The Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Mysteries Volume One

The first three novels featuring the sleuthing Boston couple: "The screwball mystery is Charlotte MacLeod's cup of tea." -Chicago Tribune



Packed with wit, simmering romance, and complicated crimes, the whodunits in this delightfully cozy collection from the two-time Edgar Award finalist include:



The Family Vault



An aging burlesque star's fresh corpse turns up in an old family tomb at Boston Common and Sarah Kelling must investigate in this "first-rate suspense whodunit" (The Cincinnati Post).







The Withdrawing Room



Facing a dwindling inheritance and the loss of her stately Back Bay brownstone, Sarah opens her home to lodgers-deciding she prefers a boardinghouse to the poorhouse. But when the death of one resident is followed by another, she turns to detective Max Bittersohn for help . . . "One of the most gifted mystery authors writing today." -Sojourner



The Palace Guard



A museum robbery leaves a guard dead, and art-fraud investigator Max teams up with widowed socialite Sarah to crack the case, even if it ruffles the feathers of the city's upper crust . . . "If this is your first meeting with Sarah Kelling, oh how I envy you." -Margaret Maron