When the body of a well-dressed man is found shot execution-style in a wooded area on his property, Jim Quilleran and his feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate.

While Moose County is in an uproar over a string of lucrative inheritances, Polly departs for Paris, Koko the irrepressible Siamese meets a piano tuner, Qwill writes a play, and a mysterious bee sting-related death occurs.

A girl reflects on Christmas at her grandparents home in the country, with its fresh-cut tree, handmade ornaments, gifts from Santa, and special church services.

A woman in London, still suffering from the effects of an accident twelve years earlier that had robbed her of her memory, has a baffling connection to a corpse discovered on the grounds of a Shropshire estate.

A dog's attempts to cool off on a hot day get him into trouble with a series of people and finally lead him to interrupt a country wedding.

When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived. But with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home.

"It's March 2020 and a calamity is unfolding. A group of friends and friends-of-friends gathers in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next few months new bonds of friendship and love will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge among this unlikely cast of characters, each richly drawn and achingly human: a Russian-born novelist; his Russian-born psychiatrist wife; their precocious child obsessed with K-pop; a struggling Indian American...

Though she appreciates her new neighbor's practical help, single mom Sidonie has no interest in any romantic attachments since she has her hands full dealing with her foster son, their current lack of funds, and adjusting to country life.