Murder Is Binding, first in the Booktown Mystery Series from Berkley Prime Crime.

Stoneham, New Hampshire, was a dying town until community leaders invited booksellers to open shop. Now, its streets are lined with bookstores--and paved with murder…

When she moved to Stoneham, city-slicker Tricia Miles was met with friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery bookstore, she met with friendly competition. But when she finds Doris Gleason dead in her own cookbook store, killed by a carving knife, the atmosphere seems more cutthroat than cordial. Someone wanted to get their hands on the rare cookbook that Doris had recently purchased--and the locals think that someone is Tricia. To clear her name, Tricia will have to take a page out of one of her own mysteries--and hunt down someone who isn’t killing by the book…

Begin reading Bartlett's work with MURDER ON THE MIND. It's a neat story about the relationship between two long-estranged brothers who end up investigating a murder. The paranormal thread only enhances the story.

She's got a follow-up story (that was actually published first) in the long-out-of-print anthology, Mystery in Mind. It's got the same characters, but they've obviously moved forward in their relationship.

The sequel to Murder on The Mind is called DEAD IN RED and will be published in June of 2008. Can't wait!

I've loved all these books, but especially Nose for Trouble, which will have a sequel either in 2008 or 2009. Durgin's books often feature animals, especially horses and dogs.