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August 6, 2020
Santa Shortbread and other freebies
It’s your favorite day! No, not Christmas, we already did Christmas in July. This time, it is a freebie roundup. Santa Shortbread is free in the Kindle store, along with a number of other books you might be interested in.
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Somebody is stealing Christmas gifts from the Bald Eagle Falls children. At the rate that presents are disappearing, there soon won’t be a gift left in Whoville. Err, Bald Eagle Falls.
Gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends are on the case to try to unmask the Grinch and bring him to justice, and toys to the children. But time is not on their side. Soon it will be Christmas Eve—will the winner be the Grinch or Santa?
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Some dreams should be stronger than our fears
Fiona Easton is a contradiction – a ski instructor who’s scared of heights, and a passionate woman who’s afraid of intimacy.
But a lost child, an approaching blizzard and a legendary Scot force her to face her fears, and re-examine her dreams. Dreams which are hanging by a cobweb-thin thread…
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Josephine Nicolson never meant to have a vampire living in her basement.
But then a journey to spread her grandfather’s ashes in Romania goes spectacularly wrong. Finding herself inexorably bound to Baron Dragomir Blasko, she’s faced with the choice of living out her days in his crumbling fortress or bringing him home with her to Alabama. It doesn’t take her long to make up her mind.
With the assistance of Josephine’s suspicious maid, the pair settle into an uneasy cohabitation… until a murder just across the street causes Josephine to wonder if Blasko is to blame. As the body count rises, Josephine and Blasko must work together to prove his innocence and to find the real killer before they become his next victims.
.ugb-5d234dd .ugb-img{width:221px;height:auto !important}.ugb-5d234dd .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-5d234dd .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-5d234dd .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-5d234dd .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Witch Hits the Beach
The Banshee Creek Witches are headed to the beach! It’s not all fun and games, though.
Fortuneteller Luanne de la Rue is organizing the Diviners’ Association’s yearly convention in the quirky coastal town of Mystic Bay, and she’s a nervous wreck. Herding black cats has nothing on managing high-maintenance mystics, especially when a star fortune-teller dramatically announces that their idyllic beach weekend will be tainted by…murder.
.ugb-75ebeb0 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}.ugb-75ebeb0 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-75ebeb0 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-75ebeb0 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-75ebeb0 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}In for a Penny
When Lillian Summer Fairview’s husband up and dies on her, it leaves the last living member of the most prestigious family in the small town of Summer Shoals, Georgia, in a hot money mess. Desperate to keep up the family name and give the man a decent burial, penniless Lil cooks up a shady deal that lands her smack-dab in the slammer.
Burdened by her shameful secret and a crumbling family estate, Lil entrusts Summer Haven’s care to her best friend, Maggie, who recruits two more over-fifty ladies to help. But when Maggie discovers that Lil’s restitution is ten times the amount she “borrowed” from the federal government, she’s convinced Lil has taken the fall for someone else’s crime.
.ugb-2ffab8d .ugb-img{width:339px;height:auto !important}.ugb-2ffab8d .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-2ffab8d .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-2ffab8d .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-2ffab8d .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Hound on the Sound
Pepper Sullivan is dying to jettison her job at the big city law firm, so when she finds a house on the water at an amazing price, she grabs it . . . only to discover that most of the folks in her old hometown believe the place is haunted.
Once back in Misty-on-the-Sound, Pepper has to contend with her old boyfriend the sheriff, her nosy mother, and the town’s shady lawyer. All this while starting her own law practice and trying to find time for her original passion—singing.
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For Jack Shepherd, tiger shape-shifter and former soldier, life is heading for a dead end. Dead End, Florida, to be exact. When he learns that he inherited a combination pawn shop/private investigation agency from his favorite uncle, Jack’s first job is to solve his uncle’s murder. Because sometimes it takes a tiger’s eye to see the truth.
Tess Callahan, who owns half a pawn shop in the strangest town in Florida, didn’t expect Jack to show up and be so very enticing. And exciting. And annoyingly over-protective. But when yet another dead body shows up on her doorstep, it’s time to take action. And if she has to team up with a sexy tiger shape-shifter to do it, well, that’s just a bonus.
Welcome to Dead End, Florida, where Bigfoot keeps a winter home. And welcome to the Tiger’s Eye Mysteries!
.ugb-8e9d955 .ugb-img{width:300px;height:auto !important}.ugb-8e9d955 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-8e9d955 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-8e9d955 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-8e9d955 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Mystery of the Missing Heiress
It is the summer of 1811 and Fitzwilliam Darcy is consumed with worry. His sister and her new companion were expected at Pemberley three weeks ago, but they seem to have vanished into the air. Is Georgiana safe? Is she even still alive? And is Mrs. Younge a victim in some nefarious plan or is she behind the disappearance?
Darcy’s friend Ecclesford tells him of a smart young investigator who might be able to help… and at the same time he might help Ecclesford with a romantic problem of his own.
In this prequel variation to Pride and Prejudice, private investigator Alexander Lyons makes his debut and sets his remarkable intellect to work to help Ecclesford win his bride and to solve the mystery of the missing heiress!
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A Honeymoon Cruise With A Boatload Of Mystery
Georgie Shaw and her handsome new husband, Detective Jack Wheeler, are living it up on Marvelous Marley World’s luxurious cruise ship when trouble strikes. “The screaming came in bursts followed by shouts of man overboard, just like in a movie.”
Who is passenger X? Did he fall or was he pushed? Does it have anything to do with the rash of jewelry thefts or the murdered man found near the spot where Passenger X went overboard?
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Addie Foster, owner of Smiling Dog Books, loves her small-town life. Until someone, or rather several someones, tries to end it. What secrets is she hiding?
Add one gay BFF and one dark, brooding detective into the mix and watch everything unfold.
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Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it.
She’s cruising Mexico’s hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez when she gets a job offer she can’t refuse. Not only is the project located in her old stomping grounds in Texas Hill Country, but comes with an RV for living quarters. She has no problem driving a forty-five foot yacht, but RVing is new to her.
And as will happen, life throws her a major curve ball, and then smack dab into a nefarious plot back across the border.
.ugb-454abb0 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-454abb0 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-454abb0 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-454abb0 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-454abb0 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Murder in Mystic Grove
Liz Bean has a new job as a private investigator intern for Sam Nolan Investigations in her hometown of Mystic Grove.
When a longtime Mystic Grove resident is murdered, fear cuts through the village. Liz is shocked when she learns that her divorced mother’s boyfriend, Ben, is a key suspect in the murder. When her mother calls to hire Liz and Sam to clear Ben’s name, Liz hesitates. Her demanding mother has never asked for her help before.
After a debate, Liz and Sam take the case. They chase down leads, following the evidence as it twists and turns through Mystic Grove and beyond. With all of the lies and deception they find, Liz realizes that Mystic Grove isn’t the innocent village she remembered.
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Living in a haunted lighthouse in the small town of Sea Breeze, California with her two elderly aunts, Agatha Bright has everything she wants. She owns and runs a bookstore / soup shop on the beach, and her soups are loved by everyone in town. Her life is regimented and organized.
But Agatha has secrets that might get her in big trouble. Dark secrets.
When a woman goes missing, the suspicion falls on Agatha, turning her life upside down. The new detective in town, Remington Cumberbatch, has seen a lot of weird things as a detective in nearby Cannes, California, but he’s in for a surprise with Agatha, her family, and the quirky town of Sea Breeze. He begins to investigate Agatha as the number one suspect, but the attraction is immediate.
When the missing woman turns out to be murdered, the mystery deepens, and Agatha must help Remington find the killer before she winds up in prison…or worse.
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Books 1-3 of the We Sisters Three Mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller are now available as a boxed set! Meet Rosemary, Sage, and Thyme, the wacky Field sisters, in three funny, fresh romantic mysteries.
Rosemary’s Gravy:
Holistic personal chef Rosemary Field’s not a murderer. Heck, she’s barely even a chef.
But when her miserable boss dies under suspicious circumstances, she’s the number one suspect. To save her reputation and stay out of prison, Rosemary has to find the real murderer. There’s no shortage of suspects, includes a womanizing race car driver; a powerful music producer; Hollywood’s hottest leading man; and, oh yeah, Felix, the dead woman’s stepson–which gets a bit awkward when Rosemary starts dating him.
Things go from bad to worse after a romantic dinner with Felix ends in food poisoning. Rosemary finds herself unattached, unemployed, and once again on the wrong side of the LAPD.
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They Thought He Was Safe
by P. D. Workman
Series:Zachary Goldman Mysteries #5
Genres:Mystery, Mystery/Suspense, Suspense
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I’m I love with Zachary. I love him for his totally unlikeness to any hero, his kindness, his willingness to look beyond what others see – and the fact that he never gives up. Zachary is the friend we all need in our lives, and he proves this again when his friend Pat needs him.
—Elsa, Goodreads reader
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Zachary Goldman, PI is deeply flawed, unable to overcome much of his traumatic past, yet he is always ready to defend the underdog and right injustices.
When Pat asked him to look into the disappearance of an illegal, Zachary agreed to take it, but didn’t expect to find anything more than a man who had returned to his family or fled immigration officials. But the more he digs, the more missing men Zachary discovers, and it quickly becomes apparent that the disappearance that was deemed by the police not to be suspicious was just the tip of the iceberg.
As the body count grows, so does Zachary’s determination to bring the killer to justice, no matter what the cost.
The trouble is, this case might cost him dearly.
P.D. Workman has created a deeply flawed but very compelling character in Zachary Goldman. His background is tragic and his ability to interact with the world and appear “normal” is one of his greatest daily challenges, and both informs and hinders his work as a private investigator.
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They Thought He Was Safe is case #5 in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, but each book is a separate mystery and can be read as a standalone. Get your copy now!
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Goodreads reviews for They Thought He Was Safe
August 4, 2020
Excerpt from The Glass Castle
If you are curious about what a brozy is, be sure to check out my blog post on the new genre.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I hadn’t heard of Jeannette Walls or The Glass Castle before, but I’m glad I picked it up. It is a memoir of the author’s childhood of poverty and neglect and she has some very interesting stories to tell. Her parents preferred to live an itinerant lifestyle, so she lived a lot of different places and did a lot of different things.
It is a bestseller and has been made into a movie. So other people thought it was good too!
Language warning: yes, there is a good amount of cussing in this one.
One of them squeezed my hand and told me I was going to be okay.
“I know,” I said, “but if I’m not, that’s okay too.”
The nurse squeezed my hand again and bit her lower lip.
Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir
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The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
July 30, 2020
Will your next read be a brozy?
A brozy?
What’s that?
Brozy is a new mystery subgenre that is gaining momentum. You may have heard of a cozy mystery, a light entertaining mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple or Murder She Wrote. Usually a female protagonist, no gore, no swearing or sex on the page. The amateur sleuth usually has another job, hobby, or interest, and maybe pets.
But what if you are looking for a clean, entertaining mystery with a broader audience? Enter the brozy, or broader cozy. Maybe a male sleuth, not so much focus on knitting or baking, and a bit more action.
The first thing that I thought of when I heard about this subgenre was my Zachary Goldman Mysteries. Like good deals? Pick up the first four books for one low price:
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Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F.
Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues.
Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves four cases that will stretch his abilities to the limit.
Even with his own life in shambles, Zachary Goldman is still the one you want on the case.
A case is only unsolvable as long as it remains unsolved.
I also have some standalones that would fall into this genre:
.ugb-17d7b4f .ugb-img{width:741px;height:auto !important}.ugb-17d7b4f .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-17d7b4f .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-17d7b4f .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-17d7b4f .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}In the Tick of Time
Things creep and crawl in the woods. Things that can wreak havoc with your life.
Things that can be deadly.
As an infectious disease expert for the DOH’s vector-borne disease division, Matt Malloy knows this. What he doesn’t know is who, or why, someone would want to deliberately infect innocent people. Adding insult to injury, his co-workers think he’s either paranoid or losing his mind because of erratic behavior and disordered sleep habits.
Behavior he can’t help. A traumatic head wound can have that effect on a man. He was clocked hard while interviewing a patient with Lyme disease weeks ago, and he’s still suffering from it.
But he’s definitely not crazy.
Or paranoid.
Someone is deliberately infecting people. Maybe even someone he knows. Very soon, that someone will know Matt’s on to him.
Can he prove his suspicions before he’s targeted, too?
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Things were going well for Abe.
Despite all of his past struggles with mental illness, he was happily married, had three wonderful children, a nice home, and a fantastic consulting business that satisfied his creativity and brought in a good income.
But you can never get too comfortable. When Abe becomes a prime suspect in a jewel heist – one of the largest successful jewel heists in history – his schizophrenia becomes unmanageable and everything begins to spiral out of control.
Abe’s own investigation into the heist has the jewel thieves hot on his tail… but are they really, or is he just losing the battle against his inner demons?
And more…
Check out a few of the other authors whose books have been classified as brozies:
.ugb-f58686a .ugb-img{width:217px;height:auto !important}.ugb-f58686a .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-f58686a .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-f58686a .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-f58686a .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Framed Father
Forbidden love, murder, and explosive secrets engulf Father Tom Greer in this second entry in the Father Tom Mysteries.
When the Archbishop receives an anonymous letter accusing Saint Clare’s pastor Father Leonard McCoy of inappropriate behavior with the young parish secretary, he sends Father Tom back to Myerton from the quiet of the monastery to look into the charges.
When the secretary is found dead and Father McCoy is charged with her murder, he must work against his ex-fiancee Detective Helen Parr and the State Attorney–who is also her boyfriend–to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
But everything is not as it seems…
.ugb-2d7fe26 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-2d7fe26 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-2d7fe26 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-2d7fe26 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-2d7fe26 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Dead Men Don’t Smile
Henry Walsh is back to solve a puzzling mystery in Fernandina Beach when a lifelong friend confesses to a murder…
He refuses to believe Charlie Senecal is a killer. But the circumstances surrounding the crime raise far too many questions.
And if the man Henry’s known since the third grade is innocent, then why would he confess to a murder he didn’t commit?
It just doesn’t add up.
But Henry knows Charlie hasn’t been himself since he lost his job as police chief. And with his wife now gone, his state-of-mind has to be questioned
.ugb-e7c5917 .ugb-img{width:332px;height:auto !important}.ugb-e7c5917 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-e7c5917 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-e7c5917 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-e7c5917 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Reluctant Coroner
Blood is thicker than oil–until murder is involved.
Fenway Stevenson doesn’t want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practically king. But the death of her mother draws her back home–and the murder of the county coroner draws her into a deepening conspiracy. As the body count rises and all signs seem to point toward her father’s oil company, will Fenway uncover the truth before family bonds become deadly?
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Friends help you move; best friends help you move the body!
Storm ‘Ketch’ Ketchum, a damaged emigre to the coastal town of Avon on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, likes to mind his own business and isn’t any kind of detective – until he’s forced to become one by extraordinary circumstances.
On the verge of losing his modest waterfront home to an unscrupulous developer, Ketch stumbles onto the scene of a crime that might expose the perpetrator of an unsolved murder and enable him to save not only his own home, but also the similarly threatened Bohemian boatyard community he’s inexorably drawn into. And in case Plan A fails, he’s hard at work on a Plan B that’s both laudable and pitiable.
Together with his loyal dog, a salty charter boat captain, the sketchy denizens of the boatyard, and an alluring scuba diving instructor who may or may not have a hidden agenda, Ketch struggles to make sense of his new reality, while trying to save some of the things that really matter along the way.
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Welcome to the island of Kaua`i where things under the water could make you rich or get you killed!
Lucia Santerez puts her education on hold and returns home to help her brother Nicholás run his new dive shop. When she arrives, he’s nowhere to be found. She’s told he’s run off with his girlfriend without a word to her.
Befriended by a vacationing firefighter and twin elderly sisters who run the C’Mon Inn B&B, together they try to unravel the mystery of her brother’s disappearance. They soon learn someone doesn’t want him found.
Aloha Nicholás! But will this be a hello or a goodbye?
.ugb-15a546e .ugb-img{width:312px;height:auto !important}.ugb-15a546e .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-15a546e .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-15a546e .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-15a546e .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}A Murder in Concord
Meet the Mahoney’s, one of the richest families in the state of North Carolina. Owners of the wildly successful Mahoney’s line of restaurants, they are a picture-perfect family and pillars of the community of Concord—until the morning the owner, Trent, is found dead in the middle of the highly secure Mahoney’s, Inc. parking lot.
There are no witnesses and no suspects. Trent seemingly had no enemies, leaving the police baffled. The only person who appears on the police’s radar is Trent’s assistant, Lucas Caine—the person who found Trent and the last person to see Trent alive.
When Lucas finds himself in the crosshairs as a potential suspect, he launches his own investigation using his intimate knowledge of the Fitzgerald family to try to clear his name. He finds a dark side to this family no one knew about, and what he finds could lead to his death.
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Death takes a (working) holiday!
Becca Cole is a big fish in a small pond. The former big-city homicide detective is now the Chief of Police in Summer Haven, a sleepy Florida beach town where nothing ever happens. But all that changes when she is summoned to the scene of a grisly murder. A naked young woman lies dead on the beach, a knife sticking out of her back, and the supposed killer stands over the body. It looks like an open-and-shut case, but not all is as it seems.
The victim, who was tangled up in Santeria and drug-trafficking, didn’t die from a stab wound. In fact, an autopsy can’t determine what killed her. The chief suspect turns out to be Silas Mot, an enigma in his own right. In fact, as Becca digs deeper into Silas’s identity, she discovers the startling truth. He’s the Grim Reaper. The personification of Death. The guy who decides who dies and when. It seems he’s in town in order to determine why unsanctioned deaths have been occurring in and around Summer Haven, and he can’t leave until he’s cracked the case.
Becca and Silas will have to team up to discover who killed the young woman if they are to put a stop to the unscheduled departures, but for Silas, confined to a body of flesh and blood for the first time in his existence, the distractions of the world of the living may be the Death of him!
July 28, 2020
Changing Fortune Cookies
Work in Progress!
Series: Auntie Clem's Bakery #14
Genres: Cozy Mystery
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Scheduled for April 2021 Release
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Fortune Cookies Favor the Bold
The baker turned sleuth is hard at work once more, trying to run her business while at the same time tracking down a missing boy. Is he missing by his own choice, as the police suggest, or has he been kidnapped and held against his will?
The clues are all there, but can Erin decipher them before it is too late?
+ Praise for Auntie Clem's Bakery Series
—This lady knows how to write!! I read this during hurricane Irma on my Kindle so I didn’t care the power was out!
—It was very good! But made me hungry!
—Oh my goodness I loved it! The murder mystery was so awesome… I couldn’t put this book down. Props to you again for another amazing read!
—I really enjoyed this book … Would make a great Hallmark movie.
—This very enjoyable story with uncomplicated characters and a sweet and easy storyline was well done.
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+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”
“Every book by PD Workman that I’ve read has been a gripping one, however different the genres are, going from lighter mysteries to really dark ones… this is one of my favourite, most dependable authors.”
“P.D. Workman is an incredibly versatile writer. No matter which of her books I read I am drawn into a great story and honestly, I don’t think I’ve followed another author that could go from cozy mystery to YA to a PI series dealing with mental health issues. Really enjoy her books!”
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Excerpt from The Bitterroots
I know it’s hot out (if you’re in the northern hemisphere), and nobody is wishing for snow, but how about Christmas in July? Check out my blog post for some chilling, thrilling reads.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I’ve read a number of C.J. Box’s books, including the Cody Hoyt and Cassie Dewell series. The Bitterroots is a Cassie Dewell book. She is now a private investigator, and she’s investigating what appears to be an open and shut rape case. But of course, things are never quite what they seem.
There is also a stalker after Cassie and her family. Is it someone from the current case or a previous one? I’m still figuring it out.
Since she’d opened her agency she’d never once been in a situation where it was necessary to draw any of her lethal or nonlethal weapons. She hoped the streak would continue.
C.J. Box, The Bitterroots
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The ties that bind can burn you.
Former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over as in private practice. She’s her own boss and answers to no one, and that’s just the way she likes it after the past few tumultuous years. All that certainty changes when an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young woman from an influential family.
Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out by the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there’s always something more to the story. The Kleinsassers have ruled this part of Montana for decades, and the Iron Cross Ranch is their stronghold. They want to see Blake Kleinsasser, the black sheep of the family, put away forever for the assault. As Cassie attempts to uncover the truth, she must fight against a family whose roots are tangled and deadly—as well as the ghosts of her own past that threaten to bring her down.
July 23, 2020
It’s Christmas in July!
How about we celebrate Christmas in July with some holiday-themed books? Beat the heat with a few chilly thrillers!
I have just released Santa Shortbread, so of course that is the book on the top of the list today.
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A full-length Christmas mystery.
Somebody is stealing Christmas gifts from the Bald Eagle Falls children. At the rate that presents are disappearing, there soon won’t be a gift left in Whoville. Err, Bald Eagle Falls.
Gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends are on the case to try to unmask the Grinch and bring him to justice, and toys to the children. But time is not on their side. Soon it will be Christmas Eve—will the winner be the Grinch or Santa?
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Reg learns about Yule in this full-length paranormal cozy.
What kind of a monster poisons a psychic’s cat?
When Starlight first fell ill, Reg thought that she was the cause of it. She should have been watching him more carefully. She should have found out about household plants and chemicals that could hurt her familiar. She was clearly a negligent owner.
But it soon becomes clear that there is some darker force at work, and Reg is going to need all of her resources to find the culprit before it is too late if she is to have any chance of saving her furry companion’s life.
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The first book in the Zachary Goldman series is on sale now for $0.99. A great time to get into a new series.
While She Wore Mourning is not Christmas-themed, it is set at Christmastime, which is a very difficult time of year for PI Zachary Goldman.
A dead child.
A mother deep in mourning.
Private Investigator Zachary Goldman’s life isn’t all roses, but he tries to put his own shattered life behind him to investigate the death of five-year-old Declan Bond.
Declan’s death has been ruled an accident, but his grandmother thinks there is more to it. She fears Declan’s mother will not be able to find peace until Zachary can give them an answer once and for all. But as Zachary digs into the circumstances surrounding Declan’s death, he finds that all is not as it seems, and somebody doesn’t want him to find the truth.
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Vic is looking forward to Christmas with her new Bald Eagles Falls family. Erin—not so much. But she wants to make it a special day for Vic.
An unexpected turn in events changes all of their carefully-laid plans.
This Christmas short, part of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, is only available through my website. The series—and your holiday—won’t be complete without it.
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Another Zachary Goldman mystery set around Christmas, a year after She Wore Mourning. While this is a difficult case for Zachary, there is a Christmas surprise for him when it is all over.
He met with tragedy
Richard Harding was walking alone when he was struck by a vehicle and died.
A tragic accident that was no one’s fault.
But if that was so, then why was his girlfriend so sure that it was intentional homicide?
Zachary Goldman is on the case. With Christmas approaching, he is as determined to distract himself from his own troubles as he is to ferret out the truth of Harding’s death.
The pieces of the puzzle start to fall into place and Zachary finds that there are more parallels between Harding’s life and his own than he would have guessed.
If he doesn’t identify the sinister force behind Harding’s death in time, he could suffer the same fate.
And more holiday reads
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As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women’s Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner’s office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist
Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco.
Then a fearsome criminal known only as “Loman” seizes control of the headlines. Solving crimes never happens on schedule, but as this criminal mastermind unleashes credible threats by the hour, the month of December is upended for the Women’s Murder Club. Avoiding tragedy is the only holiday miracle they seek.
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Love and romance aren’t only for the under forty crowd.
Donna St. James gets the surprise of her life when her new next-door neighbor turns out to be her former high-school sweetheart. Left heartbroken all those years ago, Donna is not keen to reconnect. But they’re soon thrown together when they’re assigned to the same committee for the town’s annual Snow Ball festival. But Donna is determined not to revisit the past. If only she could resist Jim’s blazing blue eyes and feelings toward him that might have always been there.
Jim O’Hara returns to Orchard Falls after a thirty-year career in the military. He never forgot the girl he left behind. He’s determined to catch up with her even if she isn’t. But when a shocking revelation comes to light, they are forced to confront the mistaken assumptions of their past and each other.
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As December turns Lake Eden into the North Pole, the heat is on in Hannah Swensen’s kitchen to honor two Christmas promises: baking irresistible holiday cupcakes and preventing a person who attempted murder from succeeding the second time around!
While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santa’s waistline on Christmas Eve. Her sister Andrea wants to stave off the blues by helping out at The Cookie Jar, Michele’s love life is becoming complicated, Lisa needs Hannah’s advice, and Delores has a Christmas secret she’s not willing to share. But nothing dampens the holiday mood more than the chilling mystery surrounding the man found near death in an abandoned storefront two doors down from Hannah’s bakery . . .
The befuddled John Doe can’t recall a thing about himself—except for his unusual knowledge of restoring antique furniture. With a smattering of clues and barely enough time to frost Christmas cookies, Hannah must solve a deadly puzzle that could leave her dashing through the snow for her life!
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Can the present unlock the past?
It’s the week before Christmas and Travis Reidan is trying hard to find his holiday spirit. He has recently moved with his wife to his Aunt Lily’s house which he inherited months earlier. This is the couple’s first Christmas together there, but he is haunted by dreams of his older brother who disappeared twenty years before.
What happened to his brother Brent? Did he just leave, was he murdered, or will he return one day?
Travis needs to be brave and face the past if he has any hope of finding what happened to his brother so he can move on with his new life. If he fails, the mystery never gets solved, and he won’t be able to honor his promise to his dying aunt to find the truth.
If you like cozy Christmas stories and small town mysteries, you will love this short story.
.ugb-35b29e3 .ugb-img{width:331px;height:auto !important}.ugb-35b29e3 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-35b29e3 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-35b29e3 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-35b29e3 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Nightingale Before Christmas
As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house—each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated to the hilt by a different decorator for the public to tour.
Of course, Mother insists that Meg pitch in with the organization, and she finds herself surrounded by flamboyant personalities with massive egos clashing and feeling their professional reputations are at stake. Then the rooms start to be sabotaged, and an unfortunate designer turns up dead—making Mother a prime suspect.
.ugb-4de7dd4 .ugb-img{width:310px;height:auto !important}.ugb-4de7dd4 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-4de7dd4 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-4de7dd4 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-4de7dd4 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Christmas Train
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to Los Angeles in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures, and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, as he rediscovers people’s essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.
David Baldacci’s THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN is filled with memorable characters who have packed their bags with as much wisdom as mischief…and shows how we do get second chances to fulfill our deepest hopes and dreams, especially during this season of miracles.
.ugb-53224bb .ugb-img{width:332px;height:auto !important}.ugb-53224bb .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-53224bb .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-53224bb .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-53224bb .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.
Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .
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Winner of Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016.
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I don’t plan on getting in any trouble.
Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos.
If she can’t prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she’s going back to prison, and Tamara just can’t let that happen.
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July 21, 2020
Excerpt from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Have you picked up my latest release yet? Santa Shortbread is out just in time for Christmas in July! If you like to beat the heat by reading Christmas stories, this is your chance. Later this week, I’ll have a blog post with a bunch of other Christmas reads for your summer reading pleasure as well.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I just recently started reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. It is a prequel to the Hunger Games series. I was afraid when looking for the publication date today that it came out years ago and I just never knew about it, but it was just released this year, so I’m not as out of touch as I feared.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes goes back to when President Snow was a boy, assigned to be a mentor to one of the tributes. While he was born into a high-ranking family, they were devastated by the war, and while Panem is being rebuilt, it is still a struggle for them to get enough to eat from day to day. He tries to keep their dire circumstances as secret and his ability to get into university on a scholarship prize hinges on his performance as a mentor.
So this is “the other side of the story.” You get to see Coriolanus Snow from a completely different perspective and to see what happened to make him the person he is in the Hunger Games trilogy.
Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined – every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
July 16, 2020
Release of Santa Shortbread and more
Christmas has come early! It’s release day for Santa Shortbread, book #12 of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series. If you didn’t preorder it, pick up this gluten-free treat today!
Santa Shortbread
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The Grinch has come to Bald Eagle Falls
Somebody is stealing Christmas gifts from the Bald Eagle Falls children. At the rate that presents are disappearing, there soon won’t be a gift left in Whoville. Err, Bald Eagle Falls.
Gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends are on the case to try to unmask the Grinch and bring him to justice, and toys to the children. But time is not on their side. Soon it will be Christmas Eve—will the winner be the Grinch or Santa?
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Love this series! The small town of Bald Eagle Falls has its own real life Grinch, who is stealing toys intended for needy children. Ms. Workman delivers another great mystery with nice plot twists and charming characters
—Sandy
I always enjoy the books in this series. Fun characters that keep you entertained. This one was very interesting and gave me a little taste of Christmas in July. I look forward to Erin and her friends next adventure.
—Kandy
More new releases
Fill your stocking with these other new books!
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The coldest case you ever saw…
When Pippa Parker attends a meeting about Clementina Stoate, Victorian poet and former resident of Much Gadding, she has no idea what she’s getting into.
First a file of Clementina’s letters goes missing — and of course there are no copies. Who has taken the letters, and why?
Clementina’s descendant hires Pippa to track the letters down. But as she investigates their disappearance, Pippa discovers a bigger mystery. The only problem is that everyone involved is dead.
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If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this mystery series set in the small town of White Eagle Montana.
In book 10 in the series, Tess and Tony plan a secret wedding ceremony, Nona plans a visit, and Tess and Mike plan a face to face meeting with their father. Of course you know what they say about the best laid plans.
Meanwhile, Tess starts her new job, Tess and Tony welcome a new member to their family, the partial remains of two different men are found during a search and rescue mission, and Mike and Bree are faced with an important decision.
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The prodigal son…
Calvin Watters hasn’t been back to USC since the day his scholarship and humility were stripped from the former running back. Calvin had cut all ties to the school, but now finds himself pulled back, when a woman’s dead body is found on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum football field.
…returns home
Detective Charlene Taylor’s new homicide case, a freshman cheerleader’s murder at USC, is complicated. Charlene knows that the USC football team is a close knit family, and getting inside the trusted circle, as a cop, is unlikely.
Calvin Watters is a game-changer…
When Calvin and Charlene meet up on the Coliseum turf, Charlene sees an opportunity to use Calvin to penetrate the Trojan family circle. Little does the detective know, Calvin is now an outsider at USC, no longer welcomed—with many who will go a long way to see the former football star fail.
.ugb-f8987f7 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}.ugb-f8987f7 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-f8987f7 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-f8987f7 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-f8987f7 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Grapes, Ganache & Guilt
Ally Sweet loves running Charlotte’s Chocolate Heaven with her grandmother, Charlotte Sweet. She is looking forward to dinner at a fancy new restaurant with her hunky boyfriend, Detective Luke Elm. They have been very busy lately and never seem to manage to spend time together. So, when Luke starts acting strange at dinner, Ally starts worrying that her relationship is on the rocks.
But that becomes the last thing on Ally’s mind when their dinner is interrupted…. when someone lands up murdered! The victim turns out to be a renowned wine critic who is in the area to write a special on a winery for its two-hundred year anniversary. Ally and Charlotte decide to do a little sleuthing. But wine tasting and wineries are not something they are very familiar with. So, they enlist Mrs. Bing, Mrs. Cale and Mrs. White, to lend a helping hand. Arnold, Charlotte’s lovable pot-bellied pig, and Peaches, Ally’s loyal feline-friend, are by their side to help steer them down the right path.
.ugb-9f351cb .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-9f351cb .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-9f351cb .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-9f351cb .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-9f351cb .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Bone is Where the Heart is
Naomi’s under suspicion of murder and the only witness is a dog. And you thought your day was ruff…
When Naomi’s big city dog grooming business goes belly up, she returns to Harmony Grove with her tail between her legs, looking for a fresh start. The good? Her family is there to support her as she gets back on her feet. The bad? Surprisingly it’s not the fact that she gets struck by lightning, but that she’s discovered next to a body and promptly suspected of murder.
Oh, and she has no alibi.
But Naomi isn’t giving up without a fight. The lightning strike has granted her a unique ability—she can speak with the victim’s dog, Winston, the only one who saw what happened. With his help, can she clear her name, save the town’s no-kill animal shelter, and stop the killer before they get away with murder?
.ugb-99739b7 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}.ugb-99739b7 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-99739b7 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-99739b7 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-99739b7 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Sliced
Tis the season for pumpkin spice and everything nice! With Thanksgiving on the horizon, Lacey Luzzi is all set to cuddle her adorable baby and sexy husband after a giant feast. However, her plans turn belly-up when a dead body appears during the largest bake-off event in St. Paul history.
Amelia Rapport, the front runner to win the state-wide bake-off, has landed face-down in a pool of royal icing, and somehow, it’s Lacey’s job to save the event. If she doesn’t, not only will millions of cookies go to waste, but her life—and the lives of those she loves—will be in danger.
This is one murderer who isn’t ready to be caught, and when Lacey gets too close for comfort, he’s bound and determined the cake won’t be the only thing getting sliced…
.ugb-ddb2082 .ugb-img{width:330px;height:auto !important}.ugb-ddb2082 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-ddb2082 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-ddb2082 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-ddb2082 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Ash Trilogy
Coma Confidential:
Ash finds herself in the ER diagnosed with coma. She has no memory of what has happened to her, but what she can do—despite what everyone around her might think—is listen to the conversations of her visitors. One of them is the man who raped her.
For Ash, there is little time to gather clues: blackouts are happening not only in the hospital but throughout California. The Russian hackers who are intent on sabotaging the power grid are trying to blackmail her boyfriend, Michael, into helping their cause. And what better way for them to do it but by kidnapping her out of the hospital?
Overkill:
The last thing Ash expects when she lands in Clearwater, Florida is to be stalked by a troubled teenager. If that’s not bad enough, she is caught in a shooting spree next to the nearby elementary school. The cops think it’s an attempt at mass killing, but Ash wonders if the only victim was specifically targeted by the killer.
Will she manage to identify him and have him arrested before he comes after her?
Overdose:
After recovering from coma, Ash discovers that the man who performed her brain surgery has a questionable medical experience and a dark past, starting with his medical mission in India ten years ago and ending just recently, with his wife’s suicide. Should Ash expose him, at the risk of becoming vulnerable to his revenge?
.ugb-f3c3cec .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-f3c3cec .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-f3c3cec .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-f3c3cec .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-f3c3cec .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Gossip in the Garden
A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again.
After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn’t seem to convince to leave, and a new family she’d never be able to live without.
.ugb-403a365 .ugb-img{width:338px;height:auto !important}.ugb-403a365 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-403a365 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-403a365 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-403a365 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Rum Raisin Ransom
When a student from a posh prep school goes missing, family members recruit former private investigator Kate Reed to join the search for the young woman. During the early hours of the investigation, Kate discovers that a major element of the crime mirrors a famous case from the past.
After her family’s bakery café closes for the day, Kate works alongside the local police to search for the victim, identify the suspects and pinpoint a motive. When a second high school student vanishes, a sense of panic sweeps through the small town of Crescent Creek. Once a link is established between the abductions and two other recent crimes, the pace of the investigation quickens to find the missing teens before it’s too late.
As she follows one lead to the next, Kate comes across a series of distinct clues. These range from a plastic King Kong figurine, mismatched running shoes and bloodstained blazer to a celebrated ice cream shop, incriminating social media posts, lyrics from an old song by the Eagles and a mischievous dog named Scooby-Don’t.
.ugb-bf7e168 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-bf7e168 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-bf7e168 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-bf7e168 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-bf7e168 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Cats that Cooked the Books
Amazon bestselling all-star author does it again with her 11th book in “The Cats that . . .Cozy Mystery” series. It’s steamy hot in Erie, Indiana. The town is crime-free until a hitman shows up. Katz, Jake and their seven cats are happy at the pink mansion until a blast from the past blows in, leaving dire results in its wake. How does a coincidental meeting trigger such disastrous consequences?
Handsome Stevie has finally found the woman of his dreams, or has he? Why does a viral video bring disaster to the small town? Murder and havoc make this book a thrilling, suspenseful read that will keep you guessing to the very end. It’s up to Katz and her extraordinary cats to solve the puzzle before more bullets fly.
