Bøker av Ann Yost

St. Lucy Found Dead in Funeral Home Sauna-Freshly Anointed Chief Of Police, Hatti Lehtinen, Investigates in A Yarn Over Murder, a Cozy Knitting Mystery from Ann Yost-Red Jacket, Michigan, On the Keweenaw Peninsula-A year after her marriage break-up and return to Michigan''s remote Keweenaw Peninsula, Hatti Lehtinen has settled into a peaceful life within the Finnish community as shopkeeper at Bait and Stitch, a hybrid fishing-and-yarn store.When Hatti''s beloved dad, Pops, breaks his leg in a snowmobiling accident, the mayor tags Hatti to fill Pop''s role as the town police chief, and entire police force. Assured the job entails little more than prying quarters from frozen parking meters, Hatti steps up.But Hatti''s peaceful existence is short lived when the town''s reigning St. Lucy is found dead in the funeral home sauna on the eve of the St. Lucy Festival. Now with a murder to investigate, Hatti''s situation is complicated when she discovers the prime suspect is her brother-in-law, Reid Night Wind, a circumstance sure to bring her face-to-face with the husband who dumped her a year earlier-a man she''d hoped to never see again this side of the Pearly Gates.With the counsel of her knitting circle, Hatti launches her investigation, fearing someone among those she''s known all her life is a murderer. With the list of suspects growing like increases in a Finnish wedding ring shawl, the answer comes from an unlikely source. But can the town of Red Jacket ever be the same?Publisher''s Note: The Bait and Stitch Cozy Mystery Series will be enjoyed by readers who appreciate clean, wholesome and humorous mysteries in ethnic settings. Readers who enjoy knitting mysteries as well as fans of Joanne Fluke, CeeCee James, Mildred Abbott and the Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries will not want to miss this captivating series by Ann Yost.The BAIT & STITCH SERIES:A Pattern for MurderA Yarn Over MurderA Double-Pointed MurderA Fair Isle Murder

What makes a respectable midwife decide to rob a sperm bank? Temporary insanity? When Molly Whitecloud poses as a call girl to investigate rumors of corruption at the Blackbird Reservation resort and casino, she finds herself teamed up with Cameron Outlaw, her high school sweetheart and the only man she ever truly loved. Still smarting from her long-ago betrayal of him, Cameron wants nothing to do with the girl he once nicknamed Tiger Lily. But when the Indian Gaming Commission asks him to protect her by posing as her lover, he reluctantly agrees. Suddenly, he's sharing a hotel room and a still-powerful chemistry with the woman he's hated for twelve years. But is it really hate? As the danger intensifies and the old attraction explodes, Molly knows she has to be honest with Cam. But what happens when he discovers she's keeping not one but two baby secrets?

After catching her fiancé and a bridesmaid in a tete-a-crotch, Jessie Maynard vowed to renounce men forever. Or at least until Christmas. She figured she'd hole up for the holiday in her late Aunt Blanche's sleepy southern town. But the residents of Mystic Hollow weren't so much sleeping as dying and her aunt's witch hat house was already occupied by a sexy, green-eyed sorcerer who knew just how to make a girl change her mind. Luke Tanner's ex-wife had turned his heart to ice, so spending five days with a feisty runaway bride was no threat, at least not until Jessie entangled him in a murder investigation of a philandering minister and locked him in a coffin. Luke's plans for a hot little affair with Jessie did not include marriage, until his ex-wife showed up gift wrapped, and he had to make a choice: the past or the future?

Timing is everything¿ Small-town veterinarian Hallie Scott loves all creatures great and small except for boa constrictors and Basil Outlaw, the man whose Christmas Eve rejection slammed the door on her last chance to have a baby of her own. Baz Outlaw doesn't believe in love or family but his life is empty without Hallie. A year later he shows up under her tree prepared to give her everything but he's too late. Motherhood is out, Hallie's started a new life and Baz is harboring a small secret that could break her heart all over again. Will their sizzling chemistry and Hallie's warm heart be enough to overcome the timing and make this Christmas all about love?

When Daisy Budd and her slightly dysfunctional sisters decide to turn a mortuary into a fashionable wedding boutique, they expect some opposition. After all, towns like Mayville don't care much for change. But when a body shows up in the mortuary's fountain, Daisy knows it's time to leave the bridezillas behind and solve the mystery. Nick Bowman, disinherited son of the town's leading family, is back after a seven-year estrangement. He's determined to protect his late grandfather's reputation by locating some loot supposedly hidden in the mortuary's cellar. But Nick's quest is complicated by the new owner. Daisy doesn't trust his motives and she's uncomfortable with the sparks the two of them generate, especially since Nick used to date her sister. When a second body shows up at the mortuary, Nick and Daisy need to work together to find the truth--but what happens when their inconvenient sparks become flames?

Sheriff Jake Langley is juggling too many things. He's raising twins, locked in a custody battle, and his housekeeper is missing. He needs an administrative assistant-or a wife. What he gets is an imaginative but misguided nanny who creates chaos in his home and lust in his heart. Lucy Outlaw wants to set the journalistic world on its ear and prove she's ready for prime time...just as soon as she finds a job. In the meantime, she can't resist a temporary position taking care of Jake's darling twins, especially since she's long worshiped the sheriff from afar. When a local developer is found murdered near the Blackbird Reservation, Lucy is determined to cover the story, even though Jake is equally determined to keep her out of danger-and out of his heart. Can Jake win the battle? Or will he discover the real victory lies in loving Lucy?