The Parcel That Never Arrived: A seaside cozy with a lost postbag, a forged receipt, and a cold debt, (Paperback)

<p>An historic postbag is unveiled at the museum. Inside sits a decades-late letter that should have released grant money in 1979. Minutes later the curator collapses after tea, and the town's old debt stirs again.</p><p>Sylvie Kemp and her neighbors step in where quiet persistence helps most. With DC Becca Vale keeping the scene tight, the quartet follow a fair trail of clues: a teabag wrapper tied with a distinctive knot, a receipt carbon that shows a second parcel number under the current one, a stamp watermark wrong for the stated year, security lights that break an alibi, a postbag tag sewn with two kinds of thread, a wrong-turn arrow that lines up with a blind corner, a micro-crease on a commemorative envelope, and a binder margin marked B-List 3.</p><p>Midway through the case, the shock lands. The bag is genuine. The forgery sits where it hurts the most, in the paper that would have freed funds for a family who never saw a penny. The deputy curator curated a drama to drive donations, the stamp dealer fanned it for profit, and a councillor tried to ride the wave. One more missing name from the Benefactors List comes into focus, and the town learns why truth beats spectacle.</p><p><b>You'll enjoy this if you like</b><br>- Senior sleuth teams who notice the small thing and make it count<br>- British village settings with museums, council offices, and real civic stakes<br>- Honest, fair-play puzzles you can solve<br>- Competent police, warm tone, no gore</p><p><b>Content notes</b><br>Clean language. Peril and medical events off-page. Complete mystery in one book with a light series thread about the 1979 Benefactors List.</p><p>Read as a standalone or after Book 1, The Scarf on the Stairs.</p>

• The Parcel That Never Arrived: A seaside cozy with a lost postbag, a forged receipt, and a cold debt, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798265815286
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-09-17
• Page Count: 228