Books published by Cornelia Goddin

A missing girl. An expat amateur sleuth. And a whole lot of croissants.Meet Molly Sutton, 38 years old and out of work, who moves to the French village of Castillac to recover from the end of her marriage. She's looking for peace, beautiful gardens, and pastry-but she's barely gotten over jet-lag when a local girl goes missing. In between getting her old ramshackle house in order and reveling in French food, Molly ends up embroiled in the case, along with the gendarmes of Castillac. And unlike the Nancy Drews she loved as a child, this mystery stirs up emotions she thought had been put to rest..and terrifies the residents of her beloved village.

A man so despised, everyone who met him wanted to kick him downstairs. Or worse.News of Bernard's murder brings cheers throughout the Dordogne. A dysfunctional family, feuding neighbors, disgruntled business associates: Molly and Ben are up to their eyeballs with potential perpetrators.With a wedding to plan, Molly's up against a tight deadline, yet the list of suspects keeps getting longer. And then there's the shadowy figure stalking her through the streets of Castillac...

A disturbed wife. A nanny. And a pack of cowardly, lying friends.Simon Valette, a cultured and successful Parisian, moves his family to Castillac looking for peace and quiet. Before they've had a chance to settle in, someone is found murdered in their library. Molly and Ben work double-time to disentangle all the lies--including those told by their own friends. Will they manage to trap the killer before another victim trusts the wrong person and winds up dead?

June, 2007. Castillac appears calm, even serene. Roses spill over stone walls, the Saturday market is overflowing. Villagers are lulled into feeling safe and secure.But a dark corruption is spreading underneath the surface. Unbeknownst to anyone but those involved, the village has been infiltrated from within and without. And Molly Sutton, the best detective in town, has her eye off the ball as she juggles her gîte business along with planning her best friend's wedding.A shocking murder shatters the illusion of peace, and Molly and Ben jump into action. This time around, the more they investigate, the longer the list of suspects grows. Will Sutton/Dufort Investigations find the killer before he or she finds them?An Official Killing is the seventh book in the Molly Sutton Mystery series. (If you read the series in order, you'll enjoy character and relationship development, but the mysteries are standalone.) If expertly woven cozy mysteries, small-town life, and detectives with a taste for French food are your thing, Nell Goddin's tales of murder will be right up your street.Come follow the twists and turns of the case along with Molly--get your copy of An Official Killing today!

Happy Valentine's Day! Well, maybe not so much…Molly Sutton's B&B is jam-packed for the holiday, but whatever romance is in the air is quickly snuffed out when somebody turns up dead. In addition to worrying that one of her remaining guests is a killer, Molly's not feeling tip-top and spends more time napping than sleuthing. That's no way to catch a murderer!Murder on Vacation is the sixth book of the Molly Sutton Mystery series. (Each mystery is standalone, though the relationships develop over the course of the series.) If you like page-turning cozy mysteries, rich characters, and a peek into French village life, you'll love Nell Goddin's tale of murder and duplicity.

A dead Baron. A missing emerald. And way too many suspects.Amateur sleuth Molly Sutton has her hands full this time! Shut out of Castillac's latest murder case andrunning out of money, she's praying for a brilliant scheme or at least some dumb luck to strike. Believing good food can be the solution to almost any problem, she comes up with a culinary idea designed to stave off financial disaster-and finds that even a perfect meal can end up a flop.As for the poor late Baron, once Molly manages to get inside the Château, she quickly pokes her nose where it doesn't belong. But looking for clues and uncovering secrets is a risky business, and this time Molly ends up with her own life in danger.The Château Murder is the fifth book in the Molly Sutton Mystery series. If you like page-turning mysteries that keep you guessing, a small town setting filled with characters you'll feel like you know, and pastry galore, you'll love Nell Goddin's latest cozy with a dash of psychological intrigue.Put the puzzle pieces together along with Molly and see if you can guess who killed Baron Marcel de Fleuray!

A beautiful corpse. Zero clues. Peace in Castillac shattered once more. When another native of the French village is found dead, Molly and the gendarmes are stumped. Complicating matters, Ben is hired to defend Molly's prime suspect. Uh oh, mixing romance with detective work can be a dangerous business…or at least, it can lead to some unsteady conclusions. Will Molly figure out where she's gone wrong in time to nail the killer? Or will her scheme to unmask the murderer at Lawrence's disco birthday party fall apart?(This book was originally published as Red for Love.)

What if Valerie is still alive?Virtually no one in the village of Castillac holds out any hope. It has been seven years, after all. Seven years since the popular, mischievous Valerie Boutillier disappeared without a trace. The exertions of the gendarmes, led by Chief Dufort, yielded almost no clues, and his failure to solve the case had been one of the main reasons he quit the force.But then a shred of evidence appears. It might be nothing. But Molly Sutton isn't afraid to grab hold of it and take it as far as she can.Will a shred be enough? And if Valerie is still alive, how will Molly and Ben ever find her in time?

A widow in a mansion. Dark secrets. And poison, deadly poison.After amateur detective Molly Sutton stumbles on a dead body, she wastes no time before eavesdropping and elbowing her way into conversations all over the French village of Castillac. But when Chief Dufort is about to clap handcuffs on the wrong man, she's got to do more than chat to save him. Will she have the stuff-and the skill-to pull it off? The Luckiest Woman Ever is the second book in the Molly Sutton Mystery series. (Though you learn more about Molly and her friends reading the books in order, the mysteries are standalone.) If expertly woven cozy mysteries, characters with depth, and detectives with a taste for French food are your thing, Nell Goddin's tales of murder will be right up your alley.Come follow the twists and turns of the case along with Molly--get your copy of The Luckiest Woman Ever today!

Get inside the dark and twisted mind of a desperate woman consumed with not letting anyone know her business.Feel what it's like to be haunted by mocking voices, pushing you to do the unthinkable.Caroline Crowe seems to have everything. The penthouse apartment on Park Avenue, the clothes, the art...from the outside, her life looks perfect.On the inside, it's another story.Caroline lies awake at night devising the perfect murder. She brings her obsessive brilliance to the job, weighing the best options and savoring the details. Telling herself it's just for fun, just a way to pass the sleepless nights.But when her brother begins therapy and threatens to start revealing the family secrets, those plans become more than just a way to deal with insomnia.You're only as sick as your secrets. And Caroline's never, ever going to tell.