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Deputy coroner Mattie Winston knows a thing or two about dead bodies. ThatтАЩs why sheтАЩs on the case of Derrick Ames, a high school math teacher stabbed to death with a barbecue fork straight to the heart. Sure, sheтАЩs turned up some motives and a few suspects, but nothing adds up. Especially when the evidence points to AmesтАЩs teenage son. Newly pregnant Mattie canтАЩt believe it, even as her own long-estranged father may be following her. But one thingтАЩs certain, sheтАЩd better start figuring things out fast, or a deadly perpetrator could be subtracting two more victims from the population of Sorenson, Wisconsin┬а.┬а.┬а.
Praise for Annelise Ryan and her Mattie Winston series
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тАЬRyan shows growing skill at mixing humor with CSI-style crime.тАЭтАФPublishers Weekly
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Annelise Ryan is the pseudonym for the author of the Mattie Winston Mysteries and the Mac's Bar Mysteries (written as Allyson K. Abbott). She has written more than 200 published articles, worked as a book reviewer for Barnes & Noble, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. Annelise currently works as a registered nurse in an ER. She can be reached at www.mattiewinston.com. Her books have garnered numerous accolades, most recently she has been honored by the Wisconsin Library Association.
