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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 Something Deadly

by Rachel Lee

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Genre:  Horror / Supernatural

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My Review

I was trying to figure out what it was about this book that made me love it so much.

Was it the setting? The story takes place on a secluded island. Islands are small and have secrets. Everyone knows each other’s business. And if something goes wrong, there’s nowhere to run.

Was it the characters? Being an animal lover, I couldn’t help but like Markie. She’s the new vet hired for the exclusive island. And the medical examiner, Declan, has an open mind. And I thought he was the perfect fit for Markie. And then there’s Kato, Markie’s wolf/husky companion. He and Markie have this almost spiritual connection. They seem to actually communicate with each other.

Or was it the plot? Something was preying on the inhabitants of the beautiful island. The attacks appeared random, leaving the victims hollowed out husks. The condition of the bodies defied explanation and there was no telling who would be next.

I think it was all of three of these and something more. The writing. Rachel Lee had me hooked right from the beginning. The characters could have stepped off the pages, they felt so genuine. I could visualize the island. And it was chilling to “see” the attacks.

Everything worked for me. I read this book several times, returning to it when I wanted to relax with a favorite story in between new books. This is one of those books that isn’t part of a series, but I sure wish it was.

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Synopsis

An island of beauty becomes A GATEWAY TO TERROR…

Few could argue that the exclusive island of San Martin is anything less than paradise. In this wealthy enclave, veterinarian Markie Cross has a thriving practice, but her almost psychic connection to animals has made human relationships — especially with men — harder to navigate. Until mystery, murder and something unfathomable shatter her world…

People are dying strange, unexplained deaths. Island medical examiner Declan Quinn is stunned at the unearthly condition of the bodies, and he and Markie share a dark suspicion that something terrifying and impossible is at work here. Something that may not be human.

As a sinister message becomes clearer, Markie and Dec race to understand the tragic history of this island paradise and unlock the true nature of the evil now descending. Because if they can’t, Markie may become the next victim…

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Beware The East Wind

A Mah Jongg Mystery

by Barbara Barrett


Beware the East Wind (The Mah Jongg Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Bowker (August 17, 2019)
Paperback: 254 pages
ISBN-10: 1948532182
ISBN-13: 978-1948532181
Digital ASIN: B07WJ7KYSW

Beware the east wind! It’s hurricane season in Florida, and everyone’s attention is focused on preparing for the latest tempest. But in Serendipity Springs, mah jongg pals Marianne, Sydney, Micki and Kat are caught in a different kind of whirlwind—a mesmerizing murder case involving a slain hypnotist/chef and the woman police suspect of doing her in, her embittered catering partner, Portia.

About Author Barbara Barrett

Barbara Barrett started reading mysteries when she was pregnant with her first child to keep her mind off things like her changing body and food cravings. When she’d devoured as many Agatha Christies as she could find, she branched out to English village cozies and Ellery Queen.

Later, to avoid a midlife crisis, she began writing fiction at night when she wasn’t at her day job as a human resources analyst for Iowa State Government. After releasing eleven full-length romance novels and one novella, she returned to the cozy mystery genre, using one of her retirement pastimes, the game of mah jongg, as her inspiration. Not only has it been a great social outlet, it has also helped keep her mind active when not writing.

Bamboozled, the second book in her “Mah Jongg Mystery” series, features four friends who play mah jongg together and share otherwise in each other’s lives. None of the four is based on an actual person. Each is an amalgamation of several mah jongg friends with a lot of Barbara’s imagination thrown in for good measure. The four will continue to appear in future books in the series.

Anticipating the day when she would write her first mystery, she has been a member of the Mystery/Romantic Suspense chapter of Romance Writers of America for over a decade. She credits them with helping her hone her craft.

Barbara is married to the man she met her senior year of college. They have two grown children and eight grandchildren.

Author Links: Website / Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest

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Purchase Links

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS

October 24 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

October 24 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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October 26 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT

October 26 – Diane Reviews Books – GUEST POST

October 27 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 Bigfoot War

by Eric S. Brown

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Genre:  Horror

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My Review

Jeff, along with his younger brother and his father, set off into the woods to track down whatever tore apart one of their cows. Jeff was the only survivor of the encounter with a creature straight out of myth. Fifteen years later, he returns to Babble Creek to exact his revenge. He didn’t know the isolated little town would pay the price when he succeeds.

I’ve had a fascination with Bigfoot for many years. Read a bunch of books. Watched a bunch of movies. Some funny, some not so funny. I especially like the not so funny ones. and Bigfoot War is definitely not so funny.

When Jeff killed the bigfoot that destroyed his family, it turns out the big fella was part of a tribe and they, in turn, came calling for their own revenge. It was like Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em robots as they laid waste to the town and it’s inhabitants. Body parts were strewn about and the blood ran through the streets as the creatures picked them off one by one.

Eric reminds me another cyptid horror writer that I really enjoy in that he doesn’t hesitate to kill off his characters. I learned early on not to get attached to any of them as the body count is huge. Even knowing this, I couldn’t help but pull for the people of Babble Creek. The odds weren’t good but they banded together to somehow survive until help came.

This book was super fast paced and the action was pretty much nonstop. When I reached for a sip of my iced tea, I discovered the ice cubes had long ago melted and the beverage was warm.

If you like your sasquatch with sharp claws, tremendous strength, big teeth and a bad attitude, Bigfoot Wars would be a great read for ya. It was for me.

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Synopsis

Jeff Taylor was an ordinary boy growing up in the small town of Babble Creek, North Carolina, until one night his life was changed forever when a sasquatch brutally murdered his family. Taylor fled the town, hoping to leave the painful memory behind. Years later, after two tours of duty in the Iraq War, he’s back in Babble Creek seeking vengeance. Taylor’s lust for the blood of the monster that slew his family sets in motion a series of events that soon has the entire town fighting for its life as a tribe of sasquatches descend from the forests and hills into Babble Creek to declare war upon its citizens. Babble Creek is about to find out Bigfoot is very real and there’s more than one of the creatures that want to fill the streets with blood.

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

I’m also linking up with The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

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Some chit chat.

This has been a wild week. The weather went from cold to hot, clear skies to stormy. At times, the winds reminded me of a tropical storm. One good thing about rainy days, they’re great for napping. LOL

There’s something weird going on with my computer. When I visit Goodreads, I can view the book I’m looking at but when I try to advance down the page to check out reviews, it just keeps buffering. And when I try to visit LinkedIn it just buffers. And worst of all, when I visit my Facebook page, it’s just a blank white page. I’m too tired and frustrated to worry about it right now and I hope it all resolves itself.

Other than that, it’s been a great week in reading and movies. Lot’s of scary stuff!

Have a lovely Sunday everyone.

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My new books this week.

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Breakdown: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival series (Dark Road Book 1) by [Miller, Bruno]  Witch Inheritance (A Mackenzie Coven Mystery Book 1) by [Parin, Sonia]

Snow Cold Case: A Mystic Snow Globe Romantic Mystery (The Mystic Snow Globe Mystery Series Book 1) by [Andrews, M.Z.]  Pastels and Jingle Bells (Heavenly Bites Novella #1) (Heavenly Bites Novellas) by [Feldman, Christine S.]

Holiday Inc. Christian Romance: Three Book Set by [Dearen, Tamie]

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 My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019 has begun! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st! Here’s this weeks stuff!

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Other posts on my blog this week.

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #20 ~ The Damned: Trackers #4

Ten Halloween Books ~ Enter to win!

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #21 ~ Rolling In The Deep

Little Hearts by Breanna Hayse ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Tales From The Storm by C.R. Langille~ Spotlight and Giveaway

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #22 ~ The 12 Terrors Of Christmas

The Confession Of Mr. Darcy, Vampire by Colette L. Saucier ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #23 ~ Shutter

The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr ~ Review and Giveaway

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #24 ~ The Nightmare Room

Say You Love Me by Willow Rose ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #25 ~ Red Swarm

Body Farm Z by Deborah Sheldon ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #26 ~ The Haunted

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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 The Haunted

by Michaelbrent Collings

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Genre:  Horror

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My Review

I’ve read several of this author’s books and he has a way of getting under my skin and giving me a good scare. This was a book I grabbed several years back. Read and enjoyed. And somehow neglected to review. It’s time to do that now.

Whether it’s the house or the people in it, I’m always up for a good haunting. And this starts haunting you right from the beginning. Don’t think it’s just another abandoned house story. I kept visualizing what was happening and this one chilled me to the bone.

There’s The Before. What Sarah refers to as the mysterious event that occurred before they moved into the new house and tried to start anew. I was so curious and the author kept the reveal just out of reach. A great hook to keep my curiosity peaked.

Then there’s the settling in to their new home. The strange, frightening occurrences begin immediately. And they just keep getting worse. Sarah and Cap are between a rock and a hard place. They can’t afford to move and they won’t be driven from their home. Even if they wanted to leave, the house won’t let them.

There you have it. A terrifying haunting. A family that can’t escape it. And then, the big reveal. The Before. I didn’t see that coming at all. And the ending. Whoa. Didn’t see that coming either.

Collings delivers with The Haunted. Just like Sarah and Cap, I couldn’t escape this book until I read the last word.

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Synopsis

They have the beginnings of a perfect family. A husband, a wife, a baby on the way.

But something will stop them from being happy as they move into their new house: the power of the undead that roam the halls of their home.

The demons that have come to claim them. The darkness that seeks to destroy them.

The haunted.

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Body Farm Z
by Deborah Sheldon
Genre: Horror
To solve murders, you must understand the process of decomposition.
Australia’s newest body farm, the Victorian Taphonomic Experimental Research
Institute, is hidden in bushland some four hours’ drive from Melbourne.
Scattered across its 150 acres are human donor cadavers and pig carcasses
arranged to mimic some of the ways in which police might find murder victims:
exposed to the elements, buried in a shallow grave, wrapped in tarpaulin.
Forensic scientists and graduate students meticulously track each stage of
putrefaction. Today, Detective Rick Evans of the Homicide Squad is at VITERI
for the re-creation of one of his cold cases. A human donor will be locked
inside a car. But the donor has other ideas… So begins a facility-wide
outbreak of the reanimated dead. 
I’m an award-winning author from Melbourne, Australia. I write short stories, novellas and novels across the darker spectrum.
My latest releases, through several publishing houses, include the horror novels “Body Farm Z”, “Contrition”, and “Devil Dragon”; the horror novella “Thylacines”; the crime-noir novellas “Dark Waters” and “Ronnie and Rita”; and the dark fantasy and horror collection “Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories” (winner of the Australian Shadows Best Collected Work 2017).
My short fiction has appeared in many well-respected magazines such as Quadrant, Island, Aurealis, SQ Mag, and Midnight Echo. My fiction has been shortlisted for numerous Australian Shadows Awards and Aurealis Awards, long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award, and included in various “best of” anthologies. I’m also guest editor of this year’s edition of Midnight Echo.
Other credits include TV scripts such as Neighbours and Australia’s Most Wanted, feature articles for national magazines, non-fiction books published by Reed Books and Random House, and award-winning medical writing.
Publisher: Severed Press
Facebook: @SeveredPress  Twitter: @severedpress
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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 Red Swarm

by Jamie Hutchison

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My Review

Feast your eyes on the thrilling cover art. I love stories about unstoppable creatures and insurmountable odds. A fellow book lover liked this one so how could I resist it.

I read this about eight months ago and I somehow missed sharing a review. It shows how much fun I had reading it that I still recall things so well. Divers from the Royal Navy come under attack by a swarm of eel like creatures during a diving test. An investigation reveals the creatures were genetically modified to become a new food source and escaped during a storm. Now they are loose, looking for food and they like the taste of human flesh.

The action and suspense starts right out of the gate. The creatures are growing in size, appetite and intelligence. And they’re expanding their hunting grounds to dry land. With deadly creature stories, I’m all about the attacks. I want a lot of them. And this book is chock full of some really harrowing ones.  As the creatures expand their hunting grounds, the US joins with the Royal Navy. It was wild to see how closely the creatures coordinated attacks resembled those of the military trying to combat them. And some of the battles were super gory as both sides tried to destroy the other.

I was able to check off all of the boxes for what I want in a creature horror book with Red Swarm. Awesome sea monsters, courageous and genuine characters and edge of your seat suspense and action. I’ve already grabbed the next book, Black Spawn, and anticipate another thrilling read.

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Synopsis

Beneath the waves lurks new deadly predators .

On a cold November morning the crew of the Anti-Submarine Frigate HMS Sabre witnesses divers being attacked and devoured by a vast shoal of ferocious fish.

Marine Biologist Mark Yates teams up with the Royal Navy to combat the threat not only to the British Isles but all the world oceans.

The first of Mark Yates high seas adventures.

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Say You Love Me
Eva Rae Thomas Mysteries Book 4
by Willow Rose
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense 
 
 

Former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is back and embedded in a true nightmare
reaching deep into her own family.

What would you do if your brother was accused of a horrible crime, and you
were certain he didn’t do it?
Life is not done throwing Eva Rae Thomas curveballs.
A phone call turns her life upside down – once again. The call is
from her father, the man she hasn’t seen in thirty-six years, not
since he kidnapped her sister in a supermarket.
Now, he is back in Florida, and he needs her help. Her younger brother –
who she didn’t know existed – has been arrested on Amelia Island.
The boy is in a coma after being shot by an officer during the
incident. But his father doesn’t believe the police, and he asks
for Eva Rae’s help to prove it.
At the same time, a serial killer is planning one of the most horrific
mass killings in history.
Will Eva Rae find it in her heart to help her father after what he did to
her? Will facing him again set her free or pull her under?
SAY YOU LOVE ME is the fourth book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery
Series and can be read as a standalone.
**Only .99 cents 10/2 – 10/8 !!! **
 
 
The Queen of Scream aka Willow Rose is a #1 Amazon Best-selling Author
and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 60 novels.
She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror,
Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.
Willow’s books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won’t
see coming. Several of her books have reached the Kindle top 10 of
ALL books in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than three
million books.
Willow lives on Florida’s Space Coast with her husband and two daughters.
When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and
watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
 
 
 
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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 The Nightmare Room

The Messy Man #1

by Chris Sorensen

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My Review

The Nightmare Room. What a great title. And the cover. Chilling, isn’t it? I grabbed this one and settled in for some spooky reading.

It didn’t disappoint. Creepy noises. Shadows seen out of the corner of the eye. An old farm house with a mysterious past. And then the true terror begins for a family trying to recover from a tragedy and start anew. These were all checked off on my spooky list.

I had a good time with this haunting. It had some really eerie atmosphere. And as things got darker, there were times I was looking over my shoulder, startled at a noise behind me. And the author brought to life these characters. Made me feel for them and fear for them. This was a good start to The Messy Man series and I’ll be reading more.

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Synopsis

A boy in a basement, a man in a booth and a darkness that threatens to swallow them both…

New York audiobook narrator Peter Larson and his wife Hannah head to his hometown of Maple City to help Peter’s ailing father and to put a recent tragedy behind them. Though the small, Midwestern town seems the idyllic place to start afresh, Peter and Hannah will soon learn that evil currents flow beneath its surface.

They move into an old farmhouse on the outskirts of town—a house purchased by Peter’s father at auction and kept secret until now—and start to settle into their new life.

But as Peter sets up his recording studio in a small basement room, disturbing things begin to occur—mysterious voices haunt audio tracks, malevolent shadows creep about the house. And when an insidious presence emerges from the woodwork, Peter must face old demons in order to save his family and himself.

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“Too many twists and turns to easily share about this book. Nevertheless, Carr has pulled off another “hit” that kept me reading in one setting until the clues were so well together that the villain fell into our laps…or Chris’s, LOL Carr has put a lot into the book beyond the mysteries this time…Characters enjoyed chocotinis, visited book stores…and even blundered into getting engaged (the ring had been purchased 4 months ago)… But, for me, a special thank you for the political spoof at a time when politics at the national level is devastating, gave me a laugh and lightened the load of it all!” Review by Glenda Bixler, Book Reader’s Heaven 

  The Last Thing She Said

A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery #3

by Lauren Carr

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Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +),  386 pages
Genre:  Mystery
Publisher:  Acorn Book Services
Release date:   July 22, 2019
Formats available for purchase:  paperback, ebook, audiobook (audible & itunes)
Tour dates: October 7 to November 15, 2019
Content Rating:  PG-13 (Lauren Carr’s books are murder mysteries, so there are murders involved. Occasionally, a murder will happen on stage. There is sexual content, but always behind closed doors. Some mild swearing (a hell or a damn few and far between). No F-bombs!

My Review

I’ve been reaing Lauren’s books as fast as she can release them. This newer series is every bit as dear to me as the others.

It is such fun to be back with these characters. There are many. I love how Lauren puts a directory at the beginning. It lists all of the important characters and shares who they are in connection to the story and each other. I always read them to refresh my memory.

I fell right into the story. It’s like the characters stepped onto the stage. There’s murder, kidnapping and all kinds of nefarious shenanigans to be revealed.

The romance is funny and spicy. The mysteries convoluted and hard to figure out. And the ending is one of those, oh, I didn’t see that coming, ones.

And the non human characters play some key roles in making sure everyone stays alive. From a giant rabbit, to a cat mistaken for a skunk and an ankle biting Jack Russell, to two very clever and mischievous German Shepherds, the fun never ends. And if you think bears only poop in the woods, think again. LOL

I loved this from beginning to end and hope Lauren writes another one really fast.

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Synopsis

“I’m working on the greatest mystery ever,” was the last thing noted mystery novelist Mercedes Livingston said to seven-year-old Chris Matheson before walking out of Hill House Hotel never to be seen again.

For decades, the writer’s fate remained a puzzling mystery until an autographed novel and a letter put a grown-up Chris Matheson on the trail of a cunning killer. With the help of a team of fellow retired law enforcement officers, each a specialist in their own field of investigation, Chris puts a flame to this cold case to uncover what had really happened that night Mercedes Livingston walked out of Hill House Hotel. Watch out! The clues are getting hot!

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Meet Author Lauren Carr: 
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 Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Thorny Rose, Mac
Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries—over
twenty titles across four fast-paced mystery series filled with twists
and turns!
Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at
conventions. She lives with her husband, and two spoiled rotten German shepherds on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with the author:   Website  ~  Twitter  ~  Facebook  ~  Instagram
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