Murder by Invitation
(2026)(The first book in the Foxglove & Ink Mystery series)
A novel by Diana Beckett
Edie Harlow came back to Bramblewick for one reason: to save the stationery shop her late aunt left her and keep her own ruined reputation from becoming the only thing people remembered.
Her first big chance at a comeback looks perfect on paper. Foxglove & Ink has landed the wedding commission of the season at Ashcombe Hall, complete with hand-pressed invitations, silk vow books, and enough family tension to snap the ribbon on every place card in the room.
Then, after the rehearsal dinner, the groom’s uncle is found dead in the rose walk.
Edie notices what everyone else misses: a guest’s escort card was altered just before dinner, a wax seal has vanished from her display, and the victim was carrying an envelope someone desperately wanted opened before it reached the wrong hands. Now the wedding party is full of suspects, the contract that could save her shop is hanging by a thread, and every polished smile at Ashcombe Hall seems to hide an old lie with legal teeth.
To clear her name and protect the business she has barely begun to rebuild, Edie will have to untangle a murder built on family pressure, buried records, and one dangerous question:
Who killed Julian Fenwick to keep the truth off the page?
Murder by Invitation is the first book in the Foxglove & Ink Mysteries, a cozy mystery series filled with village scandal, sharp clues, charming atmosphere, and a witty sleuth who knows paper can hide just as much as it reveals.
Genre: Mystery
Her first big chance at a comeback looks perfect on paper. Foxglove & Ink has landed the wedding commission of the season at Ashcombe Hall, complete with hand-pressed invitations, silk vow books, and enough family tension to snap the ribbon on every place card in the room.
Then, after the rehearsal dinner, the groom’s uncle is found dead in the rose walk.
Edie notices what everyone else misses: a guest’s escort card was altered just before dinner, a wax seal has vanished from her display, and the victim was carrying an envelope someone desperately wanted opened before it reached the wrong hands. Now the wedding party is full of suspects, the contract that could save her shop is hanging by a thread, and every polished smile at Ashcombe Hall seems to hide an old lie with legal teeth.
To clear her name and protect the business she has barely begun to rebuild, Edie will have to untangle a murder built on family pressure, buried records, and one dangerous question:
Who killed Julian Fenwick to keep the truth off the page?
Murder by Invitation is the first book in the Foxglove & Ink Mysteries, a cozy mystery series filled with village scandal, sharp clues, charming atmosphere, and a witty sleuth who knows paper can hide just as much as it reveals.
Genre: Mystery
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