Watchin' the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance
by Louise Hathaway
When I first wrote
this cozy mystery back in June of 2014, I tried to include all my favorite locales
in Orange County, California, where I’ve lived for 65 years. To read of these
places again now in March of 2020, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic,
is bittersweet. With a heavy heart, I’ve discovered that I cannot visit my favorite
places mentioned in my story. The entire county is on lockdown and the
restaurants, malls, and theaters I love are all closed.
With fondness, I look
back at the time when I attended a mystery dinner show with my husband, sister,
and brother-in-law that took place in the dining room of a Newport Beach golf
course which is now closed. The show we saw was supposed to be set in the
French Rivera at a wedding reception and the audience was encouraged to dress as
if it were the early 60s, the time frame in which the mystery took place. Most
of the dialogue from the show I’ve tried to recreate in my story. The only
difference is that someone wasn’t murdered in the one I attended, as happened in
the pages of this cozy mystery and romantic comedy.
So, come along with my
alter-ego, librarian Isabella, who attended the mystery dinner show and fell
head-over-heels in love with the detective who came to investigate the murder.
Does the detective return her affections? Will she help him solve the mystery? You will have to read Watchin’ the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance to find out.
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