Pippa Winterbourne runs Moorehaven, the Oregon Coast's quirkiest bed-and-breakfast and former home of world-famous mystery writer A. Raymond Moore. Guests come there to write their own crime novels. When a real-life murder takes a local's life and washes a handsome boat pilot into her arms, Pippa is yanked into a deadly plot of her own. A tangle of secrets crashes past into present, and Pippa must uncover clues dating back to Seacrest's Prohibition days, including a secret Moore himself hid from the world.
Juggling her book-writing guests, small-town intrigues, secret club agendas, and a possibly fatal attraction, Pippa must sort fact from fiction to know who to trust before a desperate killer claims a final revenge nearly a century in the making.
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Review
With each chapter my heart fell deeper in love with the story, the mystery, the history and the quotes. Strong relationships between the characters formed quickly and effortlessly.
-- A Cup Of Tea and A Cozy Mystery
Morgan C. Talbot took me on a journey, and wove it beautifully-the imagery was descriptive, the events were believable, and the drama was both super humorous and nail-bitingly chilling at the same time. Which...is a difficult feat to accomplish, so my hat's off to Morgan C. Talbot for making it happen and seem so easy!
-- Betwixt the Pages
Morgan C. Talbot's book, Smugglers & Scones (Moorehaven Mysteries: Book 1), can be described as the perfect mystery.
-- Creative Khristina
This book is well-written, and what an adventure! My my my! It moves along at a great pace... hard to put the book down.
-- Katie's Cottage Books
It was so easy to get wrapped up in the beautiful scenery and the amazing writing. This is one cozy mystery series that I will be sure to add to my shelf. This is one that you HAVE to check out!!
-- JBronder Book Reviews
About the Author
Morgan is an outdoorsy girl with a deep and abiding love for the natural sciences. Her degrees involve English and jujitsu. She enjoys hiking, camping, and wandering in the woods looking for the trail to the car, but there isnt enough chocolate on the planet to bribe her into rock climbing. When shes not writing, she can be found making puzzles, getting lost on the way to geocaches, reading stories to her children, or taking far too many pictures of the same tree or rock. She lives in Eastern Washington with her family.