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Night Shift: A Mystery Collection

Marcelle Dubé

Publisher: Falcon Ridge Publishing

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Summary

"[Marcelle Dubé] writes deceptively quiet stories that have a real bite to them." -- Kristine Kathryn Rusch 
In Night Shift: A Mystery Collection, Marcelle Dubé takes the reader to the darker side of small towns with characters who struggle against outside foes and internal demons. This collection features four short stories and a novellette by the author of the Mendenhall Mysteries. The stories include: 
Night Shift: Driving back to Mendenhall late at night during a thunderstorm, Chief of Police Kate Williams stops to check out an accident only to find herself fighting for her life. A Mendenhall Short Mystery. 
Lincoln City Blues: When a beautiful woman walks into the office of Anastasia Charles—aka Charlie—with a story about a violent husband and a kidnapped kid, Charlie's private investigator instincts sit up and pay attention. With two grand on her desk, eight more when she finds the husband and the chance to be a hero and rescue a kid… how can Charlie say no? 
The Priest: Chief of Police Kate Williams is a little irritated when Constable Trepalli calls her into a routine investigation of a break-in at the priest's house. Then Trepalli shows her what they found on the priest's bed. A Mendenhall Short Mystery. 
Leduc (4,100 words): Leduc knows how not to get noticed, how to bide his time, how to hide what he does. He learned a long time ago, after his mother found the cats. Just a few more weeks, and he'll have his military police badge. Then he'll be able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants… to whomever he wants. 
There's only one problem. Someone knows his secret. 
Jules: A fall off a cliff, a nighttime attack… Is Jules imagining it, or did someone follow her to the Yukon from Colombia to finally finish her off? 
About Marcelle Dubé: 
Marcelle Dubé grew up near Montreal. After trying out a number of different provinces—not to mention Belgium—she settled in the Yukon, where people still outnumber carnivores, but not by much. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. 
Available since: 07/25/2015.

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