The Body in the Hayloft (Paperback)

Catherine Dilts

ISBN 10: 1967578125 / ISBN 13: 9781967578122

Verlag: Top Hat Cat Publishing LLC, 2025

Paperback. Bookstore owner Emily believes cats and mysteries go together, and she just might be right. During an equestrian workshop at the Double C ranch in northeast Oklahoma, a pampered Persian housecat leads Callie to a woman in a hayloft. The Rose Creek Reads book club springs into action, investigating the meaning behind the woman's mysterious final words.While creating a new murder board for book club, Makenzie hides her own secret - a potential layoff at Brieswell Pottery Works threatens her future as a chemist. University mathematician Shanice is happy to be dating famous horse-whisperer Sam, until he becomes a suspect in the murder. Lawyer Drew tackles a case involving mineral rights that leads straight to the Double C ranch.The book club mingles with Olympic-level horses, their fussy humans, and disruptive animal rights activists flooding the normally peaceful ranch with drama. When the conclusion of the weekend event approaches, potential suspects will soon leave Rose Creek. The urgency to solve the murder escalates. Until a crisis throws the book club and the ranch into a panic. During an equestrian workshop a woman dies in a hayloft. The Rose Creek Reads book club investigates the meaning behind the woman's mysterious final words. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781967578122

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Bookstore owner Emily believes cats and mysteries go together, and she just might be right. During an equestrian workshop at the Double C ranch in northeast Oklahoma, a pampered Persian housecat leads Callie to a woman in a hayloft. The Rose Creek Reads book club springs into action, investigating the meaning behind the woman’s mysterious final words.

While creating a new murder board for book club, Makenzie hides her own secret – a potential layoff at Brieswell Pottery Works threatens her future as a chemist. University mathematician Shanice is happy to be dating famous horse-whisperer Sam, until he becomes a suspect in the murder. Lawyer Drew tackles a case involving mineral rights that leads straight to the Double C ranch.

The book club mingles with Olympic-level horses, their fussy humans, and disruptive animal rights activists flooding the normally peaceful ranch with drama. When the conclusion of the weekend event approaches, potential suspects will soon leave Rose Creek. The urgency to solve the murder escalates. Until a crisis throws the book club and the ranch into a panic.

"A mysterious death of a woman takes precedence in this story. Was she killed by the horse whispers? With so many suspects how will they find the killer?"

-Brenda, BookSirens reviewer

Praise for The Rose Creek Mysteries Book One: The Body in the Cattails -

"Read this book in one weekend, it was so good."

Fleur Bradley, award-winning author

"An entertaining mystery from start to finish, I enjoyed the Oklahoma setting, great characters, and Catherine's indelible style."

-Donnell Ann Bell, bestselling author of Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Catherine Dilts is the author of the Rose Creek and the Rock Shop cozy mystery series, and several installments in various Annie's Fiction series, for a total of twelve traditionally published novels. Eleven of her short stories appear in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. After a career in environmental compliance for a global corporation, Catherine now writes fiction full-time. She is stepping into Indy publishing this year with her co-author daughter Merida Bass, with the YA science fiction Tapestry Tales series, and the Ninja Grandparent Placement Mystery series.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Body in the Hayloft (Paperback)
Verlag: Top Hat Cat Publishing LLC
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Paperback
Illustrator: Bass, Merida
Zustand: new