Author: Lourey, Jess

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November in Battle Lake, Minnesota, is cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table. It's also deer hunting season.

When Tom Kicker is killed in a hunting accident, Mira James is hired to investigate — a job that brings her closer to a P.I. license (and the unfortunate moniker of "dick").

Braving subzero temps and a shrieking blizzard, Mira uncovers nasty secrets that incriminate the town's most prominent families.

About the Author:
Jess Lourey is the author of the Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month mysteries set in Battle Lake, Minnesota, and featuring amateur sleuth Mira James. Jess has been teaching writing and sociology at the college level since 1998. When not raising her wonderful kids, teaching, or writing, you can find her gardening, traveling, and navigating the niceties and meanities of small-town life. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, The Loft, and Lake Superior Writers, and serves on the national board of the Mystery Writers of America. Jess resides in Minnesota.