Sometimes I need a change . . .
Take a break from the dark side.
Dark suspenseful fiction is my passion, but sometimes it's nice to write something funny and light. I publish my cozy mysteries under the name Melissa Nordhoff. If you need a break from the dark side, give this light-hearted mystery a read!
LAST WILL and PUZZLEMENT---1st book in the Ruby Finch Mystery series
Evie has rocked leopard-print leggings and sipped minty Grasshoppers for the last time. After eighty-six full-throttle years, she screeched into death, but not before creating a funerary adventure for her twin grandchildren, Ruby and Roddy. Six Ziploc bags of cremains and a cryptic message arrive at Ruby’s cottage: Solve the puzzles to determine where to spread my ashes, discover the secrets I couldn’t share, and claim your inheritance—if you still want to.
Perpetually sunny Ruby and her cynical twin, Roddy, dive into the challenge. Ruby enlists the help of an adorably nerdy journalist, a cookie-wielding docent, and—despite Roddy’s warnings—a sketchy mystery man.
The solutions lead the twins throughout Lancaster County, PA and back in time to the era of rollicking speakeasies. The revelations become increasingly concerning and the whiff of murder swirls around their beloved grandmother’s secrets. The truth is a bombshell and the twin’s lives will never be the same.
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Author Robert Hankes says . . .
Author Robert Hankes says . . .
Author Robert Hankes says . . .
"Surprise after surprise kept me turning the pages of this Cozy Mystery. I guzzled the minty Grasshoppers, lusted after the luncheons, and craved the cookies as I solved one puzzle after the next with our twin guides, Ruby and Roddy. Who was their grandmother, Evie? Magnanimous? Marvelous? Murderous? This novel will keep you guessing."
Writer T.M. Crone says . . .
Author Robert Hankes says . . .
Author Robert Hankes says . . .
"In Last Will and Puzzlement, Nordhoff creates memorable characters faced with unexpected twists with each turn of the page. Truly an enjoyable read."
Writer Rob Teplitz says . . .
Author Robert Hankes says . . .
Writer Rob Teplitz says . . .
"Last Will and Puzzlement is an enjoyable story with laugh-out-loud humor. Readers will have fun trying to solve the mystery alongside the main characters."