It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Connie Berry, current President of Sisters in Crime, Guppy Branch, and her latest traditional mystery, the fifth in her bestselling Kate Hamilton Mystery series.

Title: A Collection of Lies

About the book: Kate Hamilton and DI Tom Mallory are honeymooning in Devon when a local history museum asks them to trace the provenance of a bloodstained dress said to belong to a murderous Victorian lacemaker, exactly Kate’s kind of mystery. If authentic, the museum intends the dress to be the centerpiece of a new exhibit, Famous Crimes in Devon’s History—until the donor of the dress, a man who lives as a Victorian gentleman, is found dead in a pool of blood. Why kill a history buff? The mystery deepens when the local tough-on-crime M.P. receives death threats and the investigation uncovers a baffling connection with a Romanichal family who camped on Dartmoor in the 1880s. As Kate and Tom race to find the murderer, they learn that old secrets can be deadly—and this killer isn’t going to come quietly.

About the author: Connie Berry is the author of the Amazon and USA Today best-selling Kate Hamilton Mysteries, set in the UK and featuring an American antiques dealer with a gift for solving crimes. Like her protagonist, Connie was raised by antiques dealers who instilled in her a passion for history, fine art, and travel. In 2019 Connie won the IPPY Gold Medal for Mystery and A Dream of Death was a finalist for the Agatha Award’s Best Debut. In 2022, The Art of Betrayal took third place in the Daphne Du Maurier award, and in 2023, The Shadow of Memory, was a finalist for the Edgar Award’s Lilian Jackson Braun award. She’s a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Crime Writers Association, and Sisters in Crime. She is currently president of the Guppies, an online chapter of Sisters in Crime. Besides reading and writing mysteries, Connie loves history, foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She lives in Delaware, Ohio, and northern Wisconsin with her husband and adorable Shih Tzu, Emmie. Find out more about Connie and sign up for her monthly newsletter at www.connieberry.com.

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