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A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary by Terry Shames

A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary

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Terry Shames

Seventh Street Books · Ebook · April 23, 2019

A FAVORITE SERIES CHARACTER FINDS HERSELF IN HARM'S WAY.

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Who it’s for
A cozy mystery pairs familiar community ties with the uneasy surprises of online dating.
Themes
Missing-person investigation, Online dating, Small-town community
Genres
Cozy Mysteries, Police Procedurals, Small-Town Fiction

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A FAVORITE SERIES CHARACTER FINDS HERSELF IN HARM'S WAY. After using an online dating site for senior citizens, town favorite Loretta Singletary--maker of cinnamon rolls and arbiter of town gossip--goes missing. Chief Samuel Craddock's old friend Loretta Singletary--a mainstay of the Jarrett Creek community--has undergone a transformation, with a new hairstyle and modern clothes. He thinks nothing of it until she disappears.

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Only then does he find out she has been meeting men through an online dating site for small-town participants. When a woman in the neighboring town of Bobtail turns up dead after meeting someone through the same dating site, Craddock becomes alarmed. Will Craddock be able to find Loretta before she suffers the same fate? Finding out what happened to Loretta forces him to investigate an online world he is unfamiliar with, and one which brings more than a few surprises.

Small-Town Suspense

A cozy mystery pairs familiar community ties with the uneasy surprises of online dating.

Come here for

  • Small-town gossip, cinnamon rolls, and a missing town favorite
  • A series sleuth investigating an unfamiliar online world

Expect

  • Cozy-mystery comforts with a thread of danger
  • A community-rooted investigation with modern dating in the mix

Where it sits

Police Procedurals68%
Cozy Mysteries66%
Small-Town Fiction44%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Cozy Mysteries
  • Suspense
Authors
Terry Shames
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Published
April 23, 2019
Format
Ebook
Theme
Missing-person investigation · Online dating · Small-town community
Reading lane
Police Procedurals