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The Ring Steward Mysteries

Name: The Ring Steward Mysteries: premade four-book series
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Before the judges see a dog, a ring steward has seen everybody holding its lead.

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The Ring Steward Mysteries, a cozy mystery concept package. The graphic shows 4 novel covers and the free lead magnet, The Rosette in the Water Bowl.

The concept

At local companion shows, retired postal worker Gwen Carter checks numbers and makes sure nervous owners know where to stand. She likes dogs better than rosettes. Her childhood friend Joan likes both. The pair discover how easily a person can cross a judging ring unnoticed when everyone is watching a beautiful animal.

One whippet wears two numbers. A second dog has none. The dogs have never left their handlers, yet the scorecards tell a different story. The free companion novella is The Rosette in the Water Bowl.

The worldVillage shows, friendly rivalries and safe dogs. The women track objects and human schedules. Nobody assumes a dog can identify a criminal.

Series tropesSmall Town • Childhood Friends • Underdog

Intended readershipFor pet-loving cozy readers looking for humane competition, plausible red herrings and a pair of older amateur sleuths.

Tone & contentClean, non-murder mysteries. Every animal is safe and each case has a clear solution.

The people behind the promise

Free novellaGwen Carter, Joan and a widowed first-time exhibitor.

Book 1Gwen and a novice exhibitor visiting from outside the district.

Book 2Gwen and a groom who has kept a new partnership private.

Book 3Gwen and absent judge Mick Ormsby, who raises his granddaughter.

Book 4Gwen and an old handler framed by an aggrieved rival.

Series arc

A wet rosette settles a modest wrong. Gwen investigates swapped numbers, a locked tent, a vanished judge and a trophy under an innocent animal’s blanket. Each case repairs a different community tie.

The four books

The direction is set. The books are written after you order.

Free novella

The Rosette in the Water Bowl

A rosette floats in a water bowl before the awards have been announced. Somebody seems to have picked a winner in advance.

Story outline

Story arc and endingThe rosette is last year’s gift from the exhibitor’s late wife. A jealous committee member dropped it to suggest judging had been fixed. Different stitching and a photograph of the old ribbon prove its origin. The steward finds the culprit’s blue pin in the torn backing and obtains an apology. Gwen welcomes the new exhibitor to the ring.

Emotional payoffBeing proud of an old ribbon is allowed to mean love rather than vanity.

Story focusGrief to Hope

Length30,000 words planned

Book 1 of four

The Whippet With Two Numbers

One whippet wears two numbers. A second dog has none. The dogs have never left their handlers, yet the scorecards tell a different story.

Story outline

Story arc and endingAn official doubled the numbers to make his sister’s late entry appear on time. The lead clips were never changed. A volunteer photographed the second card clipped over the first, and the print batch belongs to the official’s emergency pad. He admits the substitution and the class reruns. Both dogs finish with their real handlers.

Emotional payoffGwen helps the novice enjoy her first show after the adults admit their mistake.

Story focusFish Out of Water

Length55,000 words planned

Book 2 of four

Who Shut the Grooming Tent

A grooming tent is tied shut from outside. Its only occupant insists she was alone. A treasured pair of presentation scissors is missing, and two sets of footprints end at the flap.

Story outline

Story arc and endingThe second prints belong to the groom’s partner leaving before judging. A former owner slipped the scissors out beneath the loose back edge, hoping to keep a personal inscription out of a tribute display. Grass seeds caught in the hinge match that route. A stallholder saw him carrying the case, and he returns it. The groom tells the committee only what she chooses.

Emotional payoffA useful witness need not put her private life on exhibition.

Story focusHidden Relationship

Length55,000 words planned

Book 3 of four

The Empty Seat at Best in Show

The judge’s chair is empty at Best in Show. The note says he has gone home furious. His granddaughter has his house keys and has never seen him write in green.

Story outline

Story arc and endingA fellow judge wrote the note to conceal that he shut Mick in the equipment van during an argument about belittling a child. A whistle from the locked vehicle and the green marker on the judging table lead Gwen to Mick. A spectator’s recording catches the door slam during the announced break. Mick is safe, the stand-in withdraws and the child gets an apology.

Emotional payoffMick can defend his granddaughter without speaking over her.

Story focusSingle Parent

Length55,000 words planned

Book 4 of four

The Cup Under the Collie Rug

A silver trophy bulges under a collie’s rug. The collie has been asleep there all afternoon, yet several witnesses saw the cup on the stand an hour ago.

Story outline

Story arc and endingThe rug covers two folding benches pushed together after the dog settled. A rival slipped the trophy under the empty bench and tugged the fabric over it. The two different leg marks in the grass and a spectator’s photo of the move show the dog never guarded a stolen cup. The culprit wanted revenge for a justified disqualification. The trophy returns to its winner.

Emotional payoffGwen closes the season with a show where an ordinary dog can sleep through the prizegiving.

Story focusRevenge

Length55,000 words planned

From the free novella into Book 1

Gwen keeps the judging cards dry after the first incident. They make a double entry in Book 1 easy to spot.

In the concept package

Includes the author pitch, editable Authorythm seeds and individual AI-generated front-cover concepts. The planned fiction totals 250,000 words.

Included free

Buy the 4-book concept pack and receive the companion lead magnet concept free. Each novel is planned at 55,000 words. The lead magnet, The Rosette in the Water Bowl, is planned at 30,000 words.

Included in the pack

Author pitch PDF with the series premise, characters, book blurbs and complete story arcs. One editable Authorythm seed document. 5 coordinated front-cover concepts.