Coming in October, 2010

Drowning in Christmas
A New Kate Lawrence Mystery featuring Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum

The holidays can be murder, as Kate Lawrence knows all too well, but this Christmas season is shaping up to be a doozy. The flu is decimating central Connecticut, MACK Realty is on temporary hiatus, Armando is traveling on business, and Kate is mourning the loss of her adored cat Simon. Daughter Emma has persuaded her to stage a Norman Rockwell Christmas Eve for her loathsome new beau … and to make the season especially merry, her ex-husband Michael has coaxed her to host an at-home wedding for their nephew.

To distract herself from her troubles, Kate helps out with a charity fundraiser to be held during the Wadsworth Atheneum’s famous Festival of Trees & Light. It turns out to be an evening that’s full of surprises, none of them good.

Kate’s positively drowning in Christmas. Can pals Margo and Strutter come to her rescue before she goes down for the third time?

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A new Kate Lawrence mystery, inspired by Wethersfield’s own
Silas W. Robbins House on the Broad Street Green

A Skeleton in the Closet
3rd in the Kate Lawrence mystery series set in historic Old Wethersfield, Connecticut
ISBN 978-0-615-26899-6 trade paperback
Now available at Barnes & Noble Bookstores

     Everyone has a skeleton or two in their pasts, but the one that turns up at 185 Broad Street in Old Wethersfield is all too real.  Afraid that the discovery of a corpse on their property might put off potential buyers, the elderly owners of the historic Victorian house turn to Wethersfield realtor and reluctant amateur sleuth Kate Lawrence to solve their problem.

     As if that weren’t enough to contend with, Kate and her longtime love Armando are moving in together.  Kate’s partner Strutter has a secret that sends everyone reeling.  Best friend Margo sets her cap for a local police officer.  And every last one of them is being threatened by an anonymous poison pen.

     Join Kate and her friends as all of the skeletons--figurative and literal--come crashing out of the closets to challenge the three women as never before.

“More than an investigation of the crime, A Skeleton in the Closet is also an exploration of human interaction.”
-- John Valeri, examiner.com

“… delightful. The straightforward plot has some clever twists … in this genuinely entertaining mystery.”
--Mysterious Reviews

“Ivie’s characters  … are not twenty-something Nancy Drews. They are mature, grown-up women with full lives and vivid pasts.”
--The GenReview

“A Skeleton in the Closet is a delightful cozy mystery New England style.  …a densely packed little read that is both light and entertaining.”
--The Midwest Book Review

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