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Lyn Key

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Lyn Key lives in Virginia, owns a rescue tuxedo cat, and writes cozy mysteries. Nozy Cat 4, the fourth humorous, fast-paced title in the new Hope Jones Cozy Mystery Series, is available for sale at your favorite online retailers. Great news! Nozy Cat 5 has been published in 2024!

Hope Jones runs the Brontë Bookshop in the small town of Sweet Springs tucked away in the rolling, green hills of the Virginia piedmont. Her best friend Peggy Sue Roswell assists Hope along with her smart, spirited fifteen-year-old daughter Stacey. Their tuxedo cat Nozy Cat is the bookshop mascot. Hope decides to get to bottom of the hit-and-run fatality of her husband J.D. from four year ago, which Sergeant Trogg and the police have ruled as a murder. The possibl
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Lyn Key NOZY CAT 3 is available for pre-orders at a discounted price. Place your order now. NOZY CAT 4 will be released sometime next year (2019). Thank you f…moreNOZY CAT 3 is available for pre-orders at a discounted price. Place your order now. NOZY CAT 4 will be released sometime next year (2019). Thank you for your interest in my Nozy Cat series.(less)
Lyn Key I like to listen to classic jazz while I'm writing my first drafts of my mystery novels. …moreI like to listen to classic jazz while I'm writing my first drafts of my mystery novels. (less)
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Cozy Mystery Alert for the Fans of Cats, Bookshops, & Villages

descriptionJust in time for Halloween, NOZY CAT 2 in the Hope Jones Cozy Mystery Series arrives for your reading pleasure. The amateur sleuth adventures of Hope Jones and Peggy Sue Roswell (best friends and co-owners of the Brontë Bookshop in Sweet Springs, Virginia) continue. Hope's chatty, clever pet Nozy Cat is the bookshop's mascot who also takes a lively active interest in their sleuthing activities.

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“Nozy Cat lifted one sleepy eyelid, and his marble blue eye glared at her for interrupting his sacred nap. He wore a yellow collar with little red stars printed on it. His second eyelid also opened, and he gave them his irritated blue-eyed glare.”
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I’m hungry as a church mouse, Hope. Do you have anything to eat?

Hope looked down at His Whiskery Lordship swishing his black tail back and forth at her. He’d tucked a blue paper napkin into his collar. “When did you wake up?” she asked.”
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“Hope turned sly. “What if the slice of apple pie is served a la mode?”

Smiling, Peggy Sue regarded her tall, brunette, and blue-eyed friend. “Is the slice of apple pie served a la mode with three scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream piled on top of it?”
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“Nozy Cat lifted one sleepy eyelid, and his marble blue eye glared at her for interrupting his sacred nap. He wore a yellow collar with little red stars printed on it. His second eyelid also opened, and he gave them his irritated blue-eyed glare.”
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“Anyone can live in a house, but homes are created with patience, time and love.”
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“Hope turned sly. “What if the slice of apple pie is served a la mode?”

Smiling, Peggy Sue regarded her tall, brunette, and blue-eyed friend. “Is the slice of apple pie served a la mode with three scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream piled on top of it?”
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“Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
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Candace Lyn,
Thank you for the friend invite. I've only recently found cozy mysteries. They are still a new genre for me. Your books sound interesting. I'll have to check them out more thoroughly when I have a bit more time.
Happy Reading & Successful Writing,
Candace


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Lyn Key DelAnne wrote: "I loved chapter one and look forward to reading more. Does Nozy Cat travel, her would enjoy playing with my babies and exploring the farm with them."Thank you for your message. I'm glad you enjoyed reading Chapter 1 and hope you like the book, too. Nozy Cat doesn't go anywhere except to Hope's house and the bookshop in the first book. I don't remember about the following two books, offhand.


DelAnne Frazee I loved chapter one and look forward to reading more. Does Nozy Cat travel, her would enjoy playing with my babies and exploring the farm with them.


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