Late Arrival

A new cozy mystery series from New York Times and USA Today best-selling Author Diane Capri. Follow former lawyer turned concierge and amateur sleuth Andi Steele and her loveable cats (and dogs) as they catch murderers and solve crimes on historic Frontenac Island, Michigan. Dead bodies. Hunky men. A never-ending parade of demanding hotel guests, quirky villagers, cats, dogs, and maybe a ghost. The last person Andi Steele ever expected to see again was her old boss, Jeremy Rucker. He’s the reason her legal career is in the toilet and she’s toiling at the Park Hotel on Frontenac Island. But here he is, claiming to be looking for a flash drive that Andi knows nothing about. The next morning Jeremy’s dead, dumped at the bottom of the west bluff below the hotel, and Andi’s the prime suspect. Until someone kidnaps her best friend and it becomes clear that the flash drive’s contents are worth killing for. Now Andi must get her hands on the flash drive, figure out who killed Jeremy, and get Ginny back before they kill Ginny and Andi, too. But if the flash drive gives her the ability to return to her old life again, is that what Andi wants? What about her parents? And what about her love life? If you love traditional cozy mystery with a side of romance and suspense, you’ll love Andi Steele and The Park Hotel Mysteries. Get it now!

The eleven articles in this volume examine controversial subjects of central importance to medieval economic historians. Topics include the relative roles played by money and credit in financing the economy, whether credit could compensate for shortages of coin, and whether it could counteract the devastating mortality of the Black Death. Drawing on a detailed analysis of the Statute Merchant and Staple records, the articles chart the chronological and geographical changes in the economy from the late-thirteenth to the early-sixteenth centuries. This period started with the triumph of English merchants over alien exporters in the early 1300s, and concluded in the early 1500s with cloth exports overtaking wool in value. The articles assess how these changes came about, as well as the degree to which both political and economic forces altered the pattern of regional wealth and enterprise in ways which saw the northern towns decline, and London rise to be the undisputed financial as well as the political capital of England.