Collections:
The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories
Toni L.P. Kelner, and her alter ego Leigh Perry, have collected a dozen stories spanning the thirty-plus years of her mystery writing career.
First published in July 2024
Currently available as—
Crippen & Landru Trade Paperback
Crippen & Landru Limited Edition, Signed Hardcover
Crippen & Landru ebook
Crooked as a Dog’s Hind Leg: A Laura Fleming Collection
From Toni L. P. Kelner, the Agatha award-winning author of the Laura Fleming Southern cozy mystery series, comes Crooked as a Dog’s Hind Leg, a new anthology of short stories set in and around Laura Fleming’s own Byerly, North Carolina.
First published in September 2015
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JABberwocky trade paperback
JABberwocky ebook
Anthologies:
Dead But Not Forgotten, co-edited with Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris’ smash-hit Sookie Stackhouse series may have reached its conclusion, but the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, lives on in this all-new collection of 15 stories. Written by a killer lineup of authors, including New York Times best-sellers Rachel Caine, MaryJanice Davidson, Jonathan Maberry and Seanan McGuire, and with introductions read by Charlaine herself, Dead but Not Forgotten puts your favorite characters center stage.
First published in May 2014
Currently available as—
Audible Originals audio download
JABberwocky trade paperback
JABberwocky ebook
Games Creatures Play co-edited with Charlaine Harris
Sports fans live and die by their teams’ successes and failures—though not literally. But these fifteen authors have written spirited—in more ways than one—new talkes of killer competitions that would make even the most die-hard players ask to be benched. Contributors include New York Times bestsellers William Kent Krueger, Mercedes Lackey, Laura Lippman, Seanan McGuire, Brandon Sanderson, and Scott Sigler.
First published in April 2014
Currently available as—
Audible audio download
Brilliance audio CD
An Apple for the Creature, co-edited with Charlaine Harris
What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about a crash course in the paranormal? Your worst school nightmares—taking that math test you never studied for, finding yourself naked in school assembly, not knowing which door to enter—will pale in comparison to these thirteen original stories that thake academic anxiety to whole new realms. Contributors include New York Times bestsellers Ilona Andrews, Nancy Holder, and Thomas Sniegoski.
First published in September 2012
Currently available as—
Ace Books hardcover
Ace Books trade paperback
Brilliance audio CD
Home Improvement: Undead Edition, co-edited with Charlaine Harris
There’s nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherworldly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who’s ever wondered, “What’s that creaking sound?” or fans of “how to” television who’d like a little unreality mixed in with their reality shows, Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner return with an all-new collection of the paranormal perils of Do-It-Yourself. Contributors include New York Times bestsellers Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham, and Melissa Marr.
First published in August 2011
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Ace Books hardcover
Ace Books trade paperback
Brilliance audio CD
Death’s Excellent Vacation, co-edited with Charlaine Harris
New York Times Best Seller. Because everyone—and everything—needs a break from the routine, Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner return with an all-new story collection of postcards from the edge of the paranormal world. Contributors include bestselling urban fantasy authors Katie MacAlister and Jeaniene Frost; plus award-winning mystery authors Jeff Abbott and Chris Grabenstein.
First published in August 2010
Currently available as—
Tantor audio download
Tantor audio CD
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, co-edited with Charlaine Harris
New York Times Best Seller. Finalist for the PEARL Award for Best Paranormal Anthology. Fifteen writers wrap up Christmas gifts of werewolves in this holiday anthology. Contributors include bestselling urban fantasy authors Keri Arthur, Patricia Briggs, and Carrie Vaughn; plus award-winning mystery authors Dana Cameron and Nancy Pickard. Charlaine Harris’s, Patricia Briggs’s, and Keri Arthur’s contributions were PEARL Award finalists for Best Paranormal Novella/Short Story. Dana Cameron’s contribution won the Agatha Award and the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story, and was nominated for the Anthony Award. Toni L.P. Kelner’s contribution was nominated for the Macavity Award.
First published in October 2008
Currently available as—
Tantor audio download
Tantor audio CD
Many Bloody Returns, co-edited with Charlaine Harris
New York Times Best Seller. Thirteen all-new stories, each a fresh take on the concept of what birthdays mean to the undead. Contributors include bestselling urban fantasy authors Jim Butcher and Kelley Armstrong. Toni L.P. Kelner’s contribution was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Mystery Short Story.
First published in September 2007
Currently available as—
Tantor audio download
Tantor audio CD
“Where Are They Now?” Series:
The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks
Tilda attends a Sherlock Holmes convention and finds a murder that’s all too real. The first short story from the “Where Are They Now?” series.
First published in For the Sake of the Game, December 2018
Currently Available as—
JABberwocky ebook Short Story
Blast from the Past
Before becoming an action film star, John Laryea appeared on The Blastoffs, a Saturday morning kid’s show about a rock band in space. His former costar, Pete Ellis, now drives a limo for a living. So when someone tries to run Laryea over, Ellis becomes the prime suspect – and it’s up to Tilda to clear his name.
First published in February 2011
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Who Killed the Pinup Queen?
When Tilda finds a pinup queen from the fifties murdered, she gets caught up in the case. If trying to find a murderer weren’t enough, she’s juggling a story assignment chock-full of cowboys and cowgirls, a new boyfriend, and a job offer.
First published in January 2010
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Curse of the Kissing Cousins
Freelance entertainment reporter Tilda Harper has her own reasons for wanting to track down Mercy Ashford, the missing star from the seventies sitcom Kissing Cousins. Then somebody starts killing the other cast members, and she has to either beat the killer to Mercy… or reveal Mercy herself as the killer. Publisher’s Weekly says, “Kelner (Wed and Buried) depicts Tilda’s search for the elusive actress as a merry chase through cyberspace and stacks of dusty magazines, adding in a little romance with sexy bodyguard Nick Tolomeo to keep things humming.”
(originally published as Without Mercy)
First published in January 2008
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Laura Fleming Series:
Wed and Buried
Aunt Maggie married to mill owner Big Bill Walters? Laura wastes no time in heading to Byerly to see for herself, with husband Richard and new baby Alice in tow. The shocks don’t stop there. Aunt Maggie tells her somebody is trying to kill the new groom. Laura and Richard juggle suspects like a high-tech hermit, a vengeful divorcee, and Big Bill’s own son and daughter-in- law. Between poison and shotgun blasts, the newlyweds may not make it to their first anniversary.
First published in February 2003
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Mad as the Dickens
As Christmas approaches, Laura plans to curl up in her Boston apartment with her English professor husband, Richard, to await the birth of their first child. But when her cousin asks Richard to direct A Christmas Carol, Laura heads back home to unpleasant surprises. First, running a play transforms mild-mannered Richard into a backstage tyrant. Next, Seth, the play’s Scrooge, is a washout as an actor. And the worst surprise of all—grimmer than the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come—Seth is brutally murdered.
First published in October 2001
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Death of a Damn Yankee
A Romantic Times Magazine Top Pick and nominee for the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award. Yankees Marshall and Grace Saunders want to buy Walters Mill, but Burt Walters doesn’t trust them, so he asks Laura to check them out. Laura and Richard find more than they bargained for: a con job, an arson, and a murder.
First published in August 1999
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Tight as a Tick
Insiders know that the Tight as a Tick Flea Market is a hornet’s nest of greed, envy, and stinging resentment. As Laura’s Aunt Maggie attests, dealer Carney Alexander could dicker more ruthlessly than any of them. But which of his rivals was mad enough to carve him up with one of his own collectible knives?
First published in January 1998
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Country Comes to Town
When Laura doesn’t go to Byerly, Byerly comes to her. While Richard is away, a snowstorm sweeps cousin Thaddeous into Boston for a surprise visit. Before he’s unpacked, they’re up to their earmuffs in a baffling case of computer crime and murder.
First published in September 1996
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen
The big buzz on the social agenda and the event that’s brought Laura and her husband Richard back to Byerly is Aunt Ruby Lee’s second marriage to her third husband. This time it looks as if it might work, until murder throws a monkey wrench into the wedding works.
First published in March 1995
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Dead Ringer
When Laura comes home for a family reunion, she gets tangled in murder and blackmail. Margaret Maron says, “Blends romance and violence with long-buried secrets, the add a dash of humor for a mystery that goes down smoother that a glass of sweet iced tea.”
First published in February 1994
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
Down Home Murder
Transplanted Southerner Laura Fleming comes back to North Carolina to solve her grandfather’s murder. Carolyn G. Hart says, “A mystery as Southern as grits and sausage biscuits with a heroine who is as brave as she is likable.”
First published in June 1993
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JABberwocky ebook
Audible Audio Download
Brilliance Audio MP3 CD
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