Books in the The Juniper Junction Holiday Mystery series

Summer is getting hotter in Juniper Junction, Colorado.There's a firebug on the loose, the townspeople are nervous, and Lilly Carlsen, single mom to two teenagers, has even more to worry about. She's in charge of the Independence Day celebration, her mother's mental health is declining, and her son is getting ready to leave for college.But things are about to get even hotter: when a bistro owner dies at the celebration and Lilly's best friend is charged with murder, events start hitting close to home. It's up to Lilly to help clear her friend's name while at the same time dealing with her mom's worsening forgetfulness as well as a coming-of-age issue under her own roof.

Halloween is just around the corner and the goblins are out in force in Juniper Junction. A crotchety merchant, a malicious next-door neighbor, and some ghoulish trick-or-treaters are causing hair-raising problems for Lilly Carlsen''s boyfriend, Hassan Ashraf, and things are about to get much worse.When Hassan finds himself at the center of a police investigation following the deaths of two of his tormentors just days apart, Lilly is ready to help in any way she can to bring the real fiends to justice.But with Lilly''s daughter having trouble adjusting to college, her mother continuing a downward spiral into dementia, and possible romantic strife on the horizon between Lilly''s brother and her best friend, Lilly''s Halloween is beginning to look especially frightful.