Sometimes its safer not to know your neighbors secrets. Where are Niko and Zora Norman? Crime writer Augusta Hawke puts her sleuthing skills to the test to solve the mystery of her disappearing neighbors in the first entry in a new series. While Augusta Hawke is a successful author of eighteen crime novels, since her husbands death shes been living vicariously through her Jules Maigret-like detective Claude and his assistant Caroline. Then a handsome police detective appears investigating a real-life mystery. Where are her neighbors, the Normans? No one has a clue whats happened - except Augusta. Although she isnt nosy, spending all day staring out the windows for inspiration means she does notice things. Like the Normans arguing. And that theyve been missing a week. Once the Normans car is found abandoned, Augusta senses material for a bestseller and calls on the investigatory skills shes developed as a crime writer. But she soon uncovers long-hidden secrets and finds herself facing real-life dangers her characters never faced . . . ones she cant write her way out of.
Reviews
Augusta is an engaging narrator, letting the reader in on the realities of being a bestselling author and the vagaries of the publishing world * Booklist * Highly professional work right up to the unmasking of the surprisingly well-hidden killer * Kirkus Reviews on Death in Cornwall * Top notch . . . readers will find a tasty tale that doesn't disappoint. Perfect for fans of the wickedly funny cozy writers M.C. Beaton and Catriona McPherson * Booklist on In Prior's Wood * Agatha Christie fans will enjoy the locked-room mystery * Library Journal on Devil's Breath * Think Agatha Christie meets Ian Fleming * Library Journal on Demon Summer * [A] charming series . . . Malliet is a gentle satirist * New York Times Book Review on Pagan Spring * You'll marvel at the author's low-key humor and crystal-clear depictions of small-town life . . . this is a true homage to Agatha Christie * Library Journal Starred Review of Wicked Autumn *
