Michigan bookshop owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington is engaged to be marriedâbut she may have to step over a few bodies before she walks down the aisle . . .
All Sam wanted was to make a good impression on her fiancÊ Frankâs mother, the very proper Dr. Camilia Patterson. But when Nano Jo and the lively ladies of Shady Acres Retirement Village throw a surprise bridal shower for Sam at the Four Feathers Casinoâwatch out! Things spin out of control faster than a roulette wheel. Fortunately, Sam knows when to fold âem and slips back to her room to work on her latest historical mystery set between the wars, in which a houseguest meets a grim end at an English country manor.
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The morning after brings another rude surprise. Sam gets a frantic call from Camilia, whoâs discovered a dead body in her room. Now winning over her soon-to-be mother-in-law means keeping the good doctor out of a potential scandal and attempting to discreetly solve a murder without ruffling any feathers. For that sheâll need the help of Nano Joânot exactly the soul of discretionâDetective âStinkyâ Pitt, and the ladiesâbecause the casino killer keeps upping the ante. . .
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Praise for Murder on Tour
âThis novel, like Burnsâs others, wipes the mind clean of anything but pure enjoyment.â âNew York Times Book Review
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