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A Most Malicious Messenger
(2024)(The second book in the Most Unusual Mysteries series)
A novel by Katherine Black
Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Awardnominated author of A Most Unusual Demise.
May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when sheand everyone else in the shopreceives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotationand seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead.
Meanwhile, Mays elderly mother, Minty, is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death herself lately. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets shes hiding.
As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter . . . and barely escapes an attempt on his life. Its time for May to send a strong messageand block this killer permanently . . .
Genre: Cozy Mystery
May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when sheand everyone else in the shopreceives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotationand seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead.
Meanwhile, Mays elderly mother, Minty, is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death herself lately. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets shes hiding.
As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter . . . and barely escapes an attempt on his life. Its time for May to send a strong messageand block this killer permanently . . .
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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