They reunite many years later in the quiet (or is it?) southern English village of Warmsley Parva when Edwina advertises for a boarder and Beryl crashes onto her property.īeryl and Edwina, while culturally and personally quite different, are fond of each other even after years apart. Jessie’s current series is set in post WW1 England and introduces the former Finishing School duo of Edwina, the conservative English character, to Beryl’s adventurous American persona. Great fun featuring an innovative female lead character.īeryl and Edwina Mysteries (as Jessica Ellicott) Ruby tries to stay one step ahead of the law, while helping her straight arrow aunt keep her hotel.

Jessie moved her next series back in time to 1890’s Orchard Beach, Maine, with a con artist and tarot card reader protagonist. Who knew that falling dead head first into a stack of pancakes could be used as a crime scene setting?Ĭhange of Fortune Mysteries(as Jessica Estavao) The series begins “Drizzled with Death,” one hilarious romp through championship pancake breakfasts, maple syrup, and animals on the loose. Sugar Grove Mysteries (as Jessie Crockett) Her debut mystery in the Granite State series, “ Live Free or Die”, was the 2011 winner of the Daphne DuMaurier Award for Mainstream Mystery, an auspicious beginning to her career.

Granite State Mysteries(as Jessie Crockett) (Click on the titles to learn more about the books) Take a look at the list of her books below and see if you’ve read them all. She is one of the “Wicked Authors,” a group of women writing wicked good mysteries mostly set in New England. Jessica Estavao is a talented, bestselling, award-winning New England author with several entertaining mystery series to her credit.

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