Books, Bones & Murder
(2027)(The second book in the Prentiss & Parker Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Kathy Manos Penn
A boot with a bone-chilling secret. A missing woman whose story was never finished. And a decade-old mystery someone wants to keep buried.
Leta Parker and Dave Prentiss are settling into their new life in Cornwall. With Dave happily immersed in literary research and Leta exploring the coast with Dickens, their days are beginning to fall into a comfortable rhythm. Until a seaside walk takes a dark turn when their curious canine discovers a weathered boot—and unsettling evidence that its owner met a tragic end.
The discovery may finally reveal what happened to a woman who vanished without a trace ten years earlier. But as Leta and Dave learn more about her, they discover she may have been living a life no one fully understood.
Drawn into a cold case filled with old books, hidden notes, and memories that don't quite agree, the newlyweds begin piecing together the final chapters of the woman's life. And with Dickens lending his nose and Christie her decidedly opinionated observations, Leta and Dave soon realize someone in Fowey knows far more about the decade-old disappearance than they're willing to admit.
Can Leta and Dave read between the lines and uncover the truth before a long-buried secret puts them in danger too?
Books, Bones & Murder is the intriguing second book in the Prentiss & Parker Cozy Mystery series, a spin-off of Kathy Manos Penn's beloved Dickens & Christie series. If you like mature sleuths, chatty four-legged sidekicks, bookish clues, and charming Cornish settings, you'll love following Leta and Dave as they unravel another mystery together.
Buy Books, Bones & Murder and discover what secrets have been buried in Fowey for ten years.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Leta Parker and Dave Prentiss are settling into their new life in Cornwall. With Dave happily immersed in literary research and Leta exploring the coast with Dickens, their days are beginning to fall into a comfortable rhythm. Until a seaside walk takes a dark turn when their curious canine discovers a weathered boot—and unsettling evidence that its owner met a tragic end.
The discovery may finally reveal what happened to a woman who vanished without a trace ten years earlier. But as Leta and Dave learn more about her, they discover she may have been living a life no one fully understood.
Drawn into a cold case filled with old books, hidden notes, and memories that don't quite agree, the newlyweds begin piecing together the final chapters of the woman's life. And with Dickens lending his nose and Christie her decidedly opinionated observations, Leta and Dave soon realize someone in Fowey knows far more about the decade-old disappearance than they're willing to admit.
Can Leta and Dave read between the lines and uncover the truth before a long-buried secret puts them in danger too?
Books, Bones & Murder is the intriguing second book in the Prentiss & Parker Cozy Mystery series, a spin-off of Kathy Manos Penn's beloved Dickens & Christie series. If you like mature sleuths, chatty four-legged sidekicks, bookish clues, and charming Cornish settings, you'll love following Leta and Dave as they unravel another mystery together.
Buy Books, Bones & Murder and discover what secrets have been buried in Fowey for ten years.
Genre: Cozy Mystery