Murder and the Jewelry Box

UK born Father Douglas, an amateur sleuth and the Catholic priest at the local parish in the sleepy seaside village of Hastings Point, Australia is surprised when seven year old Sarah Walters requests a private meeting with him. Sarah has found a jewelry box in an old, boarded-up house and asks Father Douglas to keep it in his safe at the church. But, when the jewellery box is stolen and the village's jeweller is found dead in the old house, all hell breaks loose for Sarah. Along with his trusted Westie, Winston, it's time to call in the local police and enlist some help from above.

Detective Tom Sullivan is completely clueless as to why anybody would want to harm Sarah and kill the jeweller. But village pastor, resident busy body and part time, amateur sleuth Father Douglas has other ideas, which to the annoyance of Detective Sullivan are usually right.

The village's tranquillity is disturbed when thievery and murder seem to pursue a little girl living in Father Douglas's parish. The good Father will not stand for such dangerous interference and is immediately on the case seeking criminal justice, but sifting through the myriad of suspects including a jeweller with a past, Sarah's bitter and twisted Aunt and a village thief - all with secrets to hide - only makes this amateur sleuth murder mystery more intriguing.

Mystery novel Australian crime fiction author C T Mitchell masterfully weaves a series of twists and turns in this international cozy mysteries series that will keep the pages turning. You won't be able to guess the murderer until the end in this short story Australian based crime fiction novella from a sleepy village Down Under.


Genre: Cozy Mystery