Julie Murphree Books

An overactive imagination. A Simple Life. Plenty of books.

O’Shea Emporium

Every place has a story. And some stories aren’t finished yet.

In Whistle Creek, Louisiana, everybody knows everybody, history has a long memory, and keeping something quiet is considerably harder than it ought to be.

Molly O’Shea Danner has enough to keep her busy running the family emporium and tending her farm. Then there’s Jasper—the teenage ghost who has made the Emporium his home. What Molly never planned on was becoming an amateur sleuth.

But mysteries have a habit of finding her anyway. With small-town deputy Cole Brennan nearby, friends and neighbors who aren’t shy about getting involved, and Jasper offering his own unique assistance, Molly keeps finding herself pulled into mysteries she’d probably be better off leaving alone.

Set among old storefronts, back roads, grand houses, and colorful characters, the O’Shea Emporium Mysteries blend mystery, humor, friendship, community, and just a touch of the unexplained.

A Most Unwelcome Death

When Molly O’Shea Danner’s friend Tara Beth Wilson is found dead at Belle Briar, everyone assumes her failing heart finally gave out—until the sheriff discovers she was poisoned. An unexpected heir, a fortune hanging in the balance, and a family determined to get its hands on Belle Briar leave Molly wondering what really happened to her friend—and pulling at loose threads someone would rather she leave alone…(read more)