Kiki Lowenstein: Books 1-3

A CRAFTY BUNDLE OF COZIES INTRODUCING A LOVABLE FEMALE SLEUTH...

The first three Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mysteries.
Fans of clean, funny cozies and hobbyists on the trail of fun-filled inspiration will tear through these pages.

This yummy bundle by Agatha Award finalist Joanna Campbell Slan showcases the author's appealing gift for turning life's most dismal moments into humor, yet making us feel there's hope for us all, even at the darkest of times.

Fans of feel-good cozy mysteries, especially funny ones with animals or hobbies, should run, don't walk, and pick up the pace if they love authors like Alexander McCall Smith, Hope Callaghan, Amy Vansant, and Carolyn Hart. A sure thing for craft cozy fans of Brianna Bates, Laura Childs, Lois Winston, and Mollie Cox Bryan.

"A nicely crafted cozy full of amusing moments, real-life insecurities, and scrapbooking tips."--Kirkus

Volume 1: PAPER, SCISSORS, DEATH
JUST BECAUSE HER HUSBAND'S NAKED, DEAD, AND IN A HOTEL BED... it might not be what it seems. But there's that scarf in his mouth. Of course it is.

When pampered, passive Kiki Lowenstein's husband suddenly turns up embarrassingly dead, Kiki transforms swiftly into a fighter, walking right out of her luxurious life and into a scrapbooking store, where she deftly turns a hobby into a moneymaker. As her husband's secret life expands before her eyes, the police come for her, Family Services comes for her eleven-year-old daughter.

Only one option: the scrappy hobbyist turns into a budding detective.

Fellow hobbyists will love the way author Slan weaves the art of scrapbooking into the solution, and everyone will love Kiki herself. Slan also provides the ultimate warm-and-fuzzy: a wonderful floppy-eared dog. Paper, Scissors, Death is the kind of mystery that keeps you turning the pages just to spend time with the characters, who somehow make you feel this could be you if your life turned upside down-- and make you hope you'd turn it around as gracefully.

Volume 2: CUT, CROP & DIE
SWEET MEMORIES MADE OF MURDER -
PASTRY, PIZZA, AND A POISONOUS PILL...

Recovering from financial ruin and the murder of her husband - she's not saying which was worse - Kiki Lowenstein's getting her life back on track as a professional scrapbooker, in charge of a huge event at the Missouri Botanical Garden. But during the scrapbooking soiree, somebody goes into anaphylactic shock and dies, right in front of half the hobbyists in the state of Missouri. Bad press for Kiki's scrapbooking cred!
Author Slan weaves pro scrapbook sleuthing tips effortlessly into the plot, making the reader feel like they're getting a crash course in cropping and hunting down a depraved murderer. It's a double how-to for the price of one!

Volume 3: INK, RED, DEAD
AS MANY SECRETS AS PILES OF STUFF -
MURDER IN A HOARDER'S HAVEN...
Kiki and her hobby store co-worker arrive for a scrapbooking crop to discover their client passed out from heat stroke in her feline-filled hoarder's haven... with a body in her freezer! With a helping hand from her longtime crush Detective Chad Detweiler, Kiki digs deep into a treasure trove of clues - from the hoarder's semi-estranged children to her barely-touched inheritance - meticulously gluing the pieces together as only a scrapbooker could.

"This [series] should quickly become a favorite."--Booklist


Genre: Cozy Mystery