Cozy Mystery · Gulf Coast Florida · Kindle Unlimited
Nora Blackwell
Atmospheric Southern mysteries set along the sun-drenched Gulf Coast of Florida, where charming small towns hide old secrets and danger often lurks behind perfect garden gates.
Series · Ongoing · Series overview →
Magnolia Bay
Mysteries
A June Calloway Mystery
Gulf Coast Florida · Sun, secrets, and shallow graves
June Calloway came to Magnolia Bay looking for a quiet life on the Gulf Coast. What she found was a town built on beautiful secrets — and a gift for finding the bodies everyone else would rather forget. Sharp-witted heroines, eccentric coastal communities, and slow-burning intrigue wrapped in warm Southern atmosphere.
Book Four
Coming Soon
The Protagonist
Meet June Calloway
June didn't come to Magnolia Bay to solve murders. She came for the Gulf Coast light, the slow mornings, and the kind of quiet that a city couldn't give her. Magnolia Bay had other plans. Sharp-eyed, stubborn, and quietly relentless — June has a talent for noticing the things people most want overlooked.
Four books in, she still hasn't found that quiet life. She's stopped looking.
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Cases Closed
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Town. Always Magnolia Bay.
Gulf Coast Florida
Sun-drenched. Secretive. Deadly.
About the author
Nora Blackwell writes atmospheric Southern mysteries set along the sun-drenched Gulf Coast of Florida, where charming small towns hide old secrets and danger often lurks behind perfect garden gates.
Before becoming a full-time author, Nora spent years working in research and local journalism — experiences that inspired her love of hidden histories, complicated families, and the quiet mysteries buried beneath everyday life. Her novels are known for their vivid Florida settings, layered characters, and page-turning twists wrapped in warm Southern atmosphere.
When she isn't writing, Nora can usually be found wandering used bookstores, drinking too much coffee, rescuing stray plants she swears she doesn't have room for, or taking long walks near the water while plotting her next mystery.
She currently lives in Florida with an overflowing bookshelf, a stubborn cat, and far too many notebooks.