About Death in a High Place: A Roaring Twenties Mystery (Jane Blackthorn 1920s Historical Mysteries Book 1)
Mystery thrived while the twenties roared.
1921– The War is over, alcohol is proscribed and women have the vote. Jane Blackthorn should be happy but the holidays are looming and the young widow has no desire to spend them with her matchmaking family. An invitation from an old college friend arrives to save her. The college ski club is having a reunion at a hunting lodge in Canada and Jane decides that some clean living in the great outdoors is just what she needs. But it is apparent from the moment of her arrival that something is very wrong at the Beauvert Ski Lodge and she is shocked to discover that one of her old classmates is dead in a suspicious accident. Trapped by a blizzard, they are at the mercy of a killer that no one else believes in and it is left to Jane to save the day.
“Death in a High Place” is the first installment in the Jane Blackthorn Cozy Mystery Series.
Praise for the Author
“A wickedly sexy tale!”
–Christine Feehan, New York Times Bestselling Author (on The Selkie)
“… delivers sizzling romance and ghoulish thrills at a breathtaking clip.”
–Publishers Weekly (on Traveler)
“Readers of Laurel K. Hamilton will enjoy this complex tale…”
–Booklist (on Still Life)
Three times nominated for RT’s Reviewers’ Choice Award. Twice nominated for RT’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
If you’re looking for mysteries in other series by the same author, simply search for “Chloe Boston”, “Butterscotch Jones”, “Miss Henry”, “Wendover House”, “Kenneth Mayhew” or “Jane Blackthorn”.
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Melanie has been writing her entire life. In fact, one of her earliest fond memories is receiving an IBM Selectric typewriter for her birthday. After publishing romance novels (Scottish historical and paranormal) for New York based publisher Dorchester Publishing from 1999 to 2010, Melanie chose to begin self-publishing cozy mysteries. Since then she has released the Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones, Wendover House, Kenneth Mayhew and Miss Henry Mystery series.
Melanie Jackson is the award-winning author of more than one hundred novels, novellas and poems published in various languages. She was a 2004 Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Finalist—Contemporary New Reality, a 2003 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award Finalist—Best Historical Paranormal Fantasy, a 2003 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award Finalist—Best Contemporary Paranormal and won the 2001 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award—Best Time-travel. Melanie now lives in Las Vegas Nevada with her husband, spoiled cat and a yard full of bossy hummingbirds.