The Faberge Easter Egg: A Parker Bell Cozy Mystery

By Sharon E Buck and Sharon E. Buck

Parker Bell has a problem. Actually, she has several. But the current, headline-grabbing, possibly-interpol-involved problem? She's being accused of stealing a Russian Fabergé Easter egg.

Yes. That kind of egg. The kind worth more than her cyber security company, her book royalties, and her lifetime caffeine budget combined.

Let's be clear-Parker doesn't steal things. She can't even successfully "borrow" a pen without forgetting where she put it. And she definitely doesn't commit international jewel heists. Murders? Fine. She trips over those every time she comes back to her hometown of Po'thole-Po Ho if you've got sense, Pothole if you don't-but theft? That feels like a personality stretch.

Enter snowbirds Anne and Chauncey Livingstone-known locally (and entirely by themselves) as Tsarina Anne and Tsar Chauncey-fresh in from the frozen tundra of Maine, clutching a Fabergé egg like it's the last deviled egg at a church potluck. Real or fake? Nobody knows.

What Parker does know is that a very intense Russian billionaire has entered the chat, demanding she return the egg to "Mother Russia," which feels both dramatic and deeply inconvenient considering she never had the thing to begin with.
Now Parker's juggling international threats, small-town gossip, and a mystery that's about to crack wide open-while trying not to become the next body in Po Ho.

With the help of the Lady Gatorettes-five fiercely loyal, wildly hormonal, caffeine-and-sugar-fueled University of Florida football fanatics-Parker dives headfirst into a case packed with intrigue, mayhem, Southern sass, and just enough danger to make her consider switching to decaf.

(She won't. Let's not get crazy.)

Cozy Mystery Tropes: small town, amateur sleuth, fun and quirky characters, no blood-and-gore, no sex, no cusswords although I do use shish kabob and shut the front door

What readers are saying about Sharon E. Buck's books:

Another winner! What a great story. The author keeps you interested by always adding new twisted and turns so just when you think you know who done it, you get another surprise. Can't wait to read the next one.
D Jacobs

Parker and her posse are up to new shenanigans in The Faberge Easter Egg. It's a roller coaster ride of adventure, punctuated by Parker's pithy observations: "in my opinion, there seemed to be an unnaturally high population of folks whose cornbread didn't get cooked in the middle." I'm pretty sure Parker and I could be best friends in real life, if only I could become an honorary Lady Gatorette! If you need to unwind (aka laugh our loud) climb aboard the party wagon and travel to Po'thole, FL with Parker Bell and the gang. I received a copy of The Faberge Easter Egg in return for an honest review.
Debbie M

The fun and adventure continues in the third book of this series! This time there is some underlying espionage involved! Fun! I love following the characters as they bond as a group and have each others back! Looking for a good clean read - look no further than the Parker Bell series! I look forward to more!
T C Mills

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966636325
• ISBN13: 9780966636321
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Southern Chick Lit
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"