Jenn McKinlay
1967-
Pseudonyms: Josie Belle and Lucy Lawrence
 

Jennifer McKinlay lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her family. She also writes romantic comedies. She is the creator of:
1. 'Cupcake Bakery Mystery' series featuring Melanie Cooper, owner of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery.
2. 'Decoupage Mystery' series featuring Brenna Miller, a paper shop employee in New England (under the pseudonym 'Lucy Lawrence').
3. 'Good Buy Girls Mystery' series featuring Maggie Gerber, founder of Good Buy Girls (Bargain Hunters) (under the pseudonym 'Josie Belle').
4. 'Hat Shop Mystery' series featuring Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont, owners of the fashionable London hat shop Mim's Whims.
5. 'Library Lover’s Mystery' series featuring Lindsey Norris, a library director in New York.
Visit also the author's own site.
 

Titles and year of publication:
 

 'Cupcake Bakery Mystery' Novels
 1) Sprinkle with Murder  2010
 2) Buttercream Bump Off  2011
 3) Death by the Dozen  2011
 4) Red Velvet Revenge  2012
 5) Going, Going, Ganache  2013
 6) Sugar and Iced  2014
 7) Dark Chocolate Demise  2015
 8) Vanilla Beaned  2016
 9) Caramel Crush  2017
10) Wedding Cake Crumble  2018
11) Dying for Devil's Food  2019
12) Pumpkin Spice Peril  2020
13) For Batter or Worse  2021
14) Strawberried Alive  2022
15) Sugar Plum Poisoned  2023
16) Fondant Fumble  2024
 'Decoupage Mystery' Novels (as 'Lucy Lawrence')
 1) Stuck on Murder  2009
 2) Cut to the Corpse  2010
 3) Sealed with a Kill  2011
 'Good Buy Girls Mystery' Novels (as 'Josie Belle')
 1) 50% Off Murder  2012
 2) A Deal to Die For  2012
 3) Buried in Bargains  2013
 4) Marked Down for Murder  2014
 5) All Sales Final  2015
 'Hat Shop Mystery' Novels
 1) Cloche and Dagger  2013
 2) Death of a Mad Hatter  2014
 3) At the Drop of a Hat  2015
 4) Copy Cap Murder  2016
 5) Assault and Beret  2017
 6) Buried to the Brim  2020
 7) Fatal Fascinator  2023
 'Library Lover's Mystery' Novels
 1) Books Can Be Deceiving  2011
 2) Due or Die  2012
 3) Book, Line, and Sinker  2012
 4) Read It and Weep  2013
 5) On Borrowed Time  2014
 6) A Likely Story  2015
 7) Better Late Than Never  2016
 8) Death in the Stacks  2017
 9) Hitting the Books  2018
10) Word to the Wise  2019
11) One for the Books  2020
12) Killer Research  2021
13) The Plot and the Pendulum  2022
14) Fatal First Edition  2024
15) A Merry Little Murder Plot  2024
 Other Novels
 1) To Catch a Latte (e-book)  2018

Back