Everything Gwendolyn Strong learned about solving mysteries, she learned in kindergarten.
One deceased groom-to-be. One dead-end clue. One last chance at redemption. Gwendolyn Strong feels lost outside the classroom. And at loose ends after retiring, the ex-kindergarten teacher longs for the excitement her stable marriage and yoga sessions can’t provide. So the spirited fifty-something leaps into action when a former student takes his life on the eve of his wedding day.
Skeptical that he died by his own hand, Gwendolyn teams up with her elderly mentor and true-crime addict daughter to scour the small town for clues while dodging the dismissive cops. But when her prime suspect turns up fatally crushed in a freak accident, she fears a cunning culprit could be pulling some murderous strings.
Can Gwendolyn solve the case before her name is next on the hit list? Milford Elementary is the nail-biting first book in the Gwendolyn Strong Small Town Cozy Mystery Series. If you like whip-smart heroines, buried secrets, and gripping suspense, then you’ll love J A Hoda’s masterful whodunit.
Buy Milford Elementary to send a killer to permanent time-out today!
Gone and forgotten until......
Two dead bodies in the basement rocks the world of centenarian Emelina Bidwell who believes her nephew and his wife left small town Milford fifty years ago. Were they murdered and dumped behind a fake wall in this pre civil-war mansion? Former kindergarten teacher Gwendolyn Strong agrees to help her mentor, but the sleuthing rules are changed by Emelina who made promises of secrecy to the dead all those decades ago. Can Gwen solve the mysteries of their deaths with one arm tied behind her back? Who is protecting the killer a half-century later? Why does the town's power elite want to shut her down? Is she next to disappear? Can this amateur detective repeat her success In this second book of the small town mystery series
Buy Milford Coal & Ice and follow the clues as Gwen heats up this cold case.
"I don't think they were accidents, Gwen."
When former kindergarten teacher Gwendolyn Strong starts delving into this elderly woman's claim that someone is trying to kill her, little does she realize that the killer won't stop until they get what they are after.. Is is revenge? Is it money? Things get deadly serious when they make an attempt on Gwen's life. Will she be able to be able to figure out who it is before they strike again?
Buy Milford Daffy Day and follow along with Gwen as she finds more ingredients in this killer's recipe
No way in. No way out. Who killed the host?
A wealthy stockbroker, his family, friends, business associates and a glamorous movie star are retired kindergarten teacher, Gwendolyn Strong's stablemates for a sumptuous dinner. In the morning, the host is found dead, shot in the head. This locked room fair play mystery pays homage to Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr. Only she can solve it as the house is cut-off from help arriving anytime soon.
Buy Milford Bed & Breakfast and race Gwen to the final reveal.
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