I’m so excited to host the cover reveal for the first book in the “Misty Pines” mystery series, coming October 2022 and now up for preorder.
Book Synopsis
Sheriff Jax Turner is staring down the barrel of his broken past. On the brink of ending it all, he feels like a failure following his daughter’s tragic passing and his subsequent divorce. But when a schoolgirl vanishes and her backpack is found in a sex offender’s backseat, the weary lawman drags himself into action and vows to nail one last sociopath.
Shocked to discover the teen’s aunt had lost her life in an abduction years prior, the devastating outcome that he’s taken personally, Jax believes the killer has returned with a vengeance. But as the desperate cop frantically hunts down a mysterious relative in search of a suspect, the girl’s time keeps ticking away. . .
Can the jaded sheriff take down the culprit in time to bring the young girl home alive?
Publication Date: October 25, 2022
Publisher: Level Best Books
Format: Print and digital
Name of Series: Misty Pines
Number in Series: #1
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Author Website: marykeliikoa.com
About the author
Mary Keliikoa is the author of the Shamus finalist and multi-award nominated PI Kelly Pruett mystery series, as well as the Misty Pines mystery series. Her short stories have appeared in Woman’s World and in the anthology Peace, Love and Crime: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music of the ‘60s.
A Pacific NW native, she spent many years working around lawyers. When not in Washington, you can find Mary with toes in the sand on a Hawaiian beach. But even under the palm trees and blazing sun, she’s plotting her next murder—novel that is.
All comments are welcomed.
The cover look menacing. Looks like a real good read.