Cheesehead. Unwed. Hi-LAR-ious amateur sleuth who talks to ‘The Dead!’
LOL, feel-good ANNIE GRACELAND mysteries can be read as STAND ALONES.
CUPCAKES, PIES, & HOMETOWN GUYS
★★★★★ “…blithe and funny contemporary cozy mystery…” Publishers Weekly
Description: When Mom signs me up to be a judge at Wisconsin’s Hometown Guys’ Contest, I envision traveling back home to Oconomowoc for a little R&R.
But some idiot murders our Hometown Guy. The next thing you know I’m up to up to my twitchy eyeballs investigating pageant suspects, dealing with my looney family, and the local detective who’s been crushing on me for years. How bad can this be?
Also available in Print and an Audio book, narrated by Kelly Self. Cupcakes, Pies, and Hometown Guys © 2012 ~~ Pamela DuMond.
CUPCAKES, DIARIES, & ROTTEN INQUIRIES
★★★★★ “I had a ball reading this fast paced, joyous and frothy murder confection.” A. Reviewer
Description: My old college boyfriend Mack ‘the man’ McManus sent me a ‘Friend’ request. I should have said ‘No’ but he gave me a sob story, I’m a wuss, and I said, ‘Yes.’ Big. Mistake.
Mack travels to L.A. for a car show. He shows up at my work uninvited. He wants me to “show him the town.” I can’t shake him. Ew. But someone shakes him – someone runs him over in their car.
Now the neediest ghost in the world has moved in with me. I need to find his murderer and and send him to the Light before my mother arrives in town for Thanksgiving. She didn’t like him all that much when he was alive and that’s not going to change now that he’s dead.
Also available in Print and an Audiobook, narrated by Kelly Self. Cupcakes, Diaries, & Rotten Inquiries © 2015 ~~ Pamela DuMond.
CUPCAKES, BARS, & ROCK STARS
★★★★★ “Better than Bacon! …Annie tries to solve the murder & save her friend & her own sanity!” Chloegirl
Description: Annie and her friends attend the star-studded United Music Awards so her BFF, Julia, can reunite with infamous rock star, SLICE, her teenage crush. But the rocker is murdered during the event and Julia becomes a suspect.
It’s up to Annie to solve the crime before Julia is framed for the deed. It doesn’t help that Slice’s addled ghost haunts her, tagging along on his own, final “magical mystery tour” while she investigates his groupies, the music producer, and members of the band. Can Annie find Slice’s killer before the killer finds her?
ROCK STARS is also available in Print. Cupcakes, Bars, and Rock Stars © 2016 Pamela DuMond
CUPCAKES, BATS, & SCAREDY CATS
★★★★★ “…a laugh out loud, kind of Keystone Cops, adventure…” ChloeGirl
Description: I’m at a Halloween bash when Anthony, my apartment manager, busts into my place and lets the dog and cat out. I’d gladly have murdered him, but someone beats me to the punch.
Now I’m searching my neighborhood for the fur babies in the middle of Halloween madness. Probably for the best I don’t know that my cat and his furry friends are on the case as well.
The ghost of my obnoxious slumlord follows me everywhere. I need to figure out who killed this guy before his murderer sets his sights on others — including me. What could possibly go wrong?
SCAREDY CATS is also available in Print and Audio narrated by L.A. Fogle. Cupcakes, Bats, & Scaredy Cats © 2015 ~~ Pamela DuMond.
CUPCAKES, LIES, & DEAD GUYS
★★★★★ “Move over Sookie and Stephanie! …” ~ Melissa Black Ford, Author
Description: I’m Annie Graceland — a Midwestern baker with a pinch of psychic ability living in the City of Angels. When Dr. Derrick Fuller — the self-help guru to ‘the Stars’ as well as the man who ruined my marriage is murdered with a poisoned cupcake — I’m suddenly a suspect.
My marriage tanks and my baking business hits the skids. But the frosting on the cake is when Fuller’s ghost haunts me, nagging me to find his murderer. Now I’m infiltrating the lives of actors, producers, and other goofy Hollywood elites. What could possibly go wrong?
DEAD GUYS is also available in Print and Audio narrated by C. Aurora DeBlas. Cupcakes, Lies, & Dead Guys © 2010 ~~ Pamela DuMond.
CUPCAKES, SIGNS, & VALENTINES – A Novella
★★★★★ “…It has it all – humor, romance, murder, and a finicky cat…” Mystery Maven
Description:
I squeeze into my not-so-little red dress because I’m meeting my handsome detective boyfriend, Raphael, for Valentine’s dinner at a cute trattoria. When my cat, Theodore pulls his ‘I’m a finicky eater’ act, I detour to the pet store to buy him something yummy.
I’m in the cat food aisle staring at the ugliest cat carrier I’ve ever seen when I hear gunshots. A panicked, lost, black cat, is skittering toward the front door.
I do what any sensible person would: I tackle the cat. I rip my dress. I lug that cat around in the ugliest carrier trying to find his owner. But the only guy that will help me is the ghost of the man who was just murdered…
Cupcakes, Signs, & Valentines – A Novella was originally published as Trouble’s Crummy Valentine’s Day by Kalioka Press in 2020. Copyright © 2020 by Pamela DuMond. “Trouble” the cat character is the creative property of Carolyn Haines.
CUPCAKES, SALES, & COCKTAILS
★★★★★ “…kept me laughing while solving the murder of a snobby sales lady at an upscale clothing store.” J. Boyd
Description:
Getting divorced has taken its toll. On a good day I’m a mess in a dress, on a bad one I look like I’ve been dumpster diving. My BFFs drag me shopping to Snotsky’s Department Store where I meet Edith Flowers the meanest sales lady in the world.
But someone meaner than Edith murders her. Now her ghost follows me from ‘Ladies Lingerie’ to ‘Cocktail Attire’ nagging me to bring her murderer to justice. Can I find Edith’s killer or will I be stuck wearing sweats for the rest of my disheveled life?
COCKTAILS is also available in Print and in Audio narrated by Kelly Self. Cupcakes, Sales, & Cocktails © 2011 ~~ Pamela DuMond.
CUPCAKES, PAWS, & BAD SANTA CLAUS
★★★★★ “”Fun Holiday Story for any time of the year.” Tinkertoy Reviewer.
Description:
It’s the Christmas Holiday season but I’m not feeling all that ‘Fa-la-la.’. My BFF drags me to the mall for some cheer but getting hit on by tipsy Bad Santa doesn’t put me in a better mood. I volunteer to cater desserts for Sweet Paws Animal Charity event but I wasn’t planning on dressing up as Mrs. Claus.
I also wasn’t planning on some idiot murdering Bad Santa. Now his tipsy ghost follows me everywhere. But because every holiday story deserves “It’s a Wonderful Life” ending — it falls on me to find the killer before the ‘Bad Guy’ strikes again.
BAD SANTA’s also available in Print and Audio narrated by Kelly Self. Cupcakes, Paws, & Bad Santa Claus © 2014 ~~ Pamela DuMond.
MURDER, MAISEY, & OOPSI-DAISIES
★★★★★ “…love this series which is a bit of froth, sweetness and a touch of spooky! ” Barbara Bacchus
Description:
I’m interviewing with nice-guy, Silicon Beach millionaire Mason Callaway to cater the desserts at his birthday bash. His name can open doors and I really want this gig. So, I go for it. I pop on Instagram and research his foodie posts. I spend hours concocting confections for him to taste.
I wait at a microbrewery to meet up with him when a Boho-styled brunette clutching a beer trips on her six-inch platforms. She hurtles through the air, drenches me in pale ale, and lands on the pastry box filled with my desserts, flattening them. There is chocolate — everywhere.
“Oopsi-daisies,” she says. “I’m Maisey.”
Turns out, Maisey is Mason’s ex-girlfriend and she’s been semi-stalking him for a while now. He implored her to stop. She tried but she can’t. He filed a temporary restraining order. Ha-ha! She doesn’t care.
In a weird twist of fate –I still get the catering gig. What could possibly go wrong?
Murder, Maisey, & Oopsi-Daisies © 2022 ~~ Pamela DuMond. All rights reserved.
