Fran Stewart

A second dose of Scottish charm from the author of A Wee Murder in My Shop.
 
While business is booming at the ScotShop in Hamelin, Vermont, proprietor Peggy Winn doesn’t have time to toast her good fortune thanks to her hot-tempered, fourteenth-century Scottish companion. Being thrust into the modern world hasn’t been easy for Dirk, but Peggy is at her wit’s end trying to keep the ghostie galoot...

Weeks of rain in northeastern Georgia bring a deluge of all sorts of things--the most shocking being a body found wedged in the ruins of the town dock on the swollen Metoochie River. Being married to the town cop has its advantages when it comes to sleuthing. Soon, town librarian Biscuit McKee is digging up another mystery in her sleepy Southern town of Martinsville. Digging, as it turns out, is the operative word, when the skeletons of seven traveling...

Biscuit and Bob are enjoying their honeymoon at a small hotel near Savannah, until Margaret Casperson, a wealthy friend from Martinsville, collapses against their door in the middle of the night. Why would anyone want to poison dear Margaret? Officer Colly Sloan, who sometimes wishes she were a plumber instead of a police officer, is tracking the long-lost cousin Margaret came to Savannah to find. --from back cover

No-one has ever known why the original Martins settled in a dead-end valley that is so difficult to find. When a set of two-hundred-year-old diaries are found in the bottom of a trunk, the mysterious history of Martinsville - all of it based on a lie - begins to come to life! The story began in Red as a Rooster and continues in Black as Soot!

A small-town murder trial gains national recognition and eclipses the presidential race. Already serving a life sentence for poisoning a state senator, Susannah Lou Packard is now on trial for slitting the throat of a state representative. How could such a quiet, demure, unprepossessing woman execute such heinous deeds?

"Librarian Biscuit McKee and library cat, Marmalade, find themselves in the middle of a kidnapping. This mystery explores topics such as green funerals, bipolar disorder, forgiveness, and interpersonal relations between mothers/daughters and sisters. The story takes place in the fictitious town of Martinsville, Georgia"--Provided by publisher.

Hamelin, Vermont, isn't the most likely place for bagpipes and tartan, but at Peggy Winn's ScotShop, business is booming... While on a transatlantic hunt for some authentic wares to sell at her shop, Peggy is looking to forget her troubles by digging through the hidden treasures of the Scottish Highlands. With so many enchanting items on sale, Peggy can't resist buying a beautiful old tartan shawl. But once she wraps it around her shoulders, she discovers...

What do avalanches, colanders, and stinky feet have in common? Each of these seemingly unrelated nouns is the subject of an essay on writing tips from Fran Stewart, award-winning author of the Biscuit McKee Mystery Series. Whether you're a budding author or a seasoned professional, you'll profit from Stewart's experience and insight.