ACF Bookens

Some books hold history. Others hold deadly secrets. Traveling to Syria isn’t always the safest choice, but for Poe Baxter, the real danger isn’t political—it’s tied to her latest book acquisition. When she hears of a rare 1st-century codex hitting the market in Damascus, Poe and her...

A rare book, a breathtaking view… and a mystery they never saw coming. It’s not every day you get to sit on pristine blue water holding a beautiful, first edition Nadine Gordimer novel and wonder if you’ll survive the day. Poe Baxter has always wanted to visit Cape Town, and when she hears...

She came for the books and the Northern Lights… but a killer had other plans. On her first trip to Iceland, Poe Baxter is eager to soak in the scenery, explore the culture, and track down a rare book. But what should have been a quiet literary adventure takes a dangerous turn when she and her...

Some books are meant to be read. Others are worth killing for. When Poe Baxter ditches academia for the thrill of rare book hunting, she expects adventure—but not a deadly one. A trip to Edinburgh should be the perfect start to her new career, but when questions about a mysterious book draw...

Change is hard in a small Southern town, especially when it brings a side of murder. All Harvey Beckett wants to do is help the residents of St. Marin's find the perfect book for that moment, snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem, and be ignored by her cat Aslan. But when the small waterside town's...

Mother-daughter bonding time shouldn't involve running from a big tractor. When Harvey Beckett stumbles upon the body of the community's most reviled dairy farmer, she, her friends, and her parents are launched into an investigation that reveals a family secret that wasn't really that secret...

Everyone loves getting mail, but not when it’s clasped in someone’s cold dead hands. Harvey Beckett had heard tale of how the postmistress steams open people’s mail to feed her gossip-hungry customers, but when the postmistress is murdered, Harvey learns that the mail carrier might have...

A morning visit to the chicken coop is supposed to be a delight, not a fright. On the day when Paisley Sutton goes to salvage barn board from an old chicken coop on her neighbor’s land, she thinks the worst thing she may find is rotten eggs. Little does she know...she’s about to unearth a...

Salvager Paisley Sutton has been wanting to go inside the old two-room school for years, but when she finally gains access, just before a local community group begins a full restoration, she finds far more than great old desks and vintage textbooks....

Old Douglas Fir timbers bring good money, but maybe not as much as keeping quiet about the story of a murder. Paisley Sutton hates to see an old barn falling down, so when she has a chance to take in a crew of friends to salvage timbers, she goes in with gusto. But when they find the bones from...

A dead body in Santa's lap is not what Harvey Beckett wanted for Christmas. The streets of St. Marin’s are decorated for Christmas, and Harvey Beckett has decided that she’ll host Santa Claus at her bookstore, reviving a town’s long-standing tradition. But on the first day of the holiday...

She has always said if she was running, it’s because she was being chased. That’s never been more true. It's Autumn, bookstore owner Harvey Beckett’s favorite time of year, and she's most excited about two things–her bookshop's float in the annual Harvest Parade and pumpkin everything...

Nail guns have always terrified Harvey Beckett, and now she knows why. Harvey loves sharing the parking lot of her bookstore with the hardware store across the way, but when an unruly customer is killed in the lot one night, she begins to wonder if the men who own the store are responsible. A...

Salvaging from historic buildings isn’t supposed to require reporting a murder.​ When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton crawls into an abandoned store with a house attached, she certainly isn’t expecting to find a body on site. But soon, her discovery sends Paisley on an...

The truth shall set her free, but not if someone wants her dead first. Business has been good for historian Paisley Sutton, but when she goes into her own church parish house to salvage some of the early 20th century fixtures before the building is demolished, she uncovers far more than vintage...

The promise of old printer’s trays has her heart aflutter, but it nearly stops when she finds a body at the bottom of the elevator shaft. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton heard that a 19th-century printing press was still in the old warehouse that was scheduled for demolition...

Snow days aren't supposed to end with dead bodies. Harvey Beckett has just finished a quiet meal after shoveling the sidewalks around Main Street when the body of the new bartender in town is discovered behind the bar. When Harvey begins to look into the victim's pseudonym, she finds out far...

The things Harvey Beckett doesn’t know about her neighbors could get her killed. In the perfect days of early May, bookshop owner Harvey Beckett is looking forward to evenings of walking Mayhem, reading in the before bed, and maybe even enjoying a snuggle with her favorite mechanic. But a...

The murders in St. Marin’s Library’s mystery section just got very real. When the local librarian is found dead among the stacks, the rumors about her reputation reach a fever pitch, but Harvey Beckett can’t let a fellow book-lover’s name be sullied. But when she drags her friends and...

All she wanted from the old farmhouse was the gorgeous mantel, not a dead body. Paisley Sutton always expects the unexpected when she goes into a house to salvage the architectural prizes before its torn down. She evens knows she might encounter a rodent or two. But she really isn’t expecting...