The Author's Guide to Murder: A Novel

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"A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart. --Lisa Unger, New York Timesbestselling author of The New Couple in 5B

Agatha Christie meetsMurder, She Wrote in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire byNew York Timesbestselling team of novelists: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.

Theres been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland.Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found deadunder bizarre circumstancesin the castle towers book-lined study. Years ago, Presley purchased the castle as a showpiece for his brand and to lure paying guests with a taste for writerly glamour. Now it seems, the castle has done him in...or, possibly, one of the castles guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh, a local with no love for literary Americans, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists.

The prime suspects are Kat de Noir, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together, but the authors stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley dont quite line up, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious.

Why did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch And what really happened the night of the great Kinloch ceilidh, when Brett Saffron Presley skipped the folk dancing for a rendezvous with death

A crafty locked-room mystery, a pointed satire about the literary world, and a tale of unexpected friendship and romancethis novel has it all, as only three bestselling authors can tell it!

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"A pure delight from start to finish! THE AUTHORS GUIDE TO MURDER is a mystery packed with twists and turns, some loving (and hilarious) jabs at the publishing world, and a wee dram of romance all set at a writers retreat in a Scottish castle. What could be better Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart. Lisa Unger, New York Timesbestselling author of The New Couple in 5B Three pros unite again for this fun, dramatic mystery with an exotic setting and delightful characters. Library Journal(starred review) An engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read. Good Morning America on The Lost Summers of Newport Three stories elegantly intertwine in this clever and stylish tale of murder and family lies from Williams, Willig, and WhiteThis crackerjack novel offers three mysteries for the price of one. Publishers Weekly(starred review) on The Lost Summers of Newport This triple POV novel comes from the minds of three historical fiction powerhouses, so you know it's going to be a delight. Buzzfeed on The Lost Summers of Newport The Lost Summers of Newportby a trio of historical fiction icons, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen Whiteis an elegant approach to the old trouble in paradise scenario, spanning generations of deceit in a New England mansion. Chicago Tribune If, like me, youre mourning the season end of the HBO series, The Gilded Age, I have good news: Atlanta author Karen White along with Beatriz William and Lauren Willig have pennedThe Lost Summers of Newport, a historic mystery spanning more than a century of the once-wealthy Sprague family residing in an extravagant Gilded Age home in Newport, Rhode Island. Augusta Chronicle

Author Bio

A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz Williams spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons, before her career as a writer took off. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore. Lauren Willig is also the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Ashford Affair and That Summer as well as the Pink Carnation series, and is a RITA Award-winner for Best Regency Historical for The Mischief of the Mistletoe. An alumna of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in English history from Harvard and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City, where she now writes full time. Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Last Night in London, Dreams of Falling, and Flight Patterns, as well as the popular Tradd Street mystery series set in Charleston, SC. She is a graduate of the American School in London and has a BS in Management from Tulane University. When not writing, she spends her time reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, and avoiding cooking. She had two grown children and currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two spoiled Havanese dogs.