Meg Spencer can breathe a sigh of relief and finally enjoy the view from her hotel.
Unlike the guy, a few wicker chairs over, who isn't breathing at all.
Meg's finally reached Victoria and thought everything was going to be all right. From now on she can concentrate on relaxing and having fun, just enjoying her newly retired life after thirty years on the Toronto police force.
How hard can it be? Turns out it's rather difficult.
Especially when she finds a dead body in her hotel on the very first day.
Welcome to a new series of cozy mysteries by Pamela Kenney featuring a recently retired homicide detective from Toronto, trying to find a quiet, peaceful life in Victoria. Unfortunately, everywhere she goes, she finds murder and mayhem.
Her old co-workers warned her this would happen but she refuses to become the next Miss Marple.
Even if it kills her.
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If Miss Marple and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel were one person, she'd be Meg Spencer, running around Vancouver Island trying to find a peaceful retirement but only getting into trouble instead. Each one of Meg's adventures is a self-contained mystery short, perfect for the busy person: to make time fly when waiting in line or to savour with morning coffee.
Pamela Kenney writes a lot of mysteries, from noir to cozies, but they always have a touch of humour. Even her non–fiction is humorous, like an essay she wrote that was published in the Globe and Mail.