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It’s St. Patrick’s Day and Aggie, Betty and Roger are celebrating at an Irish pub in Palm Springs when Betty’s leprechaun-love-interest drops dead. Could it be murder? Join Aggie and friends as they embark on a celebration they won’t soon forget.

It’s Valentine’s Day and Aggie is looking forward to her yearly ritual of curling up on the couch in front of the television while eating ice cream. However, this year her friends Betty and Roger, have talked Aggie into spending an evening out on the town. And then, to her surprise, Officer Tom Wood had also asked her out. Wearing a very uncomfortable, slinky, red dress that Betty picked out for her, and a ruby red pocketbook to match, Aggie stumbles into a dangerous Valentine’s Day she’ll never forget.

Millie Miller couldn't imagine life being more stressful than having to put herself and her dogs on a diet until she and Jess discover a body in the sauna at the gym. She couldn’t believe there was another murder in the short amount of time she’d been living in her condo. Again, Millie wondered if her condominium complex, Mermaid Cove, should be renamed Murder Cove. Not long after finding the body in the sauna, Jess announced that her mother was going to come out for a visit. Jess’s mother wasn't the easiest person to get along with, and Millie was dreading it.

It’s another typical day in the life of Ms. Aggie Underhill; an ATM going bonkers shooting out wads of cash, a shady bank owner with a nasty habit, two teenage bank robbers, a picture-perfect teller and her thug of a boyfriend, plus two unexplained murders. Naturally curious, Aggie can’t help but be nosy. Despite the warning from her daughter to mind her own business, Aggie takes detective matters through the world of gossip into her own hands. If you like quirky and comical mysteries you're in for a treat.

In the sky, ships appear. Colossal alien spacecraft hover in different locations, strategically placed around the globe. With the virus having killed off most of humanity and the arrival of the extraterrestrial ships, how will the survivors defend themselves against this new, impending threat? Join the survivors as they prepare to battle the unknown. What they're up against is much greater than anything they could ever imagine. Will humanity prevail?

A week before Christmas, Aggie bumps into Officer Tom Wood, her on-again, off-again boyfriend at a new exclusive restaurant. Unfortunately, Tom is not dining alone. A beautiful, young woman accompanies him. Tom introduces her as an old friend. Even though Aggie plays it off as not being jealous; her friends Betty and Roger want to learn more about this mysterious woman. Will this beautiful old friend ruin Aggie’s festive mood?

With Roger’s help, Betty has self-published her first book with Aggie as the protagonist in her short story mysteries. In the middle of Betty’s first book signing, an old lady drops dead in the romance aisle. Did the woman die of natural causes? Or was it murder? Join Aggie, Roger, and Betty at her first book signing to find out.

Aggie and Betty move to Palm Springs, California from England to be near family. Aggie had purchased their condos sight unseen through Roger, who decorated their homes to match their inner personalities. Join Aggie and friends where a prominent plastic surgeon dies in a car crash, a maid bites the dust, and Aggie is a little too nosy for her own good and stumbles into a haunted disaster.

Join Aggie as she flies with her best friend Betty to Palm Springs where a $200,000 fish is stolen, an actress is kidnapped, and a man is murdered. Naturally curious, Aggie can’t help getting involved. Despite numerous warnings from her daughter to mind her own business, Aggie takes matters into her own hands.

It appears Roger may have a secret love interest. Both Aggie and Betty are curious to learn more about this mysterious person named Pat that has Roger doing things out of his comfort zone, like going to a park to see the fireworks and making dinner reservations for an expensive restaurant. As Aggie and Betty indulge in some snooping, they accidentally stumble over a dead body that helps to solve a mystery. Unfortunately, it’s not the mystery they’d set out to solve. Will they ever learn more about Roger’s significant other?

Millie Miller has always dreamed of living by the ocean. Now that her children have flown the coop, as an empty nester, she’s decided to sell her house to buy a condo only a mile from the beach in Oceanside, California. While walking her two dogs, Rosie and Daisy, Millie stumbles into a mystery after her pups find a body in the bushes. Frightened by the possibility that one of her new neighbors might be a murderer, Millie ignores the handsome police detective’s advice to mind her own business and decides to do some well-needed snooping.

Destiny, a horribly selfish woman, created the company, Revenge Fairy to inflict vengeance on others. She enjoys her job almost as much as defrauding people. After an angry woman driving a red sports car runs her over, Destiny finds herself in purgatory. There, she learns that her soul hasn't grown after many lifetimes, and she faces being erased from existence. To avoid this fate, she escapes purgatory by disguising herself as a fairy godmother and reappears on Earth in Megan’s bedroom. Now that Destiny has access to a magic wand, will she wreak havoc and destroy the world?

In order to make the nightmare stop, Vienna Rossi realizes she must take matters into her own hands. She’s compelled by an unseen force to hop on a last-minute flight to track down a murderer. Awakened within her is a psychic gift she never knew she had, a handsome spirit guide who drives her nuts, and the ability to help lost souls cross over to the other side. Vienna and her spirit guide, Jack, team up with Vienna’s best friend, Kim, for a dangerous murder-solving, ghost-hunting adventure.

The body of a film star crashes upon the roof of a moving tramcar, a mystery author is discovered hard-boiled and bobbing in a hot tub, a home is ransacked, and two grandmothers are battling. With bleached blonde hair, an English accent, a brand-spanking-new, red-hot turbo machine, and an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit, Aggie’s sure to stick her nose into everyone’s business.

The Desert Living Retirement Community is located smack dab in the middle of the Southern California desert, surrounded by windmills. Within this retirement community is a quaint little coffee shop running on a budget. Join the retirees in this quirky and comical short story as they spend their day drinking coffee and gossiping.

Roger has generously opened his home to both Aggie and Betty while their condos are being repaired after a horrifying fire incident. Unfortunately, Roger has the uncanny knack of getting on Aggie’s last nerve and she’s having a difficult time not telling him where to shove his squeegee. Join Aggie, Roger, and Betty at the grand opening of a Palm Springs gluten-free bakery where the owners have a deep dark secret.

After seeing her ex-boyfriend with another woman, her gorgeous spirit guide whom she could never have a relationship with, and a date with a well known office Romeo on Valentine’s Day; Vienna’s best friend talks her into a weekend getaway to clear her head. Little did she know that she’d not only have to deal with her cheating heart, but a lost soul in need of help.

With bleached blonde hair piled on top, an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit and an insatiable appetite for snooping, the ever curious Ms. Aggie Underhill and her friends embark on an eight-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera...Come join Aggie in a fun-filled vacation where a kidnapping goes awry, several love affairs take place, jealousy rises, tempers flare, and a passenger goes overboard.

With bleached blonde hair piled on top, an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit, Aggie’s ready to have some Las Vegas fun. Desperate to escape her two unwanted house guests visiting from England, Aggie accepts a wedding invitation for a couple whom she’d met on a cruise. Selfishly, she pawns her guests off on her daughter and forgets that the Thanksgiving holiday is just days away.

Aggie and her friends have rented a beach house in Oceanside while anxiously awaiting the birth of her granddaughter. Little did she know that Roger's supposed near-death experience of practically choking to death on a golden ring baked into a gluten-free doughnut would land her in so much trouble. Now, it's up to Betty, Aggie's best friend, to put the clues together and play detective in order to dig Aggie out of a dangerous situation.