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Bones and Roses, August 2014 Cypress Bay Mysteries Book 1 by Eileen Goudge Author Self-Published Featuring: Spence Breedlove; Leticia "Tish" Ballard 234 pages ISBN: 0991589408 EAN: 9780991589401 Kindle: B00KIYBFPM e-Book Add to Wish List Purchase Kindle Barnes & Noble

"A woman haunted by her past demons at long last finds the peace she seeks"

Bones and Roses
Eileen Goudge

Reviewed by Kay Quintin
Posted August 17, 2014

Mystery Cozy

Leticia "Tish" Ballard, formerly a real estate agent, is now owner of Rest Easy Property Management in Cypress Bay. She is going on four years of sobriety with her first drink at 12. She has a comfortable relationship with her boyfriend Daniel Gunderson and a schizophrenic brother Arthur who she looks after. Her father is deceased and mother left them for another man when she was only 11 leaving Tish with a very unhappy childhood.

She finally finds a "good" place in her life (and AA) when she inherits the contents of a locker unit run by Tom McGee. Finding a skeleton of her runaway mother changes it all. Now she is full-out investigating the how and why of her mother's death. Suspicion falls on her mother's old boyfriend, Stan Cruikshank, who lives near by. Tish also becomes interested in Bradley Trousdale, son of one of the properties she manages, but for personal reasons. Soliciting the help from a retired cop, Spence Breedlove, Tish finds herself breaking and entering property and asking too many questions bringing threats upon her own life. Will she uncover the true murderer before he makes her his next victim only to follow in her mother's footsteps?

Bones and Roses is a Cypress Bay Mystery set in Northern California surrounding by the beautiful ocean. I fully loved Tish's colorful and feisty character. Set out to avenge her mother's murderer, all stops are barred as she draws friends and an unwilling retiree into her quest. Expect a surprise ending.

Eileen Goudge knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the story and is a real mystery pro who will not let you down. BONES AND ROSES is an excellent read you will find it difficult to put down. I have had the pleasure of reading other works from this author, and have loved each one. Each story has a fresh new plot full of warmth, and emotion riddled with tons of suspense.

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SUMMARY

New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge presents Bones and Roses, the first book in her exciting new Cypress Bay Mysteries series!

Welcome to the northern California seaside town of Cypress Bay, where the surf's up, the sixties live on and long-buried secrets are about to surface.

From home invasions to cheating spouses, Rest Easy Property Management owner Leticia "Tish" Ballard thought she'd seen it all. Almost four years sober after flambéing her real estate career in an alcohol-fueled blowout, she's finally in a good place in her life when the discovery of skeletal human remains rocks her world and plunges her headlong into solving a decades-old crime. Now she must delve into the darkness of her own past, including the one-night stand gone horribly wrong with Spence Breedlove, who happens to be the lead detective on the case. When the truth comes out at long last, Tish finds herself pitted against an enemy who will stop at nothing in a fight for her own life.

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Re: A woman haunted by her past demons at long last finds the peace she seeks

"You get me! You totally get me!" is what Tish would be
saying right now. I'm sure she's feeling the love, though
it's probably best not to give her too much
encouragement--she tends to get into trouble when she's
going all gonzo. You'll be seeing more of her in Book 2
of my Cypress Bay mystery series, SWIMSUIT BODY. Stay
tuned.
(Eileen Goudge 2:22pm September 9, 2014)