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Book Teaser: Scene of the Crime by Jennifer Chase @JChaseNovelist #mystery

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Inside the Book Title: SCENE OF THE CRIME Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: JEC Press Pages: 300 Genre: Mystery Suspense BOOK BLURB: A calculating cold-blooded predator closes in… When a community has barely recovered from a ruthless serial killer six months earlier; now two more horrifying murders hit the radar again. It leaves police burdened with two of the most shockingly contaminated crime scenes ever documented in California’s law enforcement history. The Slayer works behind the scenes as a sinister puppet master, precisely pulling the strings, taunting the police without leaving any viable evidence, and orchestrating his killer hit squads. The sheriff and district attorney bring in the best investigators. Reunited again, Dr. Chip Palmer, a reclusive forensic expert, joins DA Inspector Kate Rawlins to sort through the crime scene aftermath in search of the truth—all without a probable suspect or a solid motive. Complicating th...

Book Teaser: Brimstone by John Allen #historical #thriller #suspense

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Inside the Book Title : BRIMSTONE Author : John Allen Publisher : Allen & Allen Semiotics Inc. Pages : 224 Genre : Historical Fiction/Women Sleuths/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller BOOK BLURB: Author John Allen has a theory about the creator of Sherlock Holmes: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did not create Holmes. It was Doyle’s wife, Louise Hawkins Conan Doyle, who gave birth to the beloved sleuth. Allen has put his beliefs to the test, writing and publishing the first of a projected 12-novel series of Holmes mysteries titled BRIMSTONE. His detective is Louise Hawkins Conan Doyle, and Allen names her as the author of the tale he presents, set in 1879 Bristol, England. In a previous book, SHADOW WOMAN , Allen set out to prove that Louise was the true creator of Sherlock Holmes. The inspiration for his startling and controversial theory of authorship was a 1980s essay by Martin Gardner called “The Irrelevance of Arthur Conan Doyle.” Gardner cl...