It’s taken a while to get here but this week I released The Snow Job, Book 3 in the Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries series. I was always excited about this story but never seemed to find enough time to work on it. So, I wrote this book in bits and pieces, in between other projects (including two illustrated novels), over two years. Last Christmas I celebrated finishing the first draft of the story. And this year, I’ve finally finished editing the book and have published it.

The Snow Job is set in January 1984, and follows Thanksgiving and Theft (a novella) and The Heritage Heist (Book 2), both of which were set in the previous October, in the Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries series.

So, what’s the story?

Middle-aged widow Lois is beginning to feel part of the Fenwater community, and as winter sets in, she is getting ready for the town’s biggest Scottish event, the annual Burns Night supper. But when one of the committee members dies in suspicious circumstances, Lois has more to worry about than the fate of this year’s celebration. She tried unsuccessfully to revive the man and her friend Marge worked with him. So, they want to find his killer even though Lois promised her partner Bruce that she would stay out of police matters.

But, what’s the harm in asking a few questions? Such as does someone want to safeguard their inheritance or give their business a boost? Will finding the motive for the murder lead them to the killer or maybe more?

And so begins a fortnight of slippery sidewalks, angst about ancestors, capable firemen and cunning firebugs, unreliable records, swirling Scottish music and swinging tartan kilts, calico cats and smouldering spooks set against the backdrop of snow glistening under streetlamps on serene streets, the comfort of ritual in a cold churchyard, the swish of skate blades in crisp night air and the tang of mouthwatering meatloaf in rural Canada in 1984.

The Snow Job is a heartwarming and puzzling winter tale set in a small town where you’ll quickly feel at home. I hope you’ll pull up a chair and join Lois and her friends as they try to figure out this latest mystery and find the killer – before it’s too late.

The Snow Job is available online at Amazon.