The Maggie Newberry Mysteries Series

When her sister dies, Atlanta copywriter Maggie Newberry flies to the south of France to find the little niece that no one in the family even knew existed. Along the way, she finds handsome sexy Frenchman Laurent Dernier to help with the search. Meanwhile, her sister’s murderer sets his sights on the little girl—and Maggie.

A year spent living in the south of France is not all it's cracked up to be—especially when you have no job, a prickly first year of marriage, and your new BFF is murdered virtually before your eyes. Maggie Newberry is determined to help the investigations into Brigitte's murder even if the incredibly sexy and very available French police detective on the case can only complicate her life in every possible way. Murder in Provence is set in the ancient city of Arles and, like the other books in the series, showcases the sights and mouthwatering cuisine of Provence—with a healthy dash of murder.

The City of Light is anything but  when a killer stalks the cobblestone streets…  For a woman who loves fashion, there is no place on earth more exciting than Paris where the clothes are to die for and everyone you meet is dressed to kill.  Maggie’s visit to the City of Light during Paris Fashion Week turns into a nightmare when she witnesses a murder in her own family. Determined to find out who the killer is—before her husband’s patience and her marriage expires—Maggie steps into a glittering world of fashion as cutthroat and vicious as any drug cartel.  It could be Maggie’s grandest hour–if she can survive it. This book takes Maggie back to Paris for a very personal sojourn. This time it's all on the line for our intrepid expatriate—with a murder that happens close to her—and for a reason that not even the deceased's nearest and dearest would ever suspect.

When her French chef boyfriend inherits an ancient vineyard in Provence, Maggie Newberry leaves Atlanta for the tiny village of St-Buvard and the rich tastes, smells and sights of French country life.  But murder has gone long before them and follows close behind.  

Life is good indeed, especially if you’re a thirty-something expatriate living in an area of Provence where people would kill to live. And do! When Maggie’s new best friend is arrested for murder Maggie is determined to find the real culprit. Trouble is, there are a few roadblocks in her way, like an old friend on the verge of divorce who’s chosen Maggie’s house to have her nervous breakdown in and an ex-boyfriend who has the power to make Maggie’s life miserable.   And the killer is as warped and determined as any Maggie has encountered in her four years living in France.

Maggie's much anticipated Paris holiday takes a dark turn when she ventures into the city's famed Latin Quarter to visit Laurent's ailing aunt—only to find a very healthy aunt and a very dead body. Does the murder have something to do with Aunt Delphine? Was she the intended victim? With her new baby daughter in tow, Maggie struggles to find the answers. In the process she learns more about Laurent's family—and stumbles across a terrible secret that would tempt anybody to commit murder.  Can Maggie find the murderer without destroying the Dernier family name? And can she do it before the killer catches her in a dark, lonely alley in the Latin Quarter? 

Summer on the Côte d'Azur means tan bodies, wide beaches and glamorous nightclubs throbbing with the vitality of the rich and beautiful. So when Maggie Newberry arranges to meet an old boyfriend at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, it's no surprise she begins to feel the seduction of her old life. But amidst the glamor, beautiful clothes and brilliant creative work on display, there is also the side of the business Maggie had forgotten was always there too. The petty rivalries, the dirty deals, the betrayals, are all still front and center. When the back-stabbing turns literal and the wife of Maggie's childhood friend is accused of the murder, Maggie knows she has to help.   Along the way she needs to fight the police, Laurent, and even her own natural instincts about who she is now and the life she left behind. She learns the hard way that the treachery rife in her old industry has since ramped up to a whole new level—one that her quiet life as a vigneron's wife has not at all prepared her for…and one that could very well get her killed.

With the wine harvest behind them, things had just started to calm down for Maggie and Laurent in their French village of Saint-Buvard when a team of celebrity judges arrives to put on a contest to decide in a blind taste test which country makes the best pastries—the Brits, the Americans, the Germans or the French.  When one of the contestants ends up stabbed to death, the suspect is a friend. Maggie will need to find a way past the woman's obvious motive and the damning circumstantial evidence to free her—without putting herself or Laurent in the hot seat in the process. (Bonus: Laurent's classic chocolate soufflé recipe is at the end of the book.) This book is a clean read: no graphic violence, sex or strong language Genre: culinary cozy mystery, women amateur sleuth, cozy animal (dog)  

Maggie and Grace's plan to work out their differences at a charming ski resort in Grenoble takes a deadly nose-dive when they become trapped by an avalanche with ten people–one of whom is a cold-blooded murderer. Will the two of them make up in time to uncover who the killer is before he or she systematically makes his way through the guest roster, one murder at a time? Book 11 in the popular Maggie Newberry mystery series, this book is a clean read with no graphic violence, sex or strong language. Genre: light culinary cozy mystery, women amateur sleuth, cozy animal (dog)  

Life in Provence was just settling down for American ex-pat Maggie Newberry when a dead body shows up in her vineyard…with a knife in its back. Curious to learn about who the victim is, Maggie's motivation skyrockets when her husband Laurent is arrested for the murder. With the evidence piling up against Laurent by the day, and witness after witness coming forward to swear he is the killer, can Maggie find the real murderer and will she find the cabal behind the campaign to send Laurent to prison for life? And can she do it before her life and those of her dear ones come crashing down around her? Murder in the Vineyard is a cozy mystery set in the south of France with all the tastes, sounds, and fragrances of la belle France. It has no graphic violence or sex and includes at least one adorable dog or cat.  

Where's there's glitz and money…there's a knife poised for every back The Côte d'Azur is the timeless epitome of beauty, from its lush green hills to its azure waters and white sandy beaches. And Monaco has always been the jewel right in the center of the Riviera, a sparkling example of incomparable wealth and beauty. But when Laurent and Grace disappear on an antique buying trip to Monaco that should only take a few hours, the police suggest they ran off together. With only a contrary off-duty detective from Aix who never liked her, Maggie will plumb the underbelly of Monaco's gambling dens to find her loved ones before they disappear forever.

USA Today Bestselling author Susan Kiernan-Lewis is back with a panoply of flavors, color and fragrances from the South of France when her well-loved and quirky characters stumble onto a murder that may decide the future of the perfume industry in France. When Maggie and Grace take a much needed weekend trip to the perfume capital of the world, Grasse they find rejuvenation, reconnection…and murder. When the helpful docent of their perfume tour ends up dead in their rented apartment swimming pool, Maggie and Grace decide that something definitely smells rotten. When the girl's twin sister begs them to find the killer, they do—but there's a catch. If they don't find the killer in time, the tourism that the area depends so heavily on will dry up…like a rose petal in direct sunlight. With the clock ticking, Maggie and Grace will have to dig deep to find the culprit behind the murder before the killer decides that the two of them are the realbarrier to a good life on the Côte d'Azur.  

Make new friends, but maybe don't kill the old...?   After twenty years living in France, Maggie's proud of her language skills and her ability to adapt to a foreign culture, so when four women from her Atlanta high school invite her to get together for a mini reunion in Paris, Maggie can't wait to show them how she's changed.   Unfortunately, after two awkward days and a miserable Seine River tour Maggie realizes what she should have remembered—three of the four girls were never really nice to her in high school—and the fourth one didn't know she existed. Everything changes dramatically however, when, on the morning that Maggie decides to leave early, one of her friends is found brutally murdered in her hotel room.   The police suspect the killer is one of the four surviving friends with Maggie's name topping the list.  Determined to prove her innocence, Maggie plunged into the secret pockets and hidden quarters of Montmartre and the nontouristy parts around the Sacre Coeur to find out the truth. In the process she discovers that each of her friends had reasons for wanting Christy dead.   As suspicions deepen and tensions rise, what started as a fun reunion in the City of Light, becomes an intense game of life-and-death as Maggie races to unmask the killer and the decades-old secret that drives her—before she kills again.   Murder in Montmartre is a riveting international whodunit about the snarled perceptions of old friendships, and the treasures - and tragedies - that can arise when a terrible past that won't die collides with the lies of the present.

It was a dark and spooky Halloween night in Provence... Maggie and Laurent embark on a chilling adventure when their car breaks down on their way to a village Halloween party. Dressed as French Resistance Fighters, the pair take refuge from the coming storm in an old villa set far back from the road where they meet an old woman who thinks the war is still going on. Believing them to be fellow Resistance fighters like herself, Valène Lavallière reveals her tragic story of forbidden love and a heart-stopping secret from nearly eighty ago. As the storm builds outside, Maggie and Laurent soon realize that not everything they are seeing is the truth and the secrets that the old woman harbors could very well make the morning after this Halloween night one they never live to see.  

Enjoy a taste of the season Provence-style with this festive Maggie Newberry short story. It's Christmas in St-Buvard where Maggie and Laurent are home in Provence for the holiday for first time ever. When Danielle gives the Dernier children a mysterious old Advent calendar, things begin to happen that drive Maggie to the unmistakable conclusion that Christmas in Provence is different than anywhere else. Bonus material! Laurent's favorite Christmas season recipes also included.