J.D. Griffo Books in Order

Widow Alberta Scaglione inherits a fortune and a lakeside cottage, only to find her childhood rival dead in the water. Suspecting murder, she joins forces with her estranged granddaughter, an aspiring crime reporter, to investigate their supposedly peaceful new surroundings.

A reporting assignment brings Jinx and her family to a luxurious winter lodge, where an Olympic skater is found dead. With numerous suspects and a blizzard approaching, Alberta Scaglione races to identify the murderer before the getaway becomes even deadlier.

Alberta Scaglione and her granddaughter Jinx discover a hidden treehouse and a body during a morning jog. Their search for the killer disrupts life in quiet Tranquility, forcing the amateur sleuths to exercise more than ordinary caution.

During breakfast at Veronica’s Diner, a waitress asks Alberta and her relatives to deliver a mysterious package, then returns fatally stabbed. The Ferrara family investigates her hidden past and a strange figurine found near the crime scene.

A former Hollywood star joins Tranquility’s amateur theater troupe, then dies before rehearsals begin. Alberta Scaglione doubts the apparent suicide and takes over the actress’s role, investigating the cast with granddaughter Jinx before opening night brings another victim.

Alberta’s estranged daughter arrives seeking help finding her missing son. When his girlfriend’s body appears inside a snowman decoration at a Christmas fundraiser, the family reunion becomes a murder investigation with the grandson as a leading suspect.