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Melissa Ferguson's new novel, Without a Clue , combines her rom-com roots with a cozy mystery

Inspired by the classic board game Clue , the author shares details about her "rom cozy," which follows author assistant Pip

Without a Clue will be released Feb. 17, 2026

What do you get when you combine romance and a cozy mystery? The clues are adding up in Melissa Ferguson ’s upcoming rom-com-meets-whodunit novel, Without a Clue .

" Without a Clue was inspired, in large part, by my own reading habits as I was finishing up my last published romantic comedy — The Perfect Rom-Com — about another aspiring writer,” Ferguson exclusively tells PEOPLE. “At the time, I was so thoroughly enjoying reading mysteries, but the trouble was that it was hard to find a full-bl

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