An Uncut Pages Bookshop Mystery · Nora Ashdown
Some books are left as gifts. Some as confessions.This one arrived on the doorstep at dawn — with no note at all.
The Last Wednesday — a free 10,000-word prequel novella.
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The Last Wednesday
The week before everything in Saltmarsh Harbor changed, two women shared a Wednesday, a mystery, and twenty-two years of friendship. A book left on a doorstep. A favor between old friends. The quiet, watchful start of the whole series.
Some stories begin with a body. This one began with a book on a doorstep.
You’ll love this if you love
- Bookshop cozy mysteries · coastal town, New England fog
- Fair-play puzzles you can solve — real clues, real deductions
- A shop cat named Edgar Allan Paws, zero interest in helping
- A grumpy detective, a slow burn, and five books’ worth of patience
- No gore. No profanity. Warm to the last page.
“Somebody had wanted the book here — on this mat, in front of this door, and no other door on the coast.”
The shop’s still open.
The Last Wednesday is yours free. Leave your address and I’ll send it over — along with a letter from Saltmarsh Harbor now and then.
Nora Ashdown
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