The Secluded Village Murders

Overview

A transatlantic, cozy mystery with an intrepid female tour guide and amateur sleuth

Written in the style of a classic British Mystery with a contemporary young American woman as an unwitting amateur sleuth, the fallout keeps you guessing until the end.

From a small secluded village in Connecticut to the English Countryside, readers are taken on a roller coaster of events as tour guide Emily Ryder tries to solve a murder that’s mistaken for an accident.

It all began on a fateful early morning when Chris Cooper, Emily’s beloved mentor met an untimely death. For Emily, if Chris hadn't been the head of village planning and the only one standing in the way of a proposed sprawling development in her quaint historical village, none of this would have happened.

As Emily heads across the pond for a scheduled tour of sister village Lydfield-in-the-Moor, it soon becomes readily apparent that murder isn’t far behind.

Author Biography

Shelly Frome is a member of Mystery Writers of America, a professor of dramatic arts emeritus at UConn, a former professional actor, and an award-winning writer of crime novels. Among his recent international gold awards are Miranda and the D-Day Caper; and Shadow of the Gypsy. His works of non-fiction include The Actors Studio, a guide to playwriting and one on screenwriting. Fast Times, Big City is his latest foray into the world of mystery and the amateur sleuth.

He lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina.