New Release: A DEATH AT THE YOGA CAFE by Michelle Kelly

A DEATH AT THE YOGA CAFE / A Keeley Carpenter Mystery #2  by Michelle Kelly / Cosy Mystery / Released Jan 31, 2017 by Minotaur Books

Keeley Carpenter has found her center.  After returning to Befrey, the traditional English village she called home ten years ago, she’s opened her dream yoga cafe, which doubles as both a yoga studio and a delicious vegetarian cafe.  Even better, Keeley is dating handsome Detective Ben Taylor, and things are beginning to look serious.

Too bad things never seem to run smoothly for long.  Eager to get involved with the local community, Keeley sets up a booth at the annual Belfrey Arts Festival, along with her nemesis, fellow small business owner Raquel.  Preparing herself to play nice, she’s shocked when Raquel’s boyfriend, Town Mayor Gerald, is found dead after a public spat.  Despite Ben’s strict warning to stay out of it, Keeley isn’t going to let an innocent women take the blame for the murder – even if it is glamorous, spoiled Raquel.

Now Keeley must balance a precarious murder investigation with the demands of her growing business and now-strained relationship.  But when the killer takes a personal interest in Keeley, can she find the culprit before she gets bent out of shape?

MICHELLE KELLY is a writers living in Coventry, UK.  Her recent Harlequin crime novel WHEN I WASN’T WATCHING went to number on in the UK and Australian crime charts.  She is a passionate yoga practitioner and finds that, as the mother of two teenagers, her yoga practice keeps hr sane.  The Keeley Carpenter stories marry her three great loves:  yoga, food, and murder mysteries.

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