Double Crossed A Lucy Christie Mystery

Double Crossed is a cozy mystery that follows the antics of Lucy Christie as she tracks down the murderer of an outspoken faculty member at Crossroads Community College in the maple syrup town of Maple Ridge. Lucy tries to juggle her roles as mother of two young children, husband of John Christie, a detective in the local police force, and her work life as a professor and learning specialist at the community college. Tension develops between Lucy and John as Lucy is repeatedly late returning home as she becomes more and more involved in solving this crime. As Lucy's lift of possible suspects expands, she puts herself and her family in harm's way, but she is unable to stop pursuing the perpetrator. The novel provides a Cluefinder to readers who finish the novel, providing the reader with a trail of clues spread out over the chapters.