Sibylline Greetings (Book 2, the LiteraTours Cozy Mystery Series)
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  • Reads 30,877
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  • Parts 56
  • Time 7h 38m
Complete, First published Jan 19, 2019
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Ike Wordsworth, a divorcee and rookie tour guide sent to Rome, struggles to survive a labyrinth of dark secrets, ancient mysteries and brutal murders.
 
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Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth is leading the LiteraTour inaugural trip to Rome. But when senseless acts of sabotage culiminate in a murder -- with the victim's body dumped in a priestess's grace, alonside a message referencing long-lost prophecies -- Ike has to use her naturual talent for book-diving to find the killer before they strike again. But was the murdered girl really the intended victim? And who are the three women chasing after Ike? It's a race against time, because Ike can't solve the mystery if she's dead.

("Sibylline Greetings" is the standalone sequel to the 2018 Watty Winner, "Frankenstein's Guide.")

[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

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