Shake It Off
Ballantyne Foundation Director and PI-in-training, Elliott Lisbon, is enjoying her idyllically slow life on Sea Pine Island, South Carolina. It's the week before the annual Beach Ball and she's sipping Bellinis on the sidelines. Her committee involvement is limited to securing the centerpieces: scrumptious two-tiered masterpieces from the Cake & Shake. But when the head baker (and owner's maid of honor) goes missing, Elli's calm life gets a major shakeup.
She takes the case and soon learns that missing is a relative term. These two bffs were once rivals on a local dating show. Perhaps the free spirit had reason to wander off on her own. Or perhaps she wasn't the only woman scorned. As Elli walks the delicate line between a woman finding herself and a woman needing to be found, the days speed up and she knows something's about to go down.
From drug runners to whistleblowers to sea turtle sabotage, Elli stirs up secrets and inadvertently whips a desperate killer into a frenzy. If she doesn't find a way out of the heat, she's going to get burned.
SHAKE DOWN by Kendel Lynn | A Henery Press Mystery. If you like one, you'll probably like them all.
Author Bio:
Kendel Lynn is a Southern California native who now parks her flip-flops in Dallas, Texas. Her debut novel, Board Stiff, was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. It features Elliott Lisbon, a mostly amateur sleuth who is only 5000 hours away from getting her PI license. Kendel has served as president of the board of directors for both Sisters in Crime (national) and Sisters in Crime North Dallas. Along with reading and writing, she spends her days trying to avoid the gym while still eating cupcakes for dinner.