Elusive Embezzler
(2024)(The first book in the Jenna Ross Romantic Mystery series)
A novel by Judith A Barrett
Accountant who is a young widow becomes a most unlikely fierce crime fighter
When she inherits the Peach Blossom Retreat, a bed-and-breakfast inn that is nestled in the peaceful countryside of Georgia, she sees a path to heal her grief by turning the old inn into a thriving business.
But after a decade-old embezzlement at a large bank sparks her curiosity as an accountant, and a guest at the inn with ties to the bank turns up dead on the inn’s property, Jenna is drawn to untangle the web of deceit surrounding the embezzlement.
The closer she gets to the truth, the more Jenna realizes she is the killer’s next target. The ongoing tension between Jenna and her landscaper, Ethan, becomes even more complicated because she knows the killer will take down anyone in the way.
Jenna is single minded: save the inn. The desperate killer is single minded: kill Jenna.
Genre: Mystery
When she inherits the Peach Blossom Retreat, a bed-and-breakfast inn that is nestled in the peaceful countryside of Georgia, she sees a path to heal her grief by turning the old inn into a thriving business.
But after a decade-old embezzlement at a large bank sparks her curiosity as an accountant, and a guest at the inn with ties to the bank turns up dead on the inn’s property, Jenna is drawn to untangle the web of deceit surrounding the embezzlement.
The closer she gets to the truth, the more Jenna realizes she is the killer’s next target. The ongoing tension between Jenna and her landscaper, Ethan, becomes even more complicated because she knows the killer will take down anyone in the way.
Jenna is single minded: save the inn. The desperate killer is single minded: kill Jenna.
Genre: Mystery
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