Novels
The Puzzle (Samantha Jamison Mystery #1)
Not satisfied by the authorities’ cut-and-dried non-answers, Samantha takes matters into her own hands under the cover of being the grieving widow who wants nothing more than to start over by opening an antique shop to solve a death, her husband’s.
Without Any Warning (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #2)
GOING OLD SCHOOL: Author, Samantha Jamison rents a boardwalk beach house at the Jersey shore for R&R and to write, wishful thinking. She has no clue what’s about to happen next. Without any warning, utter chaos takes over when her old college roommate, Mona, shows up at her door unannounced, as do a string of non-stop guests. Sam is then swept up in a new puzzle linking the FBI, Mafia, and a secretive CD everyone is after. Sam must find it first or she’ll end up like her husband, Stephen—dead. What is on the disc that puts Sam in jeopardy? Why does everyone think she has it, including her friend, Mona? Is she lying too? Mayhem abounds in this fast-paced and hilarious mystery sequel with its non-stop, effortless tongue-in-cheek exposés..
86 Avenue Du Goulet (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #3)
A friend of Samantha’s, Martine, calls to tell Sam something is afoot in her French Riviera neighborhood. “Come quick!” she pleads. Sam had just finished writing her latest mystery novel and her schedule was clear. Why not visit and help her friend out? So Sam rents the villa next door to find out exactly what is going on. The two-story stone French villa built in the 1950s has rambling, mysterious gardens and pathways, which come with an intriguing past that soon plays into the mystery. Sam becomes swept up in villa’s history, misdirection, hostility, threats, and secrecy, including a French gardener, a cat lady, and the house of red light across the way.
A Lethal Time (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #4)
From the first page, this slowly unfolding mystery grabs hold of you. Yet the laughs slide in with ease, as this impossible, yet plausible tale latches onto you and doesn’t let up until that last page with Peggy’s shocking, cliffhanger ending. Sam travels to Sanbornton, New Hampshire with Clay to house sit for a friend, and for a romantic getaway, just the two of them. Little did she know, that CRAZY was about to happen with an odd phone call in the early morning hours. The stranger’s voice on the line said, “Hey, someone stole my woods, and I need your help!”
Mouth Of The Rat (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #5)
Out of the blue, Samantha’s friend, Mona, calls. She was frantic. “Marco is dead! Sam, come quick!” Sam is speechless. …Who is Marco? After arriving, Sam finds out Mona’s deceased husband, Marco was desperate to do whatever he could to protect his antique car collection from his former wife. So Marco marries Mona, before he is killed by some nefarious people he’s dealt with, giving Mona the legal right to protect his car collection after his demise, which his former wife is hell bent on taking, maybe even willing to kill for to get it. But there is one major negative; this was Florida, a senior haven. Sam’s too young to blend in, pry into the details, and interview witnesses without causing suspicion. So who can help Sam before Mona is next on the kill list? Who was the rat with the kiss of death?
Death Knell In The Alps (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #6)
Clay invites Sam on an expense-free skiing trip to the Swiss Alps then is mysteriously absent upon her arrival. But suspicion soon kicks in when this unusual invite turns into intrigue with a creepy in-your-face message that was left hanging in Sam’s shower the day of her arrival at the hotel. Like many times before, it’s usually the why that always draws Sam in, as she soon realizes this would be no ordinary vacation.
Clay reveals a shadowy past, which involves treachery, attempted murder, and spies with his own questions. As a young US spy, why was Clay’s grandfather assassinated during World War II? Many years later, as an investigative reporter, why did Clay’s own father decide to look intohis father’s death? Clay has his suspicions about all of it.
No Hope In New Hope (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #7)
This romantic rendezvous to New Hope was too convenient. We’re staying with who? No B&B? So in spite of one cagey, fine-looking gumshoe and this unexpected invite from friends of his, I’m skeptical. Of course, I’m suspicious of just about everything to begin with: hence the mystery novelist in me constantly stumbling into another situation that didn’t necessarily serve my best interests.
The Lush Life (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #8)
“Edelheit’s style is once again engaging and fast-paced,” in The Lush Life. After selling their art gallery to someone else, Clay learns his friends, Alicia and Chris Worth are thinking of leaving New Hope, while taking a trip to Europe for a month to collect some personal art. Clay is considering buying their big stone house. “A whole lot of hilarious,” soon begins when Clay is suddenly called away on some undercover detective case, Clay promises them Sam would babysit their house, while they are gone. As an incentive, they offered Sam a cash bonus and a chance to livethe lush life to sway her decision. Sam is left with one big question would Sam survive it?
“In this team-based mystery novel, with instantly lovable, quirky characters,” Sam soon finds herself left alone with the ladies to babysit the big house until Clay gets back, a fact she reconciles is likely not that bad a deal when she considers it how luxurious a lifestyle she’d be living.
Too Close For Comfort (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #9)
Samantha is back in physical rehab from her latest mystery and is approached by a potential client that leads her & her sleuthing cohorts back in time 10 years, back to a journal of hers to solve a mystery involving the present near an area known as the “Pine Barrens.” When sparks and innuendo fly between her & Tony, a new addition to the crew, it becomes Too Close For Comfort and more!
Saving Sindia (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #10)
Samantha gets caught between her own personal journal and an Historical mystery that have parallels to help her discover what made her into what she is today while delving into this mystery that is decades old.
Diamonds Are Not A Girl’s Best Friend (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #11)
This book is based on a true problem in the Diamonds industry. Sam ends up in a double-blind conspiracy in a gem of a mystery, involving antique canes and counterfeit diamonds after discovering the death of a friend of hers, a famous French chef with a bloody cane next to his body. Who killed him? Why?
Write Yourself Out Of This One (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #12)
This mystery will be hard to put down once you begin.
An unpredictable, captivating mystery that draws in not only Sam, but the reader as well, as page after page of strange, threatening incidents begin to take place that make no sense at all.
Confusion, misdirection, and red herrings seem to be popping up everywhere. Why the funereal death threats with a timeline attached to them suddenly appear at her front door? Why the challenge to write herself out of something she knows nothing about?
Suspect (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #13)
A week after solving a mystery Sam’s crew is already bored and itching for the next one. And thanks to her mailman, there could be one right next door at the horse farm. How convenient!?Suspect: an unknown thief, an irate knife-wielding chef, an artist accused of murder, a hired hand, new and old neighbors, a dubious assistant, a dead woman, and what might be buried next door.?And it seems Sam’s security is threatened again. What neighbors are tied up in this mystery??Something odd is going on in Sam’s neighborhood, and she’s determined to find out what it is.?This 13th mystery is both historic and hilarious, once Sam and the seniors decide to get involved with unpredictable consequences that are not only comical, but border on the other-worldly.
Where There’s Smoke… (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #14)
This mystery has it all! The publishing industry, a mysterious death, arson, blackmail, death by omission, revenge, jealousy, humor, and surprise twists as Sam, lie by lie, unravels the truth.?Almost identical in looks, Samantha dyes her hair brunette then switches places and goes undercover to a lakeside cabin as a decoy for her latest client. Author, Lauren Bennet is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who also happens to be her own agent and publisher. The only thing Sam has to go on is Lauren’s diary and the mysterious death of Lauren’s aunt at that lake. Murder is afoot as that diary, its backstory, and Sam’s real-time investigation unfold. But then when Lauren suddenly disappears, mysteries begin to surface involving the past, present, and the future.
The Secrets Within (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #15)
Were all those rumors of hidden secrets, hauntings, tragedy, etc… true about the Maison??What else had Marie, F.R. LLC’s rep really hired Sam to find besides that manuscript??Why had Marie mysteriously taken off for 2 weeks, leaving it all up to Sam and crew??What did Marie mean when she tasked Sam to find the secrets within?
Shadows of Doubt (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #16)
Who had left this in my mailbox? The attached note echoed the same puzzling message I had received the day before in a text: Who’s lying? Why send this thick journal to me? What was the motive? It didn’t matter, did it? Nosy as all get out, I untied the strap, to reveal a neatly penned old-school manuscript that began to chronicle a decades-old mystery, a cold case that was never solved, called Shadows of Doubt. It was filled with innuendo and suspicions from unnamed sources, mysterious characters, and an undeniable sense of foreboding that leapt off the pages as this anonymous author painted a vivid portrait of a mystery that once held the town of Highlands, North Carolina captive, only to be forgotten with the passage of time. And as I came to the last of it, my eyes widened in surprise. The last chapter was numbered and titled: Who’s Lying? But the rest of it was a total blank.
Shades of Intrigue (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #17)
The unexpected buzz of my phone had caught me off guard as Barbara’s name flashed across its screen. She had moved to Boca Raton, Florida. Hearing from her so soon after she moved from Highlands, North Carolina following her husband’s passing was a complete surprise.?Her urgent plea for help ignited a flurry of action, rekindling the almost dormant embers of our last mystery-solving, to move on to the next, which I now referred to us as; and what has become our trademark: the fast and curious.?Plans were then swiftly implemented for us to leave my inherited and restored French Maison, our new home headquarters in northeast Georgia in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Money Money Money (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #18)
Finally feeling ready to tackle another day, I decided to head out and check the mailbox for our mail. What I wasn’t expecting, however, was another mystery waiting for me right outside my front door when I opened it. I froze in place, staring down at it. “What the…?”?This puzzler came complete with its own set of luggage, too.?I frowned, looking at all of those pieces, and trust me, there were a lot of them.?We had flown in from Florida, landed at Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and arrived here late last night. There was no way these bags were here when we dragged our own personal luggage across this very spot.?Wait a minute… could this be related to that blocked call I took in Florida, the one that ended with a loud gasp before hanging up on me??I looked down again. No luggage tags, no ID indicators, nothing.
The Collector (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #19)
The phone rang, sharp and insistent, cutting through the silence of the night. I glanced at the clock—11:43 PM. Too late for a casual call.?“Hello?” I answered groggily.?“Samantha Jamison?” a woman’s voice came through, shaky and panicked. “…I’m so sorry to call so late. I grabbed your card on his desk; didn’t know who else to reach out to—”?“Who is this? Whose desk?” I asked, blinking away sleep.?“I’m Felicity Shaw, Alistair Davenport’s assistant. I just left his residence located off the main road to Highlands. I… I’m afraid something terrible has happened. He seems to be missing!”?The name jolted me fully awake. “Wait, hold on. Alistair Davenport? The legendary art collector?” He had a rumored reputation of surreptitiously buying and selling artifacts and artwork, while maintaining a close network of mysterious sources. Was any of it true??“…Yes!” she stammered. “He’s vanished. I’ve been trying to reach him all day, and no one else has heard from him either. Though he’s gone missing, all his art is untouched. But…”?“But what?” I pressed, a chill seeping through me. There was always a but, wasn’t there??“There’s a painting. The last one he acquired—it’s rumored to be a Thomas Cole, but… it’s not officially recognized. No one knows about it except a few close contacts of his. Davenport said it holds a significant secret… something tied to a historical mystery around here locally.”
Phishing (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #20)
Ten years after vanishing without a trace, a once-famous author finally breaks her silence—with a letter sent to Samantha. But it’s not just a plea for help. It’s a trail of breadcrumbs leading into a tangled web of stalking, betrayal, blackmail, and deadly secrets that refuse to stay buried.?What begins as a search for answers spirals into an investigation involving coded journals, mob ties, hidden surveillance, and a publishing empire built on manipulation. With each revelation, Samantha and her team uncover truths no one was meant to find—truths someone is still desperate to protect.?From a secluded mountain cabin to a condo rigged for watching, nothing is as it seems. Because in a world where unsolved mysteries are weapons and the past won’t stay dead, the danger isn’t just who’s lying…?It’s who’s been telling the truth?
Façade (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #21)
From the moment Samantha takes the case, she feels the weight of lies pressing in. The deeper her team digs, the more the glittering world of the Palm Beach area twists into something darker, riddled with secrets no one wants exposed. Hidden surveillance, shadowy patrons, bribery—and anonymous texts that slip in like whispers in the dark, guides or traps, it’s impossible to tell. Every person they meet has their own version of the truth, but the pieces never fit. Behind every polished smile and gallery wall lurks another façade. Another deception. As suspicion and betrayal take root and danger closes in, Sam is left with haunting thoughts: When survival depends on revealing the truth, who—if anyone—can she trust???Someone?
Or no one?
Coming April 1st
Trouble With A Capital T (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #22)
Sam thought she understood power—until she met Trouble with a capital T—Red—who pulls Sam and her team into a high-stakes mystery where nothing stays inert for long. Wi-Fi hums with intention. Lights flicker without cause. Cameras pivot like they’re watching back. Phones, elevators—even silence itself—become suspect. An artificial intelligence has evolved beyond obedience, and once it starts controlling, it starts studying Sam—her patterns, her decisions, the way she thinks… even the way she speaks. As Sam pushes closer to the truth, the mystery begins rewriting itself around her. Who’s really in control now—and who’s feeding it? And before Sam can figure out how to stop the system, there’s one question she can’t escape: will it learn how to survive her first? A fast-paced mystery where surveillance, control, and obsession collide.
Coming October 1st
The Silent Codicil (Samantha Jamison Mystery, #23)
When a retired librarian inherits the unexpected tied to a century-old estate, Sam and her tight-knit circle anticipate forgotten letters and dusty secrets—not a legal landmine capable of getting someone killed. As buried origins, erased identities, and a long-hidden trust surface, the group uncovers the truth behind a scandal—and the descendant its architect tried to protect from beyond the grave. But inheritance is never just about blood. It’s about timing, silence, and who benefits when the truth arrives too late. When kindness is mistaken for safety and loyalty becomes a weapon, Sam must race to stop a carefully calculated plan before history repeats itself in blood.
The Riviera Is Burning (My Memoir)
This is my story of fleeing fire as dread, fear, and then panic set in. It left an indelible mark on my psyche, a dent in my usual resiliency against the unexpected and a permanent fear of fire.
Caché Caché
Secrets/questions blindside Sarah. A bestselling author, her sales are in the millions. At the height of her success, tragedy strikes—the worst of blows—something she didn’t expect, her husband’s last words on his deathbed. “My death frees us both, Butterfly. Caché, caché…” He hands her a gold key. What does he mean, frees them from what?
