‘And Then There Was The One’: Cheeky Cozy Murder Twist

Romance author Martha Waters toys with a mystery novel trope and puts her heroine up against a dashing professional sleuth.
‘And Then There Was The One’: Cheeky Cozy Murder Twist
Martha Waters gives an entertaining twist to the mystery genre in "And Then There Was The One." Ryan Chamberlain/Martha Waters
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Imagine an idyllic country town or village in rural England or America. This is the kind of place that you’d like to visit on a vacation, a place you’d just wander up and down the main street, checking out the shops and tea houses. Maybe you’d stop to sample the local specialty dish at a restaurant or bakery.
Now, imagine this quaint little hamlet suddenly hit with a sharp rise in homicides. The murders revolve around lots of personal intrigue and intricate planning and are all solved by a local amateur sleuth who can see the clues that the inept police professionals can’t.
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