Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during September 2017 is …
Wagging through the Snow by Laurien Berenson, a Melanie Travis Mystery (21st in series)
Publisher: Kensington
Melanie Travis needs a little peace from her busy life this Christmas. But the usual holiday hubbub is a joy compared to the killer surprise she finds tucked underneath the tree …
With a demanding teaching job at Connecticut's elite Howard Academy and five poodles scampering around the house, Melanie barely has energy for the upcoming Christmas rush. But she unwraps an unexpected challenge when her brother and ex-husband, elated by the recent success of their country café, make a spontaneous bid on a dilapidated pine tree farm. Although the ten-acre lot had been a popular seasonal destination while the original owner was still alive, it'll take some sprucing up — and a small miracle or two — before the neglected place is in shape for December.
Unfortunately, the impromptu business venture goes cold when the group discovers a purebred Maltese whimpering in the snow-covered grove — right beside a dead body. Pete, a squatter who camped out on the land, apparently met his end after a fallen fir tree branch knocked him on the head. But as Melanie and Aunt Peg investigate Pete's history and the terrible habit that cost him everything, it's clear his death was no accident. Now, Melanie must run through a flurry of likely suspects and muzzle a dogged murderer in time — or she'll be next on someone's deadly list.
— Wagging through the Snow by Laurien Berenson
For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for September 2017. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of September 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.
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