Synopses & Reviews
In the second charming Jane Lawless mystery, the winter solstice nears and Jane, a Minneapolis restaurateur, is invited to spend the week at Fothergill Inn, a Victorian house-turned B&B. Jane's old friend Leigh has spent years renovating the house and reopening it as an inn and restaurant. The inn has become so successful that people drive the fifty miles from Minneapolis just for dinner. But when Jane and her best friend, Cordelia, arrive for a week of relaxation, they find that the weekend's guests are anything but pleased, and that relaxing is the furthest thing from their minds.
Broken glass litters the parking lot, dead animals turn up in the bedrooms, a bomb scare threatens the lives of the inn's guests--there is no doubt that someone is trying to scare the visitors. Then the pranks take a deadly turn when a customer ends up dead, and Jane must help her friend get to the bottom of these malicious and murderous events--before someone else dies.
Synopsis
In this delightful second installment in Ellen Hart's Lambda Award-winning series, Jane Lawless and her best friend Cordelia Thorn head up to the Fothergill Inn, a Victorian house-turned B&B, for Christmas week. They've come to visit Jane's old friend Leigh, who has spent years renovating the house into a successful inn and restaurant. But the rest and relaxation of the countryside is the last thing Jane and Cordelia find--someone has been playing tricks on the inn's guests, and suddenly their tricks are getting dangerous. When one visitor turns up dead, Jane must help her friend get to the bottom of this malicious and murderous turn of events...before someone else dies.
About the Author
Ellen Hart, multiple Lambda Award winner and two-time Minnesota Book Award winner, is the author of twelve Jane Lawless mysteries, including most recently
An Intimate Ghost, and the Sophie Greenway mystery series. She lives in Minneapolis.