A Nosey Parker Cozy Mystery. Fiona Leitch

      

      Murder on the Menu

      A Nosey Parker Cozy Mystery

      Fiona Leitch

      

      One More Chapter

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

      Copyright © Fiona Leitch 2021

      Cover design by Lucy Bennett © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2021

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008436568

      Ebook Edition © January 2021 ISBN: 9780008436551

      Version: 2021-03-01

      Contents

       Prologue

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Chapter 31

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       Acknowledgments

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       About the Author

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       About the Publisher

      This book is dedicated to my parents,

      and to

      Jacinda, Ashley, and the #TeamOf5Million

      Prologue

      I’m not superstitious. I never have been. I make a point of walking under ladders and I positively encourage black cats to cross my path. My old partner on the beat, Helen, used to laugh and tell me that I was tempting fate, like I was standing there glaring at it, fists raised, going, Come on then, is that all you’ve got? But I wasn’t, not really. I’ve