The Murder Before Christmas, A Charlie Kingsley Cozy Mystery Series (Book 1)

A dead husband. A pregnant wife. A poisoned Christmas gift. Can Charlie discover the grinch who stole Christmas?

☕️ Tea, cookies and twisty mysteries that take place in the 1990s

🕵🏼‍♀️ A smart, no-nonsense small-town Midwestern sleuth

❤️ Slow-burn romance and deadly family secrets

🐈Quirky characters and pets living in a strange, haunted town

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If you've got a problem, Charlie Kingsley probably has a tea that’ll help make it right.

EXCEPT when it comes to love. She does NOT do love potions.

Not even for Courtney, her pregnant new client who showed up three weeks before Christmas seeking a love potion because her husband was cheating on her.

So, Courtney asked about poison, instead.

She said she was joking That's what happens between wives and husbands. They get angry and talk about killing each other. They don't really mean it.

It seems to make sense ... until Courtney’s husband turns up dead on Christmas Eve.

He was poisoned, of course.

And who is the number one suspect? Courtney. Of course.

But did she actually do it? Or is she being set up?

It's up to Charlie to sort through all the twists and turns in a case that gets more complicated the deeper she digs.

If you like:

Agatha Christie (especially Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot)

Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines)

Aurora Teagarden by Charlaine Harris

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Murder She Wrote

Midsomer Murders

You'll LOVE the Charlie Kingsley Mystery series!

"This was a great mystery read! I kept thinking I knew who the murderer was and then I got blown away! Will definitely read the series!"

"This is the first book I’ve ever read by Michele PW and all I can say is WOW! This book was so good with very interesting characters and so many twists and turns it had my head spinning. I highly recommend it and am REALLY looking forward to reading the next book in the series, Ice Cold Murder :)"