Eternally 21: A Mrs. Frugalicious Shopping Mystery (27 page)

www.lindajoffehull.com

about the author

Linda is a native of Saint Louis, Missouri, but she currently resides in Denver with her husband and three children. She is a longtime member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, a Director-at-Large on the national board of Mystery Writers of America, and is a RMFW Writer of the Year nominee.

The Big Bang
, from Tyrus Books, is her debut novel. She is at work on a second novel as well as the Mrs. Frugalicious mystery series.

acknowledgments

To Terri Bischoff, for not only believing in me before I did but making this happen. You’re a joy to work with and a truly great friend.

To Nicole Nugent, Courtney Colton, and all the members of the Midnight Ink team, for helping to transform Mrs. Frugalicious from a figment of my imagination into real, live fiction.

To Josh Getzler and Dana Kaye, for your ongoing support, guidance, enthusiasm, and great ideas.

To Margie Moskowitz, awesome cheerleader and even better critic, and the extended Hull, Joffe, and Moskowitz clans for everything you do. Love you guys!

To Cary Cazzanigi, Becky Stevens, Carleen Evanoff, Kay Bergstrom, Chris Jorgenson, Mari Stevens, Julie Goldsmith, Wendy Kelly, Mark Stevens, and Joel Reiff—all of whom helped make this book possible in a variety of ways.

To Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, the Hand Hotel Gang, the Rocky Mountain chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and my fellow Midnight Inkers, for the incredible ongoing support.

To Andrew, Evan and Eliza—seriously, you’re the best, coolest kids ever.

To Brandon—thank you for showing me how it’s supposed to be done every day and graciously accepting that I’ll never be able to do it as well.

And finally, to my dear friend Ben LeRoy. Remember that one book idea we came up with on the way to the airport …?

Heard it Through the Grapevine

A Dead Sister Talking Mystery

Lizbeth Lipperman

Television personality Elaina Garcia has been offered the job of a lifetime as a news anchor. It will mean moving away from her lover Dan Maguire, but Lainey feels like she can’t pass up this golden opportunity. Her exciting plans are disrupted when she discovers that her estranged sister, Tessa, who runs the family winery, has died.

Back in her hometown of Vineyard, Texas, Lainey comes face to face with her dead sister. The problem is that Tessa is not in the coffin. Dealing with the wisecracking ghost of her foul-mouthed sibling, Lainey and her three surviving sisters set out to fulfill Tessa’s wish from beyond the grave—to find out who killed her.

978-0-7387-3602-0, 336 pp., 5
3
⁄
16
x 8

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Picture Perfect Corpse

A Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery

Joanna Campbell Slan

Everyone says she’s a hero, but Kiki feels terrible for killing the man who masterminded her husband’s murder. Except for a minor head injury, she survived the deadly shoot-out—and her unborn baby is right as rain. Detective Chad Detweiler is overjoyed about becoming a father. But their good luck plummets when Brenda Detweiler is found shot to death—and police trace the bullets to Chad’s revolver.

978-0-7387-3538-2, 336 pp., 5
3
⁄
16
x 8

To order, call 1-877-NEW-WRLD

Prices subject to change without notice

Order at Llewellyn.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!