Puzzles, Purrs & Murder

When an innocent knock turns up a body, can she step into the dead man's shoes and put the cuffs on a scheming murderer?

Leta Parker needs a distraction. With her boyfriend temporarily staying in Connecticut, the confident retiree is ready to dive into the design and team-building conference being hosted by her adopted Cotswolds village. But when one of the lead consultants is late to a meeting and she goes next door to wake him up, she’s shocked to stumble across his strangled corpse.

Shut out of the case by the stuffy detective inspector, Leta agrees to lend her well-honed mind to keep the teamwork sessions on track. But with the beloved members of the Little Old Ladies Detective Agency champing at the bit to chase down clues, she can't resist using her insider position to spy out possible motives.

Can she piece together the puzzle before anyone else draws their last breath?

Puzzles, Purrs & Murder is the charming tenth book in the Dickens & Christie cozy mystery series. If you like well-grounded heroines, original characters, and richly plotted whodunits, then you'll love Kathy Manos Penn's bespoke investigation.