Hope Herring Mystery Books

After unexpectedly losing her husband, Hope Herring and her daughter, Cori, leave their home and move away to start over in a new town. With a heavy heart, a new house, a new job, and a new community, Hope is trying to settle in when she is reluctantly drawn into two mysteries. Will Hope and Cori find the clues to a killer before he or she strikes again?

This is book 2 in the Hope Herring mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author, J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy. It is October and Hope and her daughter, Cori, are settling into their new town. When Cori and her friends go to a spooky and haunted attraction for some Halloween fun, things take a strange and frightening turn which thrusts the Herring women into a mystery they want nothing to do with. There's also their resident ghost who needs help researching the past to uncover his killer. Will Cori and Hope be able to figure out what's going on before someone else loses their life?

This is book 3 in the Hope Herring cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy. It is a chilly winter season in North Carolina with Hope and her daughter Cori getting ready for the holidays. As she faces her first Christmas without her husband, Hope continues to search for the person responsible for her resident ghost’s century-old murder. After interviewing a descendant of one of the suspects, trouble begins to brew with a false accusation, an unusual gift, and an unpleasant surprise. Will Hope be able to figure out what's going on without putting her own life in danger?

This is book 4 in the Hope Herring cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy. It is February in North Carolina and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. The holidays are hard for Hope since losing her husband, and this one, in particular, will be difficult. She and her resident ghost keep looking for clues to his hundred-year old murder and as she continues to research her husband’s death, she finds things that frighten her. If all that wasn’t enough, Hope is worried about one of her students, and when one thing leads to another she ends up embroiled in a mess of a situation. Will Hope be able to keep her daughter, Cori, her student, and herself safe or will danger strike before she figures out what's going on?

This is book 5 in the Hope Herring cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy. It is spring in North Carolina and Hope is planning new gardens for the yard of her century-old house. Teaching at the middle school, working part time in a bakery, and raising her daughter, Cori, leave little time for her to do research on two mysteries. But Hope and her resident ghost keep searching for clues to his hundred-year old murder while she continues to look into the suspicious accident that took her husband’s life. Hope has one more thing to worry about. Her friend and bakery owner, Edsel, is having the same dream every night where a ghost says she needs to speak to Hope. Will Hope, with help from Cori and Edsel, get closer to finding the answers they’re looking for before a killer tries to silence them?

This is book 6 in the Hope Herring cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy. Hope Herring is running the Butter Up Bakery while the owner is on vacation in Hawaii. The Fourth of July is fast approaching and one night, as Hope and her daughter are walking home after closing the bakery, something unexpected happens when they pass a fireworks store. Her friend Detective Derrick Robinson has his hands full trying to solve the crime, but this time, Hope doesn’t want to get involved with the investigation. She’s too busy planning for the next academic year at the middle school where she teaches, searching for clues to her resident ghost’s hundred-year old murder, and continuing to look into the suspicious accident that took her husband’s life. Despite her reluctance to figure out what happened at the fireworks store that night, will Hope uncover the criminal’s identity before he or she makes another deadly move ?

This is book 7 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy. After a visit back to Ohio, Hope Herring and her teen daughter Cori settle back into their routines in Castle Park, North Carolina. Warned by an Ohio detective about the dangers of looking into her husband's death, Hope takes a break from reading the files he left behind. When a city councilman dies unexpectedly, Hope is drawn into the case while at the same time, she searches for answers to the house ghost Max's hundred-year-old murder. Will Hope's investigating place her on a dangerous path that leads her to a killer?

This is book 8 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy. Hope Herring and Max, the ghost who lives in her attic, have been successful at uncovering the person responsible for Max’s murder, but the mystery of her husband’s death has stalled, for now. Hope and her teen daughter Cori are looking forward to the school’s upcoming Halloween costume gala. Near the end of the fun evening, Hope makes a terrible discovery in the school parking lot which will end up pulling her into a new mystery. As if that wasn’t enough, Cori’s best friend, Lottie, has become enthralled with a social media celebrity and begins to follow a dangerous path. Will Hope be able to help Detective Robinson find the criminal, and will she and Cori be able to help Lottie before it’s too late?

This is book 9 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is spring in Castle Park, NC and Hope and her teen daughter Cori are looking forward to spring break, but in the midst of warm weather and flowering trees, Detective Robinson asks Hope to assist on a new case. Not only is Hope drawn into a mystery that hits close to home, but the mother of one her students makes an unexpected request and Max her resident ghost gets into trouble in an Internet chat room bringing an unwanted visitor to the house. With danger knocking on her door from multiple sides, will Hope be able to solve the problems or will mistakes lead to tragedy?

This is book 10 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . Hope and her teen daughter Cori are looking forward to the winter break and are planning a few days away from their home in Castle Park, NC until Hope finds something on her dead husband’s laptop that stops her in her tracks. The document is a letter from her husband Doug urging her to return to Ohio where they used to live to visit a person they both met in passing a long time ago. Torn over what to do, she and Cori decide to head to Ohio right after Christmas. Staying with an old friend, a whole lot of trouble starts. Will Hope finally get answers to her husband’s suspicious death or will the trip put mother and daughter in mortal danger?

This is book 11 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is almost summer vacation and Hope and her teenaged daughter Cori are looking forward to the break. Before school gets out, the principal tells Hope there is still money in the budget for her to attend a conference in Las Vegas. While away at the conference, something terrible happens back home in Castle Park, North Carolina. Will Hope be able to find a killer before danger comes looking for her?

This is book 12 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is September in Castle Park, NC and Hope Herring and her teenaged daughter Cori talk about choosing a Christmas tree at a farm where they can tag their chosen tree now, and then in December, come back and pick it up. Thinking it would be a good way to beat the crowds in December, Hope, Cori, her friend Lottie, and Lottie’s mother go out to the farm to pick out their holiday trees. When they arrive at the farm, they notice a colorful bus pull into the lot and proceed to conk out. Soon trouble is brewing, and Hope and Cori get pulled into a missing person’s case that ends up putting mother and daughter in danger. With the help of their resident ghost, they work to separate facts from fiction, and attempt to solve the puzzling case.

This is book 13 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is spring in Castle Park, NC and Hope Herring’s teenaged daughter Cori performs a solo in the school talent show and impresses the audience with her talent. The teen wants to take voice lessons and she and Hope decide to hire the glee club coach to give her private sessions. In the meantime, a case of infidelity quickly becomes a problem in Castle Park when Hope and her daughter find a dead body. Someone from town has been killed and someone else is a suspect, but Hope has her hands full with teaching, keeping their resident ghost out of trouble, and helping Cori stay realistic about a singing career, and doesn’t want to get involved with the case. It doesn’t take long for Detective Robinson to pull Hope into the investigation, and joining forces, they work to unravel the clues and attempt to solve the confusing case before an innocent person is charged with murder.

This is book 14 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is fall in Castle Park, NC and Hope Herring’s teenaged daughter Cori has a singing opportunity so big it would be hard to refuse. If it works out, it would mean huge changes for Hope and Cori’s lives. When their resident ghost Max drops a slight hint that it soon might be time for him to move on, Hope’s heart fills with dread knowing how much she would miss him. Cori’s voice coach takes a fall and ends up on the hospital, and when Hope and her daughter go to visit the woman, it ends up sucking Hope into a new murder mystery involving a doctor, a nurse, a psychologist, and an accountant. Will she and Detective Robinson find the clues they need to bring someone to justice or will the killer get away with murder?

This is book 15 in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is almost Christmas in Castle Park, NC and Hope Herring’s teenaged daughter Cori will be returning home soon from Hollywood where she is singing and acting in a new TV series. Cori will be bringing along a new friend who is also a member of the cast. Hope can’t wait for her daughter to be home for a couple of weeks, but fate has some other things in store. Hope’s friend Adele has some unexpected news, Cori’s friend has a stalker, and something terrible happens to someone they care about. With the help of her resident ghost friend Max, will Hope and Detective Robinson find the clues they need to bring two people to justice or will the killers get away with murder?

This is book 16 and the Final Installment in the Hope Herring paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting and Nell McCarthy . It is a hot and humid August in Castle Park, N.C. where Hope Herring and her teenaged daughter Cori are helping at the Butter Up Bakery when Edsel, the owner, is injured. In the meantime, Max the family’s resident ghost has gotten himself into some trouble and needs Hope’s help. With people who aren’t what they seem and situations that are complex and twisted, Hope has a lot to figure out. With the help of her ghost friend Max, will Hope and Detective Robinson find the answers to their questions or is someone going to get away with murder? Come along with Hope, Cori, and Max as they complete their last adventure together.