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    Dead-End Detective: A Piper and Porter Mystery from Hallmark Publishing
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    Dead-End Detective: A Piper and Porter Mystery from Hallmark Publishing

    By Amanda Flower

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    Starred Review on Library Journal!

    USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower brings charm and intrigue to her first cozy mystery for Hallmark.

    Darby Piper is in shock. A seasoned female detective, she worked with Samantha Porter at the Two Girls Detective Agency. Now, Samantha is dead, and it doesn’t look like an accident. In fact, evidence is pointing toward Darby.

    Darby had expected to inherit Samantha’s half of the agency, but Samantha had recently changed the will to leave it to Tate Porter, her nephew, who returns to town.

    Tate is no private eye. He’s a world traveler and a veteran whose military past is also something of a mystery. But as he helps Darby delve into secret histories and real estate development plans, he proves to be a talented amateur sleuth. Will the agency have a future…even if Darby can solve this murder mystery in time?

    This first in series cozy mystery includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Berry Trifle.

     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHallmark Publishing
    Release dateAug 25, 2020
    ISBN9781947892804
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    Dead-End Detective: A Piper and Porter Mystery from Hallmark Publishing
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    Amanda Flower

    Amanda Flower is an Agatha Award-nominated mystery author (Maid of Murder), who first caught the writing bug in elementary school. She is also the author of Andi Unexpected, the Andi Boggs series, Appleseed Creek and the India Hayes series. When she’s not writing, she works as a librarian at Ursuline College near her hometown of Tallmadge, Ohio. Visit her online at www.amandaflower.com and www.isabellaalan.com.

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    • 5/5
      Darby and Samantha own and run Two Girls Detective Agency, with Samantha owning a majority of the business as well as being Darby’s mentor. Now, Sam has died in a car crash, and police are looking at Darby as the chief suspect in what has turned out to be murder. Sam’s nephew Tate has returned home from world traveling, he says, on a planned visit, having no idea it would coincide with his aunt’s death. A visit to Sam’s lawyer reveals that Tate has inherited his aunt’s estate and her part of the business, not Darby as she had expected, since Sam had changed her will a few years prior. Sam was about to dissolve the business and take another job anyway, much to Darby’s dismay. Add into the mix Sam’s unhappy boyfriend, who wished to marry her but was rejected instead. So many suspects, so many reasons for murder, but Darby remains the prime one. She wonders if a case from the past may have put a target on Sam, specifically concerning Sam’s own father’s murder. It’s a race for Darby to find out what Sam knew that got her killed, before she ends up being arrested or worse, the next victim. This mystery is wondrously intriguing and quite well written. It has all the flavor of a small town, with likable and interesting characters and a somewhat quirky one thrown in the mix as well. It’s a very promising start to a delightful series, with all the excellence we’ve come to expect from the writings of Amanda Flower.
    • 5/5
      cozy-mystery, murder, private-investigators, greed, family-dynamics, friendship, law-enforcement, exmilitary, small-business, small-town*****It was the start of a very bad week for Darby. First she finds out that her best friend and business partner of over ten years has sold the business out from under her. Then said friend is dead, Darby is chief suspect, then finds out that their earlier agreement on passage of ownership goes to the nephew, and it was absolutely stunning. What more could go wrong?! Great characters and plot twists made this a really fun read that kept me guessing to the end. Loved it!I requested and received a free ebook copy from Hallmark Publishing via NetGalley. Thank you!
    • 4/5
      Was so excited about a new series by Amanda Flower - one of my favorite authors and then when I was granted an audio version to "read" that's even better! The story surrounds Darby Piper who as a partner with Samantha Porter owns a detective agency. But when Samantha is found murdered, Darby is totally thrown for a loop. Not only is she the prime suspect but instead of inheriting Samantha's part of the agency she is saddled with Tate Porter - Samantha's nephew - who seems to be a unreliable world traveler with a past. Will they be able to get along and figure out who and why Samantha met her end?I really enjoyed the story as well as the narration by Laura Faye Smith. I can foresee a future of unusual collaborations between the two principals and know that Ms. Flower's writing will bring them even more fully alive!