The Butterfly Caper

Sparrow Falls Mysteries #4

by Donna McLean

"I LOVED YOU the first time I saw you. It feels like I have always loved you, as though even before my life began, I was meant to love only you.” The handsome young man on bended knee clasped the woman’s hand tightly. She gazed into his startlingly blue eyes, and sighed. The romance of it all!

So begins the first chapter of the highly anticipated new novel by Donna McLean. The Butterfly Caper: a sparrow falls mystery #4 is available now as an ebook and paperback!

Summer is drawing to a comfortable close in cozy Sparrow Falls, North Carolina, even while unnerving and mysterious thefts are taking place in small towns throughout the southeast. When a bold thief hits Addie's wee carriage house - and dares to do so even in the middle of the day - senior sleuth Tilda MacArdan is determined to find the perpetrator of this rude and dastardly deed, with or without the approval of the local police force. Her efforts send her on a merry chase to find a painted butterfly in a golden frame, and lead her to some revealing discoveries about her own family's surprising past.
Book #4 of the popular Sparrow Falls Mystery series is a lighthearted caper with a touch of romance that is sure to please loyal fans. In response to their requests, Donna McLean has written a delightful "mystery without a murder" that skillfully delivers equal elements of suspense, surprise and humor.

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 12, 2014

About the author

"Without the helpful encouragement and support of my readers, achieving the dream of creating this clean cozy mystery series would never have been possible. Thank you!"

The Sparrow Falls Mystery Series features spunky senior citizen Tilda MacArdan, irrepressible redhead Addie McRae, and the mysterious story keeper of the old Scots burying ground, Morwenna Goss, as they unravel clues and solve cozy mysteries revolving around the Scottish history of a small town in modern day North Carolina. The author, Donna McLean, is fascinated by genealogy, local lore and legend, cats and classic mysteries. She is a direct descendant of Highland Scots who settled in North Carolina many generations ago, and a born and bred southern lady who still believes in hospitality and gracious living.
Donna also blogs about and reviews clean books on sparrowfallsmystery.wordpress.com, and is honored to have been included on the author pages of the prestigious and popular Cozy-Mystery website. Her short stories, available as single ebooks, regularly place among the Top 100 Cozy categories among online booksellers.