H is for our heroine, Tessa Treslow, mechanic and retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel.
O is for New Oslo, Idaho, Tessa's hometown.
M is for murder. Tessa finds a murdered stranger, the scene (and her finger) pointing firmly at Tessa's best friend, sheriff's deputy Freddie Frederickson.
E is for Edna. Tessa lives and works with her feisty Aunt Edna.
I is for investigating. Tessa has to help Freddie prove her innocence.
S is for She-canics. Aunt Edna and Tessa have started a new car renovation business: Band of Sisters Services (BOSS) "Call the She-canics!"
W is for who is the real grandchild? The murder victim claims to be Freddie's illegitimate cousin.
H is for Nick Hunt, the handsome new flame who has been romancing Tessa.
E is for Sheriff Joe Eriksson, Tessa's high school ex-boyfriend.
R is for Rosie the Riveter. Tessa's grandmother (Aunt Edna's mother) was a Rosie and they have a ceremony to celebrate her, which is interrupted by the soon-to-be murder victim.
E is for Nick, being evasive…
T is for truth. What is the truth about Freddie's grandfather?
H is for Historical society mavens, Olive and Ginny Prunn, who try to assist with the genealogical mystery.
E is for misleading evidence.
M is for Magnus the moose, wandering around the countryside with someone's laundry in his antlers…
U is for US Army veterans Tessa, Freddie, and Nick.
R is for romance on the rocks when Tessa finds out Nick has secrets.
D is for New Olso Pioneer Days.
E is for secrets exposed.
R is for research project of a visiting student.
I is for identities revealed!
S is for Summer, Tessa's niece, who gets pulled into the investigation.
Hometown Mysteries #2
From author Rosalie Spielman comes a clever small town mystery that will leave you guessing until the very end...
Retired US Army officer Tessa Treslow has settled in with her Aunt Edna in her hometown of New Oslo, Idaho. After the disasters of the previous fall, Tessa and her family are back on their feet as they start a new dream venture: a vehicle restoration business, "BOSS—Band of Sisters Services, call the She-canics."
Tessa and the enticing local math teacher, Nick Hunt, are also working together to organize a charity run during the New Oslo Pioneer Days festival. All seems to be going well... until Tessa finds a dead body in the town park!
The murder victim is a stranger to their small town, who claimed that she was the illegitimate cousin of Tessa's best friend, Deputy Petunia "Freddie" Frederickson. The victim's bloody finger is pointing to a mark on the veterans' honor roll sign, circling the names of Freddie and her grandfather. Complicating matters, Freddie was witnessed in an altercation with the woman just before her death, and it was Freddie's knife found at the scene.
In order to help her best friend, Tessa and Aunt Edna search for the real identity of the victim. Was she actually a long-lost family member? Who would want her dead? And what was she doing in New Oslo? Tessa is determined to find out... even if the answers lead her straight into the crosshairs of a killer!
Mystery Police Procedural [Gemma Halliday Publishing, On Sale: February 7, 2023, e-Book, / ]
Rosalie Spielman enjoys moving in order to clean out her closets. After meeting her husband when they were both in the Army, they moved eleven times in twenty-four years, to multiple states and three countries. Somewhere along the way, Rosalie discovered that she could make other people laugh with her writing. She finds joy in giving people a humorous escape from the real world. Her cozy mystery novels are set in locales that have chickens, such as rural Idaho and sunny Kauai.
Rosalie is an active member of Sisters in Crime and is represented by Dawn Dowdle of the Blue Ridge Literary Agency. She currently lives in Maryland with her husband and four creatures—two teens and two fur babies.
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