Books published by Amy M. Reade

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.

ΓÇïDaisy Carruthers moved to Washington, DC, from New York City following an emotionally draining murder investigation, little knowing she would soon be involved in two more. But when her boss and her best friend come under suspicion for killing two adulterous lovers, Daisy has no choice but to help when they ask. ΓÇïAnd when she comes across a diary and an old dime novel with suspiciously similar stories and unknown origins, she knows all the mysteries are somehow connected.Can she figure out the identity of the killer--or killers--before it's too late?ΓÇïCan she figure out the identity of the killer--or killers--before it's too late?

When Lilly Carlsen goes into work on the busiest shopping day of the year to find a dead body on the floor of her jewelry shop, she knows the holidays are about to get complicated.Juniper Junction, Colorado, is not some gun-slinging Wild West outpost; it’s a tony resort town where people come to get away from it all. And as President of the Chamber of Commerce, it’s Lilly's job to make sure that happens.   But add two teenagers, a failing parent, and a deadbeat ex-husband to the mix, and it’s beginning to look a lot like chaos.And when Lilly becomes Suspect Number One in two murders, she's going to have to figure out what's going on in Juniper Junction before she becomes the next victim.