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- Herausgeber: Joslyn Chase
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
Award-winning author Joslyn Chase delivers on three delightful stories!
The Sodden Spectators
Mystery novelist Cathryn Harcourt never met a mystery she couldn’t solve…in the pages of her own books.
Faced with a real-life puzzle on which hangs the happiness of two young lovers, can she find a solution before they’re forced apart?
And when the stakes rise higher than anyone imagined, can she outsmart a wily, unsuspected murderer?
Join Cathryn as she travels from Virginia to Kentucky to Brazil on the tracks of a clever killer.
Includes two bonus stories—Chamber of Vengeance and A Simple Glass of Water.
Chamber of Vengeance
In the shadowy corners of a 1980s Seattle costume shop, Tamsin, a skilled restoration artist, works tirelessly to prepare a haunted wax museum for its grand Halloween debut.
But when a chilling murder disrupts her work, Tamsin finds herself drawn into a web of secrets hidden behind the lifelike figures she restores. As she pieces together clues, danger looms closer, and the truth threatens to unearth more than just the killer.
Chamber of Vengeance is a spine-tingling tale of mystery, artistry, and the darkness that lingers just beneath the surface.
A Simple Glass of Water
Who knew a simple glass of water could hold so much? Or that it could change from half empty to half full in the course of a day?
It carried the seeds of Ruben’s destruction, turned his world upside down, and drowned him in despair.
Might it also offer the key to his salvation?
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
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What readers are saying...
“Author Joslyn Chase has now confirmed my first impressions of her being a formidable suspense writer bound to make readers sit up and take notice.”
~ Manie Kilian (reader, Amazon.com)
“Joslyn Chase’s storytelling prowess transcends mere excitement; it ventures into the realm of inspiration, reminding us of the power of narrative artistry.”
~ Conrad Bux, author of Killer Witness
“Author Joslyn Chase expertly weaves high-stakes action with complex character development to please readers who want a fully-rounded novel.”
~ Reader’s Favorite
“As always in her writing, the settings and action scenes are vividly portrayed and the relationships between the characters are seamless and authentic. Ms Chase has a talent for bringing characters to life.”
~ ReadnGrow (Amazon.com)
“There is a reason Chase is an award-winning author. Highly recommended.”
~ Justin Boote, author of Badass
“The author is a great storyteller.”
~ AstraDaemon
“Joslyn Chase skillfully connects subplots, then injects a few surprises, then connects things again in an interesting cycle; weave, disassemble, weave, repeat.”
~ Ron Keeler, Read 4 Fun
“In the movie Field of Dreams, there is a now famous line, “If you build it, they will come.” Apply this sentiment to Joslyn Chase—if she writes it, we will come and read it.”
~ William DeProspo, author of Unlikely Outcome
“Joslyn Chase paints intriguing pictures with vivid, colorful descriptions…you feel like you have a front row seat from which to watch as everything unfolds.”
~ Gabi Rosetti (reader, Amazon.com)
“The flow of her writing is a delight to me, elegant and soothing, woven like fine linen.”
~ Margherita Crystal Lotus, author of The Color Game
More Cathryn Harcourt Mystery Shorts
The Sodden Spectators
Cromwell's Echo
Facing the Diamond-Hard Truth
Because of Louisa
The Groom's Club
Colder Than Gazpacho
The Flavor of Deceit
The Sodden Spectators
A Cathryn Harcourt Mystery Short
Joslyn Chase
Contents
The Sodden Spectators
“The old woman’s body was upstairs in the bedroom. She’d been dead for twelve hours.”
Margot Cummings stirred sugar into her tea, tapping the spoon against the rim of the cup with more force than was necessary.
“But Aunt Cathryn, you said she’d just been scrubbing the front steps. Two of the neighbors saw her an hour before the body was discovered.”
“You needn’t take out your frustration on my fine china, dear.” Cathryn Harcourt took a cautious sip of tea and blotted her lips with a rose-colored napkin, a prim smile showing in her tawny eyes. “It’s simple, really. The neighbors never saw her that day.”
“Aunt Cathryn,” Margot’s tone held a faint reproach. “I just finished reading your latest chapter this morning, and you made it quite clear that both Mr. Bunter and Mrs. Cunningham saw the old lady.”
“Oh, they testified they’d seen her and, really, they thought they had. They saw what they expected to see, because they’d seen it every morning—rain, shine, in the blast of heat, or flying snow—the old woman scrubbing obsessively at the front steps. The murderer had only to await the moment, put on the apron, pull the cap down over his own hair, and scrub at the steps, making sure to be seen. Then he went into the house, put the cap and apron back on the body, bundled into a bulky coat with a scarf wrapped round his head, and left.”
“But surely the medical examiner would pinpoint the time of death, making the charade pointless.”
“And that,” said Cathryn, one eyebrow raised for drama, “is why he left the bedroom window open, letting in the snow and the cold, successfully confusing the issue. Never underestimate the powers of expectation and misdirection.”
Margot groaned. “Very well, Aunt Cathryn, you always manage to stump me with your stories, but now I’m turning the tables on you. I’ll tell the mystery and you’ll dance to my tune.”
Cathryn leaned back in the papasan chair with the well-worn cushion and crossed her legs. “Oh ho! Let the piping begin.”
A wash of pink spread over Margot’s face and her eyes, a remarkable shade of blue, lost their flame and became sober.
