A friend (CC) recently sent me books from a different Annie's Fiction series (Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library). I enjoyed those and went to Half Price Books to see if they had any later ones in the series. They didn't but they did have a number of books from this series--Creative Woman Mysteries. It sounded interesting so I bought what they had.

This is book 1 in the series. It starts in Scotland where widow Shannon McClain gets a letter informing her she is to inherit her maternal grandmother's house and business, but only if she goes to Apple Grove, OR. If she fails to show up there, her inheritance will go to other family members. Shannon and her friend Colleen make plans to travel to Oregon.

Shannon knows very little about her mother because her mother left the family when Shannon was young and her father rarely talked about her mother.

Shannon receives threatening messages and odd things happen. But good things happen too. Shannon meets relatives and friends of her grandmother. Her grandmother's craft business seems a perfect fit for Shannon (less the abrasive store manager).

I didn't guess who was behind the threats. That's my norm, so your experience may vary. I do plan to read other books in this series. ( )

Loved.the book a great weekend read will be reading more of her books ( )

Shannon travels from Scotland to the United States to learn out what she has inherited from her grandmother. It will take all of Shannon’s artistic talent and investigative skills to tell a story of missing jewelry and find peace. ( )

Light read. Two friends and a scavenger hunt (in a foreign country, no less). ( )