A Gargoyle’s Guide to Murder
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Can an alchemist, a gargoyle, and a teashop-owning detective solve two Halloween murders before an innocent man takes the fall and their perfect home slips away?
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Spotlight on Gigi’s debut novel, Artifact
A Scottish legend that hides a secret. A treasure from India that vanished long ago. An unexpected package that ignites an adventure.
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Gigi’s 2025 novels: Cozy fantasy mystery A Gargoyle’s Guide to Murder (A vanished body, a deadly bookshop, and a country house party full of suspects), and locked-room mystery The Library Game (There's a body in the library—and everyone is a suspect).
The Secret Staircase Mysteries
A new locked-room mystery series in which an illusionist builds magical architectural details into people's homes while solving impossible crimes.
"Wildly entertaining." ―The New York Times Book Review
An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases.
After a disastrous stage accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and life, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather’s Indian home cooked meals. Though she resists, every day brings her closer to the inevitable: working for her father’s company. Secret Staircase Construction specializes in bringing the magic of childhood to all by transforming clients’ homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, backyard treehouses, and hidden reading nooks.
When Tempest visits her dad’s latest renovation project, her former stage double is discovered dead inside a wall that’s supposedly been sealed for more than a century. Fearing she was the intended victim, it’s up to Tempest to solve this seemingly impossible crime. But as she delves further into the mystery, Tempest can’t help but wonder if the Raj family curse that’s plagued her family for generations―something she used to swear didn’t exist―has finally come for her.
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One murder. Four impossibilities. A fake séance hides a very real crime.
Tempest Raj, returns in The Raven Thief, where sliding bookcases, trick tables, and hidden reading nooks hide something much more sinister than the Secret Staircase Construction crew ever imagined.
“A true standout. . . Pandian has done it again: The Raven Thief conjures up the perfect balance of magic, mystery, and mayhem. I couldn’t stop reading!” —Juliet Blackwell
“An enchanting locked room mystery with a delightfully unique premise.” —Elle Cosimano
“Both Pandian and her protagonist, Tempest Raj, are forces to be reckoned with.” —Mia P. Manansala
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Tempest Raj’s latest puzzle is wrapped in a festive, Scottish Yuletide package. The Christmas Caper is a locked-room mystery short story, and includes two holiday recipes!
A baffling art heist. A mysterious Christmas Market. A thief in the shadows of Edinburgh Castle.
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The Accidental Alchemist™ Mysteries
Read the Award-Winning mystery series.
“Zoe and Dorian are my new favorite amateur-sleuth duo!” —Victoria Laurie, New York Times bestselling author
A chance for a new beginning in Portland, Oregon. A stowaway from Paris who's slowly turning to stone. Can alchemist Zoe Faust unravel the secrets of an ancient book in time to save her new friend? Includes recipes!
Winner of the Left Coast Crime Lefty Award.
"Filled with magic, intrigue, and humor, this series is sure to delight fans of cozy mysteries and urban fantasy." ―Bookriot
"A whimsical and charming supernatural mystery." ―Mystery Scene
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A murder, missing loot from a famous heist, and an ancient book that could spell life or death for alchemist Zoe Faust’s favorite gargoyle.
Deciphering an ancient alchemy book is more difficult than alchemist Zoe Faust bargained for. When she gives herself a rare night out to attend a classic magic show that reminds her of her youth, she realizes the stage magicians are much more than they seem. A murder at the theater leads back to a string of unsolved robberies and murders in Portland’s past, and a mystery far more personal than Zoe and Dorian the gargoyle ever imagined.
Includes recipes!
“People who enjoy character driven stories with mystery, magic, supernatural creatures, and historical intrigue will greatly enjoy this inventive, well-written tale.” ―Portland Book Review
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An unsolved crime from 1942. A dangerous secret linked to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. And a woman threatening to expose alchemist Zoe Faust’s own secrets.
Dorian Robert-Houdin, the three-and-a-half-foot gargoyle chef who fancies himself a modern-day Poirot, is slowly turning into stone. From Paris, France, to Portland, Oregon, can Zoe Faust unlock the Elixir of Life a second time to save her best friend Dorian? When they discover that a long-lost stone gargoyle with a connection to Dorian has reappeared in Europe, the stakes become even higher.
"Pandian's imaginative third Accidental Alchemist mystery will please those who like their cozies filled with magic." —Publishers Weekly
Includes recipes!
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A perilous painting leads Zoe Faust and Dorian Robert-Houdin on an alchemical adventure in Portland, Oregon, in search of Zoe's missing mentor—Nicolas Flamel. Includes recipes!
Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and shortlisted for the G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award given out at the Edgar Awards.
"The Alchemist’s Illusion is filled with beauty... Pandian paints a lovely picture of relationships throughout the book's mystery of greed and violence." —New York Journal of Books
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Alchemy and an art heist in Paris are on the menu in a new Accidental Alchemist novella.
Alchemist Zoe Faust and her impish gargoyle sidekick Dorian Robert-Houdin travel to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to investigate a mysterious discovery found in the wreckage of the tragic fire: a long-lost gargoyle illustration drawn by Victor Hugo himself, which vanishes under impossible circumstances.
The Lost Gargoyle of Paris is an Accidental Alchemist Mystery eBook novella and is less than half the length of the novels in the series. It stands alone, but if you want to read more about Zoe, Dorian, and their misfit friends back in Portland, Oregon, check out the first four books in the series (and more to come!).
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The Goonies meets Charade in the fifth Accidental Alchemist Mystery
A blackmailer obsessed with gold. A boyfriend who’s more than he seems. And a treasure hidden on the Oregon coast.
A Kings River Life Best of 2021!
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A riddle, a game, and a clue in the garden.
When Zoe Faust sees the ghost of a murdered young woman, is it really a spirit—or a flesh and blood woman who stopped aging because she’s a fellow alchemist?
Sixteen years ago, high school student Ridley Price discovered a secret she planned to reveal through a party game—but someone killed her first. The baffling crime was never solved. Zoe’s friend Heather has always wondered: which of the seven guests at the party killed Ridley? When the newly-appeared ghost turns dangerous, threatening people they love, Zoe teams up with her gargoyle roommate Dorian to unmask the supposed specter.
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The Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mysteries
Read the USA Today bestselling and award-winning mystery series.
“Fun, romantic, and filled with action.” —Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
“Witty, clever, and twisty. Do you like Agatha Christie? Elizabeth Peters? Then you’re going to love Gigi Pandian.” —Edgar-winning author Aaron Elkins
When historian Jaya Jones receives a mysterious package containing a jewel-encrusted artifact sent by a murdered man, she discovers the secrets of a lost Indian treasure may be hidden in a Scottish legend. Can Jaya figure out which of the scholars vying for her affections might be the love of her life—and which one is a killer?
The USA Today bestselling novel was awarded a Malice Domestic Grant and named a “Best of 2012″ debut novel by Suspense Magazine.
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A century-old treasure map of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast, sacred riches from India, two murders a century apart, and a love triangle…Historian Jaya Jones has her work cut out for her.
Winner of the Left Coast Crime Rose Award.
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A thousand-year-old secret room, a sultan’s stolen treasure, and an invitation to Paris to rekindle an old flame leads to historian Jaya Jones finding herself on the wrong side of the law during an art heist at the Louvre.
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A lost work of art linking India to the Italian Renaissance, a killer hiding behind a centuries-old ghost story, and a hidden treasure in Italy’s macabre sculpture garden known as the Park of Monsters, lead Jaya and her brother to the heart of Italy.
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A fabled illusion performed by a stage magician who claims to possess real supernatural powers and a treasure from the colonial era leads Jaya and her best friend Sanjay, aka The Hindi Houdini, to Kyoto, Japan.
Long-listed for the ALA (American Library Association) 2018 Reading List.
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A locked-room mystery at a Paris mansion. A supposed ghost haunting a French family who looted treasure from Cambodia. A reclusive thriller author writing a novel in honor of historian Jaya Jones—is it a work of fiction or a devious device to lure Jaya into solving a chilling mystery?
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