Want to read about strong mid-life women finding community and solving crimes? You’re in the right place! Whether on a luxury cruise liner, a small town Texas farm, or somewhere in between, these main characters won’t let the mystery go until the culprits are discovered and the mysteries are solved.

The Daw County Sisters Mysteries (The Wild Rose Press)

Cover of the cozy mystery Venus Rising by Tammy D. Walker. Image contains a razor bill bird on the railing of a cruise shipSisters Amy and Stacey are miles apart.

Bookish daydreamer Amy works as a librarian aboard a luxury British ocean liner.

Practical Stacey and her family live on their farm in Daw County in central Texas.

Though these sisters may be not live near each other anymore, they’ve both got a knack for solving crimes, on land and sea.

Venus Rising (book one) and Down to Earth (book two), available now!

The Not the End of the World Mysteries

Lynne Throckmorton thought she was ready for anything. After all, she’d raised her now-grown daughter mostly on her own and had a stellar teaching career. Then someone starts a fire in her office on campus. With the help of friends who don’t always get along with each other and a little brother who’s an annoying tech millionaire, Lynne solves crimes and finds community all while trying to figure out her own life after fifty.

Book One: Allies, Arson, and Prepping for the Apocalypse

Book Two: Brothers, Blades, and Bugging Out

Book Three: Cousins, Counterfeits, and Everyday Carry (coming 2025)

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If you’re in the mood for holiday treats, check out A Cookie of a Scoundrel (A Cozy Mystery Tribe Anthology), which includes fantastic wintertime stories, including a puzzling Christmas letter, supposedly written by Lynne….