Jess Lourey
Jess Lourey spent her formative years in Paynesville , Minnesota , a small town not unlike the quirky town featured in her book series. She currently resides in Alexandria , MN , and teaches Creative Writing and Sociology at the local college. When not raising her children, teaching, or writing, Jess can be found gardening and navigating the niceties and meanities of small-town life. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America , Sisters in Crime, The Loft, and Lake Superior Writers. |
June Bug
Synopsis: 80 years ago: The wealthy Krupps family loses a diamond necklace at the bottom of Whiskey Lake and, shortly thereafter, their entire staff is fired, their home is closed up, and Mr. Krupps vanishes without a trace.... Today: A newspaper contest to find the diamond sends greedy treasure seekers to nearby Battle Lake. But the kidnapping of a young girl darkens the friendly competition and Mira finds herself up to her Nut Goodies with a traveling theatre troupe, the cutthroat resort owners of her adopted hometown and a man she wishes had stayed in her past. Mira soon learns that the only way to save the girl is to find out what really happened to the Krupps family all those years ago. The book is a funny, sexy, and fast-paced small-town mystery--Laura Ingalls Wilder meets Carrie Bradshaw.
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