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A few minutes after he hires Samantha Darling as a therapist, Dr. Burns is murdered. Stunned by his sudden death and desperate to keep the job she just got, Sam vows to find the killer.
She has two things going for her. The first is that her brother Rob is a cop, and she figures the crime-solving thing has to be genetic. The second is that Sam is a little bit psychic—a trait she’s come to accept, though it can be inconvenient at times.
With the help of her landlord and her dog, Sam sets out to solve the murder. Along the way, she spends time with the hot new guy in town and tries NOT to spend time with her old beau.
Using her “psychic vibes,” her wit, and her charm, Sam bumbles along and finally solves the mystery, but not before going in the wrong direction more than once.
When a man falls down at Samantha Darling’s feet, she thinks it’s pretty funny. But she stops joking when he turns up dead.
Social worker and would-be crime-solver Sam is busy trying to unravel the mystery as the death toll keeps mounting. She’s thrilled to be hired by the handsome local PI to work in the ER and investigate.
“I’m being paid to snoop! I’ve died and gone to heaven.” Her elation quickly evaporates when she finds out that her sister Jen is being investigated for the murders.
A trio of other suspects, a poisoning scare for her best bud and canine companion Clancy, and the back-and-forth pull of Sam’s attraction to the dreamy Michael and the loyal George keep her unbalanced as she tries to juggle social work, secret sleuthing, and a romantic triangle. As usual, Sam takes her snooping to extraordinary heights. She can’t seem to stop putting her nose where it doesn’t belong.
And this time…she may have gone too far.
Be on the lookout in the spring of 2014 for the fourth in the Sam Darling series…
Will You Marry Me?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks go to:
My readers! Please let me hear what you think by posting a brief review. Indie writers depend upon reviews because we don’t have the big budgets of large publishing companies. And if you enjoyed this book and the other Sam Darling mysteries, please tell your friends.
My beta readers, Jan Bozarth Smith and Nikki Shields, who are great at pointing out typos and confusing sentences.
Patrice Fitzgerald, of eFitzgerald Publishing, who has given me encouragement and support throughout the writing of this book.
Richie Klauser for the use of his first name. Richie in the book bears no resemblance to the real-life Richie. The real guy is a runner and an athlete, the fictional Richie—not so much.
Joe Osier for cool ideas regarding Richie’s occupation in the book.
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) for the impetus to write this third Sam Darling book.
Panera Bread of Quincy, Illinois, for allowing me to sit and write for hours. In the book, they’re called the Bread Company.
Toni Taylor of Tiger Imagery for permission to use her beautiful photograph as the basis for the cover photo.
Keri Knutson for her lovely cover, taking Toni’s photograph and turning it into exactly what I needed for this book.
Dan at Book Sends for expert formatting.
My own Game of Crones for giving me the inspiration for Julianne Harmon, “earrings to the ground and boobs to the sky.”
Gloria Rosenthal for the use of her lovely name.
The Housewife Writers for supporting me and accepting me even though I’m neither a house nor a wife.
Jerilyn Bozarth Dufresne is the oldest of nine, and that group gave her the inspiration for the Darling Family, although her sibs fight a lot more and have cornered the market on sarcasm. She returned to her hometown of Quincy, Illinois after having lived a nomadic middle part of her life. Currently she is a writer, an outpatient therapist at a local mental health clinic, and adjunct faculty at Quincy University. She and her dog Gus live with and are tolerated by two cats.
This is Jerilyn’s third Samantha Darling Mystery. Both
Who Killed My Boss?
and
Any Meat in That Soup?
are available at Amazon.com. Coming up in the spring will be her her fourth,
Will You Marry Me?
She is also working on a stand-alone mystery—
Reality Is Murder
—and is collaborating with her publisher on a sci-fi book story based in Hugh Howey’s world of
Wool
.
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www.jerilyndufresne.net
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CAN YOU PICTURE THIS?
Electronic Edition
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Edition: March 2014
Published by eFitzgerald Electronic Publishing
Cover design by Keri Knutson
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