Terrie Farley Moran, author of The Body in the Trees, a Murder, She Wrote mystery, is visiting Ascroft, eh? today to share a bit about the next novel in the series.

Welcome, Terrie. I’ll turn the floor over to you –

Jessica Fletcher, world renowned mystery writer, has just sent the manuscript for her latest book to her editor and is more than happy to go to dinner in the main dining room of the Hill House, Cabot Cove’s finest hotel, with her friends Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Sheriff Mort Metzger and Mort’s wife Maureen.

Sitting a few tables away from them were four young women who were rather loud and several of them most certainly had a bit too much to drink.

And it is during that evening when Jessica meets the young woman who is soon to become the victim of a brutal murder among the trees that cover the gorgeous hillside which leads from the land ridge, a well know path for bicycle riders and bird watchers, down to the cove that gives the town its name.

Hi, I am Terrie Moran, one of the two authors who write the Murder, She Wrote books which follow the many adventures of Jessica Fetcher whether she is at home in Cabot Cove or traveling the world on a book tour or visiting friends and family.

Although I love tagging along with Jessica in her travels, my very favorite place to hang out with her is Cabot Cove and I have always suspected that it is Jessica’s favorite place as well. Cabot Cove appears to be a warm and friendly place but I will say that it has far more than its fair share of murders. So I hope that you will read along as Jessica feels compelled to determine exactly what happened to the young lady who became the body in the trees.

Before I go, I want to mention that the other series writer is Barbara Earley, who’s book, Murder She Wrote, Snowy with a Chance of Murder, was released earlier this year and is a very entertaining story. Barbara and I will each have a new Murder She Wrote book coming out in 2026, so keep an eye out!

Thank you for sharing this with us, Terrie, and good luck with The Body in the Trees, the latest book in the Murder, She Wrote mystery series. Readers can learn more about Terrie Farley Moran by visiting the author’s website and her Facebook page.

The book is available online at the following retailers:

Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Bookshop.org – PenguinRandomHouse

About Terrie Farley Moran: Terrie is the bestselling author of the Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series, including the Agatha Award-winning Well Read, Then Dead. Along with Jessica Fletcher, she co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series. She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs. Terrie’s short mystery fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and numerous anthologies. “A Killing at the Beausoleil” was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. “Inquiry and Assistance” received the Derringer Award for Best Novelette.