Close Encounters of the Curd Kind: A Laugh-out-loud Cozy Mystery

Way out there.

Susan Witsend, owner of the best little UFO-themed B&B in the Sierras, is absolutely, positively, not going to get involved in another murder case. Not with her small-town sheriff threatening jail time if she interferes in one more investigation.

So when her neighbor is murdered, Susan exerts all her willpower to stay out of the sheriff’s business. But her neighbor’s daughter, Clare, needs Susan’s help. Clare’s been experiencing lost time, a sure sign of alien abduction. Helping Clare is only neighborly… and totally not interfering.

Right?

Worse, Clare’s not the only one with UFO issues. Weird lights in the sky, vanishing cows, and little green men are bringing the mountain town of Doyle to the edge of a panic. Can Susan and her friends unearth the truth before her town spirals into chaos?

If you like laugh-out-loud mysteries with complicated heroines (and breakfast recipes), you’ll love Close Encounters of the Curd Kind, book 3 in the Wits’ End series of mystery novels. Get cozy and beam up this twisty mystery today!

The Wits’ End Series

#1 At Wits’ End

#2 Planet of the Grapes

#3 Close Encounters of the Curd Kind

#4 War of the Squirrels

#5 Gnome Alone

#6 The Woman from Planet X

#7 Night of the Cupid

#8 The Bantam Menace

#9 Revenge of the Ziti

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Perfect for fans of Tonya Kappes, Addison Moore, Maggie Aldrich, Nova Nelson, Pepper Frost, Ellie Alexander, Maddie Day, Lauren Elliott, Rosie A. Point, Kathi Daley, and Laura Pauling.