Book Details:
Book Title: The Pryce of Conceit - An Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery by Kari Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 270
Genre: Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Release date: May 23, 2023
Content Rating: G - Book has no bad language, sex, or violence on the page
Book Title: The Pryce of Conceit - An Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery by Kari Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 270
Genre: Historical Ghost Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Release date: May 23, 2023
Content Rating: G - Book has no bad language, sex, or violence on the page
Book Description:
Someone’s trying to frame this ambitious theater performer for murder. Can she get back to her adoring public and escape the noose?
1885. Arabella Pryce is struggling with heartbreak. And with her recently deceased husband’s will demanding she leave her celebrity behind and refurbish her namesake hotel in Colorado, the distressed actress is forced to board a westbound train. But she’s barely arrived at the haunted, broken-down lodge when the town beauty shows up dead in one of the rooms… and Arabella is named the prime suspect.
Already feeling the sting of the community’s disapproval, she grits her teeth and works with a mischievous ghost to help prove her innocence. But with blood-stained evidence, handsome sheriffs, and libelous journalists turning her investigation into a dangerous drama, this determined thespian fears she’s missed her cue for survival.
Can she shine the spotlight on a killer before more than her reputation dies a horrible death?
The Pryce of Conceit is the suspenseful first book in The Arabella Pryce Historical Cozy Mystery series. If you like driven heroines, atmospheric settings, and dashes of humor, then you’ll love Kari Bovée’s lighthearted twists and turns.
Buy The Pryce of Conceit to put the guilty party at center stage today!
Someone’s trying to frame this ambitious theater performer for murder. Can she get back to her adoring public and escape the noose?
1885. Arabella Pryce is struggling with heartbreak. And with her recently deceased husband’s will demanding she leave her celebrity behind and refurbish her namesake hotel in Colorado, the distressed actress is forced to board a westbound train. But she’s barely arrived at the haunted, broken-down lodge when the town beauty shows up dead in one of the rooms… and Arabella is named the prime suspect.
Already feeling the sting of the community’s disapproval, she grits her teeth and works with a mischievous ghost to help prove her innocence. But with blood-stained evidence, handsome sheriffs, and libelous journalists turning her investigation into a dangerous drama, this determined thespian fears she’s missed her cue for survival.
Can she shine the spotlight on a killer before more than her reputation dies a horrible death?
The Pryce of Conceit is the suspenseful first book in The Arabella Pryce Historical Cozy Mystery series. If you like driven heroines, atmospheric settings, and dashes of humor, then you’ll love Kari Bovée’s lighthearted twists and turns.
Buy The Pryce of Conceit to put the guilty party at center stage today!
My Thoughts:
The Pryce of Conceit is an interesting book, taking place in 1885 with quite a cast of characters. Arabella Pryce is still dealing with her grief since her late husband's death. Even though she and William were not a love match, they both loved one another in their own ways and William somewhat spoiled Arabella. Arabella is an actress, and he purchased her her own theater so her stardom could shine. However, she receives some unsettling news in his will concerning her.
William was concerned she would lose herself in her fame and acting, so a stipulation in his will states she must go out West and live for one year in a hotel that he owned and named after her. After that, all was hers. Arabella is quite distraught at this; she does not want to leave her acting or home in New York. But, along with her dearest friend, Cordelia, and her little dog, they head out West.
The ending of the trip is eventful, she finds out that her most formidable critic also went West. She meets the town sheriff in a most unladylike manner and finds out her hotel is not only haunted, but people have been murdered there. She is also finding things out about her late husband which makes her question if she ever even knew him.
There is a whole host of characters and before Arabella can even get settled, a murder is pinned on her. Who will believe her and help her out of this predicament? Possibly the ghost who only she can see is the only one who believes her, and she just might have to save herself.
This is the beginning of a series of mysteries that have to do with Arabella, an actress now turned sleuth. A unique read.
I was provided a copy of this novel by the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
Meet the Author:
When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovée is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined in her award-winning historical Annie Oakley Mystery series, Grace Michelle Mystery series, and Pryce Murder series.
In her past life, Bovée worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant.
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When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovée is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined in her award-winning historical Annie Oakley Mystery series, Grace Michelle Mystery series, and Pryce Murder series.
In her past life, Bovée worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the education field as a teacher and educational consultant.
Connect with the author: Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Instagram
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