After You’ve Gone prequel By Kay Kendall



ISBN-13: 978-1-941071-91-5
Austin Starr Prequel
Paperback: 278 pages
Stairway Press
February 12, 2019 $14.95
Genre: Mystery
New Release 

When a long-lost relative turns up on the run from his rum-running mob boss and soon dies in a freak accident in small-town Texas during Prohibition, only 23-year-old Wallie believes it was murder. Driven by her love for Sherlock Holmes tales, Wallie pursues the truth only to encounter flappers and floozies, Chicago thugs sent by Al Capone, and a crime lord of the sinful port city of Galveston. Indulged by her father the judge but urged by her prim aunt to be a proper lady, Wallie plays amateur sleuth while courted by two eligible suitors. Will she stay alive long enough to figure out which one is her true love?

STEVE BERRY, NY Times and #1 internationally bestselling author says, “Kay has a talent for place and character, smudging the line between right and wrong with a beguiling sophistication.  The whole thing crackles with tension and imagination." 


Roaring Twenties and Prohibition, Boot-legging, the Mob, Murder and more!
Family secrets lead to eye opening, world changing events for Walter MacGregor, who happens to be a woman. Her mother died before Wallie had a chance to know her, so she has lived a very protective life under the watchful eye of her Judge father and strict aunts. She never knew she had an Uncle until he shows up, one day, setting emotions on edge and tongues wagging.

Wallie considers herself a Modern Girl, having had a job and now with designs on being a mystery writer. Will her sleuthing skills get her in over her head? Is it time for her to add the title of wife to her resume?

The characters are likable and developed. That doesn't mean there are no surprises, to the reader or to each other. I read this as a stand alone but find the author's style so appealing I will read other books in this series.


Kay Kendall is an award-winning author of two historical mysteries. Her second book, RAINY DAY WOMEN (2015), won for best mystery and best book at Killer Nashville in August 2016. It is the second in her Austin Starr mystery series, published by Stairway Press. The first was DESOLATION ROW (2013).

 In her previous career, Kay was an award-winning international PR executive, working in the US, Canada, Russia, and Europe.

She has graduate degrees in Russian history and was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. 

Kay and her Canadian husband live in Houston, Texas. They’ve rescued abandoned pet bunnies for twenty years and currently have three rabbits and a bemused spaniel, Wills.


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