Out of Options

Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries, #1

Fiction & Literature, Crime, Mystery & Suspense, Cozy Mysteries
Cover of the book Out of Options by Dianne Ascroft, Dianne Ascroft
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Author: Dianne Ascroft ISBN: 9781386979807
Publisher: Dianne Ascroft Publication: April 27, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Dianne Ascroft
ISBN: 9781386979807
Publisher: Dianne Ascroft
Publication: April 27, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

Out of Options is a prequel novella to the Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries series, and introduces Lois Stone and her companions, Raggs and Ribbons, a pair of perceptive calico cats.

A dry district, a shocking secret, a missing person. When Lois Stone's friend, Beth Darrow, arranges to meet her to reveal an astonishing discovery, Lois's curiosity is piqued. Then Beth doesn't keep their lunch date and Lois becomes worried. What has happened to her friend?

Middle-aged widow Lois is settling into life on her own in her neighbourhood and in the library where she works, and she is just about coping with her fear of strangers after her husband was mugged and died in the park at the end of their street. But her quiet existence is rocked when her friend and fellow local historical society researcher, Beth, arranges to meet her to reveal an exciting and shocking discovery she has made about the history of prohibition in West Toronto Junction, the last dry area in Toronto, and then goes missing before she can share her secret with Lois. There isn't any proof that Beth is missing so the police won't actively search for her. Only Lois and Beth's niece Amy are convinced that Beth's disappearance is very out of character, and they are worried about her. Where has Beth gone? Is she in danger? And, if she is, who might want to harm her and why? Lois knows she must find the answers to these questions fast if she wants to help and protect her friend.

And so begins a weekend of skulking in the park, apple and cinnamon pancakes, familiar faces staring out of old newspapers, calico cats, shadows on the windowpane, and more than one person who might want Beth to disappear from the quiet, leafy streets of the historic and staunchly dry West Toronto Junction neighbourhood.  

A tale for fans of Cindy Bell, Leighann Dobbs, Dianne Harman and Kathi Daley.

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Out of Options is a prequel novella to the Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries series, and introduces Lois Stone and her companions, Raggs and Ribbons, a pair of perceptive calico cats.

A dry district, a shocking secret, a missing person. When Lois Stone's friend, Beth Darrow, arranges to meet her to reveal an astonishing discovery, Lois's curiosity is piqued. Then Beth doesn't keep their lunch date and Lois becomes worried. What has happened to her friend?

Middle-aged widow Lois is settling into life on her own in her neighbourhood and in the library where she works, and she is just about coping with her fear of strangers after her husband was mugged and died in the park at the end of their street. But her quiet existence is rocked when her friend and fellow local historical society researcher, Beth, arranges to meet her to reveal an exciting and shocking discovery she has made about the history of prohibition in West Toronto Junction, the last dry area in Toronto, and then goes missing before she can share her secret with Lois. There isn't any proof that Beth is missing so the police won't actively search for her. Only Lois and Beth's niece Amy are convinced that Beth's disappearance is very out of character, and they are worried about her. Where has Beth gone? Is she in danger? And, if she is, who might want to harm her and why? Lois knows she must find the answers to these questions fast if she wants to help and protect her friend.

And so begins a weekend of skulking in the park, apple and cinnamon pancakes, familiar faces staring out of old newspapers, calico cats, shadows on the windowpane, and more than one person who might want Beth to disappear from the quiet, leafy streets of the historic and staunchly dry West Toronto Junction neighbourhood.  

A tale for fans of Cindy Bell, Leighann Dobbs, Dianne Harman and Kathi Daley.

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