A Death Long Overdue: The 7th Lighthouse Library Mystery
“Exceptional...Cozy queen Gates (a pen name of Vicki Delany) is at the top of her game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “A tricky mystery and charmingly quirky characters.”—Kirkus Reviews “The writing is strong with good description, heavy tension, and a good...
Dying in a Winter Wonderland
Sept 29.2020: The Fifth Year Round Christmas Mystery: Dying in a Winter Wonderland "Plenty of suspects, likable characters, and lots of possible motives add up to a cheery holiday cozy." Kirkus Reviews In the town of Rudolph, New York, the Christmas season should make...
Tea & Treachery: A new Series
The first in the Tea by the Sea series. Tea and Treachery will be available July 28 from Kensington Books. Now available for preorder. “[A] well-crafted series launch from Delany…Fans of culinary cozies will be sure to come back for more.” Publishers Weekly Details...
There’s a Murder Afoot: Sherlock Holmes Bookshop #5
The smart Gemma, the steadfast loyalty of her circle, and the intriguing art milieu keep the reader turning the pages. Cozy fans who are Sherlockians will have fun." Publisher's Weekly "A treat for Holmes fans with plenty of twists and turns in the best Sherlock-ian...
Read and Buried: The Sixth Lighthouse Library Mystery
Praise for Read and Buried: "Historical injustices combine with a touch of romance and codebreaking in a neatly packaged cozy." —Kirkus Reviews "Delightful...Gates provides loads of eccentric and amusing suspects, shifting motives for the theft and for the...
Silent Night, Deadly Night: the Fourth Year Round Christmas Mystery
Residents of Rudolph keep the spirit of Christmas alive year-round—but their joy is threatened when a group of grinches visits the town, in the charming fourth installment of the Year-Round Christmas series. It's the week before Thanksgiving, and Merry Wilkinson,...
Something Read Something Dead: The 5th Lighthouse Library Mystery
by Eva Gates. Coming March 13 from Crooked Lane Books. Now available for pre-order from all your favourite book-buying sources. Dark deeds in the Lighthouse Library threaten to send Lucy Richardson’s soon-to-be-wed cousin Josie to an early ‘til-death-do-us-part. ...
A Scandal in Scarlet: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery
Coming Nov 13 from Crooked Lane Books These books are so much fun and so well-done, it is clear that Delany is in love with her characters as much as her die-hard fans are. Which means...a great next step would be to build the Emporium as a real tourist attraction on...
The Spook in the Stacks, the Fourth Lighthouse Library Mystery by Eva Gates
I'm delighted that Crooked Lane Books has saved the Lighthouse Library Series, first published by Penguin Random House. This series is written by me, under the pen name of Eva Gates, and THE SPOOK IN THE STACKS, is the fourth. It is now available at all your...
The Cat of the Baskervilles
The Cat of the Baskervilles, the third Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery. When Jayne Wilson’s mother is accused of murder, Jayne and Gemma have to eliminate the impossible to reveal the true killer. Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape...
Hark the Herald Angels Slay
The third Year Round Christmas mystery, HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SLAY, is now available Santa’s summer vacation plans turn deadly in this festive mystery from the author of Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen and We Wish You a Murderous Christmas. The town of Rudolph, New York,...
Body on Baker Street: Now available
The second Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery was released on September 12. It's now available in e-book and hardcover formats. Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are busy managing the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium on Baker Street and the adjoining Mrs. Hudson’s Tea...