Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild

Grand Memories Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild

Welcome to Grand Memories: Now that Auntie Clara has convinced her great niece to come to town-and stay, Auntie Blanchie wants her granddaughter Coco in her life. What would it take to lure a young fashion designer? Auntie Blanchie simply arranges for Coco to win a week at the prestigious Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, for their annual Murder Mystery. The Murder is set in the 20's and the prize includes racks of vintage clothes, and jewels. To a young girl caught in a black and white world, and living in a Technicolor one, Coco is thrilled beyond words. After all, this is the era she wants to design for... instead of working in a sweat shop sewing. But Coco gets more than a free trip when she meets dashing Scotsman Ian, one of the actors, and literally gets swept off her feet. Auntie Blanchie and her chums are all in costume, or maybe their own vintage clothes, still Blanchie can't seem to tell Coco she is her long lost grandmother-and fairy godmother. But if she was younger ... maybe it would be easier. And when Blanchie uses her scrap book to go back in age, can she return? When an attempt is made on one of the actor's lives, murder goes from the hotel's event to real life. Welcome to the grandest of all hotels, Grand Hotel, and the step back in time Murder Mystery event But be prepared, all is not as it appears ...