Today I’m hosting another of my favorite authors, Patricia Gligor.
Patricia Gligor is a Cincinnati native. She enjoys reading mystery/suspense novels, traveling and touring and photographing old houses. She has worked as an administrative assistant, the sole proprietor of a resume writing service and the manager of a sporting goods department but her passion has always been writing fiction.
Ms. Gligor is the author of the five-book Malone Mystery series. “Murder at Maple Ridge” is the second book in her Small Town mystery series.
Murder at Maple Ridge
Kate Morgan loves a good mystery. She’s an avid reader and she recently finished writing a murder mystery. The story takes place at the fictionalized version of Maple Ridge, the real life home of Chad Hollingsworth, the man Kate has been dating for the past year.
Chad has invited Kate to his parents’ annual New Year’s Eve party where Kate will meet the other members of his family. On the drive to Maple Ridge, he tells her, “I have to warn you. When the Hollingsworth family gets together, there’s always a lot of drinking and drama.” He has no way of knowing there will be a murder.
In a strange twist of fate, there are numerous similarities between Kate’s manuscript and what actually happens. Kate is determined to separate fact from fiction by figuring out the identity of the killer. But she soon discovers that solving a murder in real life is a lot harder than figuring out whodunit in a mystery novel.
Here’s a short excerpt:
I thought about Chad’s words on the drive to Maple Ridge. “Kate, I think I should warn you. There’s always a lot of drinking and drama when the Hollingsworth family gets together and, sometimes, things get a bit out of hand.” Now that might just have been the understatement of the century. Because, as we’d headed toward his parents’ house, neither of us had had any idea of what was to come.
My ✰✰✰✰✰ Review
In this second book in the Small Town Mystery Series, Kate Morgan has just gotten engaged, and she’s come to Maple Ridge to meet her new fiancé’s family. When Chad tells her the Hollingsworth family’s get-togethers are always full of drinking and drama, he isn’t kidding, because Kate gets involved in solving a murder. The only problem is that everyone appears to be a suspect, including her. It doesn’t help that she’d just written a manuscript that mirrors the murder. With twists and turns and suspects galore, this is a genuinely interesting who-done-it. I highly recommend this book along with the first book in the series, Secrets in Storyville.
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About Evelyn Cullet
I write mystery romance and romantic suspense novels. I'm an avid organic gardener, and I play the piano. I have a spoiled Black Lab mix., Bailey, whom I adore. Visit my blog every Monday to discover new authors and their novels at: https://evelyncullet.com/blog/
