Book 9 in the award-winning Charlie Kingsley Mystery series! Releasing in 2026

You would think being invited to a high end Mardi Gras masquerade party would be a cause of excitement.

But not when two of your closest friends are not speaking to you.

Nevertheless, Charlie Kingsley decides to get dressed up and attend anyway. Maybe after everyone has had a few drinks, they’ll be more willing to mend fences.

Of course, that was before one of the guests drop dead. And a sudden winter storm keeps the cops from arriving…and everyone else from leaving.

Can Charlie discover which guest is masquerading as a killer before anyone else dies?

Meet Charlie. Also known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series.

She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin. If you love a no-nonsense amateur sleuth, quirky characters, pets, small town deadly secrets and a touch of romance, the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries may be your next favorite cozy mystery series.

For fans of Agatha Christie (especially Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot), Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines), Aurora Teagarden by Charlaine Harris, Books by Maddie Day and Murder She Wrote.

All the Charlie Kingsley books can be read as a standalone (but you might enjoy them more if you read them in order).