When the estranged grandfather of her sort-of boyfriend, Deputy Chris Kincaid, is found murdered at the library where she works, amateur sleuth Rae Riley and her dad, Sheriff Walter "Mal" Malinowski, race to catch the killer by Thanksgiving before Chris is prosecuted for first-degree murder.


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JPC Allen started her writing career in second grade with an homage to Scooby-Doo, and she’s been tracking down mysteries ever since. Her Rae Riley Mysteries series for teens combines faith and family with brain-busting puzzles and has won Selah and ACFW Kidslit awards. She also teaches writing workshops, online and in-person, encouraging every kind of writer to discover the adventure of writing. Coming from a long line of Mountaineers, she’s a life-long Buckeye and sets all her mysteries in fictional Marlin County, Ohio.


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