The first of every month we feature releases from our
Debut Authors Class. Please take a look and let’s celebrate their
success!
Kay Kendall - Desolation Row--An Austin Starr Mystery (Stairway Press) March 2013
It's
1968. The Cold War is hot, the Vietnam War is raging, and the women's movement is
beating a far-distant drum. When Austin Starr's husband decides to protest the
war by emigrating from Texas to Canada, she goes along, with the biblical
dictate of "whither-thou-goest I will go" ringing in her ears. No
activist herself, Austin is already homesick and drowning in culture shock when
her husband is accused of murdering a fellow draft resister, the black-sheep
son of a U.S. Senator.
The
Mounties aren't supposed to harass draft-age boys but the truth is very
different, especially when political pressure is applied by both the victim's
father and the Canadian prime minister's office. They may have a reputation for
always getting their man, but Austin is convinced this time they have the wrong
one. Once courted by the CIA, and a lover of mystery and espionage novels,
Austin launches her own investigation into the murder. When ominous letters
warning her to stop her sleuthing turn into death threats, Austin must find the
real killer or risk losing everything. Her love-and her life-are on the line.
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