{"product_id":"the-authors-guide-to-murder-9780063259867","title":"The Author's Guide to Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Unger, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe New Couple in 5B\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree beloved New York Times bestselling novelists, one marvelously entertaining locked-room whodunit! 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Now it seems, the castle has done him in...or, possibly, one of the castle's guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh, a local with no love for literary Americans, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prime suspects are Kat de Noir, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together, but the authors' stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley don't quite line up, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch? 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