Arson Takes a Dare: The Third Marisa Adair Mystery Adventure

An obscenely rich lottery winner tricks Marisa Adair into joining forces with a famous Florida private detective to investigate her daughter’s twenty-year-old murder. During a serial arsonist’s reign of terror, Mayla died in a fiery inferno. The newly wealthy mother wants to dedicate her considerable resources to finding her daughter’s killer and bringing him to justice.

Marisa is busy with problems of her own. After the death of her troubled brother, she discovers a vicious stalker targeted him online. The stalker is the bully who had made their childhood a living hell. She decides to track down the bully, confront her, and hold her accountable for her crimes.

Alisa was a beautiful girl. She was also the ringleader of a gang of bullies. Now, as an adult, she seeks out the weakest of the herd to torment through the anonymity of her computer. She also holds the key to dark secrets, with the chilling tendrils reaching from her childhood to the present.

After Alisa’s brutal murder, Marisa is the number one suspect. When she’s arrested, her friends rush to help her. Although her antics drive him mad, Alex is determined to clear her. Althea, her friend and former teacher, is combat ready after decades of teaching elementary school. Her support group, as ruthless as they are loyal, goes to great lengths to help their fellow member. Tara, her best friend and in need of her own twelve-step program for her shoe addiction, demands hard choices of her boyfriend, the lawman who put Marisa behind bars.

Marisa’s cat joins the investigation. Laithe, the Abyssinian cat whose sense of fun and mischief lands him-and Marisa-squarely into danger, must use all of his feline skills to save her from life behind bars.

Marisa once lived a chaotic life of drinking and partying. Hitting bottom left her existence in shambles. Like a phoenix, she rose from the ashes. Now she’s a savvy and respected Human Resources administrator. Accused of a murder she didn’t commit, Marisa faces losing her hard-won new identity . . . and possibly her life.

The Takes a Dare Series:
#1 Murder Takes a Dare
#2 Mayhem Takes a Dare
#3 Arson Takes a Dare

KINDLE SCOUT WINNER Jada Ryker snagged the Kindle Press publishing contract for her book, Take the Body and Run, through Amazon’s Kindle Scout program. The contemporary mystery/romance is about a hunted woman hiding under a dead friend’s identity, a handsome lawman, a fart machine-will travel doctor, and a cranky cat with a nose for crime. Jada is also the author of Die and the Family Stone, a Kirbie Stone mystery; Dog Days of Karma, the first Carr-Maah Consulting paranormal romance/mystery; A Pink Zombie, with a Mist, a Shaken, Not Stirred, mystery/horror adventure; and Murder Takes a Dare, the first book in the Takes a Dare mystery series. The books combine humor and murder in a total package of entertaining and fun southern adventures. Jada spent the first twenty-odd years of her life in rural Kentucky, many of those years without electricity or running water. In her writings, Jada draws upon her early years of deprivation. She now lives in central Kentucky with her wonderful husband and their cat, rescued from the animal shelter. In her day job, Jada works in higher education. She holds a master’s degree in public administration. Jada’s mystery adventures are available on Amazon in electronic and paperback formats. Jada loves feedback from readers, both one-on-one and through customer reviews on Amazon.com. Connect with Jada to share your thoughts about her books by emailing her at jada_ryker@yahoo.com, Links: http: //jadaryker.com https: //www.facebook.com/jada.ryker.author https: //twitter.com/jadaryker Sign up for her newsletter to receive updates about once a month or so: https: //gem.godaddy.com/signups/211744/join Macey Malloy Mysteries with a Chick-Lit Twist Take the Body and Run (Kindle Scout Winner) Take a Walk on the Dead Side Take Her to the River Gone Cat and Other Stories (includes the prequel novelette, Two Tickets to Paradise) The Shaken, Not Stirred, Mystery/Horror Series A Pink Zombie, with a Mist Gimlet and Other Stories: The collected short stories run the gamut from mystery to horror to science fiction. The Takes a Dare Mystery Series Murder Takes a Dare Mayhem Takes a Dare Arson Takes a Dare Crime Takes a Dare (2018) The Carr-Maah Consulting Agency Paranormal Romance Series Dog Days of Karma Equinox of Karma Solstice of Karma (2018)