SCENT OF MURDER

Issy Castillo is overjoyed to land her first job teaching Spanish at a small university in her Boulder, Colorado, hometown. Here, she can pursue her academic dreams, reconnect with her Hispanic roots, and—who knows?—maybe find true love.

But her life decidedly takes a downturn when she finds her chief romantic interest, the witty and personable theater professor, strangled in his office with her scarf. Discovered kneeling over the body, she becomes a prime suspect in the murder. Driven to clear her name and ferret out the killer’s identity, Issy becomes entangled in a sticky web woven from the threads of passion and pundonor, the Latino interpretation of honor and integrity.

Will Issy find the murderer before a second victim, possibly Issy herself, succumbs to the killer’s devious plot?

The first in the Latino crime fiction series starring a spunky Latina college professor and amateur aromatherapist, the plot will keep readers guessing until the final curtain drops.

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“Carolina Dow’s Scent of Murder is a carefully crafted puzzle, rich with witty dialogue and colorful characters…including Issy’s six-times-great-grandmother, who periodically makes an appearance from the spirit world to offer sage advice and clever clues…This engaging…debut murder mystery kept me turning the pages and guessing whodunnit right to the end.” 

~ Skye Alexander, author of the Lizzie Crane Mystery Series