A Few Telling Details: A Cathryn Harcourt Mystery Short

Joslyn Chase

Jun 2026 · Cathryn Harcourt Mysteries Book 8 · Joslyn Chase

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When a friend’s life is on the line, Cathryn Harcourt knows a few telling details can make all the difference.

Mystery writer Cathryn Harcourt is used to creating danger on the page. But when her niece Margot’s old school chum, Tiffany, becomes the target of a string of frightening “accidents,” fiction feels far too close to real life.

Tiffany is trying to escape an abusive husband who refuses to let her go. When each mishap brings her closer to death, Cathryn suspects these are no accidents at all. Now she and Margot must follow the clues, ask the right questions, and prove the truth before Tiffany’s husband gets another chance.

From whispered gossip at The Whispering Kettle to secrets hidden in plain sight, Cathryn and Margot bring warmth, wit, and sharp eyes to a case that grows more dangerous by the day.

If you like amateur sleuths, family teamwork, coffee-shop gossip, and mysteries full of suspicious accidents, then you’ll love Joslyn Chase’s suspenseful cozy mystery short.

Get ahold of A Few Telling Details today to enjoy a twisty mystery that keeps you guessing right up to the surprising end.

When a friend’s life is on the line, Cathryn Harcourt knows a few telling details can make all the difference. Mystery writer Cathryn Harcourt is used to creating danger on the page. But when her niece Margot’s old school chum, Tiffany, becomes the target of a string of frightening “accidents,” ...

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Joslyn Chase is an award-winning author of mysteries and thrillers. Any day she can send readers to the edge of their seats, chewing their fingernails to the nub and prickling with suspense, is a good day in her book. In 2025, Joslyn's thriller novel Staccato Passage was a semi-finalist for the Adventure Writer's Grandmaster Award and "A Band of Scheming Women" was a finalist for the Derringer Award. The first book in her Riley Forte series, Nocturne in Ashes, was also a finalist for the Readers' Favorite International Book Award. In addition, "Cold Hands, Warm Heart," was chosen by Amor Towles as one of the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Malice Domestic's Mystery Most Devious, Thrill Ride Magazine, Fiction River, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Mystery Magazine, and Pulphouse Fiction, among others. Known for her fast-paced suspense fiction, Joslyn's books are full of surprising twists and delectable turns. You will find her riveting novels most anywhere books are sold. Her love for travel has led Joslyn to ride camels through the Nubian desert, fend off monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar, and hike the Bavarian Alps. But she still believes that sometimes the best adventures come in getting the words on the page and in the thrill of reading a great story.

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