Isabel Puddles Abroad - A Mitten State Mystery (#3)

Feisty senior sleuth Isabel PuddlesLake Michigans answer to Miss Marplestrikes out for new territory across the pond in the newest cozy mystery by veteran TV writer M. V. Byrne. Full of charm, rich storytelling, and mellow humor, the Mitten State Mysteries are sure to delight fans of Garrison Keillors Lake Wobegone tales, Jessica Fletcher and Lee Holliss Poppy Harmon series.

Isabel has crafted a life she loves in her Lake Michigan hometown, but shes eager to use her golden years to make up for missed opportunities. Thats why shes traveling to England for the first time to visit her pen pal, Teddy Mansfield, an acclaimed mystery writer who lives just outside the village of Mousehole, Cornwall. First impressions are charmingIsabel is staying in the guest cottage on the grounds of Teddys beautiful country manor, and Mousehole is home to an assortment of characters as colorful as any in Teddys books.
 
Teddys housekeeper, Tuppence, is a dab hand at bakingher scones are regularly runner-up in the village bake-off, and this year shes determined to scoop top prize. But it appears that other, possibly more dangerous rivalries have been brewing in Mousehole. And when a resident is found pushing up daisies in a flowerbed, Isabel is drawn into an investigation that will require all of her newly honed skills to solveand to survive . . .