Writer's Retreat: The Complete Series Books 1 - 9

Book : Writer's Retreat Southern Seashore Mystery box sets

by Kathi Daley

Genres: Women's Fiction; Cozy Mystery

Synopsis

First Case - The fact that Katrina Pomeroy had been murdered was in and of itself a newsworthy event. The fact that she had been murdered on Friday October 13th exactly eleven years after she'd been one of five teenagers to survive the Friday the 13th Massacre, made her passing worthy of notice by the national news agencies Jillian Hanford used to work for.

Second Look - Five years ago award winning actor Rhett Crawford threw a Halloween party. On the third night of the party the groundskeeper found the body of one of the guests bludgeoned and left in the toolshed.

Third Strike - One, two, three strikes, you're dead. It was the bottom of the ninth, tying run on third, bases loaded, two outs, full count, and the tension was high. The pitch was thrown, everyone in the crowd held their breath. Trey Alderman lined up with the pitcher and swung the bat with all his might before falling to the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fourth Victim - Fifty-three years ago, Francine Kettleman was found dead in a cemetery fifty miles from Gull Island. Her body was found in a graveyard and most believe she was the fourth victim of the Silk Stalking Strangler, a mass murderer credited with killing thirteen women over a ten-month period from 1964 to 1965.

Fifth Night - A serial arsonist is slowly burning Gull Island one building at a time.
A local hero is falsely accused of taking his own life.
A young widow raising four children with a fifth on the way faces losing her home.

Sixth Cabin - Now you see her. Now you don't. When sixteen year old Emily Halliwell ran away from home she agreed to send her half-sister a photo every week to prove she was okay. And she did. For awhile. But then the photos stopped coming.

Seventh Chapter - Some say it was the spirt of one of the pirates that haunt the island that killed him. Others say the death was the result of greed and revenge. All that was known for certain, was that death did not come peacefully for the last inhabitant of a now deserted island.

Eighth Witness - The gang from the Gull Island Writers Retreat take on the case of a man who is currently doing time for the murder of a woman he swears he did not kill.

Ninth Grave - When Jack receives a disturbing email from a man claiming to have killed eight people, he sets off on a road trip with Jill and Kizzy in search of the answers he will need to stop this madman before he is able to kill victim number nine. With the help of the gang from the Mystery Mastermind group, Jack and Jill not only find the remains of the pervious victims, but they begin to form a theory of why the killer did what he did and who his next victim might be.

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Release date: June 16, 2025

Publisher: Kathi Daley Books

Print pages: 1408