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A jealous understudy. A backstage prankster. Will a missing prop steal the show?

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Though it’s summer, Chloe Essex is rehearsing the theatre company’s birthday spectacular—The Nutcracker! But when the Sugar Plum Fairy’s priceless tiara vanishes, she only has hours to find it before the play opens.

With temperatures and tensions rising, the cast and crew discover the spotlight reveals more than anyone bargained for. Chloe must navigate a hotbed of rivalries and mishaps to unravel the mystery and save her last performance.

Can she solve the crime or will the curtain on Chloe’s career and history’s most unconventional Nutcracker fall forever?

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A Word From Lou Collins

I’m a lover of true crime documentaries and mystery dramas—True Crime, Forensic Files, Silent Witness, Luther and Broadchurch, to name a few.

Mix that fascination with a library load of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, and a nosy disposition and you have the perfect recipe for a mystery writer.

Laugh-out-loud with this humorous British contemporary cozy mystery series!

Chloe Essex Cozy mysteries


Set in Essex where Lou Collins grew up, join Chloe and her motley crew as they solve crimes in the picturesque village of Speckled Hill. But be warned, when laughter, intrigue and murder combine, survival depends on unlimited supplies of fake tan and a vat of builders’ tea.

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The Scolaris Mystery Series

Lou Collins’ unique series features interconnected mysteries set on the fictional continent of Neorah. Each book blends head-scratching whodunnits you’ll never solve with drama, danger and a dash of humour in a fascinating world where knowledge is the only valuable currency.

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