“A Season to Lie” by Emily Littlejohn
Blurb: Last year’s Inherit the Bones sent shockwaves across the crime fiction genre. Now author Emily Littlejohn returns with her passionate, stalwart Colorado detective in A SEASON TO LIE (Minotaur Books; on sale November 14, 2017; $25.99).
Detective Gemma Monroe is back in the game after returning from maternity leave. And what a first day back: a blizzard is blowing into her idyllic Colorado ski town, and while Gemma hopes for a quiet, warm evening in, she knows it will mean plenty of calls out for snow-related accidents. But when an anonymous caller reports seeing a lurker at the local high school, Gemma gets far more than she bargained for. Behind the school building, half covered in a drift of snow, lies the gruesomely murdered body of a world-famous author—with a note stuffed in his mouth threatening that “This is only the beginning…”
Now Gemma is knee deep in a high profile investigation; working against the clock with the threat of a possible serial killer on the loose.
**About the Author: Emily Littlejohn was born and raised in southern California and now lives in Colorado. If she’s not writing, reading, or working at the local public library, she’s enjoying the mountains with her husband and sweet old dog. She has a deep love of horror stories, butter pecan ice cream, and road trips. A Season to Lie is her second novel, following Inherit the Bones.
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**Additional Praise for Emily Littlejohn and the Detective Gemma Monroe Mysteries:
“In her well-crafted debut, Emily Littlejohn skillfully captures life in a small town—and the insidious secret keeping that can come with it. Inherit the Bones is the perfect fall page-turner.”
– Real Simple on Inherit the Bones
“Emily Littlejohn creates a colorful mix of circus lore, town intrigue, class privilege and police procedural. Add in a pregnant detective, always a favorite for me, and we have a definite winner.” – Raleigh News & Observer on Inherit the Bones
“Littlejohn writes with assurance and skill. The story’s plotting is sure-footed, and the characters are well developed and believable…Highly recommended.”
– Library Journal (starred review, Debut of the Month) on Inherit the Bones
“Monroe, a fantastic, fallibly human and fierce protagonist, soon realizes the case may even have roots as far back as the unsolved Woodsman child murders that have haunted the town for decades. Here’s hoping this excellent debut from Colorado writer Emily Littlejohn is the first of many.”
– Cleveland Plain-Dealer on Inherit the Bones
“Engrossing…Littlejohn effectively captures the tensions of a community struggling with its demons while seeking to attract tourist dollars, and Gemma—six-months pregnant with her first child, uncertain of the future with her partner, and paired with a charming bad-boy cop she doesn’t trust—is a compelling lead.” – Publishers Weekly on Inherit the Bones
“Small town Colorado police detective Gemma Monroe is a human and fallible heroine I can’t wait to meet again, and Littlejohn’s prose is lyrical and gripping —the book is a sure bet for one of the finest debut novels of the year.” – Deborah Crombie
“If you read only one debut mystery this year, make it this one. Inherit the Bones is that good. Compelling writing, a stunning setting in a Colorado ski town, a plot that twists with surprises, and a police deputy who happens to be six-months pregnant—I loved all of it.”
– Margaret Coel, author of The Man Who Fell From the Sky
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