Murder at the Maple Street Bookshop

A developer offers two million dollars for her aunt's bookshop. The next morning he's dead at the foot of the library ladder.

Delia Hart left New York publishing to take over Dog-Eared Books in Birch Falls, Vermont. The police call Gordon Pike's death an accident. Delia isn't so sure, because the ladder's brake is on, and Aunt Rosie always said, "Brake first. Always." With her fantasy-loving assistant Wren, a sharp-tongued antiques dealer, a ninety-two-year-old retired librarian, a grumpy orange cat named Poirot and the deputy who once took her to prom, Delia follows a trail of peppermint wrappers and a missing local history book to a secret the town has kept for 150 years.

A warm, clever small-town cozy mystery with autumn leaves, maple scones and a second-chance romance.

• Cozy mystery novella, about 57 pages (6×9 PDF)
• Includes questions for reading groups
• Instant digital download