Harper Burton writes the kind of cozy mystery where the dog has opinions, the alibi never holds, and the pie is always homemade. Sometimes with poison.

After twenty years in emergency management handling real-world crises (and enough paperwork to qualify as a natural disaster), she now sticks to fictional ones. Ideally involving tea, a body, and a suspiciously well-timed power outage.

Home is the Carolinas. Husband, rotating grandkids, and an Akita who, unlike Hachi, would absolutely leave her at the train station for a hot dog.

Windmere Cove is where she hides the bodies. Fictional ones. Mostly.

Heartwarming cozy mystery series. Twists you won't see coming. A dog you'll never forget.