Welcome to Bellflower — bookshops, hidden histories, and a mystery to settle into.
THE BELLFLOWER BOOKSHOP MYSTERIES

In a Vermont town built around books, some stories are more dangerous left on the shelf.

Ellie Bell came home to Bellflower to settle her late aunt's bookshop. She stayed to find out what the town's quietest secrets were hiding.

Explore the BooksStart with Book One

An independent bookshop. A close-knit community. Hidden histories and relationships that deepen with every case. Each Bellflower Bookshop Mystery brings a complete whodunit to the atmospheric world of a lakeside Vermont town.

ON THE SHELF

The Bellflower Bookshop Mysteries

A small-town cozy mystery series, meant to be read in order.

BOOK ONE · START HERE Murder at the Bellflower Bookshop
Book One

Murder at the Bellflower Bookshop

A grand reopening. A dead rare-book appraiser. And a bookstore full of questions.
BOOK TWO · CONTINUE THE SERIES A Carol in Red Ink — cover
Book Two

A Carol in Red Ink

A choir rehearsal. A red-inked program from 1987. And a killer who never stopped rewriting the story.
THE READER CIRCLE

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John Deda
THE AUTHOR

John Deda

John Deda writes character-driven fiction built around secrets, pressure, and the hidden forces that reshape ordinary lives. He is the author of The Bellflower Bookshop Mysteries, beginning with Murder at the Bellflower Bookshop, set in a lakeside Vermont town where books, community, and carefully kept secrets collide.

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