A cat urn has never caused so much trouble. Despite being a tenured psychology professor at her New Mexican university, Maddie Swallows is used to being overlooked. Even so, when the department head announces he’s retiring and looking for a replacement, she knows that job is meant to be hers. As long as she can beat out her husband and the other two tenured professors. But then the department head’s beloved cat urn goes missing, and Maddie’s earring is found at the scene of the crime. With her as the prime suspect and a looming deadline to figure out who the real thief is, the promotion is now the furthest thing from Maddie’s mind. Not when so much is at stake. Her job. Marriage. Reputation. Maddie needs to put the textbooks aside if she’s going to figure out who in the psychology department would steal that urn, and who disliked her enough to frame her for it.

Green chile has never been more dangerous. Maddie Swallows had always intended to be a psychologist. But becoming a wife, mother, and tenured professor—that was more than she’d ever dreamed. Until it all implodes and she finds herself without a job, divorced, and a single mom to two teenagers. Despite needing a therapist of her own, Maddie returns to her New Mexican hometown to open her own therapy office. Except, she’d forgotten how difficult it had been growing up in a small town, and returning as a forty-year-old woman doesn't make it any easier. When Maddie is invited to a New Year’s Eve dinner party, she’s reluctant to go, but determines it would be better than staying home—she can’t hide from town gossip forever. Until a member of the town council winds up dead before they've even had appetizers and everyone at the party is suspect.

Flying high in the New Mexican sky has never been more lethal. The biggest hot air balloon festival would have been a vacation if Maddie didn’t have to balance her apathetic teenagers, a meddling mother, and act as therapist for a desperate patient. Let alone solve a murder case! When Maddie witnesses someone fall from a hot air balloon, it seems like a tragic accident. But as facts come to light, the police are convinced it’s foul play. And Maddie’s friend is to blame. With the remainder of the festival canceled and all attendees required to stay for questioning, Maddie has two days to discover the truth behind the murder and free her friend from suspicion. Dead Upon Arrival is the second book in the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you like humor, intrigue, and, of course, hot air balloons, you'll love this cozy mystery. Grab Dead Upon Arrival and test your whodunit skills today!

‘Till Death Do You Part’ wasn’t supposed to be taken so literally… When Maddie Swallows attends an out-of-town wedding with her best friend, Benji, she expects free food, dancing, and some awkward moments as she tries to figure out her feelings for her long-time friend. What she finds instead is a dead groom and an entire wedding guest list who had reason to kill the guy. It doesn’t help that Maddie was the last person to see the groom alive and is placed in the local police’s crosshairs as they work to solve the murder. It will take some unexpected sleuthing, and a few therapy sessions, for this psychiatrist to prove her innocence, and bring justice to the real killer. Dead Before I Do is the third book of the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you love quirky characters, romance, and plenty of intrigue, you'll love this cozy mystery. Pick up Dead Before I Do and travel to White Sands National Park for Maddie's latest mystery today!

Space tourism isn’t dangerous. It’s the passengers you have to worry about. Psychologist Maddie Swallows had always thought of space tourism as science fiction. That was before the phone call that turned her world upside down. Before she was hired by a space tourism company to work with its celebrity passengers as they prepared for their next flight. And before six passengers went up into space, and two hours later, only five returned. If you don’t count the dead body. Investigating a murder hadn’t been in the job description, but Maddie now needs to use her psychological training to discover who of the remaining five passengers is a murderer. Before they strike again. Dead Among Stars is the fourth book of the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you like confined suspects, humor, and impossible whodunits, you’ll love this cozy mystery. Grab Dead Among Stars and be swept up in this intriguing mystery today!

It wasn’t a life or death situation until someone found a body. Maddie Swallows had always thought of her hometown as unremarkable, until space tourism set up shop nearby. Now, real estate developers have set their sights on the small town, determined to have a piece of the lucrative pie. Too bad the residents of Amor want nothing to do with the fancy hotels and high-priced restaurants, and they are ready to fight back. Maddie is determined to keep her family out of the drama, but when one overzealous developer gets in over his head, he shows up on her doorstep asking for help. Reluctant, she agrees to meet with him the following day. Just to talk, mind you. No promises. Unfortunately, it wasn’t soon enough. When his body is discovered the next morning, Maddie finds herself in the middle of another murder investigation. And she isn’t completely convinced her neighbors are innocent. Dead by Design is the fifth book in the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you like small town drama, intriguing plots, and humorous whodunits, you’ll love this cozy mystery. Pick up Dead by Design and be swept up in this New Mexican mystery today!

Marriage is scary. Dead bodies are worse. Newly engaged Maddie Swallows has done the marriage thing before, and she’s terrified to do it again. Even with someone as perfect as Benji. In an attempt to help calm her nerves, Maddie’s mother arranges for Maddie, Benji, and the kids to go on a road trip to Carlsbad Caverns. But what begins as a wonderful adventure quickly takes a horrifying turn when, at the bottom of the caverns, the lights go out. When they turn back on, their tour guide is dead. Trapped with a murderer in the deepest part of the caverns, with no ability to contact help, Maddie and her family must pull together to find the killer so their group gets out safely, and there isn’t a second victim. Dead in the Dark is the second book in the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you like humor, family adventures, and mysterious deaths, you’ll love this book. Pick up Dead in the Dark and be swept up in this New Mexican mystery today!