Just Released! A New Concordia Wells Mystery

Hi, everyone!

I have happy news to share: the third book in the Concordia Wells Mystery series, Unseemly Ambition, has just been released! Wahoo! Here’s the cover, created by graphic artist and author Melinda VanLone, of Book Cover Corner:

A murder…a missing boy…a secret society’s bold and deadly plot…

It is 1898, and Professor Concordia Wells has come to expect the hectic routine of classes, clubs, teas, and the inevitable student pranks at the women’s college. If only she could avoid the cantankerous dean, Randolph Maynard, who has learned about her past experiences as a “lady sleuth.” To Concordia’s dismay, he scrutinizes her every move for evidence of unseemly conduct.

The dean will certainly scowl over the lady professor’s behavior when a disastrous turn of events affects those she loves. First, a mysterious woman claims that Concordia’s young friend, the eleven-year-old Eli, is her long-lost child. Soon after, they find the woman murdered and the boy gone.

Lieutenant Capshaw is given the case, only to be abruptly replaced by a junior associate. An innocuous reassignment, or something more?

Concordia calls upon a former ally, Penelope Hamilton, for help. As they search for the child and untangle the mystery of his mother’s death, Concordia realizes that not even her own colleagues are above suspicion. Not knowing whom at the school to trust as she attempts to side-step Dean Maynard’s continual scrutiny, she must tread carefully. Far more is at risk than the loved ones she seeks to protect, and there is no turning back.

 

Don’t you love the cover? We maintained the look of the series (same font, the silhouette lady holding an object, textured background at top and bottom, font, and pic in the center), but made it distinctive with the object she’s holding (for a masquerade ball), the picture to evoke a city hall square, and the color (evocative of the spring semester, when the story takes place).

You can find Unseemly Ambition at these online retailers (buttons below are clickable links):

Many thanks go to my patient readers, who have been waiting quite a while to find out what’s next for the lady professor, and to all of you who have supported me along this writing journey. Concordia and I have many more adventures to share!

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