NEW! Trouble is brewing for coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen when her barista's wealthy beau is murdered.
And, unfortunately, Amy was the last person to have seen him alive.
Coffee, a canine and a corpse A bad feeling leads to an even worse discovery when Maggy tries to return a Chihuahua to its owners in the new coffeehouse mystery.
In the tenth installment of the Maggy Thorsen mysteries, coffee shop owner Maggy confronts a number of mysterious deaths and has an important decision to make about her future with Sheriff Jake Pavlik in The Important of Being Urnest, which Publishers Weekly calls "Balzo's witty 10th mystery… has loads of eccentric suspects and juicy motives, and the clues are wrapped in lively conversation.” From Publishers Lunch . . .
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A Little About Sandy...
Sandra Balzo turned to mystery writing after twenty years in corporate public relations, event management and publicity in Wisconsin. Death of a Bean Counter, her twelfth Maggy Thorsen coffeehouse mystery, was released this spring and she just turned in the manuscript for Maggy #13, Flat White. The series has been optioned for development as a possible television series or film.
Hit and Run is the third book in the Main Street Murder series, set in the popular vacation destination of North Carolina’s High Country.
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Hero Dogs is featuring Jerry's namesake (Hero Dog Jeremiah Healy) in this issue of The Paw Print. Thank you to everyone who donated in Jerry's name, especially Brendan DuBois and SJ Rozan, who organized it all. Jeremiah--a beautiful golden retriever--is nearly six years old, can you believe it? He's an essential worker in the Inova Children's Emergency Room at Loudoun Hospital, bringing comfort to kids and, now, Covid patients, but also to his fellow healthcare workers.
Get ready for your next great read - author Sandra Balzo has written her 10th novel featuring heroine Maggy Thorsen, The Important of Being Urnest, came out in December.
In this month's Southern Writers
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