"Charming...A rich, well developed ensemble of neighbors and colleagues flesh out this past-paced cozy."-Publisher's Weekly

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from STABBING STEPHANIE by Evan Marshall.

With their first mystery, MISSING MARLENE, literary agent Jane Stuart and her tortoiseshell cat, Winky, left mystery fans purring for more. Now the well-read detective is back and is taking on the hunt for a killer in disguise.

After her last brush with a murderer landed her with a feature in People magazine, Jane is eager to get back to her literary life of reading proposals, making deals, and sneaking in a birthday party for her son. She chooses a favorite spot, a local inn, but before anyone can say "make a wish before you blow out the candles," the body of a young woman no one knows is found hanging from a tree in the woods behind the inn...

2. MISSING MARLENE
4. HANGING HANNAH
6. STABBING STEPHANIE
8. TOASTING TINA
10. ICING IVY
12. CRUSHING CRYSTAL

3.49 average rating all editions, 92 ratings, 8 reviews, added by 156 people, 34 to-reads, 84% liked it.--Goodreads

"The Jane and Winky series is as cozy as a kitten - with tiny sharp claws."-Jill Churchill

***** 5 stars "...a very fast read and would be perfect for a snowy day by the fire or a hot sunny day on the beach..."-Debra Jenkins, Goodreads

"An appealing heroine...a deftly handled plot."-Library Journal

"Will please the cat-cozy crowd."-The Snooper

"Jane Stuart is a Jane Marple for the millennium."-Kensington Publishing

Evan Marshall is president of The Evan Marshall Agency author of The Marshall Plan(R) For Novel Writing (Writer's Digest, 1998), an international bestseller on novel writing technique. He is the author of 10 commercially published mysteries including Manhattan Mysteries and Jane and Winky Suburban Sleuths series, named "Miss Marple Lite" by Kirkus Reviews. His books appeal to fans of Janet Evanovich, Lilian Jackson Braun, and Alexander McCall Smith. You can reach him at [email protected].