More About A Hush at Midnight
In A Hush at Midnight, celebrity chef Laura Harris dwells on the horror of finding her mentor’s body in the groundskeeper’s disheveled bed—pillow and bedding half covering her open eyes—purple bruising around her mouth. A grisly snapshot in time revealing the Texas woman’s last moments during her attack. The elderly matriarch from the small town of Stenburg has left the physical world, and Laura is shattered.
She is catapulted headlong into the pursuit of a casual executioner, one bold enough to come and go from the crime scene with ease, dropping bizarre crumb trails designed to mock the deceased. But Laura herself doesn’t go unnoticed. As she digs deeper, she is followed and bombarded by warnings to leave the state.
When the victim’s attorney informs Laura that she’s to inherit the entire Stenburg fortune, the
last act of kindness has made Laura the main person of interest in the investigation.
Message by message, Laura is methodically taunted by someone so deranged and driven
they’ll do whatever it takes to dislodge Laura from Texas – permanently.
More About Marlene Bell
Marlene M. Bell has never met a sheep she didn’t like. As a personal touch for her readers, they often find these wooly creatures visiting her international romantic mysteries and children’s books as characters or subject matter.
Marlene is an accomplished artist and photographer who takes pride in entertaining fans on multiple levels with her creativity. Marlene’s award-winning Annalisse series boasts Best Mystery honors for all installments including these: IP Best Regional Australia/New Zealand, Global Award Best Mystery, and Chanticleer’s International Mystery and Mayhem shortlist for Copper Waters, the fourth mystery in the series. Her children's picture book, Mia and Nattie: One Great Team!, written primarily for younger kids, is based on true events from the Bell’s East Texas sheep ranch. The simple text and illustrations are a touching tribute of belonging and unconditional love between a little girl and her lamb.
Thoughts on A Hush at Midnight
I loved that there were so many things going on in this cozy mystery. A murder (of course), new relationships (not always welcome), mysterious break-ins. Are they related or all separate problems? Laura Harris tried to juggle all these things while trying to uncover why anyone would want to murder a sweet little old lady.
I appreciated the way author Marlene M. Bell manages to rachet up the suspense with descriptions that will have the hair standing up on the back of your neck. This cozy mystery is a perfect escape now that cooler weather has finally set in for the winter.
A Little Extra
A Hush at Midnight was Marlene's way of taking a break - from her Annalisse mystery series. This series follows the adventures of New York antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury. These adventures take her all over the world and unfortunately often involve dead bodies.
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