Official Town Business (Fox & Oakby Murder Mysteries Book I)
kkolmakov
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  • Time 6h 14m
kkolmakov
Complete, First published Feb 12, 2017
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Imogen 'Mops' Fox is the personal assistant of the Mayor of the small rural town of Fleckney Woulds. According to all clichés, she's madly in love with her unaware workaholic of a boss - but that won't stop her from building her own little family, solving a murder, and saving the town from a financial scheme devised by a mysterious overseas corporation.

~ Fox & Oakby Murder Mysteries ~ Book I ~ Cosy Mystery, Romance & Humour ~ COMPLETE
 
{The story continues in 'Fox & Oakby Book II: Paint the Town Red'}
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