Books like Charmed bones by Carolyn Haines

A parlor game in Snowbound Sittaford House turns deadly when a curse appears to predict murder. Amateur occultists must confront a spirit world to uncover the killer.

In 19th‑century London, former baronet’s daughter Rosalind Thorne uses her wit to manage society women as a private investigator, and must solve the murder of aristocrat Jasper Aimesworth at Almack’s while navigating old romance and new attraction.

In Mississippi’s Athena, interim library director Charlie Harris must navigate a dead keynote speaker, a heated rivalry, and a mysterious murder, all while keeping his rescued Maine Coon Diesel close as they uncover the killer among librarians.

Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney tackles a high‑stakes case involving a rumored stolen necklace and a suspicious heiress, only to discover the client has vanished, forcing her to unravel family secrets and decide whom to trust.

Detective Zoe Benedict investigates the murder of a popular Bath teenager while her divorced sister Sally takes a house‑cleaning job for a wealthy entrepreneur whose behavior grows increasingly suspicious.

A Delta belle turned sleuth uncovers deadly secrets at a roulette‑laden dinner party when a murder, a missing biography, and a stubborn antebellum ghost collide.

Unwed, unemployed, and broke, Southern belle Sarah Booth Delaney turns to her detective instincts in the Mississippi town of Zinnia to solve a murder and protect her family plantation, all while a ghost from the past watches her every move.

When a celebrated instructor is murdered at Morningside Heights, former police sergeant Frank Malloy and his wife are drawn into a mystery that tests their detective skills and the fragile secrets of New York academia.

A crime‑mystery novel where a private investigator in North Carolina tackles murders linked to a local coffee shop and doughnut shop, featuring the character Suzanne Hart.

"Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year's Eve at the party of the year, a smashing Winter White Garden party at the newly renovated King Cotton Boutique Hotel. It's a dazzling success ... until Frangelica "Sister" McFee walks through the door. Sarah Booth knew Sister in college, before Sister became a bestselling author and moved to New York, and fame and fortune don't seem to have tempered her arrogance and cruelty. Sister's latest book is a memoir about the death of her mother and brother many years ago. Now, a film about the book is in the works, and a film crew has descended upon Zinnia, Mississippi, to tell the complete story. The film crew soon realizes there may be more to the story than meets the eye--or is told in Sister's memoir--and they hire Sarah Booth to discover the absolute truth about those deaths so many years ago. But Sarah Booth quickly realizes that someone is desperate to keep the truth hidden and will go to any lengths necessary to protect a long-held secret. Carolyn Haines's next Sarah Booth Delaney novel, Sticks and Bones, is sure to delight series fans and newcomers alike"--

In cozy Mississippi town of Zinnia, private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney balances holiday cheer with a tense ransom case when a kidnapped teen’s safety hinges on solving a family mystery before Christmas.