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Welcome to my author site.  If you love cozy mysteries I hope you\u2019ll consider my Native Prairie Mysteries series.  Book One \u2013 The Moth Came Back was released in July of 2023, and Book Two \u2013 The Moth wasn\u2019t Harmless in July of 2024.  Book Three \u2013 The Moth Bit Back was released July 8, 2025. (Moth in the titles refers to both the character that is murdered and a moth that causes damage in one of the wildflower crops Carmen, the main character and amateur sleuth, produces.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Books are available from all major online booksellers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop and Indiebound.org, also available in ebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOOK 3 – THE MOTH BIT BACK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carmen, a native grass and wildflower seed farmer is present when her dentist is murdered. She is drawn into the investigation when another body with ties to her boyfriend, Nick, is found in one of her fields as they are burning one of their native grass seed fields.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BOOK 2 – THE MOTH WASN’T HARMLESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A native grass and wildflower seed farmer finds herself involved in yet another mystery when asked by a friend to clear her husband of suspicion of murder.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publication date July 9, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BOOK 1 – THE MOTH CAME BACK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A native grass and wildflower seed farmer is thrust into solving a mystery when a body is found in one of her fields and the primary suspect is her best friend.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Book Description:<\/strong>
Twenty-eight-year-old Carmen Karlaff, owner of a native grass and wildflower seed farm in northwestern Minnesota is surprised when her employees find a dead body in her big bluestem field. Her best friend, Jessica, is accused of the murder when the body is identified as Jessica\u2019s long-lost brother who ran away twenty years ago after injuring a young girl in a drunken driving accident. No one seems to know why he returned home after all this time, or what would have caused him to be killed. The sheriff suspects Jessica of murdering her own brother when he learns there is an inheritance at stake. Things are further complicated when evidence implicating Jessica is found at her home. Carmen knows Jessica isn\u2019t a murderer and decides to investigate. In the midst of a building project to promote tourism on her farm, navigating her feelings for her newly hired foreman with a past he\u2019s unwilling to share, and preparing for harvest; her questions lead her to suspect this present day murder is tied to the twenty year old accident and if she\u2019s not careful the killer who is trying to keep the knowledge of what really happened that night quiet will try to silence her too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Available for pre-sale at Amazon.com, Indiebound.org and BarnesandNoble.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication date: 7\/14\/23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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