In Too Steep (A Misty Bay Tea Room Mystery #2)

Synopsis

The peace and tranquility of the Misty Bay Tearoom is rocked by murder and a long-buried secret hidden in a most unlikely place in bestselling author Kate Kingsbury&’s second charming book for fans of Cleo Coyle and Laura Childs.It seemed like a simple case: the murder of Lewis Trenton, a beachcomber who lived alone in a cabin in the Oregon hills. But the newspaper article piques the interest of Vivian Wainwright, owner of the British-style Misty Bay Tearoom. The photo accompanying the article shows Lewis&’s cluttered living room, and on the shelf is a replica of Big Ben. Vivian is sure she sold the clock a week before in her shop. Who could have given the replica to Lewis? Unable to keep from doing a bit of sleuthing, Vivian hunts down the replica in a local thrift shop, noticing that the base is missing, rendering it worthless, but just as Vivian is about to throw it in the trash, a sparkle catches her eye. It&’s a diamond, hidden away in a crevice in the clock. Vivian takes the diamond to Detective Tony Messina, who identifies it as part of a jewelry heist in Portland a month earlier. Portland police think Lewis was the fence who sold the jewels, and that he was killed after double-crossing the thieves—but Messina doesn&’t believe the story. What was the true motive behind Lewis&’s murder? How did he come upon the diamond? And what secrets can the clock tell—before the killer strikes again?

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781639100675

Related ISBNs:

9781639100668

Publisher:

Crooked Lane Books

Date of Addition:

08/09/22

Copyrighted By:

Doreen Hight

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Cooking, Food and Wine, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.