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Pity The Movie Lover
She was dying to be in a movie until...
Pity is thrilled to become an extra on a movie filming in her hometown of Tulsa, OK. Things turn tragic when Pity's fellow stand-in is killed in a freak accident involving Tulsa's iconic Golden Driller statue.
Pity believes it was murder and vows to find the killer, but can she survive her own ridiculous investigation techniques?
Pity the Garage Sale Addict
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​A murder was more than she bargained for.
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In this Pity mystery, our protagonist, Pity, is obsessed with garage sales. When she finds notes inside a purple desk she bought at a garage sale, she is convinced they point to a decades-old murder.
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While balancing life with two teens, a full-time job teaching school, a part-time job, and some wild blind dates, she now needs to find out who was murdered and who did it.
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We meet Pity's odd menagerie at home, follow her to her daughter's swim meets and Tulsa's famed Oktoberfest to find the answers.
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Pity the Stranded Tourist
There's no place like Rome...unless you discover a murder.
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Amid various holiday activities, music teacher and single mom, Pity Kole must find time to enter a jingle-writing contest. After all, the prize is a trip to Rome, Italy!
Pity is gobsmacked when she wins and along with her sister, sets out for a European adventure. Unfortunately, the impulsive gal finds herself in ridiculous and embarrassing situations, Italian style. When members of the famous Greco Motors family are mysteriously injured, who better to investigate than Pity herself? Between language confusion and her own goofy spontaneity, Pity finds herself on one wild and dangerous ride after another prompting the question; Will Italy survive her visit?
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Upcycled to Death
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Maria Olson is a Norwexican (half Norwegian, half Mexican) 30-year-old, living in Albuquerque, NM. Her new store, Upcycled, is part of a brand-new shipping container shopping center and it opens in a week.
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The new shop owners meet at the new brewery, owned by two handsome brothers, and Maria feels like she finds a new home in the new eclectic community. That is, until she's walking back to her shop in the dark and stumbles over a dead body lying beside her container.
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With the help (and hindrance) of her pregnant best friend, a tiny dog she found, and several shop owners, Maria investigates the murder only to get herself in some dangerous situations.
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Upcycled to Death is a chick-lit Mystery, sure to warm the hearts of readers.
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Framed Fur Murder
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Andrea "Ande" Nilson is the spunky 28-year-old owner of "Picture This on Main" photography studio in Brookings, South Dakota. The petite gal spends her days photographing everyone from her favorite subjects - pets, to her least favorites - children.
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The Main Street merchants are frustrated by the shabby work and crass behavior of the construction crew renovating Main Street. Being the most outspoken on in the group, Ande makes it her job to get the crew in line. But when a suspicious death occurs, she becomes the number one suspect. She goes into full detective mode to clear her name.
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Will she find the murderer and clear her name or will she forever be framed fur murder?