Ned’s life appeared ordinary; he worked in a pie shop and lived a quiet existence. The truth, however, was anything but. With a touch, he possessed the extraordinary ability to rouse the departed. Driven by a desire for justice, he resolved…

Ned, Emerson, and Chuck made their way to the morgue, drawn by the grim sight of a man who had perished in a car accident. The victim was forty-five years old and dedicated his life to improving automobile safety. A reward was being offered…

True to her word from the pilot, Chuck has laced her aunt’s food with antidepressants, disguised within Ned’s pies. Olive delivers one of these pies and inadvertently uncovers Chuck’s secret. Now possessing damaging information – that Chuck…

Emerson, Ned, and Chuck were engaged to establish that a pilot's death was not a suicide, but a homicide. Their investigation, however, quickly broadened to encompass a theft of valuable jewelry and the escape of a prisoner from nearby cust…

For this Halloween installment, Emerson and Olive investigate the spectral presence plaguing the abandoned race arena, a place where Olive once competed as a jockey. A series of fatal accidents involving the jockeys has fueled rumors of a h…

Ned, Chuck, Emerson, and Olive find themselves embroiled in a perplexing murder case: a man slain over a dog, who insists his wife committed the crime. The complication? The deceased was a polygamist with four wives.

Ned, Emerson, and Chuck’s latest case centers on an assistant whose profession relied on scent, a woman who perished when her scratch-and-sniff book unexpectedly caught fire.

Ned Emerson, along with Chuck, finds themselves investigating the death of Tony DiNapoli, a man who appears to have been strangled. At the same time, business at the Pie Hole suffers a sharp decline with the opening of a new confectionery i…

The revelation of a deeply buried truth shatters Chuck, and she finds herself unable to offer Ned forgiveness. To divert the Pie Maker’s attention from Chuck, Emerson enlists him in solving a grim mystery: a man is murdering life insurance …