Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Grace Abraham Publishing (August 13, 2019)
Print Length: 188 pages
ASIN: B07V1X8SW3
That's
the last time Amy agrees to do a favor for a stranger...
Down
South Cafe owner, Amy Flowers is in over her head. Operating a cafe while
hosting the first Farmers' Market in Winter Garden has her swimming in apples.
And when an elderly woman calls the cafe, pleading for a delivery for her
upcoming party, Amy relents, feeling compelled to help the desperate customer.
But when
she arrives, the woman is slumped over her kitchen table, and Amy is catapulted
into the middle of a small town crime. Guilt-ridden for not arriving earlier to
save the woman, she sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding the woman. Now,
between running the cafe and dealing with the chaos of the farmers' market, Amy
is squeezing in a murder investigation, a run-in with her boyfriend's mom, and
her own mother's quirky life decisions. Life can't get any worse...or can it?
This cafe owner needs a break--in the case.
This is not the first time I've featured Gayle Leeson or Gayle Trent on Nadaness In Motion. I recently had the privilege of reading the first book in her new paranormal cozy mystery series. Check my five-star book review of Designs on Murder.
Kerry Vincent, Hall of Fame Sugar Artist, Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show Director, and Television Personality says the series is “a must read for cake bakers and anyone who has ever spent creative time in the kitchen!”
About the Author:
Gayle Leeson is a pseudonym for Gayle Trent, who also writes as Amanda Lee. As Gayle Trent, I write the Daphne Martin Cake Mystery series
and the Myrtle Crumb Mystery series
. As Amanda Lee, I write the Embroidery Mystery series
.
and the Myrtle Crumb Mystery series. As Amanda Lee, I write the Embroidery Mystery series.
The cake decorating series features a heroine who is starting her life over in Southwest Virginia after a nasty divorce. The heroine, Daphne, has returned to her hometown of Brea Ridge to open a cake baking and decorating business and is wrestling with the question of whether or not one can go home again. She enjoys spending time with her sister, nephew, and niece, but she and her mother have a complicated relationship that isn’t always pleasant. Daphne has also reconnected with her high school sweetheart and is pursuing a rekindled romance while desperately trying to put her past behind her.
Says Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author, “One day I found myself happily reading . . . mysteries by Gayle Trent. If she can win me over . . . she’s got a great future.”
The Embroidery Mystery series features a heroine who recently moved to the Oregon coast to open an embroidery specialty shop. Marcy Singer left her home in San Francisco, along with the humiliation of being left at the altar, in order to move to Tallulah Falls and realize her dream of owning her own shop. She takes along her faithful companion, a one-year-old Irish wolfhound named Angus O’Ruff. She makes many new friends in Tallulah Falls, but she also makes a few enemies. Thankfully, her best friend Sadie MacKenzie and her husband Blake run the coffeehouse right down the street from Marcy’s shop, the Seven-Year Stitch; and Detective Ted Nash always has her back.
Publishers Weekly says, “Fans of the genre will take kindly to Marcy, her Irish wolfhound, Angus O’Ruff, and Tallulah Falls. This is a fast, pleasant read with prose full of pop culture references and, of course, sharp needlework puns.”
Pat Cooper of RT Book Reviews says, “If her debut here is any indication, Lee’s new series is going to be fun, spunky and educational. She smoothly interweaves plot with her character’s personality and charm, while dropping tantalizing hints of stitching projects and their history. Marcy Singer is young, fun, sharp and likable. Readers will be looking forward to her future adventures.” (RT Book Reviews nominated The Quick and the Thread for a 2010 Book Reviewers’ Choice Award in the Amateur Sleuth category)
I live in Virginia with my family, which includes her own “Angus” who is not an Irish wolfhound but a Great Pyrenees who provides plenty of inspiration for the character of Mr. O’Ruff. I’m having a blast writing this new series!
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