About this series
Jean Carter: capable cook, wealthy woman and now, very dead lady.
Welcome to the town of Hampton, Vermont's Best Kept Secret, with a location that defies any GPS, a resident ghost, and now, another murder.
Handsome heart-throb, Sheriff Luther King calls local inn owner and former Boston policewoman, Mo Murray into the fray. They look into the obvious murder suspects: family, family and more family, eventually discovering that the Carter clan had cash, power and position, but lies and deceptions have tainted three unsuspecting generations. When will it end?
And with Carter closets bursting with dusty, dangling skeletons the question remains: Who has the key?
Mo's travels and unravels the meaning behind an old photo, unearths a well-hidden dark family secret and listens to the half-mad ramblings of a woman whose suspicions date back decades. Mo, still dealing with her own heart wrenching loss, must put aside her own demons as she investigates while wondering, 'where did the baby go?'
This mystery weaves together betrayal, prejudice and pride. The present and the past mix and mesh with twists and turns that jump out without warning, and a last page finale that is sure to tease.
Titles in the series (4)
- Death a la Carte: Black Horse Inn Mystery Series, #1
1
Spend some time in the town of Hampton, Vermont … if you can find it! This attractive backwater village never shows up on GPS, has a resident ghost, is inhabited by odd, quirky residents and lures the chosen few to its postcard pretty streets. Former Boston police officer Mo and her husband Alex are enticed to the town and set their sights on the historic Black Horse Inn. They renovate the majestic old landmark and open it as a country inn and restaurant. Life is looking up until the town's most disliked and wealthiest woman dies in their dining room. Family, friends and other suspects come to light as Mo and gorgeous Sheriff Luther King do some digging. They learn the truth about Clarissa's past life while unearthing long simmering reprisals from decades gone by. Mo also deals with Mad Polly, the neighborhood midnight rambler who dresses like a witch and knows and sees all. Can Mo and Luther, with a little help from Alice the ghost, discover the killer and keep the Black Horse Inn and the town of Hampton on the up and up, or will the killer bring the town's new-found resurgence in popularity to an end?
- Murder at the Pub: Black Horse Inn Mystery Series, #2
2
Small town life can be murder! Mo and Alex Murray are running from a life altering tragedy, but after buying and renovating the historic Black Horse Inn they soon realize that small town life can be full of mystery and murder! The town of Hampton is enjoying a new found prosperity and popularity, but when a group of gardeners arrive bringing with them a testy old biddy with a simmering secret, a Pandora's box of unresolved issues and revenge from the past is opened: the affable pub owner with a secret can't get out of town fast enough, somebody sees a photo they were never meant to see, and a recently released jailbird is about to make amends, or seek revenge for his sins two decades ago. What will he choose to do? Can former policewoman Mo, and the delectable Sheriff Luther King figure out how these diverse worlds have collided in their sleepy town; will the inn ghost, Alice help or hinder; and who did the witch-like Mad Polly and her massive dog Max really see during one of her midnight woodland walkabouts? Welcome to Hampton, the postcard pretty town at the end of a country road that seems to go nowhere. And, look carefully; you might just catch the glimmer of a ghost over your right shoulder!
- Tanglewood's Grave Garden: Black Horse Inn Mystery Series, #3
3
Sam Waters, a 'slightly' dishonest businessman, hired a man who was dying to get his hands dirty in the pretty town of Hampton. Months later the man disappeared. Without a word. Without a trace. Two years later, wealthy estate owner Harry Hewson discovered a man pushing up daisies near his fountain. Who was this garden variety victim? Who had smashed in his skull? Why was he fertilizing Harry's Hewson's lawn? Village oddity, Mad Polly, midnight rambler and some say witch – now sporting pink hair – has a clue to the man's identity. Now it's up to Black Horse Inn owner, Mo Murray, and the delicious looking Sheriff Luther King, with the odd hint from Alice, the inn's ghost to find out who planted the victim and why somebody wanted him dead: Sam Waters is nervous and edgy, a red haired beauty with attitude and her much maligned shop assistant are evasive about their whereabouts when death came calling, and Mo digs up some disturbing dirt on a doting father. Does a missing postcard hold the key? Was sibling rivalry at the root of the crime? Will the community killer strike again sending somebody else to dance with death? Mo Murray, former police woman and her husband Alex are escaping a past tragedy, and life in the small town of Hampton seems almost perfect. But as she and Luther dig into this case and the others before it, she begins to wonder why so many people die in the picture perfect town of Hampton, Vermont's Best Kept Secret?
- The Christmas Candy Killer: Black Horse Inn Mystery Series, #4
4
Jean Carter: capable cook, wealthy woman and now, very dead lady. Welcome to the town of Hampton, Vermont's Best Kept Secret, with a location that defies any GPS, a resident ghost, and now, another murder. Handsome heart-throb, Sheriff Luther King calls local inn owner and former Boston policewoman, Mo Murray into the fray. They look into the obvious murder suspects: family, family and more family, eventually discovering that the Carter clan had cash, power and position, but lies and deceptions have tainted three unsuspecting generations. When will it end? And with Carter closets bursting with dusty, dangling skeletons the question remains: Who has the key? Mo's travels and unravels the meaning behind an old photo, unearths a well-hidden dark family secret and listens to the half-mad ramblings of a woman whose suspicions date back decades. Mo, still dealing with her own heart wrenching loss, must put aside her own demons as she investigates while wondering, 'where did the baby go?' This mystery weaves together betrayal, prejudice and pride. The present and the past mix and mesh with twists and turns that jump out without warning, and a last page finale that is sure to tease.
Lucinda D. Davis
About the Author Lucinda D. Davis has been reading and loving mystery stories since she was old enough to haunt the narrow rows of books at the small Quebec, Canada village library where she spent her summers. After decades of penning ad copy, marketing, and writing for horse sport magazines, she decided to do what people had been telling her to do for years: write some books! She presently lives in a small hamlet on the beautiful Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada. Her living room view looks out over the locks and waterways. This idyllic setting replete with friends, and more than a few interesting characters inspired her Boddington Bay series of short 'coffee break' cozy mysteries. Her longer Coppin's Lock series brings England to the Canadian countryside! The stories introduce readers to a trendy town in Ontario, Canada that could have been plucked from the English landscape, quirky characters included! Take the essential and quintessential British tea shop, pub and antique shop, throw in two female sleuths, add a Police Chief left shaking his head and you've got the ideal cozy mystery. While the girls may roam from home from time to time, their hearts are firmly set in Coppin's Locks! Visit her website at http://www.lucindadavisauthor.com and Like her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Lucinda-D-Davis-637648859641784/
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