Loved and Lost: A Humorous Twisty Murder Mystery (Mercy Watts Mysteries Book 17)
By A.W. Hartoin
Lantern Hill Lane might look perfect. Not everyone living there is.
When Mercy solved the Shill murders and Fats Licata got her dream house, Mercy thought she was done with Lantern Hill Lane. What could go wrong on a street with perfect houses and even more perfect people?
As it turns out, quite a lot. When Fats’ baby arrives safe and healthy, the happy occasion brings joy, relief, and—less welcome—a request from a concerned neighbor. Treasured mementos have been disappearing from the beautiful homes with locked windows and good security. The neighbors are getting nervous, the thefts are growing bolder, and no one knows what’s next.
Mercy thinks it’s a simple job, and for once, she’s right. The thefts themselves are no trouble to solve. But the reason they started in the first place isn’t simple at all, and it leads Mercy straight back to a crime the cops declared solved—when it most certainly wasn’t.
Worse, Mercy’s picked up a stalker—or possibly two—and she can’t be sure she’s the real target. Add a young woman on the lam from a life she never wanted, a pair of aunts with some pretty peculiar ideas about Lantern Hill Lane, and Mercy’s about to find out exactly how many secrets one street can hold.
There’s a whole lot of crime to go around and murder is on the menu.
Lantern Hill Lane might look perfect. Not everyone living there is.
When Mercy solved the Shill murders and Fats Licata got her dream house, Mercy thought she was done with Lantern Hill Lane. What could go wrong on a street with perfect houses and even more perfect people?
As it turns out, quite a lot. When Fats’ baby arrives safe and healthy, the happy occasion brings joy, relief, and—less welcome—a request from a concerned neighbor. Treasured mementos have been disappearing from the beautiful homes with locked windows and good security. The neighbors are getting nervous, the thefts are growing bolder, and no one knows what’s next.
Mercy thinks it’s a simple job, and for once, she’s right. The thefts themselves are no trouble to solve. But the reason they started in the first place isn’t simple at all, and it leads Mercy straight back to a crime the cops declared solved—when it most certainly wasn’t.
Worse, Mercy’s picked up a stalker—or possibly two—and she can’t be sure she’s the real target. Add a young woman on the lam from a life she never wanted, a pair of aunts with some pretty peculiar ideas about Lantern Hill Lane, and Mercy’s about to find out exactly how many secrets one street can hold.
There’s a whole lot of crime to go around and murder is on the menu.