Dog Days of Karma

When logic and mysticism collide, the truth is caught in the balance . . .

Tempers flare as the owners of the Carr-Maah Consulting Agency clash and their ideologies morph into the irresistible force and immoveable object.

Practical Celeste embraces technology, logic, and order. Esoteric Ericka wields a fountain pen filled with ink disturbingly like blood, uses it to write mysterious messages on disturbingly skin-like parchment, and burns the icky paper in an ancient brazier to find answers in the smoke. Celeste retaliates with a fire extinguisher and a stern lecture on fire codes.

The women call a cease-fire when a stranger storms the office. The elderly woman demands help in finding her missing grandson. Constance Twist also claims that someone tried to kill her on her way to the agency.

Celeste explains that Carr-Maah is a human resources consulting company, not a detective agency. Celeste grits her teeth when Ericka overrules her, forcing her to take the stubborn senior citizen’s missing person case.

Celeste is convinced their new client lied about the murder attempt to elicit sympathy and help. She’s dead wrong. Celeste doesn’t get the chance to apologize. The killer rectifies the earlier error, brutally murdering Constance as she leaves the agency.

Celeste and Ericka, assisted by Hobart, the mysterious homeless man forced by Ericka to become the agency’s office manager, investigate Constance’s murder and other mysterious events. The clues lead them to a surfeit of viable suspects. With a voice heated by the South African sun, Christoph Metre is the charismatic head of the rival consulting agency. Obsessed with the exotic Ericka, Christoph appears with his entourage in unexpected places, including the murder scene. Lovesick Mrs. Grant, in a one-sided relationship with Mr. Crispie, hated it when Constance Twist offered the spry widower lemonade with a Twist. Dr. Britta Spartan, head of the domestic violence shelter where Celeste gives back by volunteering, writhes around Hobart like a predatory boa constrictor around a juicy mouse.

If Celeste and her friends can’t solve the mystery in time, they’ll be the next victims.

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)