Lee Hollis Books in Order

In this collection, Lucy Stone visits Provence, Hayley Powell faces a reporter’s death mid‑meal at her restaurant, and knitters Pamela and Bettina find a body after a town egg hunt. Each pastel egg hides motives as sharp as any murder weapon.

Former child star Jarrod Jarvis has tried to leave amateur sleuthing behind in Palm Springs, but his daughter Liv’s filmmaker boyfriend is found bludgeoned to death. As father and daughter investigate, they uncover Hollywood secrets, family rifts, and a killer close to home.

At their twenty‑fifth reunion in Portland, Maya and Sandra reconnect with shy former classmate Alyssa Turner, now an Oscar‑nominated actress. When Alyssa’s onetime tormentor is found murdered behind the bleachers, the PIs must decide if they are protecting a victim or a master performer.

Thanksgiving season turns deadly when bad‑tempered turkey farmer Tom Farley is shot at a local turkey shoot and later dies. With neighbors feuding over valuable land and development money, Hayley juggles holiday prep and a barnyard full of suspects.

When threats target a gifted middle‑school speller, his parents hire Maya and Sandra to keep him safe. After the teacher running the bee is found dead in a supply closet, the partners must spell out motives ranging from grade disputes to helicopter parenting.

This Easter anthology features Lucy Stone, Hayley Powell, and Julia Snowden tackling crimes tied to a golden prize egg, a deadly community egg hunt, and a vanished body. Cheerful spring traditions hide secrets that only these three Maine sleuths can unravel.

Christmas in Bar Harbor is already tense when Hayley’s long‑absent father returns. After a sore loser from the town’s gingerbread house contest is murdered and her father becomes the top suspect, Hayley must piece together a tangled family and community history.

Poppy never expected to work with old acting rival Serena Saunders again, but Serena hires the Desert Flowers to vet her wealthy fiancé. When Poppy finds herself amid a murder tied to Serena’s glamorous new life, she has to separate scripted drama from real danger.

At Hayley’s movie‑monster‑themed Halloween party, guests arrive dressed as everything from killer clowns to classic creatures. The fun ends when a teacher costumed as a clown is found bludgeoned, forcing Hayley to look past masks and martinis to uncover a deadly grudge.

A decades‑old rivalry between Hayley’s best friend Mona’s seafood shack and the powerful Leighton clan boils over when patriarch Lonnie Leighton is found dead in the clam flats. With accusations flying and young lovers caught in the middle, Hayley wades into dangerous waters.

After a stalker causes a fatal car crash that is mistaken for Poppy’s own death, she uses the confusion to go undercover on a reality dating show. Disguised as her front man Matt’s aunt, she works behind the scenes to unmask a killer among the eligible bachelors.

Drafted as chaperones on a high school trip to Washington, D.C., Maya and Sandra expect teen drama, not a corpse in a senator’s bed. When the dead woman turns out to be the senator’s intern, the partners must balance FBI scrutiny with busloads of restless students.

Gourmet ice cream shop owner Lynette Partridge fears her professor husband is cheating, but instead finds a young employee’s body in her freezer truck. With Lynette’s marriage and business on the line, Hayley digs into campus gossip and summer romances before the trail melts away.

Hayley, Mona, and Rosana receive a taunting Christmas card from town flirt Carol Waterman, who hints she may steal one of their husbands. When Carol is later found dead beneath her tree, Hayley must sort jealousy from genuine malice in a very personal case.

Hayley’s holidays sour when a local troublemaker dies with traces of her signature Yule log cake on his body and her daughter’s new boyfriend becomes the prime suspect. To save both her dessert and her family, Hayley has to find who really spiked the sweets.

Hayley’s neighbor Danny is obsessed with the creepy abandoned house next door. When a secretive new family moves in and the realtor who sold them the property vanishes after a public argument, Hayley must decide whether the real horror is ghosts or a human killer.

Protecting rising influencer Danika Delgado from a stalker drags Poppy back onto a movie set. When Danika is smothered in her trailer, parallels to an old serial case dubbed the Pillow Talk Killer emerge, and Poppy must separate Hollywood spin from grim reality.

Maya and Sandra investigate when charming Spanish teacher Diego Sanchez is poisoned by cookies from a school bake sale fundraiser. The trail leads through jealous colleagues, complicated student relationships, and parents willing to do anything to protect their reputations.

This anthology gathers three Halloween mysteries set in coastal Maine, starring Lucy Stone, Hayley Powell, and Julia Snowden. Haunted houses, costume parties, and a chaotic sleepover all turn deadly, forcing each sleuth to unmask a killer behind the holiday fun.

A flashy new Italian restaurant run by temperamental Chef Romeo spices up Bar Harbor’s dining scene. After Romeo dies in the hospital and Hayley’s brother swears he witnessed foul play, Hayley juggles running the restaurant and uncovering who had a deadly grudge.

Off-season Bar Harbor quiets down until new minister Ted Lancaster and his food-truck‑owning wife, Trudy, roll into town. When Trudy dies in her Wicked ’Wiches truck at a Halloween party, Hayley must look past costumes and rumors to find a very real killer.

Hayley’s honeymoon cruise is derailed when her mother shows up in Bar Harbor and quickly feuds with an old high school rival famous for blueberry pies and flirting. After the rival is murdered at a local inn, mother and daughter need Hayley’s sleuthing to stay out of jail.

Poppy does her civic duty on a high‑profile jury, then a fellow juror is found dead. At the same time, an old co‑star hires the Desert Flowers to find his missing daughter. Juggling two tangled cases, Poppy navigates Palm Springs glamour and danger.

In Portland, ex-cop PI Maya Kendrick and PTA president Sandra Wallage clash over a vicious school gossip site called Dirty Laundry. When an administrator tied to the site dies in what looks like suicide, the women join forces to prove it was murder.

As matron of honor for her best friend Liddy’s wedding, Hayley is horrified when the quarrelsome cake baker, Liddy’s cousin Lisa, is poisoned and left face down in a towering confection. Wedding jitters turn lethal as Hayley hunts a killer among the guests.

When her husband’s gambling leaves her broke, retired TV actress Poppy Harmon starts the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with friends Iris and Violet in Palm Springs. Their first jewel theft case at a retirement village quickly involves them in scandal and murder.

Invited to a Fourth of July cook-off at her culinary idol’s seaside estate, Hayley is thrilled to cook alongside celebrity chefs. Food poisoning, whispered threats, and a body at the bottom of a cliff soon turn the weekend into a cliffhanger she must solve.

A girls’ getaway to Salmon Cove should give Hayley and her friends Liddy and Mona a break, especially when Liddy meets a charming travel writer. After he is found strangled on the beach during the town’s lobster bake, Hayley’s vacation turns into a dangerous investigation.

Hayley’s ex-husband Danny blows back into Bar Harbor just in time for Halloween, bringing trouble and a moonshine‑making uncle. When the uncle is found dead in a cemetery and Danny becomes the prime suspect, Hayley must carve through family secrets to find the truth.

A daytime TV cooking appearance turns Hayley into a minor celebrity and earns her a lucrative gig with bacon heiress Olivia Redmond. When Olivia is found dead with her pet pig squealing beside her, Hayley trims a long list of enemies to expose the killer.

Dreading her high school reunion, Hayley must face the trio of mean girls who tormented her, including now‑famous cupcake queen Ivy Foster. When Ivy is murdered amid scattered cupcakes, Hayley uncovers old grudges and sweet revenge baked into every alibi.

Hayley hires prickly chef Garth Rawlings to cater the Island Times office Christmas party, then finds him dead on his own kitchen floor. With a buffet of disgruntled clients and staff to investigate, she has to serve up justice before the holidays are ruined.

Valentine’s Day turns bittersweet when beloved chocolatier Bessie Winthrop dies in her kitchen and only Hayley suspects foul play. Digging into Bessie’s tangled love life and business rivalries, she discovers motives as layered and tempting as a box of handmade truffles.

To ease her money troubles, Hayley joins an extreme couponing reality show and clashes with ruthless nurse Candace Culpepper. When Candace is found dead with scissors in her back, Hayley must sort showbiz drama from small-town grudges to find who really cashed in.

Single mom Hayley Powell reluctantly takes over the Island Times food column, only to have her rival critic found dead in a bowl of her clam chowder. To clear her name, she and her best friends stir through secrets simmering in Bar Harbor.

Hayley lands a dream side job cooking for country music star Wade Springer’s tour, but the gig sours when a roadie turns up dead with her fried chicken as a calling card. Protecting Wade means uncovering jealousies, bad habits, and a killer on the road.