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Katy Cross Cozy Mystery
Series · 6 books · 2020-2021

Books in series

Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets book cover
#1

Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets

2020

Katy Cross is more than Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse, she's also the lead guitarist for her weekend band, The Moonlighters. Katy and the band land their biggest gig yet at the annual Peanut Patch Festival, but things hit a sour note when she stumbles across a body during mic check. When the investigation strikes the wrong chord, Katy is determined to find the real killer before anyone else is forced to join the heavenly choir. Katy Cross is perfectly content to live her life and mind her own business, which is sometimes harder than you'd think in the small town of Skeeterville, where gossip and sweet tea are town staples. But when she finds the body of Jessa Williams, a newcomer to the area with the reputation of a troublemaking flirt, under the Peanut Patch Festival stage, she's compelled to step out of her comfort zone and snoop around. Since a murder has not occurred in their town in over three decades, the local sheriff is more accustomed to catching jaywalkers than killers. His arrest of a local easy-going, hard-working neighbor sets tongues a-wagging. Will Katy's sharp eye, keen wit, and a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time help the sheriff and his bumbling, good-natured deputy catch the real culprit before more lives are lost? This humorous cozy mystery has no graphic gore, bad language or sexual content, but is filled with lots of laughs, intrigue, and heart. Perfect for fans of amateur sleuths and small towns!
Memories, Murder and Small Town Money book cover
#3

Memories, Murder and Small Town Money

2020

Katy Cross, Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse, knows better than to try to buy groceries on Senior Citizen Saturday at The Pig. The denture cream crowd has turned the parking lot into a game of bumper cars, but when Katy finds a body thrown away in the dumpster behind the store, this geriatric dilemma is soon forgotten. Once Katy discovers that the murder victim, thought to be a sweet, upstanding citizen, has been conning the local widows out of their nest eggs, things start stinking worse than yesterday's cabbage. Can Katy help the blundering sheriff sort through the ever-increasing batch of suspects and find the real killer before another citizen of Skeeterville bites the dust? This humorous cozy mystery has no graphic gore, bad language, or sexual content, but is filled with lots of laughs, intrigue, and Southern charm.
Merry Murder and Small Town Santas book cover
#4

Merry Murder and Small Town Santas

2020

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Katy Cross, along with the other fine folks in Skeeterville, celebrate Santa Shopping Days dressed from head to toe in their finest Kris Kringle attire. Merry soon turns to scary, however, when a Santa is found dead on the floor at Sweet-Ums Bakery. Katy would love to stay away from the festive foul play, but when an obvious frame-up causes the wrong man to be arrested, she quickly gets pulled into the middle of the Christmas calamity. Katy has her very own nightmare before Christmas when her husband John goes from being the lead witness to the lead suspect. Can Katy find the real killer in time, or will she be having a blue Christmas without him? This humorous holiday cozy mystery contains no graphic gore, foul language, or sexual content. It is a great book for those readers who enjoy southern charm and a Christian world view.
Medicine, Murder, and Small Town Scandal book cover
#5

Medicine, Murder, and Small Town Scandal

2021

When the meanest man in Skeeterville drops dead at his mailbox, no one suspects foul play until Katy Cross stumbles across a skeleton from his past... literally. Trying to be a good neighbor lands Katy in the middle of a twenty-year secret crime spree, ran by one-man-mafia, Jack Redd. Jack spent his life using the dirt he had acquired on everyone to extort whatever suited his fancy-from money to favors. Katy is determined to stay out of the investigation-her hands are full planning her daughter's Valentine's Day season bridal shower. But when her future son-in-law's mother becomes the main suspect, Katy has no choice but to get involved. As some of Skeeterville's deepest secrets come to light, it becomes obvious that no one will be crying at Jack Redd's funeral. Can Katy clear the name of an innocent woman by solving the murder of the man everyone wanted dead? A better question might be, is anyone in Skeeterville as innocent as they seem? This humorous cozy mystery has no graphic gore, foul language, or sexual content. It is great for readers who enjoy southern charm and a Christian worldview.
Mistaken Murder and Small Town Status book cover
#7

Mistaken Murder and Small Town Status

2021

Someone in Skeeterville has a serious beef with Hernando, and it’s up to Katy to figure out who... Sixty-thousand-dollar stud bull Hernando is shot in his pasture and falls on one of his owners, crushing him to death. Katy Cross, along with everyone else in Skeeterville, assumes the shooting (and deadly cow-tipping) are nothing more sinister than a tragic accident and a case of terrible luck. Everyone else in Skeeterville, that is, except local Post Mistress Barbara Jean Nelson, who makes it her business to let everyone know she suspects foul play. Barbara Jean’s reputation as a hateful gossip precedes her, however, and no one takes her accusations seriously... until she is attacked at the post office, barely escaping with her life. With one of Hernando’s owners in the grave, and the only person who suspected foul play in the hospital, Katy decides it’s time to take the bull by the horns. Can she find the true murderer and uncover their connection to the dead cash cow? Join Katy Cross and her friends and family in Skeeterville as they work together to solve this latest mystery. This Christian cozy mystery contains no gore, sex, or foul language, but is full of humor and southern small town charm.
Mistletoe Murder & Small Town Scoundrels book cover
#8

Mistletoe Murder & Small Town Scoundrels

2021

If Katy Cross can’t clear an innocent mother of a crime she didn’t commit, Christmas will be canceled for one special little boy. Skeeterville’s annual Christmas in the Park nativity scene is the holiday event of the season, but things turn more murderous than merry when a stranger is found face down in the straw, fatally stabbed with a broken shepherd’s staff.The only evidence points to the victim’s battered wife. With nothing else to go on—the sheriff makes the arrest, leaving the woman’s little boy homeless—right as the Christmas festivities kick off. Nothing about the dilemma makes sense, and Katy Cross realizes it is up to her to find the real killer before the holiday is completely ruined. Join Katy, along with her best friend Misty, and husband John, as they attempt to solve this Christmas crime before Skeeterville’s favorite celebration is brought to a screeching halt, leaving the town anything but merry and bright. As always, this Christian cozy mystery is free of sex, gore and foul language and full of fun, small town holiday spirit.

Author

K.C. Hart
K.C. Hart
Author · 12 books

KC Hart, author of Christian Contemporary Small Town Romance with a southern twist and Christian Cozy mysteries, has been married to Mr. Wonderful for thirty-nine years. She has three daughters, three grandsons, and one beautiful granddaughter. KC sincerely believes that well-written Christian fiction can change lives. When a novel has strong Christian principals woven intricately into a well-written plot, the reader bonds with lifelike characters who struggle with trials, temptations, and struggles that the reader identifies with. The reader identifies with these characters because she’s been there. Everyone has fallen. That’s why everyone needs a Savior. Then, when these same characters turn to Christ the Savior to bring them through these dark moments, the reader finds hope. KC believes the story reminds the reader why she must lean on the Lord in her trying situations. Through the book’s structure showing Christianity as the positive light for good that KC knows to be true, the reader also sees why she needs to be the hands and feet of Christ to others. KC strives to show how the Lord uses situations, people, and His Word to bring the lost to Him, and mold, prune and grow His children. She tackles challenging situations, powerful emotions, and spiritual warfare through engaging stories and true-to-life characters. All of KC's books are free of sex, gore and foul language. Her books are full of small town charm and share the light of Christ in a way that is natural to the story.

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