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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles — September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Meet Isabel Puddles by M.V. Byrne

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Also by M.V. Byrne:

Isabel Puddles Abroad, December 2022
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Isabel Puddles Investigates, December 2021
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Meet Isabel Puddles, November 2020
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MEET ISABEL PUDDLES
By: M.V. Byrne

A Mitten State Mystery #1
Kensington
November 2020
On Sale: November 24, 2020
352 pages
ISBN: 1496728319
EAN: 9781496728319
Kindle: B085LSZPD1
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Private Eye

The only thing widow Isabel Puddles loves as much as her hometown of Gull Harbor on the shores of Lake Michigan is cozying up to a good mystery—but she never expected to be caught in the middle of one . . .
 
To the tourists and summer residents, Kentwater County is a picturesque community of small-town charm, fruitful farmland, and gorgeous freshwater beaches. To middle-aged widow Isabel Puddles, it’s where she enjoys breakfast every morning at a local café with her childhood best friend and spends her evenings cozying up with a good book and her devoted Jack Terrier, Jackpot. In between, Isabel makes ends meet through a variety of trades—preserving pickles, baking pies, working the counter at her cousin’s hardware shop, and occasionally helping “fix-up” the hair of corpses at the local funeral parlor.
 
When Isabel discovers a two-inch nail embedded in the skull of Earl Jonasson, it seems the octogenarian may not have died of a stroke. His son is quickly arrested when his alibi doesn’t check out. But Isabel has known Earl Jr. since they were kids and can’t believe he’d murder his own father, regardless of his financial difficulties. As gossip about Earl Sr.’s land and insurance policy money starts to spread around the county, Isabel finds herself conducting her own investigation to clear her friend’s name. But real detective work isn’t like what she sees on TV, and she’s meeting dangerous suspects who don’t like Isabel poking around in their business . . .

A Mitten State Mystery

Meet Isabel Puddles
MEET ISABEL PUDDLES
#1.0 • November 2020
Isabel Puddles Investigates
ISABEL PUDDLES INVESTIGATES
#2.0 • December 2021
Isabel Puddles Abroad
ISABEL PUDDLES ABROAD
#3.0 • December 2022

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