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Speaking of romance—and mystery—please read on to the next section, which is a QUICK PEEK at a new spin-off series.
WHAT'S NEXT?
One of the great delights in writing is the chance to play with story elements: characters, settings, structure, point of view. This new Sockeye County series will give me the chance to expand on the cast of characters from the Imogene Museum series, develop them in more depth in the context of their community and give you a peek inside the heads of many of them. Also, I think the tone may be more lighthearted and frisky.
But there’s still definitely a mystery, and I’m having loads of fun incorporating actual local news stories (fictionalized, of course) into the plot. Crazy things that only (but really, truly) happen in the country…
SOCKEYE COUNTY SHORTS
Sockeye County Mysteries #1
What do you do when you’ve stolen a readily identifiable object worth millions? An item no pawnshop operator in his right mind would touch.
And the cops—county, state, feds, every agency with a terrifying three-letter acronym—are hot on your trail?
Ditch the goods, of course. Even if it’s arguable that you’re not too bright.
But where?
Ahh, indeed…
Everybody knows where the pursuit dead-ended, but nobody’s found the treasure—yet. And most have given up.
Except one guy.
A conman of the most despicable character. A lowlife in every sense of the word, who forgot the difference between a truth and a fabrication a long time ago.
Time is running out. And his not-quite-ex wife is going to be just thrilled to see him. Not to mention Sheriff Marge Stettler, who banned him (unofficially—but very, very officially in all the ways that really matter) from her county for his many indiscretions.
…because the real question is, what risks do you have to take to retrace the last steps and muddled reasoning of an inept thief—the unpredictable yahoo who was a few nuggets short of a gold mine even in the best of circumstances?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jerusha writes cozy mystery series which are set along the rivers and amid the forests of her beloved Pacific Northwest. She spends most of her time seated in front of her attic window, engaged in daydreaming with intermittent typing or pinning Post-It notes to corkboards (better safe than sorry!). She also considers maple-frosted, cream-filled doughnuts an essential component of her writer's toolkit.
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Tin Can Cozy Mystery Series
Mercury Rising
Silicon Waning
Carbon Dating
Silver Lining
Lead Flying
Mayfield Cozy Mystery Series
Bait & Switch
Grab & Go
Hide & Find
Cash & Carry
Tried & True
Rock Bottom
Doubled Up
Sight Shot
Tin Foil
Faux Reel
Shift Burn
Stray Narrow