Looking at life through the looking glass of a writer can get complicated. Somehow, looking at life through the looking glass of a murder mystery writer is even more complicated than you can believe. Weston Ryland, a twenty-two year old blog writer and podcaster, runs his life purely on trying to solve the murder of his parents. With the help of his creative mind and his two best friends, Anna Gibson and Tessa Riley. The three help Weston solve the murder of his parents, but as they are easing into slowly finding out the truth, they start to get harassed by a mysterious figure who always seems to be one step in front of them. Because of this inconvenience of being on the choice of life or death, they put off finding the murderer of Weston's parents, and try to find out who this is, after they get tips that he is connected to their murders. In reward of figuring out who the figure is, they would expose who murdered Weston's parents, and finally give him his time to grieve.
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.