Katy Cross Murder Mystery Series

Katy Cross is more than Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse; she's also a Sunday school teacher and the lead guitarist for The Moonlighters, a local bluegrass band. But when she discovers a body during the mic check at the annual Peanut Patch Festival, she becomes an accidental sleuth as well. In Skeeterville, sweet tea and gossip are staples, so when news gets out that a community member has been murdered, everyone wants to talk to Katy about the tragedy. She does her best to separate truth from rumor, anxious to protect the people she's come to love. But while Katy is a natural detective, her God-given talent won't protect her from the murderer still at large. It turns out this small-town mystery is bigger than anyone expected.

Buying groceries at The Pig can be killer... Katy Cross, Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse, knows better than to try to buy groceries on Senior Citizen Saturday at The Pig. The denture cream crowd has turned the parking lot into a game of bumper cars, but when Katy finds a body thrown away in the dumpster behind the store, this geriatric dilemma is soon forgotten. Once Katy discovers that the murder victim, thought to be a sweet, upstanding citizen, has been conning the local widows out of their nest eggs, things start stinking worse than yesterday's cabbage. Can Katy help the blundering sheriff sort through the ever-increasing batch of suspects and find the real killer before another citizen of Skeeterville bites the dust? This humorous cozy mystery has no graphic gore, bad language, or sexual content, but is filled with lots of laughs, intrigue, and Southern charm.

Katy Cross thought she had enough on her plate as Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse and leader of her band, The Moonlighters. But when a body is found in the high school auditorium during practice for the town's yearly Battle of the Bands competition, Katy finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation.   Last year, she had a brush with death and is determined to focus on her music and keep her nose out of the investigation, but when the town sweetheart is thrown in the slammer, she knows she must try to find the real killer before it's too late. Can Katy weed through all the town gossip to find the murderer in time, or will one of Skeeterville's favorite citizens be spending the rest of her days in the slammer for a crime she didn't commit? Find out in this thrilling mystery novel!   If you enjoyed Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, you'll also enjoy this murder mystery set in small-town America. Read a Christian cozy mystery filled with southern charm.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Katy Cross, along with the other fine folks in Skeeterville, celebrate Santa Shopping Days dressed from head to toe in their finest Kris Kringle attire. Merry soon turns to scary, however, when a Santa is found dead on the floor at Sweet-Ums Bakery. Katy would love to stay away from the festive foul play, but when an obvious frame-up causes the wrong man to be arrested, she quickly gets pulled into the middle of the Christmas calamity. Katy has her very own nightmare before Christmas when her husband John goes from being the lead witness to the lead suspect. Can Katy find the real killer in time, or will she be having a blue Christmas without him? This humorous holiday cozy mystery contains no graphic gore, foul language, or sexual content. It is a great book for those readers who enjoy southern charm and a Christian world view.

When the meanest man in Skeeterville drops dead at his mailbox, no one suspects foul play until Katy Cross stumbles across a skeleton from his past... literally. Trying to be a good neighbor lands Katy in the middle of a twenty-year secret crime spree, ran by one-man-mafia, Jack Redd. Jack spent his life using the dirt he had acquired on everyone to extort whatever suited his fancy-from money to favors. Katy is determined to stay out of the investigation-her hands are full planning her daughter's Valentine's Day season bridal shower. But when her future son-in-law's mother becomes the main suspect, Katy has no choice but to get involved. As some of Skeeterville's deepest secrets come to light, it becomes obvious that no one will be crying at Jack Redd's funeral. Can Katy clear the name of an innocent woman by solving the murder of the man everyone wanted dead? A better question might be, is anyone in Skeeterville as innocent as they seem? This humorous cozy mystery has no graphic gore, foul language, or sexual content. It is great for readers who enjoy southern charm and a Christian worldview.

A wedding and a murder do not mix... Katy Cross has worked hard to make her daughter, Eudora's wedding perfect. The church is decorated, the caterer hired, and the dress is gorgeous. Katy's even arranged for Eudora to have her bridal portraits made at the Bentley Mansion, a sprawling estate filled with beautiful flowers and stately oak trees, owned by Katy's beloved patient, Big Momma Bentley. The nuptials are set to be the most romantic ceremony Skeeterville has ever seen. Until the photographer is found dead right in the middle of Eudora's bridal shoot, and the police rule it a homicide. When the camera holding the wedding portraits goes missing, and Big Momma Bentley passes out and ends up in the hospital on the same day as the photographer's demise, the dream wedding spirals into a nuptial nightmare. What's a mother of the bride to do, except get the wedding back on track before the blessed union becomes a scandalous spectacle. This is easier said than done, with the wedding fast approaching and not a single suspect in sight. Book six in the cozy mystery series by KC Hart continues to follow amateur sleuth Katy Cross, her friends, family, and her band, the Moonlighters, as they strive to keep the tiny town of Skeeterville free of crime and mayhem.

Someone in Skeeterville has a deadly plan for Hernando, and it's up to Katy to uncover the truth. When a sixty-thousand-dollar stud bull is shot in his pasture and falls on one of his owners, crushing him to death, Katy Cross, along with everyone else in Skeeterville, assumes it's nothing more than a tragic accident. But when the only person who suspected foul play is attacked, Katy knows it's time to act. She must find the true murderer and uncover their connection to the dead cash cow before it's too late. Join Katy Cross and her friends and family in Skeeterville as they work together to solve this latest mystery. This Christian cozy mystery contains no gore, sex, or foul language, but is full of humor and southern small town charm. If you are a fan of Murder She Wrote, you will love amateur detective Katy Cross.  

If Katy Cross can't clear an innocent mother of a crime she didn't commit, Christmas will be canceled for one special little boy. Skeeterville's annual Christmas in the Park nativity scene is the holiday event of the season, but things turn more murderous than merry when a stranger is found face down in the straw, fatally stabbed with a broken shepherd's staff. The only evidence points to the victim's battered wife. With nothing else to go on—the sheriff makes the arrest, leaving the woman's little boy homeless—right as the Christmas festivities kick off. Nothing about the dilemma makes sense, and Katy Cross realizes it is up to her to find the real killer before the holiday is completely ruined. Join Katy, along with her best friend Misty, and husband John, as they attempt to solve this Christmas crime before Skeeterville's favorite celebration is brought to a screeching halt, leaving the town anything but merry and bright. As always, this Christian cozy mystery is free of sex, gore and foul language and full of fun, small town holiday spirit.