The Plot Is Murder

Now in mass market! The first installment in the Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series featuring a Michigan bookstore that specializes in mysteries,Samantha Washington – bookstore ownerauthorand amateur sleuth – and her two toy poodles- Snickers and Oreo. The small town of North Harbor on the shores of Lake Michigan is about to have a new mystery bookshop. But before the first customer can browsethe owner becomes a real-life murder suspect . . . Samantha Washington has long dreamed of owning a mystery bookstore. And as she prepares for the grand openingshe’s realizing another dream–penning a cozy mystery set in England between the wars. While Samantha hires employees and stocks her shelvesher imagination also gets to work as her heroineLady Penelope Marshlong-overshadowed by her beautiful sister Daphnerefuses to lose the besotted Victor Carlston to her sibling’s charms. When one of Daphne’s suitors is murdered in a mazePenelope steps in to solve the labyrinthine puzzle and win Victor. In the meantimehoweverthe unimaginable happens in real life. A shady realtor turns up dead in Samantha’s backyardand the police suspect her–after allshe might know a thing or two about murder. Aided by her feisty grandmother and an ensemble of enthusiastic retireesSamantha is determined to close the case before she opens her store. But will she live to conclude her own story when the killer has a revised ending in mind?