"This promising series debut ? edgier and sexier than most cozies ? should intrigue anyone who enjoys biblio crime." ? Booklist
"A cosy and literary mystery in a contemporary style, this story presents a clever puzzle and an abundance of possibly scheming suspects."
? Haunted Reader, Reviewer
Book groups can be dangerous!
Hazel Rose never dreamed the mystery book group she and Carlene Arness started would stage a real murder.
Nevertheless, one night after a heated book group discussion, Carlene dies after drinking cyanide-laced tea. Despite a suicide note, Hazel isn't convinced that Carlene took her own life. Hazel doesn't like thinking that someone in the book group killed Carlene. Neither does she like the thought that Carlene's husband Evan (who happens to be Hazel's ex-husband) did away with his wife. But she's stuck with the thoughts.
When Hazel seeks answers, she finds no shortage of motives as she unearths a past that Carlene took great pains to hide. Hazel's investigation ends with a confrontation with Carlene's killer, who is also protecting a past ... and won't stop at one murder.
** Previously published as Murder at the Book Group **
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Maggie King is the author of the Hazel Rose Book Group mysteries. Her short stories appear in various anthologies, including the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, Death by Cupcake, Murder by the Glass, and First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder, and Crime in the Old Dominion.
Maggie graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, James River Writers, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. She has worked as a software developer, retail sales manager, customer service supervisor, web designer, and non-profit administrator. She has called New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California home. These days she lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband Glen and mischievous cat, Olive. All these jobs, schools, and homes have gifted her with story ideas for years to come.