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Suicide or Murder? When a spring snowstorm buries quaint little Provincetown, on the very tip of Cape Cod, and a body is found at the foot of the famous Pilgrim Monument, the police assume that miserly town curmudgeon Edwin Snow III jumped to his death. But spunky British newcomer—innkeeper Liz Ogilvie-Smythe—suspects something else—murder. Can this dedicated cozy mystery reader and wanna-be sleuth convince the police chief to re-open the case? Will searching for clues together cement a growing romance between Liz and handsome Irish cop James Finneran? As Liz detects, she is amazed at what she uncovers—scattered human bones, long-kept secrets, smoldering grudges, a mysterious question of paternity, and ghosts. It’s almost enough to send this British lady back to jolly old England.

About the Author

Cynthia Gallant-Simpson was educated in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended a small college west of London, England. She began her writing career as a journalist for a small, south of Boston, daily newspaper. From there, she moved on to writing sailing, cruising and galley provisioning (recipe) articles for U.S. and Canadian cruising magazines. It was during her time in England that Cynthia became “addicted” to British mysteries and later added cozies to her list of favorite reading material. She is the author of numerous adult mysteries, illustrated children’s books, two chapter books for middle readers and--more recently—spends her time writing cozies. She aims to write painterly stories whose descriptions “paint pictures in the mind’s eyes of my readers.” She is also a painter of maritime narrative Americana Primitives--full of ships, whales, lighthouses and mermaids. Relying on the combination of her lifetime love of maritime history, lots of research, and what she refers to as her “historic eye,” she easily slips back into the days of “iron men and wooden ships.” Her work is shown in fine galleries and private collections from Nantucket and Cape Cod to New Zealand. One piece even resides in the permanent collection of the Tokyo, Japan, National Art Gallery. Cynthia and her husband are dedicated sailors and in 2005, the couple sold their antique sea captain’s house and furniture in Brewster on Cape Cod and moved to a 44 foot boat, thereby simplifying their lives for their shared pursuit of writing and her painting. However, with friends and family still on Cape Cod, they return home there every summer to live on their boat and spend their winters in North Carolina and traveling.