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Piper Ashwell, Psychic P.I.
Series · 21
books · 2018-2023

Books in series

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#0

A Sight for Psychic Eyes

2018

Being psychic doesn’t mean private investigator Piper Ashwell has all the answers. She’s surrounded by people who either don’t believe in her abilities or want her to solve all the world’s problems. When nine-year-old Eric Danson goes missing in the middle of the night, Piper is reminded of her first case ever, when she was only twelve years old and her ability to read objects first surfaced. Now, she’s hoping to use that ability to bring the boy home unharmed. But things only get worse when the boy who’s been bullying Eric goes missing as well. With a kidnapper on the loose, Piper will need to prove she’s the best P.I for the case. But can she find the boys before it’s too late? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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#1

A Vision a Day Keeps the Killer Away

2018

Piper Ashwell is no stranger to using her psychic abilities to locate missing persons. But when her father, Detective Thomas Ashwell, and his new partner enlist her help on the latest case searching for Veronica Castell, daughter of one of the wealthiest businessmen in the country, Piper struggles to piece together the clues. Piper’s only sure of one Veronica is running out of time. Her kidnapper is intent on collecting his ransom and disposing of Veronica. This time, Piper’s visions might not be enough to bring Veronica home alive. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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Read Between the Crimes

2019

Finding a missing bride shouldn't be too much for psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell. But something about this new case has her thrown. Her visions don't line up at all, and soon she realizes she's seeing more than one case at a time. There are two missing women, and one might already be dead. The visions are piling up, and Piper can't sort through them quickly enough. When the only connection the two women had-the man they both loved-suddenly goes missing as well, Piper uncovers the most psychotic killer she's ever met. The death count is increasing, and Piper may be next.
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Drastic Crimes Call for Drastic Insights

2019

Not all clues lead in the same direction.Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell is faced with her biggest case yet. Missing persons files are piling up faster than she can track down clues. And then the clues just seem to stop.She’ll have to take drastic measures if she wants to catch this criminal, especially when she figures out the kidnappings are turning into murders. Worse, Piper has no idea where the bodies are being hidden. How many lives will be lost before Piper can track down the killer?Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series.
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#4

Foresight Favors the Felon

2019

Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell has never met a case she couldn’t solve—until she goes looking for a killer who happens to be a gifted clairvoyant. Unable to see the future herself, Piper is always two steps behind no matter how many objects she reads to find him. She’ll have to put her psychic abilities to the test before this serial killer commits the ultimate crime and destroys her reputation in the process. But getting inside the killer’s mind will put Piper’s life on the line. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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Murder is a Premonition Best Served Cold

2019

How do you have a premonition about something that’s already happened? Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell has struggled with cases before because she couldn’t see the future. But when she finally starts having some premonitions and they lead her to a cold case that’s been unsolved for years, she really starts doubting her abilities. Piper is convinced what she saw hasn’t happened yet, and that can only mean one thing. The killer is back, and he’s claimed another victim. Can Piper find the missing girl and close the cold case once and for all? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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#5.5

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder

2019

Tis the season...for murder. All psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell wants is a quiet weekend alone where she can avoid the holiday craziness as well as any cases. But when the ski resort's Santa Claus goes missing, Piper is enlisted to help find him. The problem is Piper can't help thinking this missing person's case is really a murder. And she's convinced the murderer is staying in the same ski resort. Can she solve this case in time to save Christmas? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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#6

A Jailbird in the Vision is Worth Two in the Prison

2020

Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell has worked her fair share of strange cases. But she’s never had a convicted criminal want to hire her before. Levi O’Neil doesn’t claim to be an innocent man, but he does insist he wasn’t working alone. Only he won’t name his accomplice. Piper will have to uncover the truth about a murder case that was closed five years ago, and with the real killer still on the loose, digging around could make Piper the next target. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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#7

Great Crimes Read Alike

2020

There’s one case psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell has never been able to forget—the one that outed her as a gifted psychometrist at the age of twelve. Seventeen years later, a case comes across Piper’s desk that reminds her a little too much of the time she had to find beloved child actress Belinda Maxwell. Now Piper is questioning if her abilities are leading her to the wrong man and it’s really a copycat crime. Worse, the truth she discovers about that case seventeen years ago is enough to completely unravel everything Piper ever thought she knew. She’ll have to face all her old demons to save a young girl’s life as well as her own. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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#8

I Spy With My Psychic Eye Someone Dead

2020

Piper Ashwell is struggling to balance being in a new relationship and getting used to her expanding psychic abilities. When a dismissed sense of foreboding winds up resulting in a murder to investigate, she can’t help feeling she could have prevented it. What’s worse is every clue she and the Weltunkin PD uncovers points to Piper being the killer. Someone is trying to frame her. Piper needs to find the real killer and fast—because it will be difficult to prove her innocence from behind bars. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series.
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#9

A Vision in Time Saves Nine

2020

Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell is a stranger to social media, so when her newest case brings her on set of a reality TV show where contestants must survive for one month without internet or phones, she can see the appeal. But is a million dollars a fair price to pay when the consolation prize is dying? Contestants are winding up dead, making Piper and Mitchell wonder if someone is killing to win. Someone clever enough to slip by Piper’s senses and kill right under her nose. Solving this crime will put Piper in the heart of the murders, and being forced to work with Weltunkin’s newest police detective is blocking her abilities. Can Piper pull it together to stop the killer before there are no more contestants left? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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#11

There's No Crime Like the Prescient

2021

Piper Ashwell might be a gifted psychic P.I., but premonitions still aren’t her strong suit. So when her boyfriend and partner, Detective Mitchell Brennan, brings her a new case, she’s convinced it’s the murder she saw in a recent vision. Only it’s not. Now, Piper can’t shake the feeling that what she saw hasn’t yet happened. But how can she prevent one murder while she’s busy investigating another? When a second body turns up, Piper’s convinced the cases are linked even though the victims didn’t know each other and are seemingly not connected in any way. Can Piper find the killer before the body count goes up again and her vision becomes a reality? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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#12

Fight Fire With Foresight

2021

When Piper Ashwell’s latest case involves a murder victim killed in fire, the smoke at the crime scene renders Piper’s psychic abilities useless—and at the worst time possible. The newest member of the Weltunkin PD is a total nonbeliever. Officer O’Reilly is too levelheaded to think anything Piper does stems from psychic abilities, and that doubt is affecting Piper in a big way. But her partner, Mitchell Brennan, is convinced Piper’s foresight is the only thing that can stop this serial arsonist from striking again. Piper is playing with fire, and if her senses don’t cooperate, she might be off this case before the killer can light his next match. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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Something Old, Something New, Something Foretold, Corpse So Blue

2021

Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell is hearing bells, and not just because she’s getting married to her partner, Detective Mitchell Brennan. Piper’s having visions of a murder at her own wedding. Mitchell is convinced she’s getting cold feet, and it’s messing with her abilities. But when a missing persons case turns up, and the victim is a little too much like the man she saw in her vision, Piper is convinced this is a case only she can solve. But can she prevent a murder and say “I do” at the same time? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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Murder Is In the Eye of the Beholder

2021

Honeymoons are supposed to about love and spending quality time together, but don’t tell that to psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell. When she doesn’t have her nose in a book, ignoring the fact that she and her new husband, Mitchell Brennan, are literally in paradise, she’s busy sensing something is off about the resort. Piper is convinced someone was murdered on the beach in the exact lounge chair she’s been occupying for the past day and a half. The problem is there’s no evidence of foul play—only Piper’s muddled visions. But with a killer on the loose, Piper can’t afford to dismiss any feelings. Can she find the body, catch the killer, and enjoy her honeymoon before the week is over? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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Between a Vision and a Hard Case

2022

All psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell she wants is a little peace and quiet, but instead she’s brought into another investigation with her husband and partner, Detective Mitchell Brennan. To make matters worse, she’s getting visions of another case. One that a certain other detective at the Weltunkin PD is working. The problem is Piper can solve that case, but Detective O’Reilly doesn’t believe in psychics and refuses to follow Piper’s leads. Beyond frustrated that her senses are zeroing in on the wrong case, Piper struggles to figure out who killed the local mail carrier and what it has to do with a robbery in town. Can Piper close both cases and finally get the break she so desperately needs? Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and grab your copy today!
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There's More Than One Way to Sense A Killer

2022

Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell is used to having visions to help her solve cases, but when she tries to read something belonging to the latest murder victim, a blind woman named Isabelle DiMarco, Piper finds herself rendered blind as well. Without the use of her sight, she’ll have to rely on her other senses to figure out who killed Isabelle and stop the guilty party from murdering someone else. It’s a true case of the blind leading the blind. Piper will need all the help she can get to prove there’s more than one way to sense a killer.
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A Mental Picture Paints a Thousand Crimes

2022

When a trip to an art gallery leads psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell to discover the location of a buried body, she stumbles across a secret that’s been covered up for years. There’s a serial killer on the loose, and he or she has been killing for a long time. The only clues left behind are the paintings of the burial sites. While Detective Mitchell Brennan is eager to solve the murders, Piper knows there’s much more at stake. The killer has a new target in mind, and only Piper can stop him. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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Let the Vision Out of the Body Bag

2022

Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell has never hesitated to tell Detective Mitchell Brennan he’s wrong about a murder case, and that hasn’t changed since she became his wife. When Mitchell tells Piper about the recent arrest he made, she’s quick to tell him he’s got the wrong guy. Her senses are screaming that the real killer is still out there. As soon as they start digging, the suspects pile up. Any number of people could have killed this single mother, and this case has a twist even Piper can’t see coming. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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You Can't Judge a Crime by Its Aura

2019

Some murders scenes are harder to read than others. Psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell has never met a crime scene she couldn’t read, but when a murder takes place in the bookstore next to her office, she can’t get a good sense of the killer or motivation for the crime. With the help of well-known thriller author Madison Kramer, who looks so much like the victim it’s unnerving, Piper will have to assess the few clues there actually are to track down the killer and save the life of an innocent soul that walks on four legs. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!
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Don't Put All Your Insights Into One Casket

2023

One thing psychic P.I. Piper Ashwell hates reading is a dead body. But in her latest case, there’s no body to read because someone stole it right out of the casket. Since the woman’s death was ruled an unfortunate consequence of a heart condition, the police were never involved. But now that the body is missing, Piper senses foul play. Except, how can she prove a murder that a medical examiner found no evidence of? Piper and her husband, Detective Mitchell Brennan, will have to uncover every secret the victim had to locate the killer and the missing body. Fans of Joanne Fluke and Victoria Laurie will enjoy this psychic cozy mystery series. Scroll up and one-click to start reading today!

Author

Kelly Hashway
Kelly Hashway
Author · 52 books
Kelly Hashway fully admits to being one of the most accident-prone people on the planet, but that didn’t stop her from jumping out of an airplane at ten thousand feet one Halloween. Maybe it was growing up reading R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books that instilled a love of all things scary and a desire to live in a world filled with supernatural creatures, but she spends her days writing speculative fiction for young adults, middle graders, and young children. Kelly is also USA Today bestselling romance author Ashelyn Drake. When she’s not writing, Kelly works as an editor and also as Mom, which she believes is a job title that deserves to be capitalized.
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