A sleepy Florida Gulf Coast Beach town suddenly comes alive as two best friends, local merchant Mariah Linley and island psychic Moonbeam find themselves in the middle of some pretty strange business soon after Mariah discovers their friend, Jocko, a beloved local sea captain, dead. As events begin to unfold, the two novice sleuths are drawn into a web of murder, deception, and drugs that stretches as far west as Mexico and as far south as the Keys.

Loaded with unique characters doing surprising things, A Gem of a Murder is a cozy mystery set in 1986 and laced with a little romance and the paranormal. With a backdrop of stunning locations, A Gem of a Murder will take you on a memorable vacation without ever leaving home! So grab your sunscreen and park that imaginary lounge chair in the sand under some swaying palm trees, but all the while, watch your back. There’s a murderer on the loose!

A Gem of a Murder by Author Mariah Lynne

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ABOUT AUTHOR Mariah Lynne

AUTHOR Mariah Lynne

I’m a Jersey girl from Montclair, New Jersey. My father, an Italian immigrant from Naples, Italy taught Latin and Classical Italian before opening his own business, an independent print shop. My mother loved to help people and volunteered with charitable groups. She was a talented lace maker and loved to crochet and knit; her father, also from Italy, was a custom furrier and tailor for some of the most affluent residents of our community. Unfortunately I didn’t inherit any of those wonderful talents since I’m not fluent in a foreign language and am barely able to sew on a button but one thing I did inherit from my parents especially my father was the love of a good story. A graduate of Syracuse University, I reside on a beautiful Southwest Florida Gulf Coast island. My island lifestyle and scenery serve as the backdrop for all of my stories whether romance, time travel adventure, or cozy mystery. Before writing fiction, I owned and operated the first video store on our island like my character Mariah Linley and became very active in my national trade association meeting many Hollywood celebrities. Writing is my passion and I love to create memorable characters. Pets are my other passion and I served as a director for a county wide no-kill shelter. Because of this, all of my heroines have pets like Spike, Mariah’s German shepherd crossed with a teddy bear in “A Gem of a Murder.” When not writing, I still enjoy watching movies, traveling (even though we were stranded in beautiful Australia for eight days at the start of the pandemic in March of 2020), swimming, reading a good story,and spending time with my husband Jerry.

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