It's Cait and Bud's wedding weekend and for the first time she feels like a brideāor at least, she's supposed to. But then the rain won't quit, the supposedly romantic Welsh castle feels creepy, and there's a dead body on the stairs.
What first appears to have been the untimely, unfortunate, and accidental death of their wedding choirmaster quickly reveals itself to have been a murder. And when a series of mysterious events occur around the castle, Cait, Bud, and Cait's sister Sian tackle the case of The Corpse with the Sapphire Eyes, attempting to solve the mystery before another sinister event can ruin their destination wedding.
The fifth Cait Morgan mystery will have you stumbling to catch up to Cait's brilliant mind, and keep you guessing until its shocking conclusion.
Born, raised and educated in Wales, Cathy Ace enjoyed a successful career in marketing and training across Europe for twenty years before migrating to Vancouver. The author of the bestselling Cait Morgan Mysteries, featuring a Welsh Canadian foodie criminologist sleuth, Cathy enjoys living the author's life on rural acreage where she and her husband are helped out in the garden by their two green-pawed chocolate Labradors.
For The Corpse with the Platinum Hair
āIāve always loved closed-room mysteries, and [The Corpse With the Platinum Hair] is a terrific oneā¦A fun and suspenseful mystery.ā āRhys Bowen, New York Timesābestselling author of the Molly Murphy and Royal Spyness Mysteries
āFor The Corpse with the Silver Tongue
"[Cathy] Aceās smooth debut introduces Welsh-born Cait Morgan, a Vancouver, BC, criminology professor and police consultant, who finds more than she bargained for in Nice, France . . . Caitās enjoyable first outing should earn her a well-deserved encore." āPublishers Weekly
"In the finest tradition of Agatha Christie, debut author Ace brings us the closed-room drama, with a dollop of romantic suspense and historical intrigue." āLibrary Journal
"Lovers of puzzle plots should meet Professor Cait Morgan . . . [Cathy Ace is] a writer to watch." āThe Globe and Mail
"ā¦If you enjoy a meticulously plotted whodunit in the traditional vein, then Aceās debut will be what youāre looking for: a pleasant diversion with a dash of brain teaser." āThe Hamilton Spectator
For The Corpse with the Golden Nose
ā"If youāre a lover of classic mystery, this second Cait Morgan novel is for you. Ace takes her foodie / criminologist into wine country for a murder with touches of Christie or Marsh but with a bouquet of Kinsey Millhone." āThe Globe and Mail
"Perfect comfort reading. You could call it Agatha Christie set in the modern world, with great dollops of lovingly described food and drink." āCrime Fiction Lover blog