Headlined byNew York Times bestselling author Leslie Meier, todays top cozy mystery writers join forces for this St. Patricks Daythemed collection set in small-town Maine, sure to appeal to fans of Joanne Fluke and Peggy Ehrhart.IRISH COFFEE MURDER by LESLIE MEIER Part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for theCourierabout four Irish step dancing students from Tinkers Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the story becomes headline news for all the wrong reasons when one girls mother is found dead in her bathtub . . . DEATH OF AN IRISH COFFEE DRINKER by LEE HOLLIS As owner of Bar Harbors hottest new restaurant, Hayley Powell offers to cater the after-party for popular comedian Jefferson OKeefe, but its no laughing matter when Jefferson keels over after gulping down his post-show Irish coffee . . . PERKED UP by BARBARA ROSS Its a snowy St. Patricks Day in Busmans Harbor. But when the power goes out, what better way for Julia Snowden to spend the evening than sharing local ghost storiesand Irish coffeeswith friends and family? By the time the lights come back, they might even have solved the coldest case in town . . .

Leslie Meier is theNew York Timesbestselling author of over twenty-five Lucy Stone mysteries and has also written forEllery Queens Mystery Magazine. She is currently at work on the next Lucy Stone mystery. Readers can visit her website atwww.LeslieMeier.com. Lee Hollis is the pen name for a brother and sister writing team. Rick Copp is a veteran film and television writer/producer and also the author of two other mystery novel series. He lives in Palm Springs, California. Holly Simason is an award-winning food and cocktails columnist living in North Carolina. You may visit their website at www.LeeHollisMysteries.com or find them on Facebook by typing in: Lee Hollis. Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mystery novels. Books in the series have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. Barbaras novellas featuring the Maine Clambake characters are included along with stories by Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis in the holiday anthologiesEggnog Murder,Yule Log Murder, andHaunted House Murder. Her second series, the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries, began with Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody. Barbara and her husband live in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com.