Lorraine Bartlett

When her business partner, Ezra Hilton, is found murdered, Katie Bonner, the new manager of Artisans Alley, investigates and discovers a shocking link between Ezra's death and the death of her late husband six months earlier.

A Crafty Killing

Sarah Sammis

Katie Bonner ends up as the de facto manager of Artisans Alley after its owner, Ezra, is murdered inside the store. She already has a job and isn't sure she wants to devote the time and energy to saving the company. Unfortunately her late husband put their savings into Ezra's venture, so she's stuck if she wants to recover her investment.

Like Murder is Binding, this initial volume introduces a woman in the process of making a huge change to her life. While Tricia was escaping New York after a divorce to run her own book shop, Katie is a widow set now to inherit a business she was only tangentially part of because of her husband's investment. Like Tricia, though, once faced with the responsibility, she is fully committed to the business and the people.

A Crafty Killing

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