Out With the Old, in With the Roux
(2025)(Book 32 in the Newfound Lake Cozy Mystery series)
A Story by Virginia K Bennett
When the town librarian is an avid mystery and true-crime reader, the local law enforcement must need a book-smart assistant like her, right?
Instead of coming up with resolutions she is sure not to follow through on, Rebecca Towne decides to implement her ‘New Year, New Me’ strategy by making a much shorter goal: try one new thing each week in January. Strategically chosen to coincide with weekends she and her husband have his daughters versus adult-only weekends, Rebecca picks out four new physical activities to try that are possible in winter. What could possibly go wrong with a few new ways to socialize and be active during the dreary winter months for a family who doesn’t ski?
After celebrating the ball drop with Kenny and the girls, Rebecca puts into motion her plan for trying new sports, including pickleball, ice skating and snowmobiling. At one of the activities, a crime is committed with no evidence, no identification and no motive. Right from the start, this feels like a case that doesn’t want to be solved.
Where can Rebecca and Kenny go to get evidence about a victim no one has ever seen before as the clock continues to tick past the stroke of midnight and into a New Year’s fizzle?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Instead of coming up with resolutions she is sure not to follow through on, Rebecca Towne decides to implement her ‘New Year, New Me’ strategy by making a much shorter goal: try one new thing each week in January. Strategically chosen to coincide with weekends she and her husband have his daughters versus adult-only weekends, Rebecca picks out four new physical activities to try that are possible in winter. What could possibly go wrong with a few new ways to socialize and be active during the dreary winter months for a family who doesn’t ski?
After celebrating the ball drop with Kenny and the girls, Rebecca puts into motion her plan for trying new sports, including pickleball, ice skating and snowmobiling. At one of the activities, a crime is committed with no evidence, no identification and no motive. Right from the start, this feels like a case that doesn’t want to be solved.
Where can Rebecca and Kenny go to get evidence about a victim no one has ever seen before as the clock continues to tick past the stroke of midnight and into a New Year’s fizzle?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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