Hand Lettering Mysteries Collection One

Book excerpt: Welcome to Cedar Valley, Washington. Where Mt. Rainier looms large on the horizon. Coffee is consumed by the gallon. And murder disrupts the town’s casual tourist atmosphere… This collection includes the first three books of the Hand Lettering Mystery Series: Who Shot the Serif? When Jamie Lang finds one of her hand-lettered quotes on the window of her shop, Flourish, with a hole shot through a serif, she knows someone's trying to drive her business into red ink. Jamie confronts Earleen Culp, the ruthless owner of the local stationery shop, in front of the most popular breakfast spot in the small town of Cedar Valley. Of course, Earleen professes shock and innocence, so when she’s found dead in front of Jamie's home the next morning, Jamie becomes the prime suspect. In the Nib of Time Ralph Coggins has been one of Jamie Lang's mentors and friends for years. A world-renowned master penman and calligrapher to queens and presidents, his script is perfection. So perfect that someone wants him out of the way. When Jamie stops by Ralph's house to deliver the 24K gold fountain pen nib he ordered, she finds him slumped over his drafting table, freshly dead. It takes her good friend with the bedroom eyes, Ridge Calhoun, Cedar Valley's chief of police and hottest bachelor, to determine what killed Ralph. And the cause of death is almost unbelievable. Now the question is - who killed Ralph? And how did they do it? Kerning to Crime Kit Perry is a rich, handsome rogue with a scandalous past. He's also Cedar Valley's newest businessman. But is he their newest murderer? When hand lettering amateur sleuth Jamie Lang stumbles upon Kit with a beautiful woman dying in his arms, he sure looks like it. Each one is a standalone mystery, but it’s more fun to read three! Let the sleuthing begin…