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Hi. I’m Alexa Williams. I work as an attorney here in Carlisle, PA. Sorry for the sweatshirt and leggings. I’ve just finished my Tuesday night yoga class. Would you like to join me for a cup of chai at the Om Café?

This is my regular table at the Om. Usually, my friends Melissa, Haley and Tyrell join me here after yoga. But, they all missed class tonight so we can have time to chat uninterrupted. I’ve known Melissa and Haley since elementary school. When I moved back home from New York City, we fell back into our friendship without a hitch – even though I’d been away for almost a decade. College, law school and working for that big city law firm. Melissa is artsy and Haley’s fairly buttoned-up. But, despite our differences, our bond remains strong after all these years. I haven’t known Tyrell as long. We had a rocky start to our relationship, but now we’re great friends. He’s really settled into his new job as the head of an advocacy organization that helps exploited women and refugees.

I’m happy that I returned to the Carlisle area. I love living a simpler life. My little cabin is so much better than a New York City high rise. My family spent a lot of time at the cabin when I was a kid, and I was thrilled when my parents sold it to me. My mastiff, Scout, and I spend hours hiking in the surrounding woods or just hanging out on the deck. And, I enjoy the solitude. Or I used to. My old love, Reese Michaels, recently returned from working on a wildlife project in Africa. He lived at the cabin with Scout and me for a while before we broke up and Reese left the country. Now that he’s back, we’re dating again. Who knows if it will work out for us this time around? But when Reese visits, the cabin feels a little lonelier each time he drives away.

When I returned home from New York, I was looking for a more serene, less stressful life. And, my family law practice has delivered. No more breakneck pace or late nights at the office. The only glitch to achieving my goal of Serenity Now? Somehow, I keep stumbling upon dead bodies and dangerous situations. I put in a home security system and started taking Krav Maga classes to beef up my self-defense skills. But, I still seem to attract trouble. That dead girl in the woods. Then, poor Cecily Townes, the crusader against sex trafficking. And, last spring, that senator who fell to his death at my feet in the State Capitol rotunda.

I thought all that trouble was behind me. But, just a few days ago, Reese, Tyrell and I find man’s body in a field next to a sign in Arabic. It looked like he’d been killed by a firing squad. What a gruesome experience. At first, I thought: Alexa, here were go again. But, this one isn’t like the others. This young man’s death has nothing to do with me. But who would do something like that?

Oh, my! Look at the time. I have to go home and feed Scout. At 200 pounds plus, a growing mastiff needs his nourishment. I hope we get a chance to talk again soon. Keep in touch.

You can read more about Alexa in Dead of Winter, the newest book in the Alexa Williams suspense series, released February 19, 2019.

A lighthearted morning trip to test a new drone turns deadly for attorney Alexa Williams and two close friends when they find a stranger’s bullet-riddled body in a remote field in rural Pennsylvania. Next to the dead man is a note that declares: Allahu Akbar.

Trying to shake the gruesome discovery, Alexa returns to her busy law practice and personal life. She’s representing a Syrian refugee family whose son has been bullied at school. Old love, Reese Michaels, is back from Africa and living in nearby Harpers Ferry. He and Alexa are tiptoeing through a delicate dance as they rekindle the spark between them. Alexa is also taking Krav Maga classes at a local studio for self-protection. The studio owner, the widow of a soldier killed in the Iraq War, is fast becoming a friend. If that’s not enough, Alexa’s parents are pulling her into a flurry of social commitments as they host an International Fellow at the U.S. Army War College, an Iraqi General, and his colleague, a decorated American Colonel.

When another man is found executed near Harpers Ferry, Reese becomes a suspect and Alexa wonders just how much he’s changed since working in Africa. After a third murder, an improbable fear of Islamic terrorism spreads like wildfire through Alexa’s small Pennsylvania town. When the police arrest the oldest son of the refugee family for the murders, her Syrian clients become the focus of mounting anti-Muslim rage, and a dangerous militia group targets Alexa.

One dark night in the dead of winter, Alexa discovers how all these threads intersect, and she must race to stop an attack that could kill hundreds. If she fails, she could lose everyone she loves.

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About the Author
Sherry Knowlton is the award-winning author of the Alexa Williams series of suspense novels: Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, Dead of Spring and the most recent release, Dead of Winter. Passionate about books at an early age, she was that kid who would sneak a flashlight to bed at night so she could read beneath the covers. All the local librarians knew her by name. When not writing the next Alexa Williams thriller, Knowlton works on her health care consulting business or travels around the world. She and her husband live in the mountains of South Central Pennsylvania.

Visit Sherry at sherryknowlton.com or on Facebook.

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