An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder

An irresistible new series from New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon about an amateur sleuth who doesn’t just solve crimes,she writes about how to do it… TIP #1: WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU COUNTS AS WORK EXPERIENCE Meg Gates could use a guidebook for life. Indeedshe’s faced some challenges. She dropped out of college to work for a tech startup that failed—and her fiancé just took her bridesmaid to Italy on what was supposed to be Meg’s honeymoon. At twenty-sixMeg has taken the ferry ride of shame from Seattle back to Bainbridge Island to live with her family. At least she has her rescue cocker spanielWatsonby her side. But it’s Meg who could use a rescue—and she’s hoping it will come in the form of a part-time gig doing research for a bestselling mystery writer. TIP #2: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW—OR WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW That’s when the lightbulb goes on: Meg will write her own guidebook—a manual on criminal investigation. But before she can impress her new boss with her pet projectthe author’s agent is found dead on the rocks beneath the author’s Gothic mansion. Now it’s time to put her guide to the testas Meg sets out to clear her employer of suspicion and solve the crime. But there’s one important caveat she’ll have to add to her guide— TIP #3: BEWARE OF UNKNOWN DANGERS