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🎱 One bingo hall. 🎰 One too-good-to-be-true charity. 👵 And the grandmother nobody saw coming.
No Good Deed is the first Grandma Mabel story in The Westport Romantic Mysteries.
At eighty-five, Mabel has earned the right to spend her days however she pleases. And what pleases her most is bingo. Five days a week, two venues, and a permanent grudge match with her nemesis Gloria over the best seat in the house.
So when a brand-new bingo hall opens in Westport — bigger prizes, better air conditioning, and a charitable cause — Mabel is first through the door.
Then there’s Ernie. The quiet widower in the back row with a tin of homemade ANZAC biscuits and the kindest eyes she’s seen since Arthur.
But Mabel didn’t survive eighty-five years by ignoring what’s right in front of her.
The prizes are too small for the crowds. The charity behind it barely exists. And the charming new manager has a habit of making numbers disappear.
Nobody takes her seriously. Her daughter thinks she’s being dramatic. Her granddaughter tells her to leave it alone. Even Gloria thinks she’s lost the plot.
They should know better by now.
Armed with a sharp mind, a stubborn streak, and a grudging alliance with the last person she expected, Mabel sets out to prove that the most dangerous person in the room is the little old lady with the walker.
No good deed goes unpunished. But then again, nobody ever accused Mabel of playing it safe.
Perfect for readers who love:
• Cozy mysteries with humour and heart
• Unlikely detectives who refuse to be underestimated
• Small-town family chaos (the Fullers are back)
• A gentle love story that proves it’s never too late
• Grandma Mabel finally getting her own story
What You’ll Get
• A novella set in the Westport universe
• Instant digital delivery
• Read on Kindle, iPad, phone, or any device
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No Good Deed can be read as a standalone — or as the perfect companion to the Lizzie and Molly books. If you’ve met Grandma Mabel before, you already know she steals every scene. Now she’s got the whole book.
