Deadly Sacrifices

As the culture wars rage on, a book for our tumultuous times in a post-Roe world. Winner of Royal Palm Literary Award (2d place - unpublished fiction) from the Florida Writers Association!! You always remember your first time....Monty’s first happened in St. Stephen’s church, directly beneath a statue of the Virgin Mary, right after morning mass. A local soccer mom is bludgeoned to death in her suburban parish chapel outside of Boston. In her first homicide case, prosecutor Marguerite ＂Monty＂ Montez endangers her life digging up evidence that shows police nabbed the wrong man. Moonlighting as a Portuguese fados (blues) singer, Monty’s investigation also uncovers disturbing memories and fresh leads in an unsolved murder of her childhood friend in her close-knit Portuguese community. Her dauntless search for the real killer is a wild thrill ride into a dangerous world of lethal secrets. Action, humor and romance collide in this first book in a new Marguerite Montez mystery series.

As a kid, Bridges tortured her eight siblings by writing and directing annual family plays. Starting with a pad of paper, then moving to an orange Smith Corona typewriter, and now to her trusty laptop, she has always enjoyed the puzzle of finding the right word, phrase or plot twist. Her published works are both non-fiction and fiction. She has published three non-fiction books and numerous articles, manuals, and editorials in the legal, travel and business fields, and a novel and short stories in the science fiction, fantasy and mystery genres. In 2015, she published Bridles of Poseidon, an underwater fantasy, about a shape-shifting mermaid, Aquan, racing to stop another Great Flood. That novel was chosen as a finalist in the 2012 Royal Palm Literary Awards (unpublished fantasy) from the Florida Writers Association. Her short stories Clair de Lune, based on the Celtic myth about Selkies, is published in Mother Goose is Dead, Modern Stories of Myths, Fables and Fairy Tales (Damnation Books 2011) and Chasing the Moon, about a werewolf with Parkinson’s Disease who revels in his monthly transformation, is published in Tails of the Pack: A Werewolf Anthology (Sky Warrior Books 2013). Her non-fiction essay, Brick, honoring her late father, Joseph, and his love of words is published in Living Lessons (Whispering Angels Books 2010). She is also a member of Sisters in Crime, Inc. and the Florida Writers Association. When she is not writing, she teaches law courses, creates educational game apps, and lives happily in sunny Central Florida. To learn more about Bridges DelPonte and her writing, please visit: Author web site: http: //www.bridgesdelponte.com Amazon Author Central page: http: //www.amazon.com/Bridges-DelPonte/e/B00BW7BZYU