Ask Crystal Ball
O ovoj e-knjizi
The Local Rag newspaper is so slow, senior staff writer Harlow Grayson has nothing to do but talk to her dead co-worker, Crystal Ball. Desperate for a story, the pair follow a lead about headstone tipping to the local cemetery. Turned around in the expansive grounds, they find help from a homeless man scrubbing gravestones.
When that man later arrives at the newspaper with tales of supernatural assault, Harlow dismisses it as fake news. The same old stories made the rounds every Halloween.
But when the man’s body turns up on the Local Rag’s doorstep, Harlow can’t ignore it. After dismissing his story, her conscience insists she investigate his murder (along with some prodding from Crystal). As the two investigate the first murder, the local busybody turns up dead at the cemetery. From there, the two cases intertwine tighter than fake spider webbing. Can the amateur sleuths unravel the clues before the killer strikes again?
O autoru
Gwen Gardner writes clean, cozy, lighthearted mysteries with a strong ghostly element. Since ghosts feature prominently in her books, she has a secret desire to meet one face to face — but will run screaming for the hills if she ever does.
Her lifelong love of books and reading transitioned naturally into a love of writing, where adventure can be found around every corner—or down a dark, twisting alley. She thinks there is nothing better than a good mystery (being an excellent armchair detective herself), unless it’s throwing a ghost or two into the mix to “liven” things up. Don’t worry, though. Ghosts may be tricky to keep in line, but it turns out they’re darn good sleuths.
Gwen writes the Indigo Eady Cozy Mystery series. The first book of the new adult series, A Scandal in Boohemia, was published in 2019. Her short story, A Stitch in Crime, featuring Indigo Eady, won 1st place and feature spot in the 2018 Insecure Writer’s Support Group anthology, and she placed in the Wow! Women on Writing flash fiction contest with her story, The Elephant in the Tomb.
Find out more about her writing journey at GwenGardner.com (and watch for ghost-crossings!) or follow her on Facebook (@BookJaunts) and Twitter.
