E1: WHO SHOT LIBERTY’s VALENCE by Ed Teja

Dropped January 10, 2025

Private Investigator Matt Cramer is on a hot case, doing a solid for his buddy Harry and his insurance company on an arson case. Matt knows it’s somebody in the lab with an accelerant and fire.  He needs our help with the ‘somebody.’ Here’s his shallow suspect pool, in the order we met them:

• Paul Larson, former Liberty researcher turned entrepreneur with ValenceTech
• Alexa Holder, investment manager who is reeling in the investors
• Randy Cline, vaccine researcher upon whose work ValenceTech is built
• Leslie Ellis, former animal assistant who mistrusted the group’s ethics
• Josh Walker, influencer and anit-vaxxer looking for a conspiracy

E2: GOING TO THE DOGS by Bonnar Spring

Dropped January 24, 2025

Mamie may have figured out what’s going on but Evan definitely needs our help to unpack this dognapping caper for his grandfather, Gordon. Here are the suspects, in the order we met them:

• Bonnie, the daily housekeeper with a dog of her own
• Lou, the down on his luck musician turned chauffeur and handy man
• Paul, the cousin with a checkered past
• Janice Dobosh, the real estate agent who swears she had an appointment

E3: WILL THE REAL JOHN SHADY PLEASE STAND UP by TG Wolff

Dropped February 7, 2025

Eleanor Shady is dying. Don’t worry, it’s natural causes. She is leaving her sizeable estate to the nephew she hasn’t seen since they took a vacation to Iceland thirty years ago. The child has grown…but into which of the three men claiming to be John Shady. Here are our candidates, in the order we met them:

• John Chicago, the impatient John who leads with attitude
• John Spokane, the John whose spirit animal is Eeyore
• John Sarasota, the sunny John who would be fun to have an umbrella drink with

E4: THE LAST DIAMOND by Kathleen Marple Kalb

Dropped February 21, 2025

Detective Connie Mercado has landed a gem of a case and needs our help. Miss Susan Sawyer was about to auction her prized diamond when she discovered the ring in the vault was a fake. Here is a list of the people Miss Sawyer reported had access to the ring:

• Allison Boatwright, assistant at the auction house, sheltered, pampered, rudderless
• Everett Goodwin, auction house director, butt kissing twerp
• Dana Jones-Stann, accountant, keeper of the safe deposit box keys

E5: CLIPPED by Robert J. Binney

Dropped March 7, 2025

Henri Beauchamp, hairdresser extraordinaire, is honor-bound to investigate the burglary of Grace McCluskey’s wedding purse. Henri may have a certificate but he needs our help to tease out this whodunnit. Here is who he has met, in the order presented:

• Annie DiChrono, Grace’s best friend and maid of honor
• Sean McCluskey III, eldest brother and father of the bride, a high-end family businessman
• Fr. Pat McCluskey, youngest brother, priest, and poor poker player
• Captain Frank McCluskey, middle brother, too honest to work undercover
• Flash Masterson, wedding photographer burned by McCluskey in a business deal
• Pam Burns, wedding caterer accused of the theft
• Abigail McCluskey, Frank’s ex-wife who attended the wedding
• Tony Ladro, a junior level broker and the groom

E6: SAFE HAVEN by Jason Little

Dropped Part 1 March 21 & Part 2 April 4, 2025

Part 1

Part 2

Barrett Turner needs our help like few others have. The elusive figurehead Sampic and his loyal SampicKnights are determined to kill Davey if Barrett can’t stop the insanity. Here are the people Barrett’s interacted with today:

• Nelson Kessler, current police chief, and former best friend
• Betty Lou Turner, Barrett’s mother and social media fanatic
• Irene Van Horten, current FBI agent, and crazy ex-girlfriend
• Kaleb Hempstead, mail carrier who rescued Davey after his mother died

E7: OPERA DINNER CLUB by Debra H. Goldstein

Dropped April 18, 2025

Jessica Rothman is close to discovering who betrayed her grandparents, Helen and Wilhelm Rothman, to the Nazi’s but she needs our help to figure out who from the final dinner party betrayed them. Here is the list, in the order we met them:

• Melinda Brooks, smuggler, last of the party remaining
• Albert Brooks, professor, opposed to Melinda’s activities
• Lloyd Edgerton, armament dealer, opposed to Victoria’s activities
• Victoria Edgerton, smuggler, Melinda’s usual partner
• Marta Schmidt, servant to Helen’s parents, now living with the Rothmans
• Hans Schmidt, servant to Helen’s parents, now living with the Rothmans
• Bernard Schmidt, son to the Schmidts, working at times as a servant to the Rothmans
• Ari, Jewish man working to get children out of Austria

E8: ACE OF HEARTS by Margaret S. Hamilton

Dropped May 2, 2025

Calliope Hebert is on a tight timeline with no room for error. She needs our help if she’s going to find the flash drive and save her mother. There are the potential locations for the flash drive:

• House of Rising Sun Dress sign, outside the door to Mama’s apartment
• Krewe stiletto heel, in the dining room on the shelves
• Pin cushion, kept on Mama’s bedside table
• Wedding photo, kept on Mama’s table
• Lipstick tube, given by Mama’s sister
• Broken flashlight, stored in Mama’s bedroom

E9: The Florida Man Cometh by Jim Winter

Dropped May 16, 2025

Teasdale’s early morning response to an abandoned school bus has turned into a scavenger hunt for a Florida man gone AWOL. Which one of the three party animals is missing Florida man James Floren?

• Trashcan Man, who is now unnaturally bald
• Unicorn Man, who bounced his head off at least one windshield
• Pacer Man, who managed to get a car stuck on a roller coaster

E10: Graciela’s Gifts by KM Rockwood

Dropped May 30, 2025

Graciela doesn’t know who to trust as she tries to suss who is behind the large-scale theft. Lucky for her, she has us. Here is everyone currently on her “do not trust” list, in the order we met them:

• Cooper Reynes, security expert, hired to stop Graciela’s inventory losses
• Michelle, Graciela’s friend and first employee, she needs money to help her sister with medical bills
• Raoul, Graciela’s second employee, he works hard to keep the store neat
• Jocelyn, a recent hire, she came from Cooper’s recommended agency
• Livvy, a recent hire, she also came from Cooper’s recommended agency
• Officer Bronkin, investigating similar thefts at other stores
• Noah, custodian for the strip mall, has access to all the stores
• Giggling girl, customer, left her wallet in among the pugs

E11: Hookwinked and Bamboozled by TG Wolff

Dropped June 13, 2025

Kelly may have a clue but Grant and Alistair can use our help. There is no question that Charles “Tink” Teasling invented the Tinkinator 93. This is no question that Henry Brown, Tink’s brother-in-law produced it. The question is who orchestrated did the design getting from Tink to Brown? Here are the suspects in the order we met them:

• Minnie Teasling Brown, Tink’s caretaking sister and Brown’s silent partner
• Roger Schmidt, investment banker and Tink’s neighbor
• Alexander Bogart, mechanical fabricator and Tink’s renter
• Henry Brown, mechanical fabricator and Tink’s brother-in-law

E12: Detective Connolly Gets Down ‘n’ Dirty by Jack Wolff

Dropped June 27, 2025

Detective Connolly is up to his eyebrows in another bird-brained investigation. As always, he needs our help if he’s going to catch Picante and earn his supper. Here are the places rattling through Connolly’s brain where Picante could be hiding:

• His house, because a home is a castle
• The airstrip, because it’s big
• The chicken coop, because Conquistador needs his Papa

E13: The Butterfly Stroke Effect by Ken Harris

Dropped July 11, 2025

Sally Bones DeLuca is convinced the arrest of a swimmer was really a strike at him. He has a few tigers by the tail but he’s still not sure which one set him up to fall. Let’s see what we can do to help him get back on the Don’s good side. Here are the suspects he’s considered in the order of appearance:

• Harper Underhill, the American swimmer busted for magic mushrooms
• Fedir Belinsky, head of the Russian mob
• Tony Accardo, Sally’s right hand man
• Vladya “Swiss” Zinczenko, unretired Russian mob associate
• Boban, Serbian baggage handler claims to have bet big against Underhill.

E14: The Bounty Hunger by Karina Bartow

Dropped July 25

Griffin and his newest partner, Robin, have their heads spinning about the stolen tart recipe. We can give them a helping hand in exchange for the slice of the pie. Here are the players in the order we meet them:

• Pascal Roux, celebrity chef and victim of the theft
• Edwin McAvoy, Roux’s attorney
• Joelle Roux, the ex-wife
• Yasmine Lambert, former contestant and current cast member
• Jasper Albright, Roux’s dishwasher
• Wallace Eddington, ticked off publisher

E15: The Joker is Wild by Debra H. Goldstein

Dropped August 8

The Mah Jongg players are putting on their sleuthing hats to protect one of their own. Cathy Hegji is accused of stealing from her fellow Sunshine Village residents. To save her from the heartbreak of eviction, they need to spot the real wolf in sheep’s clothing. Here are their suspects in the order we meet them:

• Harold Hartman, the mean poker player who is playing the victim
• Bernie, the nice poker player who Lu grew up with
• Michael, the nearly blind poker player whose career was rare books
• Jerry, Michael’s grandson who visits frequently
• Betsey Morris, Executive Director of Sunshine Village

E16: The First Report Is Seldom Right by Larry M. Keeton

Dropped August 22

Drake has a hot one on his hands and needs our help to put the pieces together on this arson case. (Then maybe Cassandra will keep hiring him.) Here are the people on his suspect list in the order we meet them:

• Jack Phillips, owner of the house and disgruntled claimant
• Commissioner Donna Russell, the Hummer-driving road hog
• Teresa Kamps, HOA president who lives across from Phillips
• Rachel Quinn, the Fire Marshall recently promoted to Code Compliance

E17: Was It the Vermeer? by Erica Obey

Dropped September 5

Art appraiser Maggie Thomas is sent out to Phelps Hall to appraise an icon of St. Dismas that has been reported as missing. She has thieves to the left of her, nuns to the right, and she needs our help to clear this holy rolling path. Who is the thief known as Dismas? Here are the suspects in the order we met them:

• Dr. Thomas, a canon lawyer
• Mr. Barry Wolf, owner of The Wolf Group, art appraisers and Maggie’s boss
• Sr. Scholastica, caretaker of the Phelps treasury
• Fr. Hugh Sinclair, investigator for the Vatican Museum
• Mr. Alexi Rublev, real estate developer and main investor in the Wolf group a

E18: Slow Burn by Chuck Brownman

Dropped September 19

A manufacturing plant has been set ablaze by an arsonist…but who hired him? That’s what Detective Ron Larsen and insurance company investigator Joey Ross, reluctant partners, have to figure out! Here are the suspects in the order we’ve met them:

• Officer Connie Schick, a relatively new police officer
• Frank Buckingham, Buckingham Manufacturing’s Chief Executive Officer
• Lydia Buckingham, Frank’s daughter and a Vice President of Buckingham Manufacturing
• Don Carter, the company’s Chief Operating Officer
• Ashlie, Frank Buckingham’s assistant
• Bill “Red” Delaney, the head of United Manufacturing Workers Local 157

E19: Have You Seen This Body? by TG Wolff

Dropped October 3 and October 17

Part 1

Part 2

Reginald “Reggie” Couture died of natural causes (effing cancer). His family and friends in Bonbanni, LA buried him in their tradition to allow the spirit to cross over. When two days later, Reggie’s body came back to Bonbanni, it was clear to Lt. Pierre-Luc Fonteneau, known to all as Mystic, the Reggie’s body had been snatched. As Mystic as his team work to find the grave robber, Reggie’s body is again kidnapped. Now, Mystic has his hands full with Reggie and his body snatcher on the loose. He needs our help to give Reggie the rest he deserves.

• Heidi Stein Couture, angry widow
• Sebastian Stein, Heidi’s younger brother
• Juan Claude Perez, aka Digger, handyman and treasure hunter
• Edna “Eddie” Pureheart, a modern voodoo priestess

E20: Audubon’s Ghost by Margaret S. Hamilton

Dropped October 31

Lizzie promised Nick a crime-free honeymoon and Five Oaks Bed & Breakfast in St. Francisville, LA looked to be the perfect combination of charming and relaxing. But when their hosts do not return that evening and Lizzie finds a real Audubon painting in her bureau, she may just have broken her first promise as a married woman. Someone wants the painting is willing to menace to get it. Here are the suspects in the order that we met them

• Al McGuire, actor who claimed to be an Australian tourist
• Sam Broussard, professional thief and con artist
• Officer Landry, police officer who saved Ed and Carol
• Tony Robichaux, curator of the Audubon Museum at Oakley Plantation
• Dr. Nakamura, rightful owner of the Audubon watercolors

E21: Karen and the Cul-de-Sac Caper by Kyra Jacobs

Dropped November 14

Karen Nipzjakauff has been the long-standing neighborhood watch over the neighborhood cul-de-sac. While her across-the-street neighbor is out of town, Karen sees a burglar enter the home through a second story window. The police dismiss her but she knows what she saw … and it all comes down to a white Honda Civic (or three). Here are Karen’s Civic driving suspects:

• Sampson Bailey, the newspaper delivery guy who leaves the street smelling like skunk
• Melanie Gunkle, the cleaning lady who doesn’t fit the neighborhood decorum
• Richard Walbaum, the victim who is away on vacation
• Cliff Frazier, the mailman seen hitching rides with Melanie Gunkle
• Theodore Spitznogle, the seventy-eight-year-old on security watch with his ankle in a boot
• Jasper Jenkins, the Pastor Jenkin’s son and passenger whose physique is a better match than his father’s

E22: Toxic by Robert J. Binney

Dropped November 28

Hairdresser extraordinaire Henri Beauchamp is back! This time, he’s using his state license to suss out a cyberbully who is telling lies, sharing secrets, and pitting neighbor against neighbor. After all, if anyone is gonna dish on Bayville’s residents, it’s going to be Henri. Here are his suspects in the order we meet them:

• Verity Bendix, the new Chief in town
• Hope Clementi, Henri’s high school friend and dentist
• Silas Samuelson, DDS, long-time Bayville dentist
• Susan Samuelson, Silas’s wife and part-time receptionist
• Rosé Rucker, new to Bayville, works in a tech field
• Mercedes Benson, leader of the mean girls
• Roger Aringa, disgraced high school teacher

E23: Det Connolly Gets Filmed in 4K by Jack Wolff

Dropped December 12

Detective Connolly is looking to earn another paycheck, this time on Mackinac Island, MI. Husband and father Marvin Young disappeared shortly after he was seen going into an abandoned house. A year later, Danny Slaw is on the island to film a docu-series on the cold case. It doesn’t take Connolly long to figure out something stinks, especially after he gets trapped in the same abandoned house. He knows Slaw is doing something criminal … but what is it? Here are the crimes he suspects:

• Kidnapping, ’cause there’s a missing person
• Smuggling, ’cause there’s a tunnel
• Menacing, ’cause there’s a creepy house
• Coercion, ’cause somethings scaring Silva
• Conspiracy, ’cause Danny isn’t working alone