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Silver Creek Crimes: Where Small-Town Charm Meets Deadly Secrets


Misty creekside inn at dawn, lamplight glowing, golden retriever by the water.

A quiet creek. A warm inn. A town that remembers everything.
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A creek runs through Silver Creek — calm, slow-moving, and far deeper than it looks. The biscuits are warm, the gossip is warmer, and if you stay long enough you’ll realize the town’s smile hides something sharp beneath. In Calee Claiborne’s cozy mysteries, every new project brings a new corpse, and Cristi Lennox keeps finding herself right in the middle of it… with Murphy the golden retriever sniffing out clues.

Killer Investment — Calee Claiborne

Killer Investment — Calee Claiborne

A developer drops dead at the Oyster Shell Inn and suddenly every guest in Silver Creek is a suspect — including Cristi, who only wanted to inherit her aunt’s place and some peace.

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cozy inn mystery · small-town secrets · amateur sleuth with dog · Calee Claiborne · recurring series

Killer Venue — Calee Claiborne

Killer Venue — Calee Claiborne

Cristi’s dream of turning the estate into Silver Creek’s newest event space sinks fast when her contractor is found dead in a work boat — and the town festival is about to implode.

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festival cozy mystery · murder by the creek · sheriff & mayor tension · golden retriever sidekick

Silver Creek is that dangerously cozy town we all love — the kind where everyone knows your name and whether or not you argued with the victim the night before. Sheriff Dalton watches, Mayor Dandridge smooths things over, and Murphy the retriever finds what people hoped the tide would take away.
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