Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork by Rose Pressey ~ Spotlight

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Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork

Series: Haunted Craft Fair Mystery #3

Author: Rose Pressey

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Pages: 256

Release Date: December 29, 2020, by Kensington

Summary:

A Gilded Age ghost helps psychic painter Celeste Cabot catch a killer . .

Rising up against the beautiful backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Biltmore Estate is a magnificent mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, built as a summer home for George Washington Vanderbilt II—yes, of those Vanderbilts—during the Gilded Age. Nowadays, it’s the site of an annual craft fair. Unfortunately, it’s also about to become a crime scene . . .

Celeste is hard to miss as she pulls up with her pink and white Shasta trailer and adorable Chihuahua, Van Gogh—Van for short. But before she can show off her artwork at the fair, a tour guide is found strangled by a velvet rope barrier and a valuable painting goes missing. With a rogues’ gallery of sketchy suspects, Celeste welcomes the help of a pair of handsome detectives—and a ghost with a special interest in the case . . .

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Excerpt

Was this some kind of stunt? Like one of those murder mystery theaters? I stared in disbelief at the body. The woman’s cinnamon-sugar-colored hair was pulled back into a ponytail. She wore the estate’s uniform of navy-blue pants, a crisp white shirt, and a navy vest.

When the woman didn’t move, I realized this was no joke. I had to help her. Why had everyone run in the opposite direction? I ducked under the velvet barrier rope that was blocking my entrance and raced across the floor toward her. Once I reached the woman, I saw the bluish color of her face, and I knew this was urgent.

“Are you all right?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

She didn’t respond. I knelt down beside her body to check for any signs of life. I pressed my fingertips against her neck and soon realized she had no pulse. My heart beat faster as I pulled my phone from my pocket. I had to call for help.

“Place your hands in the air and don’t move,” a male voice said from somewhere behind me.

Oh no. Now I needed help for myself. And I complained about my brothers getting into trouble. Apparently, I was just as bad as them. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.

Doing as I was told, I stuck my hands in the air with the phone still in my hand. Thank goodness I’d already placed the 911 call. The operator’s voice sounded from above my head, asking if I needed police, ambulance, or firefighters. I wasn’t sure what I needed; possibly a lawyer. The next thing I knew, a uniformed police officer came over to me and instructed me to place my hands behind my back. Was this really happening? He placed me in handcuffs. The cold metal was loose around my wrists. Could I slip out of these things?

Lucky for me, my brothers weren’t around to see this.

They would talk about this nonstop. As a matter fact, when they found out, they would still talk about it nonstop. It would be a laughing matter to them. But if they were visiting me in prison, I wasn’t sure I would be laughing.

Other Books in Series

Coming in September 2021

About the Author

Rose Pressey is a USA TODAY bestselling author. She enjoys writing quirky and fun novels with a paranormal twist. The paranormal has always captured her interest. The thought of finding answers to the unexplained fascinates her.

When she’s not writing about werewolves, vampires and every other supernatural creature, she loves eating cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and listening to oldies from the fifties.

Rose lives in the beautiful commonwealth of Kentucky with her husband, son and three sassy Chihuahuas.

Rose suffers from Psoriatic Arthritis and has knee replacements. She might just set the world record for joint replacements. She’s soon having her hips replaced, elbows, and at least one shoulder.