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Just Killing Time by Julianne Holmes

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Also by Julianne Holmes:

Chime and Punishment, August 2017
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Just Killing Time, October 2015
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Just Killing Time
Julianne Holmes

Clock Shop Mystery #1
Berkley Prime Crime
October 2015
On Sale: October 6, 2015
Featuring: Ruth Clagan
284 pages
ISBN: 0425275523
EAN: 9780425275528
Kindle: B00SI026TW
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Mystery Cozy

First in a new cozy series that ticks with excitement and mystery!

Ruth Clagan may be an expert clockmaker, but she’s always had a tendency to lose track of time. And when trying to solve a murder, every minute counts…

Ruth’s beloved grandfather instilled in her a love of timepieces. Unfortunately after her grandmother died and he remarried, Ruth and Grandpa Thom became estranged. She’s wanted to reconnect after her recent divorce, but sadly they’ve run out of time. Her grandfather has been found dead after a break-in at his shop—and the police believe he was murdered.

Now Ruth has been named the heir to Grandpa Thom’s clock shop, the Cog & Sprocket, in the small Berkshire town of Orchard, Massachusetts. As soon as she moves into the small apartment above the shop and begins tackling the heaps of unfinished work, Ruth finds herself trying to stay on the good side of Grandpa’s bossy gray cat, Bezel, while avoiding the step-grandmother she never wanted. But as old secrets and grudges start to surface, Ruth will have to kick into high gear to solve the killer case before someone else winds up dead…

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1 comment posted.

Re: Just Killing Time

It sounds like a quaint little town that you have
created, even if the circumstances behind your book
aren't the greatest. I love reading mysteries, and
your book will be one that I add to my TBR list for
sure!! Congratulations on your latest book, and I'm
sure it's going to do well. This is the perfect time
of year for people to hunker down with a good
mystery!!
(Peggy Roberson 9:31am October 19, 2015)

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