


Books in series

#1
A Taste for Murder
1994
Sarah Quilliam, manager of the Hemlock Falls Inn, and her chef sister, Meg, turn detective when a reenactment of the seventeenth-century witch trials turns all too real when a mock execution leads to a very dead victim. Original.

#2
A Dash of Death
1995
The Quilliam sisters of Hemlock Falls Inn are in a slump, until Helena Houndswood, who has her own TV show about stylish living, checks in. But when one of the winners of a design contest sponsored by Helena's show winds up dead, the Quilliam sisters wonder how far she will go to make a statement on style.

#3
A Pinch of Poison
1995
The Quilliam sisters have a nose for fine food and good business. But when a nosy newspaperman goes sniffing around the local mini-mall project, Sarah and Meg begin to smell something rotten in Hemlock Falls. It's worse than corruption—it's murder. And the newsman is facing his final deadline. Includes a recipe from the Hemlock Falls Inn.

#4
Murder Well-Done
1996
The acclaimed author of A Taste for Murder, A Dash of Death and A Pinch of Poison brilliantly captures the charms of small-town life in Upstate New York. Big trouble comes to Hemlock Falls when a sleazy ex-senator holds his wedding reception at the Inn at Hemlock Falls. It's a success—until his body is found tied to a barbecue spit.

#5
Death Dines Out
1997
Sarah and Meg Quilliam, operators of upstate New York's Inn at Hemlock Falls, agree to help socialite Tiffany Taylor with her charity work in Florida, only to become caught in the middle of a murderous fight between Tiffany and her ex-husband. Original.

#6
A Touch of the Grape
1998
Desperate to keep their upstate New York inn running, Sarah and Meg Quilliam turn sleuth when several of their guests, a group of middle-aged artists known as "The Crafty Ladies," begin to turn up dead, one by one. Original.

#7
A Steak in Murder
1999
Having sold the Inn at Hemlock Falls, Sarah and Meg Quilliam find themselves returning to the scene of the crime when the new owner hosts a gathering of Texas cattlemen and one of the guests turns up dead. Original.

#8
Marinade for Murder
2000
Desperate to buy back the Inn at Hemlock Falls, the Quilliam sisters face a devastating setback when a TV producer is murdered on the premises.

#9
Just Desserts
2002
With a meteorologist convention coming to the Inn, business is looking good. But when the town's new computer expert is murdered, Quill and Meg have to make sure the elusive killer doesn't rain on their parade.

#10
Fried by Jury
2003
When the judge for a deep fat frying contest disappears-along with a butcher's knife from Quill and Meg's kitchen-the Quilliam sisters know they have a new murder to solve.

#11
A Puree of Poison
2003
While preparing for the 133rd anniversary of the Battle of Hemlock Falls, sisters, Sarah and Meg Quilliam, proprietors of the Inn at Hemlock Falls, find themselves faced with murder when patrons of their establishment begin dying and a Civil War reenactor exposes the real history of the town. Original.

#12
Buried by Breakfast
2004
When the leader of a raucous group protesting the planned relocation of a local Civil War cemetary is killed, Meg and Sarah Quilliam must catch a killer before another local V.I.P is greeted with an untimely R.I.P. Original.

#13
A Dinner to Die For
2006
In the picaresque town of Hemlock Falls, innkeeper Sarah Quilliam and her sister Meg, who astounds guests with her culinary talents, must rely on their mystery-solving skills when murder checks in. Original.

#14
Ground to a Halt
2007
Sisters and innkeepers Meg and Quill have an inn full of guests who can't stop fighting. Soon, one ends up murdered on a pig farm. And when a psychic correctly predicts a second murder, business grinds to a halt.

#15
A Carol for a Corpse
2007
When a big-time magazine and television show asks to feature the Inn at Hemlock Falls during Christmas, the Quilliam sisters, who are in dire financial straits, embrace this opportunity, until the editor's husband, an avid skier, is murdered on the slopes and they are threatened with a lawsuit. Original.

#16
Toast Mortem
2010
The Inn at Hemlock Falls reopens for readers!
Bernard LeVasque has opened a multi-million dollar cooking school in Hemlock Falls—and has even stolen customers from Sarah and Meg Quilliam’s Inn. But someone finds the infamous chef too bitter—and takes him off the menu for good.

#17
Dread on Arrival
2012
The bitter rivalry between two employees of antique collecting television shows heats up when they come to Hemlock Falls to have it out in a cooking contest. And it's a good thing that inn owners Meg and Sarah Quilliam are experts at appraising motives for murder when one of them keels over on camera...

#18
A Fete Worse Than Death
2013
Sisters Meg and Sarah Quilliam make sure guests feel right at home when they visit the Inn at Hemlock Falls. Located in upstate New York, Hemlock Falls is a small town renowned for its scenic beauty—and scenes of crime . . . Disaster strikes a mere week before the Hemlock Falls Ladies’ Auxiliary hosts the annual Spring Fete when the festival’s chairwoman—the redoubtable Adela Henry—gives up her job in a huff. Who’s going to judge the justly renowned Jell-O architecture contest? Or stop the members of the Craft Guild from sabotaging their rivals, the Crafty Ladies? More to the point, who’s got the tact, diplomacy, and iron will necessary to organize the booths and settle quarrels over the programming? Hemlock’s mayor hopes to assure the fete’s success when he recruits professional organizer Linda Connally and her staff to take over Adela’s duties. But when Connally’s body turns up in the trunk of a used car at Peterson’s Automotive, Meg and Sarah are back in the detecting business . . .
Author
Claudia Bishop
Author · 22 books
Claudia Bishop is the nom de plume of mystery & fantasy author Mary Stanton.