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From author Rosalie Spielman comes a heartfelt cozy mystery that proves sometimes coming home again can be murder...

Tessa Treslow never wanted a small town life. As soon as she graduated high school, she happily escaped her tiny town to join the U.S. Army, leaving New Oslo, Idaho, population 852,…

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1 author picked Welcome Home to Murder as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book introduced me to new aspects of life as well as telling a good story and asking me to solve a mystery. The main character returns from a distinguished career in the US Army, retiring aged forty to small-town Idaho with her parents. As a woman, Tessa Treslow realises her best years for employment and marriage are likely behind her. Tessa rolls up her sleeves and gets stuck in at the repair garage run by her aunt.
When a man is found dead in the garage, and it turns out he’d claimed to have inheritance rights on the Treslow…

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