Mystery Writer Annette Dashofy

September 24, 2024
12:00pm - 1:00pm

USA Today best-selling author Annette Dashofy has spent her entire life in rural Pennsylvania surrounded by cattle and horses. When she wasn’t roaming the family’s farm or playing in the barn, she could be found reading or writing. After high school, she spent five years as an EMT on the local ambulance service, dealing with everything from drunks passing out on the sidewalk to mangled bodies in car accidents. These days, she, her husband, and their spoiled cat, Kensi, live on property that was once part of her grandfather’s dairy. Annette's standalone, Death by Equine, a traditional mystery set in the world of Thoroughbred racing, was the 2021 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award winner. Her Zoe Chambers mysteries include six past Agatha Award finalists, plus the 12th in the series, HELPLESS, has been nominated for the Agatha for Best Contemporary Novel of 2023! Where The Guilty Hide was released in January 2023 and is the first of her new Detective Honeywell mysteries. The second in the series, Keep Your Family Close, was released December 8, 2023, in digital format and in early January in paperback in the UK from One More Chapter/HarperCollins. It will coming to the US in paperback soon. Her short fiction, including a 2007 Derringer finalist, has appeared in Mysterical-e, Spinetingler, Fish Tales: the Guppy Anthology, and Lucky Charms: 12 Crime Tales. She has also released Crime in the Country: A Zoe Chambers Anthology which includes six short stories featuring the characters from the series.

Featured Book: Keep Your Family Close

A brand new atmospheric mystery thriller set on the shores of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania. Perfect for fans of Louise Penny, LJ Ross and Ann Cleeves.

‘An unforgettable cast’
USA Today Bestseller Carissa Ann Lynch

When a badly decomposed body is found in the basement of an abandoned warehouse, Erie police detective, Matthias Honeywell, is called in to investigate.

Meanwhile, freelance photographer Emma Anderson is desperately trying to find her drug-addicted sister, Nell. Then a devastating piece of evidence found at Detective Honeywell’s crime scene brings her world crashing down, a driver’s license belonging to her missing sister.

In need of her assistance, Matthias asks Emma to help with the case, hoping to solve the mysterious disappearance of Nell Anderson. But in doing so, will the investigation uncover more questions than answers?

Readers love Annette Dashofy:

‘A superb police procedural. Fantastic, fast-paced and tension-filled’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Couldn’t stop reading… gritty’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘An outstanding grab-you-by-the-throat series… addictive’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Lots of twists and turns’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘An innovative mystery… a captivating story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Gripping, fast-paced, well-written and realistic, I highly recommend’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A mystery that every mystery lover will enjoy’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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