KAITLYN
DUNNETT's
Deadly
Edits Mysteries
featuring
Mikki
Lincoln, freelance editor
Book
One: Crime & Punctuation
Kensington
ISBN
978-1-4967-1255-4
also
available in trade paperback, e-book, audiobook and large print formats
When retired schoolteacher Mikki Lincoln returns to
her old home town after fifty years away, she expects to find some changes.
What she doesn't anticipate is murder.
Set in the fictional village of Lenape Hollow, located
in the very real Sullivan County Catskills region of New York State, the story
brings past and present together as Mikki, while launching a new career as a
freelance editor, tries to decide if an old enemy is guilty of a heinous crime.
If she's innocent, then who did kill a young woman whose only offense was
writing a really bad crime novel?
from Kirkus:
"The signature cozy style of Dunnett's Liss MacCrimmon series translated
easily to this editorially focused new venture."
Publishers Weekly
calls it an "entertaining series launch" and says "Appealing
supporting characters include Mikki's loyal and resourceful friend, Darlene
Uberman, and the ever gossipy patrons of the local cafe. Cozy fans will be
pleased."
links to buy: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496719263/crime-and-punctuation/
Book
Two: Clause & Effect
Kensington
ISBN
978-1-4967-1257-8
also
available in e-book, audiobook and large print formats
In this second book in the series, as the village of
Lenape Hollow gears up for its quasquibicentennial, retired schoolteacher
turned "book doctor" Mikki Lincoln is tapped to update and edit the
historical pageant that was presented at the bicentennial celebration
twenty-five years earlier. What starts out as a simple task quickly turns
complicated when the mummified body of the pageant's original author is discovered
behind the bricked up fireplace in the historical society's headquarters. In a
case like this, it isn't possible to separate the revising from the sleuthing.
Once again aided by her mobility-challenged friend Darlene, Mikki attempts to
solve an old murder, uncovering secrets several people in the community would
just as soon have kept under wraps. The question is: which one is desperate
enough to try to take Mikki herself out of the equation?
Publishers Weekly
says "cozy fans are in for a real treat."
Booklist says
"this cozy is distinguished by its smart sixty-something protagonist and
an engaging supporting cast of her longtime friends and acquaintances."
links to buy: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496712578/clause-and-effect/
Book
Three: A Fatal Fiction
Kensington
ISBN
978-1-4967-2686-5
also
available in e-book, large print, and audiobook formats
Seventy-year-old Mikki's newest job is editing eighty-five-year-old Sunny
Feldman's memoir about growing up at her family's resort hotel in the Borscht
Belt. The hotel, on the outskirts of Lenape Hollow, is now in ruins, but when
local entrepreneur and all-around pain-in-the-neck Greg Onslow starts
demolishing the remaining buildings, he unleashes a whole lot of trouble for
everyone. Mikki, as always, is caught right in the middle, and that's before her overprotective nephew shows
up to check on "poor old Aunt Mikki."
"Mikki Lincoln, a savvy older woman, is sure to appeal to cozy
fans." (Publishers Weekly)
links to buy: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496726865/a-fatal-fiction/
Book
Four: Murder, She Edited
Kensington
ISBN
978-1-4967-2689-6
available
in hardcover, audiobook, and e-book formats
Mikki unexpectedly inherits an abandoned farm in the countryside near
Lenape Hollow. but it comes with a condition. She has to find, edit, and publish
several diaries left behind by a previous owner. Simple, right? It should be .
. . except that someone seems to be trying to stop her.
A stalker complicates Mikki's efforts to find the missing diaries. Is she
just a fan of Mikki's old friend, a famous author of romance novels? Or does
she have something more sinister in mind than correcting a few typos?
With a little help from her friends and her faithful cat, Calpurnia,
Mikki sets out to unravel a mystery that has its roots in her own childhood.
"A charming and resourceful seventy-something heroine, family
relationships, friendship, plot twists, and an editing and proofreading frame
will please cozy fans." (Booklist)
"Don't let this one slip by. It's a 'must read' for cozy fans."
(WonderWomenSixty.com)
"This lively page turner is perfect for all mystery lovers with its
solid narrative, a quirky side story, a 60-plus-year-old whodunit, and dialogue
sure to thrill the grammar and punctuation perfectionist . . . Then there's
Mikki, a character beyond compare and an absolute delight . . . a thoroughly
captivating read. (Mystery Scene)
links to buy: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496726896/murder-she-edited/
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READ
KAITLYN'S BLOGS
ABOUT
WRITING THE "DEADLY EDITS" SERIES
About Crime
& Punctuation:
A Day in the Life
of Mikki Lincoln
About Clause
& Effect:
Murder
for the Quasquibicentennial
About A Fatal
Fiction:
How
the Demolition of the Last Great Borscht Belt Resort Inspired a Catskills
Mystery
Q&A
at Sisters in Crime New England
Review
and Interview at King's River Life
About Murder, She Edited:
https://crimereads.com/tapping-into-my-memories-of-the-catskills-to-write-a-mystery-novel/
Having
a Little Fun with the Grammar Police
And for a podcast of a chat about my books and writing in general, you can go
to The
Cozy Sleuth
Other essays (originally written as blogs at
MaineCrimeWriters.com) about writing the books in this series can be found in
my collection of essays, I Kill People For A Living (w/a Kathy Lynn
Emerson). You can find out more about this book here
To
return to the index page for Kaitlyn Dunnett, click here
To go to
the home page for Kathy Lynn Emerson, click here