FLEA MARKET FELONY
Flea Market Felony (The Mattie and Mo Mysteries)
by Tricia L. Sanders
About Flea Market Felony
Flea Market Felony (The Mattie and Mo Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery 1st in Series
Publisher: Independently published (April 1, 2021)
Paperback: 190 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8729049523
Digital ASIN: B08ZMBTQ8B
When Mo retires as police chief, he starts thinking about quiet days fishing.These new retirees have just hit the road. Will their first campsite’s shenanigans land them both in handcuffs?
Mattie Modesky’s been hankering to start retirement right. Even if it’s in an RV. The sassy senior believes there’s no time like the present after her policeman husband hangs up his badge and they hit the road.
When they reach their first RV park, the yoga instructor hitting on Mattie’s man turns her peaceful vacation sour. In an effort to stand her ground and confront the sneaky resident, Mattie finds a new friend, a stiff corpse, and her husband as the prime suspect.
She is shocked to her core when her man’s newly purchased pocketknife is the murder weapon. But when the real killer makes the fatal mistake of dognapping her beloved pooch, the silver-haired sleuth sets her sights on solving the crime herself and proving her lawman’s innocence.
Can Mattie clear her hubby’s name and reclaim their pup before the villain turns their golden years into iron bars? Or will the killer roll away in a motor home with Mattie’s dog in the passenger seat?
Flea Market Felony is the adventure-packed first book in The Mattie and Mo Mysteries series. If you like irresistible characters, fun surprises, and captivating whodunits, then you’ll love Tricia L. Sanders’s clever read.
Buy Flea Market Felony to catch a dastardly devil today!
His wife, Mattie, desires to spend more time with her husband. So when she inherits an RV, she rents out their house and the couple take to the roads. If you have ever spent a few days or weeks in close quarters, even with someone you love, you understand the lack of privacy and need for time alone.
Mattie has a lot of adjusting to do. Oh- and add to the mix a full size dog.
Their first stop is an established RV park, adjacent to a flea market. Sounds like fun, right?
First impressions are not warm and welcoming, from the worn and falling down signs to the vacant flea market stalls. Add in a lecherous old woman who hits on every man who crosses her path - age or marital status makes no difference. Before the RV is plugged in, Mattie is ready to move on.
Mo meets a neighbor with a boat, and happily sets off to try his luck on the lake, leaving Mattie and Max, their dog, to entertain themselves. What happens next is less than entertaining, including murder, with Mo becoming a prime suspect, and Max taking off in pursuit of a suspicious character, only to be held for blackmail. Fast paced and emotional.
We learn that secrets run deep and gossip and long held feuds run rampant at the Oldies But Goodies RV Park. Some secrets are even kept from those closest to you.
The readers are entertained even as they worry about characters they quickly come to care about.
I can't wait to see what happens at their next stop!
About Tricia L. Sanders
Tricia L. Sanders lives in the Austin, Texas area and writes about women with class, sass, and a touch of kickass. A former instructional designer and corporate trainer, she traded in curriculum writing for novel writing, because she hates bullet points and loves to make stuff up. And fiction is more fun than training guides and lesson plans.
When she isn't writing, Tricia is busy crossing dreams off her bucket list. With all 50 states checked, she's concentrating on foreign interests. She's an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, so don't get between her and the television when a game is on. Currently, she is working on a mystery series set in the fictional town of Wickford, Missouri. Another project in the works is a women's fiction road trip adventure.
Her essays have appeared in Sasee, ByLine, The Cuivre River Anthology, and Great American Outhouse Stories; The Whole Truth and Nothing Butt. She is a proud member of The Lit Ladies, six women writing their truths into fiction.
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