Join in an author event with Mary Winters for “Murder in Masquerade.”
AUTHOR EVENT DETAILS
3/1/2024 at 1:00PM
BARNES AND NOBLE STORE #2220
101 JORDAN CREEK PKWY
WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266-8181
About the Author:
Mary Winters has been telling stories since she was eight years old and wrote a Christmas play for her parents. She attended college at the University of South Dakota and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English. In graduate school, she wrote her second novel-length work for her thesis and has been writing books ever since. The first book in her Lady of Letters historical mystery series, Murder in Postscript, received a starred review in Library Journal and is nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark award. Mary also writes short fiction, and three of her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. When she’s not writing, she’s teaching, reading, or spending time with her family. She lives with her husband, daughters, and spoiled pets in the Midwest.
About the Book:
Extra, extra, read all about it! Countess turned advice columnist Amelia Amesbury finds herself playing the role of sleuth when a night at the theatre turns deadly.
Victorian Countess Amelia Amesbury’s secret hobby, writing an advice column for a London penny paper, has gotten her into hot water before. After all, Amelia will do whatever it takes to help a reader in need. But now, handsome marquis Simon Bainbridge desperately requires her assistance. His beloved younger sister, Marielle, has written Amelia’s Lady Agony column seeking advice on her plans to elope with a man her family does not approve of. Determined to save his sister from a scoundrel and the family from scandal, Simon asks Amelia to dissuade Marielle from the ill-advised gambit.
But when the scoundrel makes an untimely exit after a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Amelia realizes there’s much more at stake than saving a young woman’s reputation from ruin. It’s going to take more than her letter-writing skills to help the dashing marquis, mend the familial bond, and find the murderer. Luckily, solving problems is her specialty!
