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Art & Entertainment, Blog Post, Ivy Snow Mysteries / Tuesday, October 17th, 2023

Discover The Equus Award Winning Ivy Snow Mystery Series!

 

 

Follow Ivy, Jaycee, Sloane and Crystal as they navigate murder mysteries and mayhem without ever becoming unseated!

When Ivy Snow, former Olympic Eventing hopeful moved to the charming town of Wellington to publish Equestrian Style magazine, she never dreamed that her family’s idyllic lives would be threatened by a prolific arsonist and a long festering plot for revenge. Ivy, a forty-nine-year-old horsewoman and mother of fraternal twins finds herself in the midst of a midlife crisis like none other.

After being stripped of her Olympic dreams by a near-fatal accident, Ivy discovers that her criminal lawyer husband is leading a double life. She seeks refuge in a small country town only to find herself in the throes of blackmail, arson and murder. From the riverbanks of Paris to the cloistered environs of waspish American wealth, Ivy must unravel the murder mysteries surrounding a steel tycoon’s death, while trying to protect her psychic teenage daughter, who knows too much for her own good. Based on a true story!

Murder At Morgan House book
2018 EQUUS Award Winner

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Murder At Morgan House Trailer

Equus Award

 

2019 Award Winner Death At Heart's Desire
2019 EQUUS Award Winner

 

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Ivy Snow’s days are numbered…that is if Bart Skeleton has his way. He’s been humiliated and incarcerated thanks to Ivy, and in Death at Heart’s Desire, he seeks his ultimate revenge. After a daring prison escape that leaves a river of destruction in its wake, Skeleton hatches a diabolical plan to put his ex-wife in her rightful place…the graveyard. With the help of her psychic teenage daughter, Jaycee, and paramour, Detective John Garrett, Ivy desperately tries to untangle Bart’s evil web…before it’s too late. Inspired by a true story!

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Book Peril In Paradise
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PERIL IN PARADISE

An Ivy Snow Mystery

The Equus Award-winning Ivy Snow Mystery Series returns as former Olympic equestrian and amateur sleuth, Ivy Snow is once again embroiled in an evil web of death and destruction. 

 Dreams turn to nightmares in Florida’s elite equestrian world when Ivy’s daughter, Jaycee, makes her riding debut. In a world where wealth, power, and social standing rule, murder is most unwelcome for humans and horses alike. But murder mysteries and mayhem are whats served up to the polo and penthouse crowd, much to the horror of the horse world. 

Nevertheless, Ivy’s present-day plight soon becomes overshadowed by her past. Thanks to vile step-father, Lloyd Snow, Scotland Yard’s cold case surrounding her mother’s death heats up fast in the tropical sun…threatening her freedom…and her very life!

Ivy’s deductive skills and Jaycee’s psychic powers are put to the test when summoned to unearth the evil that conjures up Peril In Paradise.

 

Enjoy a cool cocktail reading sizzling stories!

 

Summer Riesling & Tonic Cocktail a la Stable Cafe Biltmore Estate

Summer Riesling & Tonic Cocktail
Summer Riesling & Tonic Cocktail

Fresh fruit and wine pair beautifully together, and warmer weather is the perfect time to experiment with your favorites and share the delicious results. Whether you’re serving craft cocktails on the patio, porch, or poolside, outdoor entertaining takes on a new meaning when you invite a special guest like rum. Yum!

Special thanks to The Urban Gastronome for creating this recipe!

Ingredients:

  • 1 bottle Biltmore Estate® Limited Release Dry Riesling
  • 8 ounces white rum
  • 1 cup blackberries
  • 1 cup fresh basil leaves (reserve some for garnish)
  • 2 lemons (sliced into thin wheels and halved)
  • Elderflower tonic

Instructions:

  • The day before you want to serve these cocktails, pour Biltmore Estate® Limited Release Dry Riesling and your choice of white rum into a pretty pitcher. Submerge several basil leaves and blackberries in the mixture and refrigerate overnight.
  • When ready to serve, use your favorite glassware and build each drink with ice, blackberries, basil leaves, and a couple of lemon wheels. Fill glasses a quarter of the way with elderflower tonic, and the rest of the way with the chilled wine and rum mixture. Enjoy! Serves 6.

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Janet Winters, Author
Janet Winters, Author of The Ivy Snow Mystery Series & Publisher of The Barngoddess Chronicles

 

 

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