Scones and Scofflaws

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Her scones might be killer, but someone else was responsible for this murder. Now Anna must rely on the town's gossip mill and her anthropology background to catch the real killer.

It all seemed so simple: fix up the Cape May Victorian mansion she'd inherited from Great Aunt Louise and re-open it as the exceptional B&B it used to be. Everything's going great, until her very first guest turns up dead at the breakfast table, crumbs from Anna's blueberry scones scattered on the lace tablecloth.

As the town's gossips go into overdrive, Anna leaps into the fray to save her reputation, her business and Great Aunt Louise's legacy.

With help from a handsome handyman eager to solve all of Anna's problems and a young police officer new to murder investigations, Anna does her best to convince the town — and her future guests — that while her scones may be killer, someone else was responsible for this murder.

About the author

Jane Gorman

Jane Gorman is the author of the Adam Kaminski mystery series. Having worked as an anthropologist, a diplomat and a park ranger, Gorman turned to mysteries as yet another way to visit new worlds and meet new people. 

Gorman's books are informed by her international experiences, both as an anthropologist and through her work with the U.S. State Department. She has previously published in the field of political anthropology, negotiated international instruments on behalf of the U.S. government, and appeared on national television through her efforts to support our nation's cultural heritage. Her books are each set in a different city or town around the world, building on her eye for detailed settings, appreciation of complex characters, and love of place-based mystery.  

She lives in Cherry Hill, NJ, with her husband, who loves traveling even more than she does and has a voracious appetite for life, two cats who are very picky eaters, and a Pointer-Hound mix who wants nothing more out of life than to eat the cats.