The last thing Katie Bonner wanted was to become the manager of Artisans Alley. But when her business partner, Ezra Hilton, is found lying at the bottom of a staircase, bludgeoned to death, she has no other choice. A collection of booths for artisans and craft sellers in a renovated applesauce factory building, Artisans Alley is the main attraction in the quaint Victoria Square shopping area. But business under Ezra had been faltering--While the cops are proceeding by the book, Katie is investigating by the booths--for the answer to the killer's identity lies in the hidden secrets of Artisans Alley itself. A CRAFTY KILLING begins with a bang! Katie is a likeable character with her quirky candy eating and her huge heart. The story line weaves you through multiple people's lives and leaves open going back into the past, or moving forward. Bartlett is an excellent writer, portraying perfect pictures with her words that the reader just steps in and becomes part of the story with ease. --Romance Readers Connection Read all the Victoria Square Mysteries A Crafty Killing The Walled Flower One Hot Murder Don't miss RECIPES TO DIE FOR: A Victoria Square Cookbook. The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what put Lorraine Bartlett's pen name Lorna Barrett on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it's her talent -- whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett -- that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series, and now the Tales of Telenia fantasy saga, and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s).