Murder's Deadly Legacy
(2026)(The sixth book in the Clementine Harper Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Lorna St James
Someone dug up more than syrup in Maplewood.
When Ruby Marlow, the beloved owner of the Sweet Leaf Tea Shop, is found dead — sealed inside a time capsule unearthed to celebrate the store’s grand reopening, retired teacher and amateur sleuth Clem Harper, knows something doesn’t add up.
Rumors of missing money, hidden grudges, and quiet leverage hint that Ruby made more enemies than earl grey.
With a cast of suspicious locals — including a sharp-tongued volunteer coordinator Ruby was prepared to expose for manipulating charity funds, and a councilwoman desperate to keep her name clear of a political scandal — Clem must untangle decades of secrets before someone else decides silence is safer than truth.
She teams up with her feline sidekick, Evie, gossipy best friend Mabel Pipkin, and handsome retired detective Finn Adler, to solve the case.
When Clem receives a threatening message: We’rewatching.Stopdigging, she becomes painfully aware that the deadliest secrets aren’t the ones uncovered—
They’re the ones everyone agrees to ignore.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
When Ruby Marlow, the beloved owner of the Sweet Leaf Tea Shop, is found dead — sealed inside a time capsule unearthed to celebrate the store’s grand reopening, retired teacher and amateur sleuth Clem Harper, knows something doesn’t add up.
Rumors of missing money, hidden grudges, and quiet leverage hint that Ruby made more enemies than earl grey.
With a cast of suspicious locals — including a sharp-tongued volunteer coordinator Ruby was prepared to expose for manipulating charity funds, and a councilwoman desperate to keep her name clear of a political scandal — Clem must untangle decades of secrets before someone else decides silence is safer than truth.
She teams up with her feline sidekick, Evie, gossipy best friend Mabel Pipkin, and handsome retired detective Finn Adler, to solve the case.
When Clem receives a threatening message: We’rewatching.Stopdigging, she becomes painfully aware that the deadliest secrets aren’t the ones uncovered—
They’re the ones everyone agrees to ignore.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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