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An Unwilling Suspect
By Jo A. Hiestand
The McLaren Mysteries, Book 7
Publisher: Jo A. Hiestand
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Genre: British Mystery/Police
Proceedural
Length: 322 Pages
ISBN: 978-1546620471
ASIN: B071Z372VG
About the book:
McLaren’s fiancée tragically died one month
ago. Trying to heal emotionally from her death, McLaren settles into a rented
farmhouse in the woods near picturesque Lake Windermere, in Cumbria. But he’s
barely had a chance to rest when Helen, the woman in the neighboring cottage,
is killed…and is discovered near his front door.
Because
McLaren had spent much of the previous day with her, and his snowy footprints
lead to and from her house, he becomes the prime murder suspect in what the
police label a frustrated romantic advance.
Motives
for Helen’s murder are as chilling as the outdoor temperature. There’s the
hands-on garage mechanic who’d like to put his hands all over her, the affluent
fishing guide, and Helen’s former boyfriend who wanted to renew the
relationship.
Can
McLaren find the killer before the police jail him for murder?
EXCERPTThe acrid smell of smoke woke him. He lay in bed, trying to understand what was happening. As the significance of the odor occurred to him, he threw back the duvet and got up quickly.He forgot that he’d looked up a few things last night. He must have fallen asleep without putting away the laptop, for it flipped off the top of the bed and crashed onto the floor. “Damn.” He bent over and picked it up. The top dangled, gripping the keyboard by its left edge. McLaren punched the power button but nothing happened. The screen stayed black. He tossed the laptop onto the bed and quickly slipped into his jeans and shoes as the odor intensified.He ran into the front room. Fingers of light gray smoke threaded through the air and he coughed, but he saw no other sign of fire. He checked the back room, kitchen and second bedroom, but encountered nothing more than smoke. As he dashed back into the front, he glanced outside. The land was on fire.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
A month-long trip to England
during her college years introduced Jo
Hiestand to the joys of Things British. Since then, she has been lured back nearly a
dozen times, and lived there during her professional folk singing stint. This intimate knowledge of Britain forms the
backbone of both the Taylor & Graham mysteries and the McLaren cold case
mystery series.
Jo’s insistence for accuracy, from police
methods and location layout to the general feel of the area, has driven her
innumerable times to Derbyshire for research.
These explorations and conferences with police friends provide the
detail filling the books.
In 1999 Jo returned to
Webster University to major in English.
She graduated in 2001 with a BA degree and departmental honors.
Her cat Tennyson shares her
St. Louis home.
Website: https://www.johiestand.com/
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