Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Series by Sonia Parin

Abby Maguire’s luck is about to change. She’s looking for a sea change and starting a new job in a new town. With any luck, she should be able to put her past behind her in no time. Her first assignment working for the Eden Rise Gazette will be to cover the weekend’s bake sale. Within a short time of arriving in town, there is a slight change of plans and Abby finds herself giving a statement to the police... moreAbby Maguire’s luck is about to change. She’s looking for a sea change and starting a new job in a new town. With any luck, she should be able to put her past behind her in no time. Her first assignment working for the Eden Rise Gazette will be to cover the weekend’s bake sale. Within a short time of arriving in town, there is a slight change of plans and Abby finds herself giving a statement to the police. Now her new job and her new life hang in the balance… Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language but lots of fun, quirky dialogue & characters. less

Abby Maguire, the Eden Rise Gazette's new reporter, needs to be first in with the news but Eden is a small town and, even on a bad day, nothing much happens. To make matters worse, the local café owner has shown a talent for beating her to anything resembling news. After witnessing an altercation between two Eden Thespian rivals, Abby hopes the annual Eden picnic fundraiser will be the perfect venue for her to witness some fireworks... moreAbby Maguire, the Eden Rise Gazette's new reporter, needs to be first in with the news but Eden is a small town and, even on a bad day, nothing much happens. To make matters worse, the local café owner has shown a talent for beating her to anything resembling news. After witnessing an altercation between two Eden Thespian rivals, Abby hopes the annual Eden picnic fundraiser will be the perfect venue for her to witness some fireworks. Everyone has turned up, and everyone is dressed in 1920s costumes. Everyone including the dead body she finds. The police claim it was death by natural causes. No one in Eden believes this, and everyone expects Abby Maguire to get to the bottom of the unexpected death. Someone had gone to a lot of trouble to make the death look like an accident. When she's staring down the barrel of a gun, Abby knows she finally has her scoop.This Cozy Mystery is a clean read, with no graphic violence, sex, or strong language but full of fun, quirky dialogue and characters. less