Mosey Frye Mysteries
Five books in the Mosey Frye Mysteries Series are currently available: Murder in High Cotton, which contains Books 1-3, The Summer House at Larkspur, Book 4, and The Incident at Sunny Banks, Book 5. In Fayetteville, Pearl’s Books, 28 E. Center St., and the University of Arkansas Bookstore have print copies. You may also purchase print copies at Novel in Memphis. Print and digital books can be ordered at The Wild Rose Press Bookstore (online), Amazon, Apple Books, Google Books, Barnes & Noble, KOBO, Scribd, and other fine retailers.
Exciting Update:
The House with a Secret Cellar is speeding towards production. Thanks to the incredible cover design by Kris Norris and the diligent editing work of Ally Robertson, the manuscript is quickly being finalized. Get ready for the adventure to begin as we prepare for another launch.
Murder at Waite House
When real estate agent and sleuth Mosey Frye lists a stigmatized property, solving the murder outshines making the sale. But in a little Delta town, good luck getting the Police Chief to pay you any mind—specially if you’re a long-legged, rosy-cheeked blonde.
The Terrace
Lured by a ripped photograph of members of the local gentry, Mosey visits the grounds of an abandoned mansion, where, on the once stunning terrace, now fallen into ruin, she uncovers a dark past, the chilling murder of a lovely young socialite.
The House with a Corner Door
As a guest at an old Western hotel, Mosey Frye finds herself within striking range of a killer who targets women real estate agents by pressing poisonous bulbs into their mouths. Out of her usual element, can Mosey adapt and help the local sheriff track down the murderous lunatic before he kills again?
The Summer House at Larkspur
In this full-length novel, when Mosey hunts for a summer house on the grounds of an abandoned plantation, she comes across skeletal remains at the bottom of an old cistern. That same day, news of the horrific stabbing death of a reclusive nun leaves the citizens of Hembree in hang-jawed shock. Given that the tumble-down estate belonged to the dead nun’s family, Mosey insists there must be a connection between the two events. But Lieutenant Gus Olivera, predisposed against Mosey and the Church, scrambles to find a suspect among members of the clergy. Will Olivera solve this one on his own? Or will his hopes be dashed when Mosey, once again, drops the clue that points to the killer?
The Incident at Sunny Banks
In Book 5, Mosey Frye comes upon a corpse in the garage at Sunny Banks, the home of local towboat magnate Martin Eldridge. Hembree police chief, Lieutenant Gus Olivera, tracks a lead on a man who tried to extort money from the Captain Jack crew, claiming they were intoxicated on the night of a fatal collision. But Mosey, ever inquisitive, sets her sights on the Eldridges’ distant past and ultimately reveals a more devious plot to destroy the elderly river man’s legacy and take control of his company.
About the Series
The Mosey Frye Mystery Series opens with Murder in High Cotton which anthologizes the short novels listed above. The mysteries follow a seasonal pattern, with Mosey nosing out a murder every winter (Murder at Waite House), spring (The Terrace), summer (The House with a Corner Door) and fall (The Summer House at Larkspur).
The Incident at Sunny Banks, Book 5, opens on All Souls’ Day, November 2, known in some cultures as the Day of the Dead. The characters, setting, and strategies are much like those of the short novels included in Murder in High Cotton but, like Summer House, The Incident at Sunny Banks is a full-length novel, which gives Mosey a wide berth for serious trouble, a chance to dig up some really old murders, including some alluded to in previous stories. It sends Police Chief Gus Olivera downriver to Vicksburg to see if towboat magnate Jack Eldridge can identify the body Mosey stumbled upon in his parents’ garage. It also leaves Dot Cowsley, secretary at Frye, Frye, and Humphrey, stretched out on the sofa, fanning her face and popping heart pills. As keeper of the enormous annals of the firm, she alone is aware that, midst documents largely of an insipid nature (files that, if burned, would not have been missed), there were others, more incendiary, that she’d tucked away quite furtively, in hopes of never bringing them out again.