The Hassle High Mystery Series, Book 3
Cozy Mystery
Date Published: 11-14-2020
Cozy Mystery with Death Romance and twists on a French Cruise with the Hassle High group. Complete with occult, kidnapping and French Recipes.
Cast of Characters (on
cruise)
Maria Bruno Cohen, Principal,
in charge of the group from Hassle High. Married to Al Cohen but has a passion
for Detective Hunky Joe Viola.
Al Cohen, silver curly haired, tall, retired Teacher married
to Maria. He is a fish collector
and dislikes Joe Viola.
Detective Juliet Smith,
A beautiful Amazon and Joe’s partner. She is so beautiful she doesn’t
need to hold up a hand to stop traffic.
Detective Joe Viola,
He is hunky and dark Italian looking. 30 plus years ago, Viola and Maria
were police partners. They were engaged to be married. Joe dumped Maria at the altar and married someone else named
Brenda. He divorced her a year later. He now thinks he is in love with Maria
and has asked her to marry him and divorce Al.
The Faculty (on
cruise)
Fred Kelley, warlock and Science Chair. He was involved in
the Summertime Murders at Hassle High. He practices witchcraft. He believes to teaching students how
witchcraft relates to science. Well known on TV talk shows. Very charismatic.
Megan Murphy, Math
Chair she is a nice woman, but not too swift. Was she really a Fulbright scholar? She has been
to South Africa before.
The New Faculty (on
cruise)
Tim Leary, Social Studies chair, an aging young hippie who
knows his history. A Georgetown
graduate. But there are no records of him down at the Board of Education, so
who is he really?
Vanna Hayes, science teacher , she is black and looks like an Egyptian
Queen. Knows the Naidoo family.
Ben Franklin, Japanese exchange Math teacher. Very quiet and
very intelligent. He spent a year in
South Africa.
Desiree Cavalier, French teacher, born in Normandy, very
pretty.
The French Police ( on
and off cruise)
Detective Marcelle, Tall and good looking and smart with
excellent English
Detective Jonas, a nice detective.
Detective Krause, a French sidekick of Detective Marcelle,
he knows more English then it seems.
Sergeant Treetoe, a French policeman.
The Crew
Captain Brin, a French Cruise Captain. He is not happy about
the murder on board his orderly ship.
First Officer Welt, he wants to help solve the crime.
The Captain’s cat, who keeps her own secrets
The Fellow Passengers
Beth and Todd Princeton are from New Jersey in their early
fifties. They dislike the students on board the ship. They both wear the same
colors every day. They don’t drink, so what are they doing on an eating and
drinking cruise? Something isn’t right
with these two….
Richard and Roxanna Jones both from Florida they are retired
and play golf. They seem pleasant enough, but they knew the Naidoo family from
the Diamond District in New York City.
Ed and Maureen Stickley and Nancy and Stewart Riley are
neighbors who travel together. They are from Poughkeepsie New York, where
Maria, the Principal has relatives. They are in their sixties.
Drs. Beth and Howard Getty met in South Africa and are
married. They are in their twenties. They are black surgeons. They work for
Doctors without Borders.
Laura and Vincent Connelly owners of a diamond mine, they
live in South Africa. They look very waspy and are in their forties. Laura
seems to know a lot about African masks. Why are they on this cruise and not
their private boat?
Blick, an accountant from London who is not what he seems to
be. He is traveling alone, because his wife refused to join him.
Peter and Wanda Naidoo the parents of Brady
Chad Naidoo, Brady’s brother
The Students (Nut Squad)
The Nut Squad is the name of a group of artistic students
from Hassle High. They are not scholars.
They won this trip to Monte Carlo by presenting Hamlet the Musical. They
wrote the play and preformed it. Because it was seen by the President of Tomato
Cruises and they were asked on this cruise to perform a show on board. The show
is Tartuffe the Musical , their second creation. They have helped Maria
and Joe solve murders before. The Squad is made up of Martha, Brady, Tim, Jeff,
Rebecca and Laura.
Jeff is the leader of the group. He really likes Maria.
Brady Naidoo, a student with little to say. He is from South
Africa
Tim, a student well known for his sleight of hand. He is
Spanish.
Maria , smart Spanish
student who should have graduated a few years ago.
Rebecca, very good at sports and driving.
Laura, good at math bad at English skills.
A few characters are the nameless crew members.
About the Author
Constance Meccarello-Gerson was born in Poughkeepsie N.Y. She is a graduate of Florida Southern College with a BA in Acting. She also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. HB Studio, Actors Studio, in NYC. She is a member of SAG, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Si Omega. Her MFA in Acting is from Brooklyn College. She has appeared on TV, film, and on stage in NYC. For 20 years she taught as a mentor and teacher of English and Theatre arts for the New York City Department of Education and for the University at Santa Cruz. She also taught for ten years as a Speech Coordinator at Touro College. She was an executive at Bloomingdales. Her writing as appeared in Musings, also in the Best American Poets series. Murder at Hassle High is her first cozy mystery. Summertime Murder at Hassle High is her second and French Cruises Can Kill You is the third. She wrote Armera a sci fi mystery and her Snowball the Sherlock Rabbit series, a group of children books. Currently she lives in NYC with her husband Alain, a parrot named Benji, and lots of fish. She is currently writing Death In a Dorm, another cozy in the Hassle High series.
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