About this ebook
Georgia was their friend, and they’re eager to help solve the crime. But their new boss and Kat’s fiancé, former sheriff Rick Formero, has other ideas. The understaffed Serendipity Springs sheriff’s department drafts him and his P.I. agency to investigate, and as he and their mah jongg friends dive into the case, he shuts out Micki and Kat because of their ties to the victim.
The women are sure the case will unravel without them, and what their guys don’t know won’t hurt them—right? Their shadow investigation stitches circles around their friends’ sleuthing, but the prize might be more peril than they’ve bargained for. Because in a world of silk and secrets, pulling the wrong thread can be deadly.
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About the author
Barbara Barrett started reading mysteries when she was pregnant with her first child to keep her mind off things like her changing body and food cravings. When she’d devoured as many Agatha Christies as she could find, she branched out to English village cozies and Ellery Queen.
Later, to avoid a midlife crisis, she began writing fiction at night when she wasn’t at her day job in human resources for Iowa State Government. After releasing eleven full-length romance novels and two novellas, she returned to the cozy mystery genre, using one of her retirement pastimes, the game of mah jongg, as her inspiration. Not only has it been a great social outlet, it has also helped keep her mind active when not writing.
The Mah Jongg Mystery series is her first venture into writing cozy mysteries. After taking a short break from this series when the ninth book ended a few years ago, she now returns with “Formero Investigations,” the second part of the series. In this book, Book 11, Off the Rack, the four female protagonists and two of their men are finishing up their special class to become Private Investigator Interns so they can join former Sheriff Rick Formero in his new business.
Barbara has also published seven books in the Nailed It Home Reno mystery series and three books in the Unscripted Detective mystery series.
She is a member of Sisters in Crime Worldwide, SinC – Iowa, Twin Cities Sisters in Crime and Florida STAR Fiction Writers.
She is married to the man she met her senior year of college. They have two grown children, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Now retired, she spends her time between Iowa and Minnesota. She earned her B.A. degree in History from the University of Iowa and her Master’s Degree in History from Drake University.
When not in front of her laptop creating her next story, she plays mah jongg, travels and enjoys lunches with friends.
