Betty's Big Game
(2024)(The first book in the Betty Snickerdoodle Short Mystery series)
A Novella by Pepper Frost
Mysteries upon mysteries (and plenty of laughs) at Betty Snickerdoodle's Christmas Inn!
To her mega-bestselling author peers, Bea Sickles is an irresistible mystery.
Besides being a tart-tongued, almost-eighty-year-old ex-poker pro, she's the fabulously successful author of the Betty Snickerdoodle Christmas romance series. But some of her fellow wordsmiths find it hard to believe this wise-cracking tough cookie is the creative mind behind those sweet, sweet stories.
The fact that the media can't stop writing about Betty Snickerdoodle's unlikely beginnings is just another thorn in the scribes' sides.
One of these jealous literary luminaries decides he's going to find out what Bea's made of. He rounds up a group of world-famous authors for a game of Texas hold'em. They'll all have a chance to learn what the deal is with this little wine country card sharp — and maybe win a few bucks in the process!
But when Bea offers to host their little poker night, it turns out she's not the only player with a secret up her sleeve. The game's barely underway when things get suspicious and accusations fly.
Can Bea win the game, while winning also her fellow authors over — and maybe solve the mystery in the process?
This Betty Snickerdoodle Mysteries short story is a standalone that provides a peek at the cozy wine-country world of Bea Sickles and her sidekick, Angela Garcia. It can be read separately from the series or as an introduction to it.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
To her mega-bestselling author peers, Bea Sickles is an irresistible mystery.
Besides being a tart-tongued, almost-eighty-year-old ex-poker pro, she's the fabulously successful author of the Betty Snickerdoodle Christmas romance series. But some of her fellow wordsmiths find it hard to believe this wise-cracking tough cookie is the creative mind behind those sweet, sweet stories.
The fact that the media can't stop writing about Betty Snickerdoodle's unlikely beginnings is just another thorn in the scribes' sides.
One of these jealous literary luminaries decides he's going to find out what Bea's made of. He rounds up a group of world-famous authors for a game of Texas hold'em. They'll all have a chance to learn what the deal is with this little wine country card sharp — and maybe win a few bucks in the process!
But when Bea offers to host their little poker night, it turns out she's not the only player with a secret up her sleeve. The game's barely underway when things get suspicious and accusations fly.
Can Bea win the game, while winning also her fellow authors over — and maybe solve the mystery in the process?
This Betty Snickerdoodle Mysteries short story is a standalone that provides a peek at the cozy wine-country world of Bea Sickles and her sidekick, Angela Garcia. It can be read separately from the series or as an introduction to it.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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