Set in the Central Valley of California, author Sunny Frazier once again explores the rich agricultural region, rural law enforcement and crimes shrouded by Tule fog in this sequel to FOOLS RUSH IN.
Amateur astrologer Christy Bristol finds herself on the fringes of Kearny society and a members-only sex club as she reluctantly takes on a missing person case. A prominent business man has disappeared and his wife cannot go to the authorities.
Christy's day job with the local sheriff's department is on the line as her investigation crosses paths with several homicide cases … Could the cases be connected?
Aided by best friend Lennie Watkins, the women find themselves on a treacherous trail that leads to the Veterans Hospital, a sex-specialty clothing store, mansions of the rich, and even touches on the Viet Nam War. With only a prescription bottle and matchbook as clues, the young woman must face the Knights of Sensani and her own sexual limitations.
Christy Bristol must go where angels fear to tread.
"Where Angels Fear will keep you turning pages—and wondering what’s in your own astrology chart!"
—Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily, Lovey Award winners and Agatha nominated authors of the Ariel Quigley mystery series
"A bright star in the mystery universe--Sunny Frazier's fast-paced and clever adventure of likeable astrologer Christy Bristol is a fun-to-read page-turner. Highly recommended."
—Joanne Pence
author of the Angie Amalfi Mysteries
On a blazing July day in Central
County, California, snitch Johnny Blue is murdered
by a lethal heroin injection. Undercover narcotic
detective James Wolfe, the operative who handled Blue,
goes to the Sheriff's Department substation seeking
ex-girlfriend Christy Bristol. In the past he ridiculed
her hobby of casting horoscopes. Now he needs her
expertise to catch the man he suspects is behind Blue's
murder, a drug dealer named Lloyd Parr.
Stuck on the lowest rung of
law enforcement, Christy becomes first a victim, then
a hero in the high-stakes game of narcotic trafficking.
Through her eyes, the drug world is reduced to individual
players, lost values and discarded dreams. The reality
of what goes on in the fertile land of the San Joaquin
Valley is far more disturbing than the Hollywood version
of drug lords and a wealthy lifestyle fueled by drug
money.
In the drug world of the Valley,
there are no winners. Only losers.
"Wolfe"
Reviews:
"Fast-paced and riveting, FOOLS
RUSH IN is a salute to good cops, an insider's view
of astrology, and a grim descent into the dark world
of drug dealers."
--Carolyn Hart, Agatha
Award-winning author of Letter From Home and Dead Days of Summer
"In her debut novel, Sunny
Frazier ratchets up the tension. The astrology is
a bonus."
-- Denise Dietz, bestselling
author of Chain a Lambchop to the Bed and Footprints in the Butter.
"You'll rapidly turn pages, hoping
for Christy's success.”
-- Lesa Holstine, The
Bookbitch
“A fun, enjoyable, get-your-heart-beating
just a little bit faster thriller!”
-- Dr. Cynthia Lea Clark,
of Futures Mystery Magazine
“A fast read and an entertaining
book.”
-- Patricia Reid, of BestSellersWorld.com
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The Never Safe anthology also features the works
of established authors and strong new voices. These
stories of mystery and suspense are set in a variety
of venues and focus on characters in jeopardy. Warning:
some tales in this dark collection should be read only
during the daytime and behind locked doors!
Gone Coastal
An anthology by the
Central Coast Mystery Writers
$14.95 Order
The fourth anthology by the Central Coast Mystery
Writers features works by established authors and
strong new voices. The stories are set in U.S. coastal
cities and sprinkled with a couple inland tales for
contrast. Gone Coastal offers a complete menu of mysteries
from cozy to hardboiled.
Seven
by Seven
"A collection of forty-nine fascinating flash fiction
pieces about the Seven Deadly Sins, written by seven
deadly authors: Sunny Frazier, B.J. Bourg, Kimberly
Brown, Deborah Elliott-Upton, John M. Floyd, Gary Hoffman
and Frank Zafiro. Edited by Tony Burton." To order,
email sunny69@comcast.net
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Valley
Fever: Where Murder is Contagious. California's
Central Valley has a dark side, and it gets hot and
very deadly. This collection of short stories by Sunny
Frazier, JoAnne Lucas and Cora Ramos presents tales
of mayhem, murder, malice, and hot-blooded passion.
Some of the stories are funny, some frightening, but
all are wicked.
Where Angels Fear
