This Myrtle Clover sampler, which has several full-length cozy mysteries, contains A Body at Bunco, Murder On Opening Night, and Cruising for Murder.

The sleepy town of Bradley, North Carolina, might not be as quiet as it seems. Murders happen at a steady rate and octogenarian amateur sleuth Myrtle Clover is determined to solve them before her police chief son.

A Body at Bunco:

Playing Bunco may be fun...but murder proves a game-changer.

Octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover has never heard of the dice game Bunco. Regardless, she steps in as her daughter-in-law's sub and reluctantly puts her game face on.

Bunco turns out to be child's play. But when a body is discovered, Myrtle realizes another game is afoot. Before long, she's playing cat and mouse with the killer.

Can she track down the murderer before the game is up? Or, with the killer playing hard to get, will it end up being "no dice?"

Murder On Opening Night:

When Myrtle Clover and her friend Miles attend a play in their small town, there's a full house on opening night.

It's clear to Myrtle that one of the actresses is a stage hog who loves stealing the spotlight. Nandina Marshall certainly does upstage everyone—when her murder forces an unexpected intermission.

Can Myrtle and Miles discover who was behind her final curtain call....before murder makes an encore?

Cruising for Murder: 

Loose lips sink ships...and result in murder.

When Myrtle and her friend Miles set out for adventure on the high sea, they assume most of the trip's excitement will result from shore excursions to charming Alaskan villages.

They feel as if their ship has come in. But when a fellow passenger disappears, Myrtle realizes she must seize the helm and find the killer...before more souls are lost.