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#7 in MASSACHUSETTS COZY MYSTERIES
A ski holiday with friends at a mountain resort. What could possibly go wrong?
It’s supposed to be the engaged couple’s vacation from sleuthing, instead they are confronted with a murder at the isolated hotel. Aside from their party, the guests are strangers to each other. And the victim was new to the area so who shot him and why?
Rumors of a kidnap plot from an eccentric author, a Russian ex-pat pining for the old days of the Empire and a feuding staff add to the confusion of motives. With the help of the local sheriff, they discover a cache of money but then a young woman goes missing.
Can Amanda and Brendan make sense of the seemingly unconnected clues and get back on the slopes before Christmas?
CHRISTMAS MURDER ON THE SLOPES is the fast-paced 7th book in the Massachusetts Cozy Mystery series with Amanda Burnside and Detective Brendan Halloran. In the spirit of the golden age of mysteries, you’ll devour this story with a spunky sleuth set in the 1930s.
Buy CHRISTMAS MURDER ON THE SLOPES to find out whodunnit.
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THE MASSACHUSETTS COZY MYSTERY SERIES?
She’s rich and bored. This homicide has no motive. Determined to get to the truth, can a socialite solve a curious killing?
Boston, 1933. Amanda Burnside yearns for more. Dutifully hitting the social scene and volunteering for charity, the young former debutante is delighted to be dating a doctor yet wishes for excitement. But she wasn’t expecting a stroll on Boston Common with her beau to end with the discovery of a dead body.
Shocked by the experience, Amanda ignores her parents’ wishes and resolves to follow the clues to uncover the perpetrator. But with shady characters, ruthless bootleggers and wily politicians all fighting to keep the details buried, the plucky amateur sleuth fears the answers may land her in the morgue.
Can Amanda unmask a murderer without becoming the next victim?
And the second in the series.
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She turned down marriage to prove her independence. What she didn’t bargain for was a murder.
1933. Amanda Burnside’s new project is creating a children’s clinic in the colorful, ethnic, under-served North End. It’s busy, noisy, bustling, and she’s challenged by the differences from her upper-class upbringing. She soon questions her choices when she stumbles across the murder of a young man. Warned off from asking further questions only fuels her curiosity to solve the case.
Detective Halloran is assigned to sift through the motives and evasions of too many suspects. But his sights are also set on Amanda who injects herself into the investigation. When she uncovers the clue that sends the police in the right direction, she unwittingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a kidnapping plot.
Will she be able to help solve the crime? Or be its next victim?
Something is fishy in City Hall.
She’s excited by a new job assignment working with the Mayor. But things quickly get dark as she finds murder and deceit lurk in the hallways of City Hall.
Public servants in City Hall aren’t being very honest with the public. When a citizen reports an employee’s attempt at extortion, all hell breaks loose. And then that worker is murdered.
Detective Halloran investigates with the perspective of his girlfriend, Amanda, an amateur sleuth. It’s his job on the line but she is pulled in out of curiosity and to avoid the drama at home.
As they dig deeper, they find another layer of corruption that points to people in high places. The detective and the sleuth are faced with scheming civils servants, complacent bosses, a raft of suspects, murky motives and flimsy alibis.
Can they uncover the culprit with so many people and higher ups blocking their progress?
AND OF COURSE, A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
When her boss resigns, she’s out of a job and at loose ends. But it is when her friend’s father is killed that she hones her skills as an amateur sleuth. Can Amanda track down the killer before someone else dies?
No one knows why her friend’s father was in the family’s vacation home in Hyannis on Cape Cod in early December. The discovery that he changed his will and was poisoned confuses his family and baffles the local sheriff.
An ongoing property feud with a neighbor, a disgraced young man wronged by the family, an art dealer who suspects something is fishy, and a resentful brother are just some of the suspects. Amanda uses her detection powers to great effect, but in solving the mystery, is she putting herself in mortal danger?
AND THE LATEST
She lives a comfortable life But when a posh neighbor is murdered, she fears she’ll lose her hard-won independence.
Boston, 1930’s. Amanda Burnside feels she’s coming into her own. Having finally convinced her parents that working in her father’s law firm as an investigator is an acceptable job for a young woman, the former debutante believes anything is possible. But when a client’s husband is killed, she fears the sordid details will derail her career plans.
A peaceful Sunday takes a tragic turn when a gravely ill man, left alone in an eerily silent house, is brutally murdered. In a shocking twist, the clumsy cop at the scene accuses the priest, who had come to administer the late rites.
To Amanda Burnside’s distress, the priest is her future brother-in-law. Her detective fiancé insists on exonerating his brother which means working with a nemesis who jumps to every wrong conclusion. Why kill a dying man? Is it for the alleged fortune in gold? And who knows where it is hidden?
There are plenty of suspects with an axe to grind and a lost treasure at stake. But as they get closer to finding the money, the murder takes on a wider, more sinister tone. And suddenly, they are embroiled in the middle of an international incident.
Follow the intrepid pair as they dodge the family issues and become drawn into something larger than they expected.
Murder in Dorchester is the sixth book in the fast-paced, 1930s whodunnit in the Massachusetts Cozy Mystery series with a plucky female sleuth.
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First review for: MURDER IN DORCHESTER
Andrea Kress does it again. I read the book within a few hours of getting it. I just could not stop reading until I finished it. Ms. Kress writes with an accurate ear for the dialogue, and action, perfect for the time setting. This book in particular evoked fond memories because when we were kids, we used to play hooky from school by riding the trolley from Harvard Square to Ashmont, with Savin Hill being one of the stops. The characters in this series are well delineated and still developing wonderfully, and all the characters are interesting; some are fascinating. The protagonist, Amanda, is making a successful career in an unusual occupation for a woman of the period, and I am glad to see her sister’s career doing so well. Interactions among family and friends make for entertaining reading as one tries to figure out Who Done It. Each series by this author is delightful and I can recommend all the books without reservation.
And don’t forget the BERKSHIRES COZY MYSTERIES
ALL NINE OF THEM !
WITH AGGIE BURNSIDE, AMATEUR SLEUTH
BERKSHIRES BOX SETS ARE HERE
HAVE YOU SEEN THE CAROLINA COZY MYSTERIES?
She traded the rat race to work in an academic lab. Instead of peace and quiet, she discovers jealousy, treachery and murder. And she may be next.
COVID, a stressful job and the end of Gemma’s marriage signaled a need to change everything in her life. Finding a job in public information in a university affiliated lab near Raleigh run by a world-renowned researcher seemed like a dream come true. Lured by warmer weather, a pay raise, cheaper rent and a scenic commute, she wasn’t prepared for another cutthroat environment. Or the murder of a researcher found in a chimp’s cage.
Relieved by the arrival of the small-town detective, Steve Thibault, she realizes he’ll be frustrated by the uncooperative and tightlipped researchers. As they become attracted to each other, he comes to rely on her as an ally. And as he surfaces each hidden truth and buried accusation, he discovers everybody seems to have a motive.
Can they peel back the lies before there is another body?
MURDER IN THE FOREST LAB is the gripping first book in the CAROLINA mystery series. If you like emotionally intriguing characters, blossoming romance, and playful banter, then you’ll love Andrea Kress’s cozy mystery.
HERE’S THE SECOND IN THE CONTEMPORARY COZY SERIES
Can a female amateur sleuth and the small-town detective peel back the lies before they find another body? Or is he part of the problem?
Gemma and her police detective boyfriend are on the Carolina coast for a vacation and a bit of work. But she is soon pulled into the mystery of the death of a museum docent, disappearing artifacts and a sketchy museum director.
Things take a turn for the worse when she begins to suspect that her boyfriend may abandon his career altogether as he reconnects with dodgy old friends. With money on his mind, will he ditch everything—including their relationship—to get a better life for himself?
Follow her as she tries to distinguish friend from foe in the ever-complicating terrain. And finds herself in the middle of a drug deal.