Mel Starr
The Abbot’s Agreement (Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon)
By Mel Starr (Lion Fiction)
Release date: August 15, 2014
“My life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whatever it was that the crows had found lay in the dappled shadow of the bare limbs of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what the crows were feasting upon. The corpse wore black. ” Master Hugh is making his way towards Oxford when he discovers the young Benedictine – a fresh body, barefoot – not half a mile from the nearby abbey. The abbey’s novice master confirms the boy’s identity: John, one of three novices.
Angela Ruth Strong
A Caffeine Conundrum (The CafFUNated Myteries)
By Angela Ruth Strong (Mountain Brook Ink)
Release date: September 1, 2018
Solving a murder mystery is harder when you don’t trust your partner. or their taste in beverages. Sassy city girl Tandy Brandt moves to the small town of Grace Springs to start a coffee shop, never imagining she’ll be competing with local beauty queen Marissa Alexander and her dream of running a tea house.
A Cuppa Trouble (The CafFUNated Mysteries)
By Angela Ruth Strong (Mountain Brook Ink)
Release date: July 1, 2019
Can a couple of baristas chase down a car thief without spilling a drop of their favorite drink?Plans for a Valentine’s Day grand opening of a small town coffee shop go awry when the first customer is killed. Evidence points toward the victim being mixed up in a car theft ring, but shop owners Tandy and Marissa have reason to believe he was framed. An assortment of suspects–from a pink-haired heir to Tandy’s charming ex–all seem to know a little too much about grand theft auto. Without approval from either their boyfriends or the gum-chewing FBI agent in charge, the shop owners go on stakeouts, plan stings, and pursue justice in a high-speed car chase. If they don’t find the killer soon, it might be more than their love lives in trouble.