Joyce Oroz Knihy

When their best friend Merilee lands in jail, Janet and Molly naturally rush to her aid. But when the two girls find out that Merilee has been accused of murdering her own mother, they realize that the only way to help her is to find the real killer! The mystery takes the three friends back and forth from their artsy neighborhood in Dallas, to the Old West town of Shotgun City, to a ranch so big you could get lost in it. When the threesome find a map of nearby Packsaddle Mountain, they realize they've found a clue to a legendary outlaw's treasure-a treasure worth killing for. Before all is said and done, the three friends will have to face a lot of danger and team up with some unlikely allies to discover the hidden loot and bring a murderer to justice. Written by twenty-four different authors, this is one cozy mystery you won't want to miss!

Josephine and her two employees try their hand at painting props at the Park Theater in Ben Lomond, California. Their services are urgently needed because Mac, senior prop painter, turned up dead in the theater¿s blistering attic. Why was the door bolted from the outside? Josephine is not only intrigued with painting props and looking into the murder, but also becomes involved with Mac¿s family. His widow, Daisy, her mysterious adopted son and a niece and nephew all need Josephine¿s help. After another near-death incident in the theater¿s attic, we wonder if Josephine¿s detecting instincts can keep the people of Ben Lomond safe.

Josephine Stuart and her Aunt Clara feel the urge to look into the murder of Josephine's fiance David's friend, Eddie Garrett, who mysteriously drowned in one foot of water on toop of his rifle. Through scary times and arduous labor, Josephine and Clara are undaunted in their search for the person or persons responsible for Eddie's death. Flushing out a murderer isn't the easiest thing to do, especially when other serious crimes are distracting the ladies from the main event. Luckily, Josephine's basset, Solow, is not easily distracted. He marches at Josephine's side into a desperate situation.The lovely Aptos village will never be the same

Scent of a $windle is flush with provocative foreign intrigue and unforgettable characters--including a menagerie of animals that consist of a dog, a cockatoo, a goat, and a rooster. A disturbingly tragic murder has upset the balance of life on the white carpets of Prunedale, California. Muralist Josephine Stuart is keeping a promise by house-sitting for well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Trippy who plan to be in Europe for thirty days. When the Trippys' neighbor is murdered, they inherit the victim's cockatoo Boris. So, unfortunately, Josephine becomes caretaker not only of their house, but also the bird. Being the nosy neighbor she is, Jo can't help looking into the murder and soon she has a long roster of suspects--all of them apparently interested in one small, but valuable item.

Between mural jobs, Josephine Stuart promises she will help her neighbor, Jason Oeblick, with his nursery business in Gilroy, California. His mother was recently murdered and Josephine is "on it." She commutes to work with all good intensions but struggles with the unfamiliar world of horticulture. When Jason comes up with an idea for a mural, she jumps at the chance to paint on his WildWest Nursery building.As Josephine questions the Oeblick family members, she becomes involved in their lives. Two family members live in a homeless camp in a park in Gilroy. Their cause becomes Josephine's as she promotes a walk-a-thon to raise money for homeless shelters.In the meantime, a Silicon Valley smuggling operation involving a couple of nefarious characters threatens the safety of Josephine and her dog, Solow. Even with all the distractions, she presses on feeling she must find the person who murdered Mrs. Oeblick.

No one in Josephine's plein-air watercolor class thought that Mary Milford, also known as Mary Christmas because of her fabulous Christmas decorations, would fall off the Capitola cliffs into the Pacific Ocean. One minute she was there--painting--and the next minute her red sweater was floating in the rough water. When the authorities determine it was murder, Josephine is all in-studying every angle, every person of interest. Besides poking around in everyone's business to uncover Mary's killer, Jo and her friend, Alicia, are working hard creating watercolor paintings to sell at the Aromas Christmas Art Festival. A deadline looms. As she homes in on the killer, Josephine teams up with Mary's sister, Marla, and they catch a plane to Tijuana in search of a suspect. The trip proves to be revealing and highly dangerous. The police are slow to take Josephine's claims seriously and the well being of a five-year-old girl depends on Josephine's skill, instinct and--dumb luck. Can Jo find out WHO MURDERED MARY CHRISTMAS before she becomes the next victim?