Author: gpgardner

It’s late March in Fairhope, Alabama, and artists from around the country are flocking to the bayside town’s Arts & Crafts Festival. The annual tradition has something for everyone, only this year, the main attraction is murder . . .   Cleo Mack’s life has been a whirlwind since she inadvertely became the executive director of Harbor Village, a retirement community bustling with energetic … with energetic seniors. Juggling apartment sales, quirky residents, and a fast-moving romance is tricky business. But on-the-job stress develops a new meaning when Twinkle Thaw, a portrait artist known to ruffle a few feathers, arrives…

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In a beautiful bayside retirement community, an antique car show comes to a screeching halt when a body is found nearby. Can village director Cleo and her team of senior sleuths follow the clues to the killer?

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When Cleo Mack leaves her academic career behind for a seaside retirement community in Fairhope, Alabama, it seems like the perfect place for a fresh start… until someone murders the director of senior living! Can Cleo unmask a killer without becoming the next victim?

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