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Alien Librarian Snatches Atomic Sunset â No Late Fees on Mars
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 If youâve been waiting for a sign from the universe, this is it. Aliens have landed in Radio Springs â or at least, theyâre stocking up on reading material before heading home. I caught them mid-abduction of Atomic Sunset (see photographic evidence below). Can't blame them. The soda's radioactive, the librarianâs suspicious, and the donkeys are smarter than half the town. So if youâre looking for a weird, witty, small-town mystery with a dash of government cover-up and a possibly psychic coyote⌠grab your copy before the mothership runs out of cargo space. Atomic Sunset by Janice Garden Macdonald writing...
Desert Heat and Sharp Turns
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 This is an adult mystery book! (writing as J.G.Macdonald) Sometimes the best reviews are the ones that surprise you. One recent reader wrote: "Radio Springs is the kind of book that sneaks up on youâquirky, smart, and full of desert heat and sharp turns. At first, it feels like a cozy mystery with a touch of road trip charm, but it quickly veers into something far more bizarre and addictive." And honestly? I couldnât ask for a better summary. Atomic Sunset (yes, thatâs the real title) started as a story about a woman stranded in a dusty town off Route...
Welcome to Radio Springs
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Ts is an adult mystery title (writing as J.G. Macdonald) Where the sodaâs suspicious, the donkey has a fan club, and Jane just wants to photograph some lizards. Jane Dougherty never meant to stay long in Radio Springs. She was heading through the Arizona desert with a camera and a planâstop for a day or two, snap some wildlife photos, maybe help her cousin catalog lizards for a biology grant. Instead, she ends up in a town that feels like a time warp on the fritz. Thereâs a suspicious librarian, a mechanic with too many maps and a sheriff who's itching...
Atomic Sunset Has Landed!
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This is an adult mystery title (writing as J.G.Macdonald) Iâm thrilled to announce that Atomic Sunset is officially live! This book has been a labor of love (and mystery⌠and maybe a touch of radioactive soda). Itâs set in a strange little desert town along Route 66, where the sunsets are suspicious, the locals are quirky, and thereâs definitely something humming under the surface.If you enjoy cozy mysteries with a retro twist â think coyote footprints, motel gossip, and government secrets â I hope youâll check it out.Itâs available now in Kindle and paperback, with the audiobook hopefully not far behind.Thanks...
Stranger Than Weird: The Billy Smudge Experiment
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Don't miss this hilarious cartoon adventure for kids 8 to 12 years old. Middle school will never be the same. Billy Smudge and his best friend Shamus McNutt think their science teacher is living a double life and that after school, he's a mad scientist. Stranger Than Weird will be sure to delight even the most reluctant readers.Â