⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘So exciting I just could not put it down.’ Vicki G. Discover an utterly captivating Midwest murder mystery from a bestselling author. Grieving Police Chief Susan Wren’s never been so pleased to see her cousin, footloose reporter Sean Donovan. He turns up out of the blue, reeking of whiskey and Irish charm, to tell Susan he’s on to something big — a dark secret in Governor Jack Garrett’s murky past! But smooth-talking Sean might be hiding a secret of his own. A woman’s battered body is found, locked in the trunk of an abandoned Mustang . And Susan’s pulled away from her cozy family reunion. She scours the trunk for evidence — to find Sean’s business card. Stained with blood. Susan doesn’t want to believe her cousin could be guilty of something so terrible. But this crime has his byline written all over it. And if Sean didn’t kill the woman, then who? As squeaky clean Governor Garrett races for the US presidency, someone out there will do anything to keep the truth hidden . . . Fans of Kate Carlisle, Ellery Adams, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Eileen Brady, Cathy Pickens and Dorothy Cannell will be hooked from the very first page! Readers can’t get enough of the Kansas Cozy Mysteries: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The kind of book you can hardly wait to get back to reading.’ M.C. Crammer ‘Brings the case to a slam-bang finish . . . both ingenious and believable.’ Kirkus ‘An impressive debut by a very talented writer.’ Marcia Muller, bestselling author ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This series just keeps getting better . . . Charlene Weir just keeps piling on clues, and adding twists and turns.’ Patty ‘ Wow, wow, wow — what a great storyteller!’ Lewis, advance reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Great characters and . . . gives a fine picture of the land and people of Kansas.’ Nikki ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I would read the next book . . . as this was really good and I want to know what happens next.’ Susan ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The ending was a great surprise and suspenseful.’ Gloria ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ The Winter Widow flows and is constructed in such a way that I didn’t want to put it down. I was lured from chapter to chapter .’ Lawrence MEET THE DETECTIVE A career cop from San Fransisco, Susan Donovan never expected to fall in love. Especially not with a small-town police chief like Dan Wren. But when they meet at a conference, Susan knows he’s the one. After a whirlwind romance, they marry and move to Hampstead, Kansas, Dan’s tiny hometown. She thought she’d got her happy ever after. But that all changed one winter’s day, six weeks later — when Dan was gunned down by a sniper. What will her future in the Midwest hold without him? ALSO BY CHARLENE WEIR THE KANSAS COZY MYSTERIES Book 1: THE WINTER WIDOW Book 2: A LESSON IN MURDER Book 3: A PRESCRIPTION FOR MURDER Book 4: MURDER: TAKE TWO Book 5: A COLD CHRISTMAS Book 6: UP IN SMOKE