By Kathleen Ernst

Trying to depart painful thoughts in the back of her, Chloe Ellefson is creating a clean commence. She's the recent collections curator at outdated global Wisconsin, an out of doors ethnic museum showcasing 1870s payment existence. On her first day, Chloe meets with an aged girl who begs her to discover a beneficial eighteenth-century Norwegian ale bowl that have been donated to the museum years in the past. yet earlier than Chloe can locate the heirloom and go back it to her, the girl dies in a suspicious automobile crash.

Digging up the heritage and whereabouts of the infrequent artifact fast turns harmful. Chloe discovers that somebody is desperately attempting to hide up all lines of the bowl's existence―by any skill important. helping Chloe is police officer Roelke McKenna, whose personal haunting earlier compels him to guard her. To seize the covetous killer, Chloe needs to remedy a decades-old puzzle . . . sooner than she turns into part of background herself.

Praise:

"Clever plot twists and credible characters make this a miles from humdrum cozy."―Publishers Weekly

"This sequence debut by way of an writer of kid's mysteries rolls out properly for readers who like a comfortable with a dab of old lore. Jeanne M. Dams lovers will just like the ethnic background."―Library Journal

"Information on how one can behavior old study, historical past on Norwegian tradition, and information about operating an outside museum body the attractive tale of a lady devastated via a failed romantic dating whose sleuthing is helping her heal."Booklist

"Old international Murder is most powerful in its fascinating neighborhood colour and actual love for Wisconsin’s rolling hills, pastures, and woodlands...a pleasant distraction for a night or two."New York magazine of Books

"A wonderfully-woven story that winds out and in of contemporary and old Wisconsin with lots of mysteries―both earlier and current. In curator Chloe Ellefson, Ernst has created an enthralling personality with humor, grit, and a tangled heritage of her personal that wishes unraveling. Enchanting!"Sandi Ault, writer of the WILD secret sequence and recipient of the Mary Higgins Clark Award

"Propulsive and fantastically written, this primary access in a dynamite new sequence from finished writer Kathleen Ernst seamlessly melds the 1980's and the nineteenth century. Character-driven, with secret aplenty, Old global Murder is a sensational learn. imagine Sue Grafton meets Earlene Fowler, with a splash of Elizabeth Peters."―Julia Spencer-Fleming, Anthony and Agatha Award-winning writer of I Shall no longer wish and One was once A Soldier

"Museum masterpiece."Rosebud e-book Reviews

"A actual find...5 stars."Once Upon a Romance

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No, I don’t! Chloe insisted silently. “Mrs. Lundquist, once a donation has been made, it can’t be undone. ” “But I must get it back! ” Chloe pinched her lips together. She genuinely liked old people. She liked their stories, their memories, their hard-won experience. Their mementos, their refuse, even their homes—these things comprised Chloe’s chosen profession. Mrs. Lundquist didn’t need to beg, or to cajole; Chloe truly wanted to help her. “The best thing I can do is check with the chief curator in Madison,” Chloe said.

A cadence in her mind kept time with her steps: Must – make – this – work. Must – make – this – work. Dr. Eberhardt could no doubt have written a thesis about that obsessive little drone … but Dr. Eberhardt was still in North Dakota with his white pills and his spiral notebook and his guttural grunts that had reminded her all too often of Markus’ father. Visiting a psychiatrist who reminded her of the people she was trying to escape seemed counter-productive, but Solomon, North Dakota—population 793 on a good day—hadn’t offered many options in low-cost mental health care.

Mrs. Lundquist patted Chloe’s hand. “You seem like a sweet young woman. ” “Norwegian. ” Mrs. Lundquist awarded Chloe a delighted smile. ” No, I don’t! Chloe insisted silently. “Mrs. Lundquist, once a donation has been made, it can’t be undone. ” “But I must get it back! ” Chloe pinched her lips together. She genuinely liked old people. She liked their stories, their memories, their hard-won experience. Their mementos, their refuse, even their homes—these things comprised Chloe’s chosen profession.

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