Big Apple Whodunit

by Yvonna Russell

Not your momma’s cozy mystery, this short story collection tells tales of lust, revenge, betrayal, and ambition in the city that never sleeps. My short story collection, Big Apple Whodunit, includes Murder Mystery Weekend, The City Opera Thrift Shop Murder, The Soap Opera Awards Luncheon, The Cartier Caper, and The Hamptons Theater Murder.

The Cartier Caper
Legendary French jeweler Cartier only loans haute joaillerie to stars. Belinda Carson, Head of Communications and Heritage, needs a big get for the upcoming Tony Awards. Thanks to her new fine beau, actor Sterling Hanson, she discovers a way.

The Soap Opera Awards Luncheon There’s something about what happened to Minerva Gordon. The murder mystery may never be solved, though someone on the daytime serial, "Granderson's Quest," knows.

The Hamptons Theater Murder

Come to the Hamptons Theatre for the summer and help me with light renovations and painting—free lodging and meals at my home. Maybe at summer’s end, we will mount a production of a Tennessee Williams play.



The City Opera Thrift Shop Murder

Muffie Bronwen Atwater wants her Paul Flato dragon brooch back from her late son’s husband, Brian. How does it end up at the City Opera Thrift Shop? Can down-on-his-luck actor Jim Cashavelly get it back? Chasing the dragon is dangerous.

Murder Mystery Weekend

Actress Jacqueline Bonaparte agreed to perform in “Murder Mystery Weekend” at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. If she had only followed her first instinct and stayed home with her cocker spaniel, Douglas.

412 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2025

About the author

Yvonna Russell is a writer living la dolce vita in Manhattan. She writes about celebrity, fashion, society and the arts for various blogs and publications. A former actress she loves writing and will work for wine, coffee and Manolo Blahniks.