The Last Bequest


The Buried Treasure Series book 1
Lisa J Lickel
Originally titled The Gold Standard, Barbour Books Publishing's Heartsong Presents Mysteries
Fox Ridge Publications updated version, 2020
Genre: Cozy Mystery

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The Gold Standard, Barbour Publishing's Heartsong Presents: Mysteries! has been re-edited and re-released by Fox Ridge Publication in 2016.


Judy Winters is pretty sure her environmentally-conscious great aunt didn't die of natural causes, no matter what the tox screens say. When she discovers she can inherent the family farm if she'll live there for a year, can she give up her teaching job and move to the country? Next door to the obnoxious young, unfortunately handsome, farmer with ties to her aunt? And what about a possible killer on the loose. Join Judy, Hart, Ardyth and know-it-all cat Carranza, for an all-Wisconsin adventure.

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Here's a picture of the gold pan I bought in Fairbanks, long before I began writing novels.