Pryce of Conceit

A reluctant inheritance, a frontier hotel and a guest who checks out permanently open this historical ghost cozy mystery series. Amateur-sleuth charm with a wisecracking resident spirit and small-town society scandal.Enjoy this historical paranormal cozy mystery featuring a reluctant hotel owner and one very opinionated ghost.Arabella Pryce can speak to the dead. Unfortunately, the living keep getting murdered.Colorado, 1885. After her late husband s will leaves her a grand frontier hotel in the small town of La Plata Springs, former stage star Arabella Pryce has exactly one goal: survive the year required to claim her inheritance and return to New York.Running a hotel in the Wild West wasn t part of the plan.Neither was murder.When a prominent guest is found dead inside the Arabella Hotel, suspicion quickly falls on its glamorous new owner. The sheriff is asking questions, the town is whispering, and Arabella s reputation is hanging by a thread.Luckily, Arabella has help.Percival Blank the hotel s sarcastic resident ghost has been watching the guests for years, and he s more than happy to point out the details the living keep missing.Now Arabella must untangle jealous rivals, suspicious guests, and secrets hiding behind polite society smiles before the killer strikes again.Because if she can t clear her name, her fresh start in the West may end before it truly begins.A Pryce of Conceit is the first book in the Pryce of Murder historical cozy mystery series, perfect for readers who enjoy clever amateur sleuths, ghostly companions, and charming mysteries in the tradition of Deanna Raybourn, Rhys Bowen, and Bobbi Holmes.Praise for The Pryce of Murder series:????? Excellent cozy mystery. ????? A very proper gentleman ghost with an impish sense of humor. ????? I stayed up until 3 a.m. reading it because I just couldn t put it down. ????? Another well-told mystery descriptions put you right there in late-1800s Colorado. ????? I love historical mysteries, and when they have ghosts, that s even better! ????? Lots of twists, red herrings, and a plethora of suspects. ????? A quirky ghost adds fun to the storyline and keeps you guessing at whodunit. ????? This is a sweet, clean, cozy mystery. ????? I usually don t enjoy books that include ghosts, but these aren t your typical ghosts quite charming. ????? Combines my love of history and mysteries with good descriptive surroundings.