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A bitter celebrity divorce brings Hollywood tension to Hotel LaFontaine, where a staged murder mystery ends in a real death. Maid Ivy Stone investigates the guests and their secrets while trying to identify the killer before another attack.

Ivy Stone’s first day as a maid at London’s Hotel LaFontaine goes badly even before she discovers a body. With a major fashion event approaching, she and her new friends investigate guests whose hidden grudges may threaten more lives.

A wealthy guest is murdered as Hotel LaFontaine prepares for a society wedding. Hoping to secure a promotion, Ivy Stone instead risks her position to investigate when evidence implicates a colleague she believes has been framed.

New headmaid Ivy Stone expects a busy business conference at Hotel LaFontaine, but a guest’s murder exposes cryptic letters and secret codes. Threats against her employer draw her deeper into a case that also endangers her own life.

New reporter April May investigates a burglary, a shop fire and a missing owner in Laurel Lake. A stranger claiming her foster dog complicates the case, while emerging connections to her own past make the threats increasingly personal.

Fashion columnist April May plans to sell her inherited lake house within a week. Threatening letters, unexplained deaths and a missing heirloom draw her into Laurel Lake’s secrets, where investigating her grandmother’s past begins placing her in danger.

While helping with a lavish wedding on a private Scottish island, Ivy Stone witnesses the bride’s fatal fall. Confined with the wedding party during the investigation, she must distinguish accident from murder among guests concealing dangerous secrets.

Ivy Stone plans to celebrate her best friend’s wedding at Hotel LaFontaine until the photographer is found murdered. Suspicious guests and another death threaten the celebration, forcing Ivy to investigate before the killer turns on her.

April May discovers a murdered horror writer in the woods near Laurel Lake. Investigating the widely disliked author exposes grudges among editors, aspiring writers and neighbors, while mounting threats suggest someone is determined to keep the truth buried.

Reporter April May investigates the death of Laurel Lake’s unpopular craft-fair organizer when her best friend becomes a suspect. With grudges multiplying among the exhibitors and townspeople, she must untangle the evidence before someone else is harmed.

A glamorous dog pageant fills Hotel LaFontaine with demanding owners and expensive pets. When a champion breeder dies, headmaid Ivy Stone and her Great Dane Monty investigate rivals whose determination to win may have turned deadly.

Gemma Becker’s Bahamas cruise becomes complicated when her friend Viv encounters an unwelcome former husband. Two deaths soon leave Viv under suspicion, forcing Gemma and her dog Buddy to investigate a ship full of secrets before the killer strikes again.

Retired housekeeper Gemma Becker expects her first cruise to be peaceful until an opera singer is found dead. Joining forces with retired showgirl Viv and her dog Buddy, she investigates fellow passengers as warnings turn increasingly dangerous.

Rival bands arrive at Hotel LaFontaine for the Diamond Music Awards, and a singer is found dead in his bathtub. Headmaid Ivy Stone investigates bandmates, lovers and management while rumors about her own relationship complicate the search.

Headmaid Ivy Stone discovers a paranormal researcher stabbed in Hotel LaFontaine’s laundry room. Strange voices and rumors of a curse unsettle guests and staff, while Ivy follows rivalries and threats that suggest a human explanation for the danger.

Before beginning work at Hotel LaFontaine, Ivy Stone finds a dead criminal and an injured puppy during a walk with her Great Dane. Police dismiss the connection, but her investigation into secretive neighbors brings suspicion and threats to her own door.

A ski holiday strands Ivy Stone and her friends in a Swiss chalet during a severe blizzard. When the manager is murdered and the power fails, Ivy must investigate the trapped guests before dwindling supplies and another attack overwhelm them.