Winona Wild Has Killer Instincts: A Mystery
About this ebook
Winona Wild wants nothing more than to leave The Wildlands in the dust. And apart from occasional flashbacks to her terrifying final days there, she has.
Her parents' animal sanctuary began as a well-intentioned effort to rescue abandoned pets, but spiraled out of control with an increasingly exotic array of creatures. After a violent encounter with one of the refuge’s most dangerous animals left her father dead and Winona scarred, she forged a new path away from the chaos.
Seven years later, Winona’s carefully constructed life as a neuroscience PhD student is shattered when a Wildlands’ employee is found murdered and Winona's older brother—who stayed behind to run the struggling operation—vanishes. Now, Winona must face down the exotic inhabitants of The Wildlands once more.
Matters become more complicated with the arrival of Joss Whitmore, the relentless, perceptive—and frustratingly handsome—PI hired by The Wildlands’ mysterious benefactors to investigate the death. With a shadowy past and a knack for psychological tricks that rivals her own, Joss may be the one creature Winona can’t tame.
Can Winona confront her darkest memories and unravel the mystery lurking at the heart of her family’s legacy? Or will The Wildlands once again prove that the fiercest beasts of all aren’t the ones in cages?
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About the author
Agatha Award-winning author Mindy Quigley writes twisty, character-driven crime fiction with a sharp, snappy sense of humor. Her Deep Dish Mysteries were a Woman’s World book club pick and have been featured in Parade and the Seattle Times.
Before turning to full-time fiction writing, Mindy spent more than a decade managing veterinary clinical research studies. That followed an unusual career path that took her from the U.S. to the U.K., where she studied British colonial history, worked as the personal assistant to the scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep, and project managed a neurology research clinic founded by J.K. Rowling.
She now lives in small-town Virginia with her Civil War historian husband and their children. For a lifelong dog owner, she spends an awful lot of time thinking about cats.
