Acknowledgments
I can’t stop thanking Carina Press and Harlequin for their amazing support and encouragement. I’m frequently awestruck by the obvious love they have for their authors. Their endless patience and enthusiasm put me on track to become a proper mystery writer. I hope I’ll make them proud. I’m also amazingly thankful for my blessed editor, Deborah Nemeth. I think I owe her a bottle of wine, or perhaps, a pledge of my fealty. She’s basically fantastic, and I love her. Huge, humongous thanks to Jennifer Anderson, Dawn Dowdle, Melinda Crown and the rest of my girl crew who keep me going when I want to give up. Finally, big bear hugs to my precious parents for believing I can change the world, and to my colossally fantastic husband and offspring for loving me while I try.
Also available from Julie Anne Lindsey
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A Geek Girl’s Guide to Murder
Murder by the Seaside
Murder Comes Ashore
Murder in Real Time
And stay tuned for the next book in The Geek Girl Mysteries series,
A Geek Girl’s Guide to Justice
Coming Fall 2016
About the Author
Julie Anne Lindsey is a multigenre author who writes the stories that keep her up at night. She’s a self-proclaimed nerd with a penchant for words and proclivity for fun. Julie lives in rural Ohio with her husband and three children. Today, she hopes to make someone smile. One day she plans to change the world.
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Don’t miss geek girl Mia Connors’s first case in A GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER—available now!
A GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER
The Geek Girl Mysteries, book one
“Anyone looking to step further than the usual cozy crime story will enjoy this book, and geek girls won’t need a second invitation when they see a fun title like A GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER.”
—Fresh Fiction
IT manager Mia Connors is up to her tortoiseshell glasses in drama. A glitch in the Horseshoe Falls email system disrupts security and sends errant messages to residents of the gated community. Her best friend has disappeared. And she finds another of her friends murdered—in her office.
When the hunky new head of Horseshoe Falls security identifies Mia as the prime suspect, her anxiety level registers on the Richter scale. Eager to clear her name, this geek girl must put her high IQ to work uncovering the killer!
The Geek Girl Mysteries continues with A GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO JUSTICE.
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If you loved A GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO ARSENIC by Julie Anne Lindsey, you’ll want to meet Patience Price, resident crime-solving counselor on Chincoteague Island in The Patience Price Mysteries series!
MURDER BY THE SEASIDE
The Patience Price Mysteries, book one
Armed with a new counseling degree, Patience Price is eager to move back home to Chincoteague Island to help folks with their problems. But the streets are awash in more than East Coast charm. There’s been a murder, and Adrian Davis, the town golden boy who once stomped her heart into a zillion pieces, is the main suspect. Now he’s on the run, claiming he’s innocent. Patience finds this...poetic. Not that she holds a grudge.
Things really heat up when a hunky former coworker, an FBI agent, arrives to help. But he may be too late; the quaint island harbors deadly secrets—and Patience is running out of time.
MURDER COMES ASHORE
The Patience Price Mysteries, book two
“This sequel to Murder by the Seaside has plenty of action and a heroine who is a trouble magnet.”
—RT Book Reviews
Most islanders celebrate the reprieve of summer tourism with cider, mums and cocoa, but sharks, birders and a possible serial killer seem intent on ruining autumn for Patience Price.
MURDER IN REAL TIME
The Patience Price Mysteries, book three
“Another fine mystery....An enjoyable read.”
—RT Book Reviews
When a popular reality show host is murdered at the local bed-and-breakfast, Chincoteague Island is overrun with grieving fans, paparazzi and a gunman who puts Patience Price in the crosshairs.
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If you think accidental sleuths make the best detectives, you’ll love The Ladies Smythe & Westin!
CARDIAC ARREST by Lisa Q. Mathews
The Ladies Smythe & Westin, book one
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Summer Smythe, a twentysomething party girl making a fresh start in a ritzy Florida retirement community, teams up with her neighbor, feisty senior Dorothy Westin, to clear her name in the murder of her popular—but heartless—cardiologist boss.
In PERMANENTLY BOOKED (The Ladies Smythe & Westin, book two) Summer and Dorothy have a new mystery to solve when they find the community’s librarian buried in books. Literally.
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ISBN-13: 9781459290396
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