Rainy Day Women

Kay Kendall's *Rainy Day Women* is the second book in the Austin Starr Mystery series. In 1969, during the week of the Manson murders and Woodstock, the intrepid amateur sleuth, infant in tow, flies across the continent to support a friend suspected of murdering women's liberation activists in Seattle and Vancouver. Then her former CIA trainer warns that an old enemy has contracted a hit on her. Her anxious husband demands that she give up her quest and fly back to him. How much should Austin risk when tracking the killer puts her and her baby's life in danger?

“Determined to clear a close friend who’s suspected of murdering a popular feminist leader, Austin Starr struggles to balance family and personal independence. Vivid detail of the 1960s and a clever plot make *Rainy Day Women* an outstanding follow-up to Kay Kendall’s strong debut, *Desolation Row*. Austin Starr is a memorable protagonist, and Kendall’s skill at crafting a compelling mystery kept me turning the pages!”

– Robert Rotstein, author of *The Bomb Maker’s Son* and *Corrupt Practices*

“Kay Kendall’s second Austin Starr mystery will have you believing it’s 1969 all over again. In a book where the musical references mean you’ll find yourself humming tunes now known as “classic vinyl”, Kendall peppers her work with references to the times which make the decades disappear – and she respects her readers enough to not overdo it. Her sense of place as she allows the mystery to unfold within Vancouver’s University of British Columbia, beset by the rain for which the “wet” coast is known, is pitch perfect. Hot diggity - a thoroughly enjoyable read. Now I’m off to dig out my Bob Dylan albums and find an old bra I can burn.”

– Cathy Ace, author of *The Cait Morgan Mysteries*, and the WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries

“Feminism, the '60s, murder, and a friend in big trouble. Austin Starr is back to help, leaving her husband behind but bringing her baby along. Rainy Day Women is an entertaining and fast-paced mystery set in a turbulent time.  Right on!”

– Bill Crider, Anthony Award-winning author of *The Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery Series*

“An exciting jaunt back to the days of flower power and Women's Lib, Kay Kendall's Rainy Day Women explores serious issues that still resonate today, nearly fifty years later. Austin Starr's second mystery (after 2013's Desolation Row) packs danger and lots of heart, and hits all the right notes in depicting the late sixties. Austin is a smart, relentless sleuth with a baby on her hip and a Makarov pistol in her macramé purse. Right on, sister!”

– James W. Ziskin, author of the *Ellie Stone Mysteries*, Styx & Stone, No Stone Unturned, and Stone Cold Dead