Books like Murder of a small-town honey by Denise Swanson

When a mysterious trans‑state disappearance reveals a baby and a murdered husband, Aurora Roe Teagarden and her husband Martin race from Georgia to Ohio to uncover dark family secrets that may endanger them both.

When her mother forces her to enter Grandma Sal's Soup-to-Nuts Cooking Challenge despite her lack of culinary skills, Sky Denison must decipher a complex recipe for murder when a cocky contestant meets her fate in a chocolate fountain.

School psychologist Skye Denison returns to her small‑town roots in Scumble River, where the presumed natural death of her grandmother turns out to be murder—prompting a perilous hunt for the killer amid family secrets and escalating threats.

A widowed mother and her daughter inherit the secluded Honeychurch Hall, only to find a missing nanny, a dead housekeeper, and a murder accusation that forces the daughter to unravel family secrets in this cozy mystery.

Honey woke up another dull morning, waiting for the past two years to receive a phone call for his first real investigation. When Mrs. Howl finally calls, she sends him on a risky mission to track down the peculiar bacon thief. With Honey’s hopes to lead the mission with his friend, Rocky, he is devastated to find out that his nemesis dog detective is in charge! Honey must overcome an army of grumpy cats, escape freezing to death, and travel to the place he frightens the most- CHIP VALLEY. Will Honey solve the case that beholds his future and reputation or will he fall back to his boring reality? This book is the first in a series of dog detective storybooks. The following adventure, hidden in the last paragraph, is already in the works. It features Honey and his detective dog friends, striking back for another mission to solve a new dangerous mystery.

When a teenage diabetic mother and her premature baby die, V.I. Warshawski investigates medical malpractice and a series of murders linked to a women’s clinic, confronting a deadly cover‑up in Chicago.

Yard sales bring out the worst in people. Nobody knows this better than Scumble River school psychologist Skye Denison, organizer of the First Annual Route 66 Yard Sale. Neighborly folk get downright nasty, fighting over plastic knickknacks--even pulling rocking chairs right out from under little old ladies.s.

V.I. Warshawski uncovers a covert corporate network of murder and corruption while caring for her golden retriever’s puppies— a mystery that grips the streets of Chicago.

V.I. Warshawski reluctantly probes a cherry‑pie charity for the homeless, only to discover a board member’s murder that uncovers financial fraud spiraling from Chicago banks to Washington halls, forcing her to choose between personal happiness and justice.