Melinda Mullet
Books
Whisky Business Mysteries Click cover to order
Ghostwriter's Guide to Murder
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Maeve Gardner kills people for a living. A dodgy occupation perhaps, but as ghostwriter for the long-running Simon Hills mysteries, Maeve has planned the perfect murder time and again and she enjoys it. She dreams of writing something under her own name someday rather than babysitting her adopted character Simon, but at least she’s writing. And as one of the burnt-out souls who’ve run away from dry land to live on London’s waterways, she has the joy of working from the home she loves: a colorful houseboat. Life on the canals is grand, but when her cheating ex-boyfriend turns up floating face down in the water outside her boat, murdered, and the police arrest her, the plot takes a wayward turn.
Suddenly, Maeve is thrust into one of her own crime dramas, complete with missing money, violent thugs, extortion, and conspiracy. Only this time, there is no real-life Simon Hill to come to her aid. Instead, with the help of friends from the river–India, owner of a popular floating bookshop; Paul, the exceedingly attractive landlord of the local pub; and Ash, Maeve’s quiet, nerdy neighbor who is keeping some secrets of his own–Maeve may have a shot at saving herself.
As Maeve and her motley crew of would-be investigators find themselves wondering if they are in over their heads, a killer lurks and won’t hesitate to kill again…
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Book 1: Abigail Logan is the first to admit that what she knows about running a whisky distillery would fit into a shot glass with room to spare. But when she inherits a boutique distillery in rural Scotland, and one of her employees is found murdered and floating face down in a vat of the distillery’s finest, Abi vows to find out why. But distilling truth from lies can be tricky especially when everyone around you seems to have something to hide.
Book 2: A whisky smuggler’s bones at the pub, an aging rock-and-roller hiding from his sordid past in the misty hills above Abbey Glen, and an ominous message: “Death Awaits”… just another day in the life of distillery owner Abi Logan.
Book 3: Abi Logan is excited to start the new year at a five-star resort in the Scottish countryside, participating in a prestigious whisky competition. Four glorious days of gourmet food and whisky combined with three nominations for Abbey Glen’s hand-crafted single malt – what could possibly go wrong? But soon two dead judges and one elusive killer turn Abi’s decadent weekend of spirited competition deadly, and she must face off against an unseen foe in a countdown to murder.
Book 4: Abi Logan has settled into life as a distiller, even managing to find some spare time to work with a local women’s shelter. But with Abi’s track record she’s not surprised to find herself knee-deep in the investigation into a murder-suicide involving a group of marginalized women who are being abused by their supposed protectors. When one of the women she’s working with is kidnapped, Abi must race to unravel the truth before it’s too late.
