her nest egg dwindling, she doesn’t have time to brood. Her only hope to rise back to the top of the pecking order? Figure out who held a grudge against Honeytree’s golden girl—and why.
But things get tricky. Her two leading suspects also happen to be running for mayor. And neither one of them is crowing when Leona fowls up their campaigns with her clucking around.
Can Leona take the heat of small-town politics? Or will she be forced out of the frying pan with egg on her face?
Flock and a Fluke is the second book in the clever, irreverent Clucks and Clues Cozy Mysteries series that will keep you chuckling and guessing until the end.
No gore, swears, or other yucky stuff. Just good, clean murder.

#3
A Roost and Arrest
2020
Farmed and dangerous…
Leona’s spirits are flying as high as the flags over Honeytree’s Fourth of July Festival. Her fledgling egg business is booming, her new relationship is flourishing, and it’s finally warm enough to put the top down on her convertible. Everything is sunny-side up.
But her good mood disappears faster than a speeding pullet when the local beauty queen is shot during the fireworks finale—and the murder is pinned on one of her close friends.
Now Leona must work around the cluck to find the real killer before her friend is cooped up permanently in the state pen.
A Roost and Arrest, the third book in the Clucks and Clues Cozy Mysteries, is a cock-a-doodle who-dunnit that will keep you giggling and guessing until the end.
No gore or other explicit content, just good, clean murder.

#4
Born in a Barn
2020
Last one to solve it is a rotten egg…
It’s Christmas in Honeytree. Leona’s homestead is dusted with snow, her beloved grandchildren are visiting, and her connection with Sheriff Eli Ramirez is sweeter than a cup of hot cocoa.
But when her Grinchy ex-husband shows up on her front porch, all the holiday cheer flies the coop. He’s not just there to ruin her new life. Worse, he wants her back. And he’s counting on a little Christmas magic to help him do it.
Eager to put coal in his stocking, Leona arranges a visit with Santa. But when Old Saint Nick pegs her ex for the naughty list, it more than ruffles his feathers. And when Santa is found “sleighed” after their frosty fistfight, her ex becomes the prime suspect in the killing.
Now Eli’s not just competing against him for Leona’s heart. He’s also investigating him for murder. And Leona’s unwelcome guest is extending his stay—unless she can uncover the truth of what happened there under the mistletoe and send him packing to jail…or at the very least, back to LA.
Can Leona and Eli crack the case in time for Christmas? Or will their holiday goose be cooked?
Born in a Barn, the fourth book in the Clucks and Clues Cozy Mysteries, is a festive whodunnit full of chuckles and chickens. While designed to be read in order, all the books in this series can be enjoyed as standalone mysteries.
No gore or other explicit content, just good, clean murder.

#6
A Farm and Alarm
2021
The scream of the crop…
Harvest time in Honeytree is the sweetest season. Leona is up to her elbows in eggs and apples at Lucky Cluck Farm. Not only is her fresh cider business ripening, it’s a rare week that she doesn’t sell out of eggs at the farmer’s market, thanks to her long list of regulars.
But when a dead body crops up during a routine delivery at the pumpkin patch, Leona can’t help wondering why the murdered man has a carton of her Grade-As in his possession.
The new sheriff in town is wondering, too, which doesn’t squash local rumors that Leona herself had something to do with the killing.
To gourd her own innocence—and protect her loyal customers from undue suspicion—Leona must navigate a corn maze of clues to solve the crime. But can she carve out a solution before the killer reaps another victim?
If you like a taste of farm life in your cozy mysteries, you’ll love A Farm & Alarm, the sixth book in the Clucks and Clues series. It’s “chick” full of friendship, chicken humor, and murder. Of course, there is no gore, swears, or other yucky stuff. Just good, clean crime in idyllic, small-town Oregon.

#7
A Liar and a Layer
2022
A birthday starts with a bang...
Leona Davis has always hated surprises…even of the party variety. So when her boyfriend, retired sheriff Eli Ramirez, tips her off that a big one is coming her way, she braces herself for some “unexpected” fifty-ninth-birthday fun.
But no amount of preparation keeps her from being bowled over when someone turns up at her party who was definitely not on the guest list—a dead body! At first, it looks like a tragic accident that the bowling team captain got stuck in the Lane Four pinsetter. But it quickly becomes apparent that he was murdered just days before the first bowling match of the season!
Leona can’t help being a little curious about who had it out for the ambitious young man. Was it the captain of the rival team? His disgruntled former teammate? His bowling alley boss? It seems there are suspects to spare!
But her casual hunt for clues turns dead serious when someone close to her is badly hurt during the investigation. Now there’s far more at stake than bragging rights and a bowling trophy.
Can Leona pin down the killer before they strike again? Surprise! It won’t be easy…