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Demise of a Devious Neighbor: A River's Edge Cozy Mystery - Softcover
Book 2 of 3: River's Edge Mystery Series
Synopsis
The reverberating bangs shake Melanie Perkin's nerves. Either someone's aiming at her truck, or they don't know fireworks are supposed to go upward. Could things get any worse? Yes. The next day she discovers a dead body in the barn on her late parents' farm, Sheriff's Deputy Granger's gun pointed at the chest of a primary suspect – someone she holds dear. Illegal merchandise flooding the small Iowa town of River's Edge, upcoming Fourth of July activities, and a half-finished manuscript all hinder her determined efforts to solve the crime, before an innocent person is convicted of murder. In this, the second novel in beloved, cozy mystery writer Elaine Orr's River's Edge series, the author once again offers humor, believable characters and tight prose as she carries the reader to an exciting climax. Those who follow her Jolie Gentil series will find themselves right at home. You won’t want to miss this one!
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About the Author
Elaine L. Orr writes three mystery series. Theeleven-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series is set at the Jersey shore, andBehind the Walls was a finalist for the 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and MayhemAwards. The three-book River's Edge series takes place along the meandering DesMoines River, and Demise of a Devious Neighbor was a Chanticleerfinalist in 2017. The Logland series, set in small-town Illinois, has one bookwith another underway.
Elaine also writes plays andnovellas, including the one-act play, Common Ground published in 2015.Her novella, Biding Time, was one of five finalists in the NationalPress Club's first fiction contest, in 1993. Recent reflective fiction includesFalling Into Place and In the Shadow of Light.
Elaine conducts presentations on electronicpublishing and other writing-related topics and has online classes on theTeachable Platform, as Lifelong Dreams. Nonfiction includes Writing inRetirement: Putting New Year's Resolutions to Work, and Words to WriteBy: Getting Your Thoughts on Paper. A member of Sisters in Crime, Elainegrew up in Maryland and moved to the Midwest in 1994.
Elaine graduated from the University of Dayton and the American University. Shedid some journalism course work at the University of Maryland and has taken fictioncourses from The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD, the University of Iowa SummerWriting Festival, and Georgetown University's Continuing Education Program.Elaine is a regular attendee at Magna Cum Murder, held each October inIndianapolis.
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