Praise for Invitation to Murder:
“The historical touches and engaging characters make for an entertaining read.”
—Kirkus Review
“Readers will enjoy wading through the pool of suspects and trying to guess what will happen next alongside the sleuths in this atmospheric cozy mystery.”
—Library Journal
“With a sharp eye for small-town humor and a protagonist who feels grounded despite her grief, Floriani delivers a promising debut.”
—Booklist
“This is a fun, soapy, twisty small-town murder mystery. It’s the first novel in this new series, and it’s off to a strong start.”
—Red Carpet Crash
“Decades-old family secrets abound in Carol Floriani’s marvelous debut. Featuring a venerable soap opera diva as the matriarch, Invitation to Murder is itself soap-opera worthy with a cast of characters I want to spend more time with and an ending I never saw coming! Bravo!”
—Annette Dashofy, USA Today bestselling author of the Detective Honeywell Mysteries
“With its beguiling setting and smart, funny characters, Invitation To Murder is a novel you’ll want to crawl into and wrap around you like a blanket. It’s the best cozy mystery I’ve read since Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple series.”
—Ash Clifton, Shamus Award Winning author of Twice the Trouble
“Carol Floriani’s Invitation to Murder brings together everything I love about contemporary mysteries with a classical vibe and a hint of Wuthering Heights. Family secrets, small-town drama, hidden rooms, love letters, and murder on the Palisades… What more could a reader ask for?”
—K.B. Jackson, two-time Agatha Award winner
“Invitation To Murder is chock full of tragic secrets from a wealthy family’s past and present. Floriani masterfully blends the old with the new in this mystery that takes the reader on a journey of unrequited love, greed, and murder.”
—Heather Weidner, Author of the Pearly Girls Mysteries and the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries
“Secrets from the past intertwine with murders in the present, creating a story you won’t want to put down!”
—Ruth J. Hartman, bestselling author of Butterfly Betrayal
“Lacey Langdon, a novice event planner, teams up with a lawyer friend and a beloved soap opera star, who happens to be her great aunt, to solve the murder of a town councilman in sleepy Willow Bluffs. The councilman’s body had turned up on the bank of the Hudson River during a groundbreaking ceremony Lacey had planned, abruptly halting the festivities. The sleuths discover more than they bargained for as their net widens. They uncover a land deal gone bad and much more. The intrigue, craftily laced with cozy charm, kept me in suspense all the way to the breathtaking finale. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!”
—Mary Karnes, Author of The Wedding Planner Mystery Series
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