About the Book
Book: Mabel and the Unholy Night (Mysteries of Medicine Spring Book Four)
Author: Susan Kimmel Wright
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release date: November 5, 2024
Faithful dog Barnacle has run off into a snowstorm, disrupting Mabel’s fun outing at the Christmas tree farm. Things don’t improve much when he reappears…with a human skull.
Since Mabel moved into her late grandma’s house, the sleepy village of Medicine Spring has provided clean air, a close-knit community, and charming small-town shops. To her surprise, it’s also offered up several murders—and romance with a handsome private investigator. Now, Barnacle’s discovery plunges Mabel into the mystery surrounding a decades-old unsolved murder and the disappearance of her friend Nita’s great uncle.
Before Mabel, boyfriend John, and her friends can find answers and bring justice for Nita and her family, more complications develop. Incredibly, a sixty-year-old Christmas card arrives, bearing Mabel’s name and address and containing a plea for help. Are the mysteries related?
While Mabel tries to get to the bottom of these strange events, a second suspicious death casts suspicion on Nita. Can Mabel find the real killer in time? Or will her Christmas season end on an unholy night?
Book Excerpt
Mabel stopped and looked around. A sudden whiteout blurred everything beyond the closest row of evergreens. “Where’s Barnacle?”
Why had she listened when John said her dog would be okay off leash? The tree farm was all but deserted, and Barnacle had been romping a moment ago, delirious with joy, but he didn’t always come when called. Even at a mature ten, the big mixed breed still had enough cattle dog in his DNA to make him rambunctious when he wanted to be.
“Barnacle!” Mabel yelled into the wind. She turned to Lisa and Tim. “Has anybody seen Barnacle?”
Both shook their heads. “Not since he ran up that way a bit ago.” Lisa gestured toward the top of the slope, where woods once part of the old Jubilee Johnson property marked the edge of the tree farm.
Mabel’s heart sank. Barnacle didn’t know this area. If he started following a game trail, he might soon be lost—with more snow and cold blowing in.
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Excerpt One: http://kid-lit.library-lady.blog/epic-book-launch-and-excerpt-mabel-and-the-unholy-night-cozy-mystery/
Excerpt Two: https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/2024/10/mabel-and-unholy-night-epic-book-launch.html
Excerpt Four: https://montanamade.weebly.com/tell-tale-book-reviews/epic-book-launch-mabel-and-the-unholy-night-by-susan-kimmel-wright
Excerpt Five: https://allofakindmom.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/new-release-mabel-and-the-unholy-night/
Excerpt Six: https://allysonjamison.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/mabel-and-the-unholy-night-book-launch/
Excerpt Seven: https://batyasbits.home.blog/2024/10/18/mabel-and-the-unholy-night/
About the Author
Susan Kimmel Wright began her life of mystery in childhood, with reading. That led to writing kids’ mysteries and eventually to Medicine Spring with Mabel. A longtime member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Susan’s also a prolific writer of personal experience stories, many for Chicken Soup for the Soul. She shares an 1875 farmhouse in southwestern PA with her husband, several dogs and cats, and an allegedly excessive stockpile of coffee and tea mugs.