β Scribed by Maia Chance
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Naughty on Ice is the latest in Maia Chanceβs dazzlingly fun Prohibition-era caper series featuring society matron Lola Woodby and her stalwart Swedish cook, Berta.
The Discreet Retrieval Agency is doing a brisk holiday business of retrieving lost parcels, grandmas, and stolen wreaths. But with their main squeezes Ralph and Jimmy once more on the back burner, both Lola and Berta pine for a holiday out of New York City. So when they receive a mysterious Christmas card requesting that they retrieve an antique ring at a family gathering in Maple Hill, Vermont, they jump at the chance. Sure, the card is signed Anonymous and itβs vaguely threatening, but itβs Vermont.
In Maple Hill, several estranged members of the wealthy Goddard family gather. And no sooner do Lola and Berta recover the ringβfrom Great-Aunt Cressida Goddardβs arthritic fingerβthan Mrs. Goddard goes toes-up, poisoned by her Negroni cocktail on ice. When the police arrive, Lola and Berta are caught-red-handed with the ring, and it becomes clear that they were in fact hired not for their cracker-jack retrieving abilities, but to be scapegoats for murder.
With no choice but to unmask the killer or be thrown in the slammer, Lola and Bertaβs investigations lead them deep into the secrets of Maple Hill. In a breathless pursuit along a snowy ridge, with a lovelorn Norwegian ski instructor and country bumpkin hooch smugglers hot on their heels, Lola and Berta must find out once and for all whoβs nice...and whoβs naughty.
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"Cozy lovers who enjoy their mysteries with a healthy dose of Jazz Age hijinks will have fun." β Publishers Weekly
"Charming one-liners...enjoyable." β Kirkus Reviews
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"A fiesty, funny and fabulously mysterious murder mystery." βRomance Junkies
"Fascinating...deliciously campy and will make you laugh." βFresh Fiction
Maia Chance is the author of several mystery novels, including The Discreet Retrieval Agency mysteries, the Agnes and Effie Mysteries , and the Fairy Tale Fatal series. She lives with her husband and two children in Vashon Island, Washington.
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