Coming right up ? a fourth rollicking round of Whiskey Mattimoe! Summer brings some new and familiar faces to her quirky Michigan town. There's MacArthur, the hunky Scotsman whose Glasgow real estate experience could make him an excellent agent at Whiskey''s office; self-help author and karma expert Fenton Flagg, who''s got Whiskey''s libido boiling over; and her ex-husband Jeb Halloran, who can still send chills down Whiskey''s spine, when he''s not crooning pet lullabies. But steamy romance is impossible amid the shrill cries of Velcro, Whiskey''s new teacup-sized shitzapoo pup. Inexplicable sightings of Gill Gruen, the former mayor who drowned last winter, have the town on edge. But the doggy poop really hits the fan when Whiskey''s felonious Afghan hound discovers a murder scene on the shore of Lake Michigan. If it wasn''t the riptide that killed Twyla Rendel, Whiskey''s high-risk tenant, who did?...

Whiskey Mattimoe's Afghan hound Abra has many talents: stealing purses, consorting with criminals, and farting, to name a few. Now, Abra's been chosen to participate in the prestigious Midwest Afghan Hound Specialty in Amish country . . . as a Worst-in-Show example of how not to train an Affie.

Suddenly, a prize-winning pooch disappears, an owner is murdered, and a handler turns up dead. The sleepy community's rustic charm is replaced by ruthless threats. Then Abra vanishes, too. Back at Whiskey's office, suspicious e-mails circulate. Could her colleagues be involved in the canine crimes? Something doesn't smell right—and this time it's not the dog.

Praise for the Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery series:
 "Sprightly humor, delightful characters (including the animals), and a nicely mixed-up plot make this an entertaining debut."
—Library Review (starred review)

". . . a cozy series as satisfying as a fine single malt."
—Publishers Weekly

 

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Sensitive, the sequel to Homefree, follows sixteen-year-old Easter Hutton through her first weeks at the mysterious Fairless Grove Academy. The academy is the headquarters of Homefree, an agency dedicated to helping teens with paranormal abilities learn how to use their gifts. Easter discovers that in addition to her unusual talents for time travel, astral projection, and invisiblity, she is a Sensitive—someone who can communicate with spirits.

Using her paranormal skills, Easter is called upon to settle a two-hundred-year-old misunderstanding while also dealing with her best friend’s mental breakdown, her own forbidden passions, and the whereabouts of her missing mother.

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I just might have the worst life in the world. My dad is long gone, and my mom’s crazy gold-digging schemes keep us broke and on the move. I could probably deal with all that, except I’ve started astral projecting. Right in the middle of French class. I never know where I’m going to end up next. Sometimes I land back in my old Atlanta apartment, where a strange blind man now lives. He keeps shouting at me, but he’ll only answer my questions with more questions. . . . 

Traveling through time and space into her own past as well as the present-day lives of her classmates, Easter Hutton struggles to understand why she’s having weird astral experiences and occasional bouts of invisibility. She soon discovers other outcasts with “special talents”—all connected to a mysterious organization called Homefree. As disasters pile up in both the real world and the astral world, Easter must use her unusual abilities to find a place to call home.

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