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Trish is the award-winning author of twisty contemporary New England mysteries centered on feisty women who rise up with determination, heart, and a passion for justice when crime strikes their small-town communities.

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Trish Esden Whisper of Treasure and Lies is book 3 in the Scandal Mountain Antique series. You can learn more about it here on Goodreads or on my website. https:/…moreWhisper of Treasure and Lies is book 3 in the Scandal Mountain Antique series. You can learn more about it here on Goodreads or on my website. https://trishesden.com(less)
Trish Esden There isn't one planned at the moment. But I do love quilts and you're right there is tons of potential. In fact, I'm hoping to go to the quilt exhibi…moreThere isn't one planned at the moment. But I do love quilts and you're right there is tons of potential. In fact, I'm hoping to go to the quilt exhibit at Shelburne Museum later this week. Book three centers on antique mineral springs water bottles and bottle diggers. I haven't started brainstorming book four yet... so I'll keep your suggestion in mind. (less)
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Cover reveal: The Empress of Junk Street!


   

Getting to the truth can be the most difficult puzzle of all. 

 

Mallory Clarkson, a woman on the cusp of forty, arrives in Fiddler’s Bend, Vermont, after inheriting a one-eyed beagle and the properties of her puzzle-loving uncle. But this is no gothic tale about inheriting a mysterious mansion. Mallory’s uncle was Vermont’s version of a slumlord, and she finds herself in possession of

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" A Whisper of Treasure and Lies is up for the 2026 Silver Falchion Reader's Choice award. Anyone can vote. In fact, you can vote for up to 10 novels. Here's a link. I'd appreciate if you'd consider my novel. Vote for the 2026 Silver Falchion R..." Read more of this blog post »
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July 2023 Cozy Mystery Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which Cozy Mystery would you like to read in July?

Final Draft (Olivia Lively Mystery #1) by Shelley Burbank
 
  18 votes, 51.4%

 
  10 votes, 28.6%

The Art of the Decoy (Scandal Mountain Antiques #1) by Trish Esden
 
  7 votes, 20.0%

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“I once heard an author describe writing as taking bits and pieces of her experiences and observations, then she questions, dissects, and analyzes them. She extrapolates from them, stretching the thought out. Then she adds from her imagination a big dose of what might have been, a good measure of what would never be, and spices it all with wishful thinking.”
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“What a magical place," she whispered in an awed voice. "I expect a unicorn or fairies to appear."
"What would the fairies be doing?" Shermont asked. "Waltzing with the butterflies," she answered before thinking.”
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“Several minutes of silence followed.
“I would have expected a Candle of Omniscience to shed a bit more light,” Dev said.
Josie stifled a giggle.”
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