A historical cozy mystery set in 1887 New York featuring a literary forgery scandal, a desperate ransom demand, and a ghost with plenty of opinions.

Her father abandoned her years ago. Now someone wants money to give him back.

La Plata Springs, Colorado, 1887. Arabella Pryce is still fighting to keep the Arabella Hotel afloat while fending off a rival determined to buy it out from under her.

Then a letter arrives from New York.

Her estranged father—missing for years—has resurfaced in the middle of a scandal involving forged literary works. Soon after, a ransom demand follows.

Arabella has a choice: stay in Colorado and protect the fragile life she’s built… or travel to New York to save the man who once walked away from her.

Naturally, Arabella boards the train.

With her loyal friend Cordelia beside her and Percival Blank—the hotel’s sarcastic resident ghost—offering commentary from the afterlife, Arabella steps into the glittering and dangerous world of Gilded Age New York. The investigation pulls her into a world of forged manuscripts, ambitious publishers, and a scandal her father may have helped create.

Unfortunately, the people behind the scandal have no intention of letting an inquisitive hotel owner ruin their operation.

The Pryce of Fame is Book 6 in the Pryce of Murder series, sending Arabella Pryce from the frontier to the glittering world of Gilded Age New York. A charming historical mystery for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Rhys Bowen, and Bobbi Holmes.