Sinister Remnants by Anita Dickason is the fourth installment in her Tori Winters Mystery Series. A cozy series filled with friends, mysteries, and coffee.
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Sinister Remnants: A Tori Winters Mystery
Author: Anita Dickason
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Women Sleuths
Series: A Tori Winters Mystery Book #4
The Past Leaves Traces! Some Turn Deadly!
Ambushed during a press tour of the new Red Door Inn, Tori Winters is blindsided by an accusation that she doesn’t own the mansion.
The Metro reporter’s vicious rumor soon proves to be more than tabloid fodder. An attorney has the proof.
Ensnared in a ruthless legal battle, Tori’s desperate search for answers uncovers a chilling truth. Some things were never meant to be dug up. But someone had.
A remnant, long forgotten in the shadows of her inheritance, ignites a danger far deadlier than a courtroom fight.
One murder was only the beginning.
Who is the next victim?
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See my review of Book 3 in the Tori Winters Mystery Series, Murder With Wine.
Book Review of Sinister Remnants
Sinister Remnants is a cozy that reads like a warm hug wrapped in a cinnamon roll with a dash of danger mixed in.
I love getting to visit Tori Winters and her friends each time author Anita Dickason writes a book in this series. Each story feels like getting to visit friends.
This mystery had me turning pages to see what the crew was up to this time, and boy, were there some mouth-watering treats described. We’re reunited with Tori, Cammie, Mia, Parker, and David as the main cast in this story, as the ownership of The Red Door Inn is called into question by a historical mystery that comes up just before the grand opening.
Sinister Remnants also had some deeper character insights that made me feel closer to the characters. Along with some vivid descriptions of The Red Door Inn that made it come to life before my eyes like I was right there in the room getting the tour Mia was leading:
The hallway runs from the foyer to the back of the mansion. On this side are the living room, music room, and dining room. Sliding doors connect each of these rooms, as well as a doorway into the hallway. On the other side is the library, the staircase to the second floor, and an office. At the back is another hallway connecting the kitchen and the downstairs bedroom.
I was also fascinated by the mystery surrounding the ownership of the mansion and genuinely enjoyed the twists and turns—never guessing the true culprit. There were several possibilities, and Anita Dickason was good at keeping them all as good prospects until the end unfolded.
Overall, I was not quite ready to leave my time in Granbury, but I’ll be eagerly looking forward to my next trip there to see what else Tori Winters might be up to next.
About the Author of Sinister Remnants, Anita Dickason
Anita Dickason is a retired police officer with a total of twenty-seven years of law enforcement experience, twenty-two with Dallas PD. She served as a patrol officer, undercover narcotics officer, advanced accident investigator, tactical officer, and first female sniper on the Dallas SWAT team.
See more about Anita Dickason by visiting her website https://www.anitadickason.com.
Other Books in the Tori Winters Mystery Series:
Deadly Keepsakes: Tori Winters Mystery Series, Book 1
The past becomes a deadly future.
When Tori Winters testifies as the star witness in a murder trial, she becomes a target. Someone wants her dead—and she’s not about to give them a second chance. With everything she owns stuffed into her car, she flees, desperate to disappear.
A cryptic phone call leads her to Granbury, a quiet Texas town where no one would think to look. But safety is an illusion. The historic house she inherits harbors dark secrets—ones tied to a past that refuses to stay buried.
A town full of strangers. A legacy steeped in deception. Who can she trust? The disinherited step-grandson? The lawyer and his enigmatic son? Everyone seems to be hiding something.
With a relentless killer closing in, Tori realizes her inheritance may not be a blessing. It could be her death sentence.
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Murder’s Legacy: Tori Winters Mystery Series, Book 2
Secrets that defy time!
An inconceivable disaster strikes, bringing Tori Winters’ plans to turn her historic house into a bed and breakfast inn to a traumatic standstill. A section of the escape tunnel built by her great-grandfather, a notorious Dallas gangster, collapses. Within the rubble, there is a gruesome discovery. A skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull.
The shocking cave-in sparks more than a police response. Accusations that the tunnel is dangerous triggers an ominous scheme to condemn her property.
Tori soon discovers more than the destruction of her beloved house is on the line. It seems she can’t escape the past. It keeps clawing its way into her life with deadly consequences.
Someone wants to permanently shut her down.
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Murder With Wine: Tori Winters Mystery Series, Book 4
Book Title: Murder With Wine
Series: Tori Winters Mystery Series, Book 3
Author: Anita Dickason
Genre: Cozy Mystery / Suspense
Deceit Runs Deep
Danger Runs Deeper
What begins as a spine-tingling ghost tour, a night of unexpected thrills and chills for Tori Winters, quickly twists into something far more sinister.
Her free ticket, from an anonymous source, pulls Tori into the heart of a deadly conspiracy, entangling her in a treacherous web of murder and deceit.
While whispers of scandal ripple through Granbury, the unthinkable looms. Is Tori about to be arrested for a murder she didn’t commit?
As suspicion tightens its grip, something even more insidious lurks in the shadows, dragging her deeper into a maze of hidden motives and lethal deception.
Tori is the killer’s next target.
