By Kaitlyn Dunnett
Liss MacCrimmon, purveyor of all issues plaid on the Moosetookalook Scottish Emporium in Maine, cannot wait to comfortable as much as the town's first annual secret booklet convention. The outlook turns out very bonnie certainly for the entire neighborhood companies, together with her fiancé's family-owned lodge. but if a reviewer with a grudge takes a swan dive off a scenic lookout, Liss discovers the crime scene bonanza a piece too actual. With a convention packed with strength suspects--from a well-known actress-turned-bestselling writer to her power-broker agent, to an overextended occasions coordinator with lots to hide--it will take a killer intuition to determine which author belongs within the precise crime part. . .before the assassin pens the top for an additional blameless victim.
Praise for the Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries!
"Enjoyable. . .vivid descriptions of Maine in the course of dust season and a unusual forged of characters elevate this cozy." --Publishers Weekly on Scone chilly Dead
"High-kicking enjoyable with characters as colourful because the tartans. . .a pleasant new series." --Dorothy Cannell on Kilt Dead
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And the toilet paper had been printed to look like crime-scene tape. “Of course, no one is allowed to use that roll,” Betty Jean added, chuckling along with the laughing crowd. “And she lives in a decommissioned lighthouse,” said a woman sitting directly in back of Liss. ” A second female voice sounded skeptical. “Oh, yeah. ” “It’s a throwback, that’s for sure. And Betty Jean knows it. She’s had that job for thirty years and she’s not letting it go anytime soon. ” Liss didn’t hear what the second woman replied.
They’d be married. Reluctantly, she stepped out of Dan’s embrace, before she was tempted to ravish him right there in the hotel lobby! Not for the first time, she thought wistfully of suggesting they elope, as their friends Pete and Sherri had on Valentine’s Day. The date Liss and Dan had chosen for the wedding was in late July—close enough to cause Liss to panic every time she thought about how much she still had left to do. She’d never realized how many details were involved in planning even a simple wedding.
Hang in there, son,” Joe said after listening a bit longer. ” But his brow was furrowed with concern when he hung up. “It’s Sherri’s son, Adam. Pete says they think he broke his arm. They’ve taken him down to Fallstown General for x-rays. ” “Poor kid. He’s only seven years old. ” “Typical youngster. ” Dan winced in sympathy. “Pete said Sherri just took the boy into the emergency room. He met them outside and he was parking the cruiser when I caught him. Another couple of minutes and he’d have shut off his cell phone.