Anyway, it was A Christmas Miracle in Pajaro Bay by Barbara Cool Lee. I have been reading her Pajaro Bay series and really like the California coastal town that is her setting and all the intrigue that happens along the coast. Smugglers, drug dealers, and small town revenge.
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"Readers praise the series for its "sweetness," its "excellent characterization," and say the books are "adorable, lively and like a warm hug."
I have to agreed. While there is suspense and unique, quirky characters the books are feel good reads, so even if you don't have one that is set around the holidays, reading it will give you the same warm feelings. To learn more about Barbara check out her website: http://barbaracoollee.com/
If you are wondering what Shandra Higheagle, my mystery character has been up to, her latest book,
Toxic Trigger-point is now available in ebook and print.
Adultery… Jealousy… Murder
Shandra Higheagle Greer is minding her own business when she
walks into a room for a massage and it is already occupied—by a dead body.
Always the champion for someone she knows, when her favorite
masseuse looks like the murderer, Shandra listens to her gut and dreams choreographed
by her deceased grandmother.
Detective Ryan Greer can’t believe his wife has walked into
another homicide. He’s learned no matter how he tries to keep her out of the
investigation he can’t. But this time the consequences could be deadly for Shandra—she
heard the murder happen.
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Paty Jager is an award-winning author of 42
novels, 8 novellas, and numerous anthologies of murder mystery and western
romance. All her work has Western or Native American elements in them along
with hints of humor and engaging characters. Paty and her husband raise alfalfa hay in rural eastern
Oregon. Riding horses and battling rattlesnakes, she not only writes the
western lifestyle, she lives it.
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5 comments:
Thanks for the introduction to Barbara Cool Lee, Paty. I've yet to read her books. Her books look like ones I'd like to read. And Shandra? She's gotten herself into a real pickle this time!
Thanks for the recommendations, and I'm excited about your new Shandra mystery!
It sounds like Barbara Cool Lee writes what I like to read - a true cosy mystery with interesting characters. Thanks for the recommendation.
The plot of your new Shandra book is EXACTLY what I would imagine happening if I was still getting regular massages. I'm always thinking "what if I find a body on the beach, or at the edge of the woods, or on the hiking trail, or...". I'm happy to say none of that has happened--yet.
I'm checking out the cozy mystery. Like Lu, I too imagine what would happen if I came upon a body. True story - I lived in an apartment in VA - the back (and my bedroom) looked out over a tree filled area that was a pleasant view, blocking all the busy city streets beyond. I had a third floor apartment with balconies to the front and back, one overlooking the little forest. It was like living in a tree house, where I was high enough to see bird nests. I used to cut through the back to get to the sidewalks that took me to work not far away. Right before I moved, they discovered a body under piles of leaves and fallen branches. I shiver to think if I had been the one who walked over that body and discovered it, or looked out my bedroom window and witnessed something I never want to see. It still haunts me that I m ight have been in the apartment as a murder took place, or as a body was dragged to the site to hide it. So to all of you who can write mysteries, kudos. It scares me to even think about it. And, I have to admit, I read all mysteries during the day :-)
Paty,
Great blog post! It gives me the shivers thinking about finding a body! I did live in an upstairs apartment years ago and came home from work to find the downstairs apartment had crime scene tape around the entrance. The police were still there and said that the room mates had an argument and the one stabbed the other to death.
I was so glad when I moved in a couple weeks. That was bad Ju-ju!!!
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