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Michelle L. Cullen

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Coming January 27, 2026

A cranky widower and his spirited caregiver team up to solve his neighbor’s murder in this charming and original mystery that explores themes of aging, found families, and second chances.

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Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Kristen Perrin

Once a globe-trotting anthropologist, Harry Lancaster is now certain that all his grand adventures are behind him. Recently widowed and suffering from a fractured hip, Harry spends his days and nights behind a pair of binoculars, nose-deep in his neighbors’ affairs. His millennial caregiver, Emma, is determined to get him out of his armchair and back into the world. 


Fate intervenes when Harry’s mysterious neighbor Sue phones, pleading for help. But instead of rescuing her, Harry and Emma find Sue dead: poisoned, days after a break-in at Sue’s house. Harry resolves to find out what happened, and Emma insists on going along for the ride. Together, they discover motives and suspects abound in Harry’s quaint condominium community—putting them both in the crosshairs of a cold-blooded killer.


Readers of Deanna Raybourn and Benjamin Stevenson will be charmed by this quirky, cross-generational murder mystery.

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Cinematic Quarterfinalist

A Field Guide to Murder was nominated as a Quarterfinalist in the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. 

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