Cover Reveal ~ After You’ve Gone by Kay Kendall

Dec 16, 2018 | Cover Reveal

I’m so happy to share this cover, which I love by the way, with you for the third book in the “Austin Starr” mystery series from Stairway Press, coming February 12, 2019.



Title: Kay Kendall
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Author Website: austinstarr.com

Book Synopsis
When a long-lost relative turns up on the run from his rum-running mob boss and soon dies in a freak accident in small-town Texas during Prohibition, only 23-year-old Wallie believes it was murder. Driven by her love for Sherlock Holmes tales, Wallie pursues the truth only to encounter flappers and floozies, Chicago thugs sent by Al Capone, and a crime lord of the sinful port city of Galveston. Indulged by her father the judge but urged by her prim aunt to be a proper lady, Wallie plays amateur sleuth while courted by two eligible suitors. Will she stay alive long enough to figure out which one is her true love?

About the author
Kay Kendall is an award-winning author of two historical mysteries. Her second book, Rainy Day Women (2015), won for best mystery and best book at Killer Nashville in August 2016. It is the second in her Austin Starr mystery series, published by Stairway Press. The first was Desolation Row (2013).

In her previous career, Kay was an award-winning international PR executive, working in the US, Canada, Russia, and Europe. She has graduate degrees in Russian history and was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Kay and her Canadian husband live in Houston, Texas. They’ve rescued abandoned pet bunnies for twenty years and currently have three rabbits and a bemused spaniel, Wills.

All comments are welcomed.

7 Comments

  1. Debra H.Goldstein
    Debra H.Goldstein on December 16, 2018 at 9:55 am

    Great cover! Loved the other two Austin Starr books, so looking forward to Kay’s newest.

    • Kay Kendall
      Kay Kendall on December 16, 2018 at 3:17 pm

      Thanks, Debra! This new book is set during Prohibition, in small-town Texas. It was lots of fun to write. I hope you will find it lots of fun to read, too!

  2. Linda Moffitt
    Linda Moffitt on December 16, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    Looks great 💖
    Thanks for sharing 😘
    Shared on Twitter 😍❤😍

  3. Kay Kendall
    Kay Kendall on December 16, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Hi, Linda Moffitt. Thank you. I hope you will enjoy my new mystery, coming out in February.

  4. Kay Kendall
    Kay Kendall on December 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Hi, Linda Moffitt. I hope you will enjoy my new mystery, coming out in February.

  5. Karen Terry
    Karen Terry on December 17, 2018 at 12:21 am

    I love the title and the cover.

  6. Kay Kendall
    Kay Kendall on December 17, 2018 at 3:51 am

    Thanks, Karen. I really enjoyed writing this book and hope you’ll enjoy reading it too.