Auntie Up to No Good - An Aunt Lottie Cozy Mystery, #1

A brand-new town. A legendary aunt. A poker game gone horribly wrong.

After twenty-seven years of marriage, Georgie Taylor is starting over with little more than a suitcase, a bruised heart, her Jack Russell terrier Biscuit, and absolutely no plan.

Her temporary solution? Move in with her unforgettable Aunt Lottie in the picturesque seaside town of Pacific Grove, California.

It should be the perfect place to heal.

Morning walks on the beach. Fresh sourdough. Friendly neighbors.

Instead, Georgie finds herself swept into Aunt Lottie's weekly poker game, where the cocktails are strong, the gossip is stronger, and everyone seems to know everyone else's business.

Including the secrets they're desperately trying to keep.

When a beloved member of the community is found dead under suspicious circumstances, the cozy little beach town is turned upside down. Suddenly the women around Aunt Lottie's poker table aren't just exchanging recipes and friendly insults—they're exchanging alibis.

The police are convinced it's an open-and-shut case.

Aunt Lottie isn't buying it.

With Biscuit—the world's nosiest Jack Russell—leading the way, Aunt Lottie and Georgie begin asking questions that someone would rather stay buried. As the suspects pile up, old grudges resurface, friendships are tested, and Georgie discovers that starting over may be easier than staying alive.

Can two amateur sleuths uncover the truth before the killer decides they're holding one card too many?

Filled with laugh-out-loud humor, unforgettable characters, seaside charm, and enough twists to keep you guessing until the final page, Auntie Up to No Good is the first book in The Aunt Lottie Files, a delightful new cozy mystery series featuring small-town secrets, beach-town shenanigans, one delightfully opinionated aunt... and a dog who always seems to sniff out the truth.

Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Krista Davis, and Ellery Adams, this cozy mystery serves up murder, mischief, and plenty of poker-faced suspects—with a generous splash of salt air and sass.