A Colorado writers' retreat visits an Old West tourist trap-and gets caught in a deadly plot-in this mystery by the New York Times-bestselling author.
Cat and the members of her writers' retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an "Old West" tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a nineteenth-century saloon girl becomes history.
Was she the killer's intended target? Or did she take a hit meant for someone else? With a colorful cast of suspects to choose from-including some notorious gunslingers and the sleazy town founders-Cat must unhorse the culprit before a real-life ghost story is given a killer twist.
Cat and the members of her writers' retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an "Old West" tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a nineteenth-century saloon girl becomes history.
Was she the killer's intended target? Or did she take a hit meant for someone else? With a colorful cast of suspects to choose from-including some notorious gunslingers and the sleazy town founders-Cat must unhorse the culprit before a real-life ghost story is given a killer twist.
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Cat Latimer pursues a scone-cold killer who iced a top chef in a local bakery . . .
Cat has a full plate at her Aspen Hills Warm Springs Resort, as a group of aspiring cozy mystery authors arrives for a writers retreat. So when baker Dee Dee Meyer stirs up trouble by filing a false complaint with the health inspector against the B&B-all because she insists Cat's best friend Shauna stole her recipes-Cat marches into the shop to confront her.
But Dee Dee's about to have her own batch of trouble. Greyson Finn-a celebrity chef and, until today, one of Denver's most eligible bachelors-has been found dead in her bakery. Cat's uncle Pete, who happens to be the chief of police, warns her not to engage in any half-baked sleuthing. But as her curiosity rises, Cat's determined to discover who served the chef his just desserts-before the killer takes a powder . . .
Praise for Lynn Cahoon
"Better get your flashlight handy, A Story to Kill will keep you reading all night."
-Laura Bradford, author of the Amish Mysteries
"Lynn Cahoon has created an absorbing, good fun mystery in Mission to Murder."
-Fresh Fiction
Cat has a full plate at her Aspen Hills Warm Springs Resort, as a group of aspiring cozy mystery authors arrives for a writers retreat. So when baker Dee Dee Meyer stirs up trouble by filing a false complaint with the health inspector against the B&B-all because she insists Cat's best friend Shauna stole her recipes-Cat marches into the shop to confront her.
But Dee Dee's about to have her own batch of trouble. Greyson Finn-a celebrity chef and, until today, one of Denver's most eligible bachelors-has been found dead in her bakery. Cat's uncle Pete, who happens to be the chief of police, warns her not to engage in any half-baked sleuthing. But as her curiosity rises, Cat's determined to discover who served the chef his just desserts-before the killer takes a powder . . .
Praise for Lynn Cahoon
"Better get your flashlight handy, A Story to Kill will keep you reading all night."
-Laura Bradford, author of the Amish Mysteries
"Lynn Cahoon has created an absorbing, good fun mystery in Mission to Murder."
-Fresh Fiction