with “The Augusta McKee Mystery Series, Books 1-3” “Everything a mystery fan dreams of! A feisty heroine, twists and turns, danger, excitement, and a bold detective. 1960s Cincinnati provides a vivid backdrop for adventures bursting with all the passion and intrigue of opera. Addictively entertaining!” Meet Augusta McKee, singer/professor/stage director, fifty-ish, single, independent, ahead of her time.. A no-nonsense voice teacher in spike heels, tough and tender and smart as all get-out, Professor McKee will take her place among the fictional lady detectives you wish you knew in person. The first three books in the series are included in this new Kindle publication from Shaggy Dog Productions, LLC. Book One,…

Pocono Township resident and Shaggy Dog Productions Author, Sahar Abdulaziz has recently released her new literary fiction novel, Unexpected Friends, the third book in The Abernathy & Crane Series. In the story, she reintroduces her readers to Irwin Abernathy––former local librarian, book snob, proud loner, and overall grump. Upon retirement, Irwin opened The Abernathy & Crane Bookshop in town with his friends, who he now considers family. And then the unthinkable happened… Saying goodbye is never easy. During their long friendship, Cornelia Parish had been the bane of Irwin Abernathy’s existence. Forever minding his business and trying to run his life. But even in death, Cornelia seems determined to make…

No matter what life journey you’re on or the heartbreaks you have faced along the way, it’s never too late to rediscover true friendship. Saying goodbye is never easy.    During their long friendship, Cornelia Parish had been the bane of Irwin Abernathy’s existence. Forever minding his business and trying to run his life. But even in death, Cornelia seems determined to make sure her best friend––former librarian, current bookshop owner, and interminable grumpy curmudgeon––doesn’t spend the rest of his insufferable days alone.  Irwin is heartbroken. He loved Cornelia, and her death has left him shattered. But nothing––nothing–– could have ever prepared him for the estate attorney’s phone call on…

Shaggy Dog Productions, LLC’s most prolific author, Kelly Jensen, has a new novella already lauded by her fans as a lighthearted, entertaining read. Let’s hear a little about the book from the author herself—and don’t miss the excerpt that follows! I originally wrote Let’s Connect as a serial for my newsletter subscribers, posting a chapter a week about the dating adventures of a sad and lonely, recently divorced fifty-year-old. I thought the story would be fun, and it was. Some of Dan’s dates are truly awful—in a totally fun way. But when Dan began to actually connect with someone, the story deepened into an examination of not only what Dan wanted,…

Shaggy Dog Productions is proud to announce a new release by award winning author Sahar Abdulaziz. Place your order now to get your copy on its release date! COMING SOON! August 12, 2020   DEVOTED FRIENDS (The Abernathy & Crane Series Book 2) AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER! Grouchy former librarian Irwin Abernathy, presently the co-owner of Abernathy & Crane, is busy preparing the bookshop for the holidays. Meanwhile, his neighbor and nemesis, Alastair Brooke, lays dying next door. It’s no secret that Irwin and most of the town dislike the irritating antique dealer, but Irwin can’t imagine what nasty deed the vile little man did to deserve being murdered! Then…

We’re pleased to announce the release of the first book in Belinda M Gordon’s new series, The Findale Fae Mysteries. The Good Pharmacist’s Deadly Secret is now available on Kindle and in paperback wherever books are sold. This new series is set in the same world as to Gordon’s The King’s Jewel Series and yet the genre has changed. The Findale Fae Mysteries are urban/contemporary fantasy fused with a cozy mystery. Sloan, a fae from the original series is now living in Findale on Tressa’s estate in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. What’s different is she has a mystery to solve—the sooner the better. Here are a few comments from early…

The Case of the Chrysanthemum Murders, Book 5 in the cozy mystery series “The Augusta McKee Mysteries”, is now available for purchase on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions! We’re excited to bring you an excerpt from this highly anticipated next chapter in Augusta and Malcolm’s story. McKee, former opera singer and professor of music for two Cincinnati colleges, is enjoying her idyllic European honeymoon with Homicide Detective Malcolm Mitchell––until the day a fellow faculty member at the Conservatory of Music, a violinist and member of the Chrysanthemum String Quartet, is found dead in the same Paris hotel where they are staying. Within a week, a second member of the…