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I hope you all enjoyed MISTLETOE AND MAYHEM.
In this year's Christmas Pennyfoot book, HERALD of DEATH, Cecily is chasing around the countryside in pursuit of a
devious serial killer. Most of the action takes place outside the Pennyfoot's walls, though the downstairs gang will
have their own issues to face, as usual. I hope the next installment in the Pennyfoot saga enthralls you!
I do so love celebrating Christmas with you all. Wishing
you all good health and happiness, Kate Kingsbury
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For those of you who have asked, the Manor House series ended
with AN UNMENTIONABLE MURDER. The publishers decided not to continue the series. I didn't find out until after
the last book was written. Since so many of you want to know what happens to the characters in the future, here is a
short synopsis of the lives. I hope it answers some of your questions. Elizabeth
and Earl were married in a hasty ceremony at the Manor House, then left for Wyoming, taking Martin and Violet with them. They
live on a ranch, where they raise horses and have three dogs, two cats and a pet pig. Martin spends his days writing his memoirs,
while Violet potters around the house and gets in everyone’s way. Sadie
moved back to London after Joe went back to the States. She married a butcher, who ended up owning his own shop. Sadie helps
him in the shop while taking care of her three children, a boy and two girls. Polly
never saw Sam again. The British soldier she'd written to in an earlier book came to visit her and it was love at first sight
for both of them. They were married in Sitting Marsh, and moved to Yarmouth, a seaside resort town, where they’ve opened up a guest house for summer visitors. Polly has four children, two boys and
twin girls. Her sister, Marlene, also moved to Yarmouth
and opened up a beauty salon. She married a bank manager, and has one son. Their father returned from the war and works as
a mechanic in an auto repair shop. On an ending note, the three musketeers
were Londoners who had been turned down by the military and were taking out their boredom and frustration on the Yanks. They
were arrested while trying to blow up an ammunition warehouse. Just as a point of interest
- many years ago I used to make and sell soft toys in bazaars. A special project of mine was a set of stuffed mice...all
dressed in Edwardian clothes. Their legs were kind of spindly, and I couldn't get them to stand up.
So I sewed a penny into each foot to balance them. I called them the Pennyfoot mice. Many of my characters were inspired by those mice... so when it came time to name the hotel...what
could be better than the Pennyfoot Hotel!
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