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Pamela Beason

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Pamela Beason lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes novels and screenplays and works as a private investigator. When she's not on the job, she explores the natural world on foot, in cross-country skis, in her kayak, or underwater scuba diving.

Beason is the author of nine full-length fiction works: THE ONLY WITNESS, THE ONLY CLUE (books 1 and 2 of the Neema Mysteries); SHAKEN, CALL OF THE JAGUAR (romantic suspense novels), ENDANGERED, BEAR BAIT, and UNDERCURRENTS in the Summer "Sam" Westin series; and RACE WITH DANGER and RACE TO TRUTH, books 1 and 2 of a YA Run for Your Life adventure trilogy. She also wrote the nonfiction titles, SAVE YOUR MONEY, YOUR SANITY, AND OUR PLANET and SO YOU WANT TO BE A PI?. Pam's writing has earned h ...more

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	The Only Witness (Neema Mystery, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 2,615 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endangered (Sam Westin Mysteries, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 1,941 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bear Bait (Sam Westin Mysteries, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Only Clue (Neema Mystery, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Backcountry (Sam Westin Mysteries, #4) 4.35 avg rating — 465 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercurrents (Sam Westin Mysteries, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borderland (Sam Westin Mysteries, #5) 4.42 avg rating — 241 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cascade (Sam Westin Mysteries #6) 4.37 avg rating — 231 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Only One Left (Neema Mystery, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 148 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race with Danger (Run for Your Life, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Yesterday as I was doing the weekly shopping for my cats at their favorite pet food store, I couldn’t help noticing the older man perched on a bench outside the door. His hand was clutched around a paper coffee cup and he rocked back and forth, muttering, “The witching hour is coming…the witching hour is coming!”

I examined him out of the corner of my eye, like we all do with the homeless. He didn

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Sam Westin Mysteries (6 books)
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Neema Mystery (3 books)
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Run for Your Life (3 books)
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4.43 avg rating — 246 ratings

Langston Family (2 books)
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“The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.”
― Nancy Newhall

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Indie Book Collective — 2953 members — last activity Jan 12, 2026 02:38AM
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Ask Mystery Author and PI Pamela Beason — 3 members — last activity Feb 09, 2015 05:10PM
I'm a licensed private investigator as well as an author. I'm also a wilderness and wildlife lover, so I hike, snowshoe, kayak, and scuba dive. To add ...more

Romance, Historical or Otherwise — 3938 members — last activity Nov 19, 2025 01:37PM
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Reading is my escape — 1032 members — last activity Sep 11, 2018 04:51PM
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40k Book Club — 658 members — last activity Feb 23, 2021 09:27AM
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