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Murder on the Lake of Fire
Mikel J. Wilson
(Mourning Dove Mysteries, #1)
Published by: Acorn Publishing
Publication date: December 1st 2017
Genres: LGBTQ+, Mystery, Romance
At twenty-three and with a notorious case under his belt, Emory Rome has already garnered fame as a talented special agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. His career is leapfrogging over his colleagues, but the jumping stops when he’s assigned a case he fought to avoid – to investigate an eerie murder in the Smoky Mountain hometown he had abandoned. This mysterious case of a dead teen ice-skater once destined for the pros is just the beginning. In a small town bursting with envious friends and foes, Rome’s own secrets lie just below the surface. The rush to find the murderer before he strikes again pits Rome against artful private investigator, Jeff Woodard. The PI is handsome and smart, seducing Rome and forcing him to confront childhood demons, but Woodard has secrets of his own. He might just be the killer Rome is seeking.
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EXCERPT:
Britt hadn’t been able to even look at her skates since the embarrassment of her last competition, and now as they dangled from her shoulders, she faced the frozen lake like it was a pervy ass-pincher about to get slapped. Knowing someone had drugged her didn’t soothe the humiliation of that night and didn’t make returning to the ice any easier.
“I can do this,” she chanted while her shins cut through the crouching morning fog and her boots crunched a path onto the snow. As she unburdened her shoulder at the lake’s bank, the blades clinked against each other like engaged sabers, shocking the silence to attention. She changed her footwear and stepped onto the frozen water, prepared for battle.
Britt plowed through the thin layer of snow atop the ice and warmed up with minor moves of little friction that evolved into grander displays of gifted athleticism. From a Y-spiral she leapt into a butterfly jump and followed it with a double Axel. When she landed, she spotted something protruding from the ice in her path. Branch! She shuffled her feet and averted a tumble, but the back of her blades scraped each other, which caused a slight spark.
Composure regained, Britt twisted into a purposeful spin. As she drew in her arms to increase her speed, her visible breath encircled her head like the arms of the Milky Way. She couldn’t focus on the white and grey world that whirled around her, but she noticed that the sun had risen and was now warming her face.
The sun, however, was still in its place, hiding behind the snow-covered pines.
Fire surrounded her petite frame and spread across the lake. Britt tried to scream, but the smoke she gasped in gagged her throat.
She continued spinning, unable to stop, as the blaze engulfed her body. In a fiery vortex, Britt plunged through the melting ice.
Author Bio:
Mystery and science fiction author Mikel J. Wilson received widespread critical praise for his debut novel, Sedona: The Lost Vortex, a science fiction book based on the Northern Arizona town’s legends of energy vortexes and dimensional travel. Wilson now draws on his Southern roots for the Mourning Dove Mysteries, a series of novels featuring bizarre murders in the Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee.
Murder on the Lake of Fire, the first novel in the Mourning Dove Mysteries series, will be available December 1, 2017.
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Holy crap that’s a bad way to go!
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LMAO!!!😂 I agree Fraggle!!!😱
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Whoa…..that immediately grabbed my attention for sure.😮😮 That was eerily creepy and scary. Great cover as well by the way 😊
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I agree Michel!!!!😊 Thanks for continuing to be awesome and share your love on my blog!😍
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This certainly has that ‘grab the reader’ factor. But Emory and Britt? Those names again…
Authors please note. Use ‘ordinary’ names. Who is ever called ‘Emory’? 🙂 🙂 And the only Britt I ever heard of in 65 years was the actress, Britt Ekland. (Or maybe it’s just me?)
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I personally don’t think there are nearly enough Petes and Kims as main characters!🤷🏻♀️
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Lol! There definitely is not enough Kims and Petes!
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🤣
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My thoughts exactly! 🙂
They say you can age people by their names. Certain names are popular at different times in history.
If they wanted to reflect modern times, all the men should be called Mohammed, or George! 🙂 x
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😁
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Those are pretty common names!
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I tend to enjoy unique names but I see where your coming from Pete! When there is a name that I can’t even pronounce in a story it drives me crazy!
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Oh no! Poor Britt.😰
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Agreed! Oh no!😰😰
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