The Author's Guide to Murder

<p><strong>"A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart.? </strong>?<strong>Lisa Unger, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The New Couple in 5B</em></strong></p><p><strong>Agatha Christie meets <em>Murder, She Wrote </em>in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by <em>New York Times </em>bestselling team of novelists: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.</strong></p><p>There?s 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 dead?under bizarre circumstances?in the castle tower?s 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 castle?s 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. </p><p>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 don?t quite line up, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious. </p><p>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? </p><p>A crafty locked-room mystery, a pointed satire about the literary world, and a tale of unexpected friendship and romance?this novel has it all, as only three bestselling authors can tell it! </p>