Brightstone Bay Mysteries: Books 1-3
(2026)(A book in the Brightstone Bay Cozy Mystery series)
An omnibus of novels by Paula Lester
Exiled to a magical town, accused of murder, and fresh out of options. Maple Winterbourne did not ask for any of this.
After twenty-five years as a SNOOPS agent — working for the Supernatural, Non-Human, and Otherworldly Oversight and Protection Service — Maple got her badge stripped, her pension yanked, and a one-way ticket to Brightstone Bay courtesy of a boss she'd cheerfully hex into next Tuesday. The town is charming, the residents are bizarre, her new fox familiar has opinions about absolutely everything, and the furniture at her boarding house is frankly too emotionally intelligent for her comfort.
She was not planning to investigate anything. She had no intention of making friends. And she definitely wasn't going to develop feelings about a dragon.
Then someone turned up dead.
Spells and Suspects: Maple's barely off the Tube platform when Brightstone Bay serves up its first murder. She's not a SNOOPS agent anymore. This is not her problem. She is absolutely going to make it her problem.
Spells and Secrets: Just when Maple is getting used to her unwanted new life, another SNOOPS exile arrives at Moonshine Manor — and his story has more holes in it than her pension plan. Someone knows more than they're saying about why agents keep getting sent to Brightstone Bay, and Maple is done pretending she's not suspicious.
Spells and Shadows: When the notoriously grumpy judge of Brightstone Bay's Potion Fair turns up dead mid-competition, Maple is already on stage in a sparkly cape she did not agree to wear. She's just the emcee. She's just asking a few questions. Sure she is.
Cozy, funny, and full of heart — perfect for fans of paranormal mysteries with slow-burn romance, found family, and familiars who are entirely too smug about being right all the time.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
After twenty-five years as a SNOOPS agent — working for the Supernatural, Non-Human, and Otherworldly Oversight and Protection Service — Maple got her badge stripped, her pension yanked, and a one-way ticket to Brightstone Bay courtesy of a boss she'd cheerfully hex into next Tuesday. The town is charming, the residents are bizarre, her new fox familiar has opinions about absolutely everything, and the furniture at her boarding house is frankly too emotionally intelligent for her comfort.
She was not planning to investigate anything. She had no intention of making friends. And she definitely wasn't going to develop feelings about a dragon.
Then someone turned up dead.
Spells and Suspects: Maple's barely off the Tube platform when Brightstone Bay serves up its first murder. She's not a SNOOPS agent anymore. This is not her problem. She is absolutely going to make it her problem.
Spells and Secrets: Just when Maple is getting used to her unwanted new life, another SNOOPS exile arrives at Moonshine Manor — and his story has more holes in it than her pension plan. Someone knows more than they're saying about why agents keep getting sent to Brightstone Bay, and Maple is done pretending she's not suspicious.
Spells and Shadows: When the notoriously grumpy judge of Brightstone Bay's Potion Fair turns up dead mid-competition, Maple is already on stage in a sparkly cape she did not agree to wear. She's just the emcee. She's just asking a few questions. Sure she is.
Cozy, funny, and full of heart — perfect for fans of paranormal mysteries with slow-burn romance, found family, and familiars who are entirely too smug about being right all the time.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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