Crack Boston defense attorney David Cavanaugh returns to the courtroom when the daughter of a Japanese businessman who controls a multibillion-dollar empire is killed and David's protege is accused of her murder.

As mystery sleuth and scrapbooker extraordinaire Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava arrive at Medusa Mansion to meet with a client to discuss converting the mansion into a haunted house, they are shocked when said client falls from a tower window in a burst of flames.

When Santa fails to show at the latte tasting party he inspired, Clare Cosi heads out into a snowstorm only to find him gunned down in a nearby alley. Who killed Santa, and why was he on someone's naughty list?

Pennyfoot Hotel manager Cecily Baxter joyfully decks the halls and common rooms for the upcoming Christmas holiday until a former employee lands facedown in the duck pound. His ex-wife and current Pennyfoot maid is accused of murder, putting a damper on the decorating plans.

When chocolate shop manager Lee Woodyard finds her Aunt Nettie standing over the body of a dead detective with the murder weapon in her hand, Lee takes action. Soon the women find even their own husbands are keeping secrets in this delicious whodunit.

When the owner of a popular microbrewery is accused of killing the town drunk who accused her of being a witch, local sleuth and owner of the Crewel World needlework shop is soon on the case in this Halloween-themed cozy mystery.