Added by 7 members
Cuts and Contracts
(2026)(The fourth book in the Novels and Needles series)
A novel by Steve Higgs and Christina Rose
Jessica Mitchell crossed an ocean to run a craft shop, not solve crimes. Rochester didn't get the memo.
When forged budget pages start turning up in every sealed council folder — stamped with her font, cut with her die, signed with her name — Jessica's quiet new life comes apart at the seams. The one person who could clear her has just been pulled from the Medway, in the last place on earth she'd ever have gone.
Someone thinks a nosy American with a Yorkshire terrier is easy to frame and easier to silence.
They haven't met her yet.
Jessica knows paper. She knows a forgery from a hundred yards. And she was raised by a cop — which is more than can be said for whoever built this lie. Good thing she's not the only one in town who reads the fine print: retired detective Albert Smith and his former police dog Rex have a habit of showing up right when the numbers stop adding up.
Between wedding invitations, warm-room budgets, and a body that shouldn't be there, Jessica has one deadline nobody can move: clear her name before the ink dries on someone else's frame job.
Fans of the bestselling Albert Smith series by Steve Higgs will love these gentle but fun cozy mysteries. Featuring both Albert and his faithful companion Rex, there's so much to love about these books.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
When forged budget pages start turning up in every sealed council folder — stamped with her font, cut with her die, signed with her name — Jessica's quiet new life comes apart at the seams. The one person who could clear her has just been pulled from the Medway, in the last place on earth she'd ever have gone.
Someone thinks a nosy American with a Yorkshire terrier is easy to frame and easier to silence.
They haven't met her yet.
Jessica knows paper. She knows a forgery from a hundred yards. And she was raised by a cop — which is more than can be said for whoever built this lie. Good thing she's not the only one in town who reads the fine print: retired detective Albert Smith and his former police dog Rex have a habit of showing up right when the numbers stop adding up.
Between wedding invitations, warm-room budgets, and a body that shouldn't be there, Jessica has one deadline nobody can move: clear her name before the ink dries on someone else's frame job.
Fans of the bestselling Albert Smith series by Steve Higgs will love these gentle but fun cozy mysteries. Featuring both Albert and his faithful companion Rex, there's so much to love about these books.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Visitors also looked at these books
Used availability for Steve Higgs's Cuts and Contracts