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A Drizzle of Deceit
(2025)(The third book in the Pressed for Justice Cozy Mystery series)
A Story by Emma Ainsley
A shocking arrest. A disputed inheritance.
And a murder that hits too close to home.
Anna Beth Sinclair is settling into life in Cane Creek. Her panini shop is thriving, her team is steady, and for once, everything seems to be going according to plan. That is, until a beloved high school teacher shows up at her door with a manila folder full of court documents and a desperate plea for help.
Dean McQueen’s claim to his family estate is falling apart. His late brother’s widow is contesting the will, and what started as a private dispute has turned into a messy legal battle. Before anything can be resolved, she’s found dead and Dean is arrested without a chance to defend himself. Anna Beth doesn’t have all the facts, but nothing about the case sits right.
The charges came fast, the investigation feels incomplete, and people seem too willing to move on. There are gaps no one seems interested in closing and questions no one is asking out loud. She’s not a lawyer, no matter what everyone thinks, and she’s not trying to be one, but walking away wouldn’t feel right. Not when someone’s freedom is at stake, and especially not when the truth feels just out of reach.
Clearing Dean’s name means looking beyond the arrest and into the lives it disrupted. Every conversation raises new questions, and every answer leads somewhere unexpected. The closer she gets to what really happened, she can’t help but wonder if it was about the inheritance, or something far more personal.
Return to Cane Creek, where every clue counts and nothing stays buried for long.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
And a murder that hits too close to home.
Anna Beth Sinclair is settling into life in Cane Creek. Her panini shop is thriving, her team is steady, and for once, everything seems to be going according to plan. That is, until a beloved high school teacher shows up at her door with a manila folder full of court documents and a desperate plea for help.
Dean McQueen’s claim to his family estate is falling apart. His late brother’s widow is contesting the will, and what started as a private dispute has turned into a messy legal battle. Before anything can be resolved, she’s found dead and Dean is arrested without a chance to defend himself. Anna Beth doesn’t have all the facts, but nothing about the case sits right.
The charges came fast, the investigation feels incomplete, and people seem too willing to move on. There are gaps no one seems interested in closing and questions no one is asking out loud. She’s not a lawyer, no matter what everyone thinks, and she’s not trying to be one, but walking away wouldn’t feel right. Not when someone’s freedom is at stake, and especially not when the truth feels just out of reach.
Clearing Dean’s name means looking beyond the arrest and into the lives it disrupted. Every conversation raises new questions, and every answer leads somewhere unexpected. The closer she gets to what really happened, she can’t help but wonder if it was about the inheritance, or something far more personal.
Return to Cane Creek, where every clue counts and nothing stays buried for long.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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