In Too Steep
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    Aug-2022 (Hardcover)
    Aug-2023 (Paperback)
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    Cozy Mystery
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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?
 
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    •  
    • Aug-2023
    • CROOKED LANE BOOKS
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1639104461
    • ISBN13: 9781639104468
    • First Edition
    • Aug-2022
    • CROOKED LANE BOOKS
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1639100660
    • ISBN13: 9781639100668
    •  
    • Aug-2022
    • CROOKED LANE BOOKS
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1639100679
    • ISBN13: 9781639100675
    •  
    • Aug-2022
    • Crooked Lane Books
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Aug-2022
    • Dreamscape Media, LLC
    • Audible
    •  
    • Sep-2022
    • Dreamscape Media
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1666613916
    • ISBN13: 9781666613919
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    • Sep-2022
    • Dreamscape Media
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1666614491
    • ISBN13: 9781666614497



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