In a fast-paced race to catch a serial killer… I could not put the book down till the final word. Few books have scared me in the way that this series has. It is a nail-biting thriller!" — Kim Zoby, Readers' Favorite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wiltzen has hit a home run with his latest effort! The folksy small-town setting serves to disarm the reader as the tension begins to creep further and further to an intense crescendo." — Phillip Zozzaro, US Review of Books RECOMMENDED "A haunting tale... Excellent!" — D. Donovan, Midwest Review of Books RECOMMENDED -- With Mabel's Diner and Motel practically empty, a man surprises Mabel on her dark porch, setting into motion events that could either unite her family or tear it apart. Restarting her missing girls' cold case, she gets nowhere fast until she desperately questions a Larson gang member she helped put in prison. His sordid tale is more lies and threats than truth. But the clues he gives point to her past, and she uncovers to her horror, a serial killer on the hunt. And it could be a man she thought she knew. With the community in flux, still angry at her for dismantling a drug ring many locals profited from, Mabel struggles to maintain dear friendships in a town falling apart. Then when Mabel needs the men in her life the most, they leave her, one by one, until the last man, the serial killer, remains. -- Set in an atmospheric Pacific Northwest town in the 1980s, the third standalone installment of the thrilling Mabel Davison historical mystery series exposes the deep "layers of good and evil (that) lie beneath the surface of what seems to be a safe haven." Everyone's favorite big-hearted, single mom and waitress, Mabel Davison, is back.
A real gem... a page-turner!" — St. Albert Gazette ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "Action-packed drama, mystery, and suspense that keeps you intrigued till the very end!" — Goodreads ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ — Big-hearted Mabel Davison runs a busy highway motel and diner owner serving coffee and pie in the small mountain town of Blue River. Hands full as a single parent to two rambunctious boys and her orphaned niece, she isn't looking for more investigating to do. But a call from a lawyer friend shatters the calm. A distraught single mother is going to jail for assaulting police officers who don't believe that a sinister man had abducted her drug-addicted daughter. As Mabel takes on the case, she lands in the crosshairs of the local drug lord, Karl Larson. Sheriff Dan Gibson warns her that with the Drug Enforcement Agency on the prowl, Larson can't afford anyone poking around. And with the town on Larson's payroll, the fragile truce built by turning a blind eye will descend into terrible violence. As pressure mounts to force Mabel off the case, her investigation quickly falters, and then her worst nightmares come true — her niece goes missing too. — Set in an atmospheric Pacific Northwest town in the 1980s, the second standalone installment of the captivating Mabel Davison historical mystery series is "just as enjoyable and unputdownable as the first." Everyone's favorite big-hearted, amateur sleuth is back.
A powerful, intense, whammy of a debut!" — Goodreads ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "An absolute gem!" — Netgalley ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "Desperately needed!" — St. Albert Gazette ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ — In this original mystery, diner owner Mabel Davison cheerfully serves coffee and pie while single-handedly raising her two young boys in the sleepy mountain town of Blue River. Her quiet routine gets rocked when a teen girl, who had passed through the diner, is murdered and her body dumped at a local sawmill. Sheriff Dan Gibson looks no further than the teen's black boyfriend, Winston Washington, a known drug dealer. Mabel fears Dan's only trying to keep the peace in a town rife with racism, and her big heart won't let that stand. He warns her to stop digging, too afraid to catch the attention of a local drug lord who rules this land with an iron hand. But as Mabel's unlikely investigation draws sinister interest from the gang, the killer gets closer too. — Get this atmospheric historical mystery set in the 1980s with a gripping twist "FANTASTIC... easy to-get-lost-in mystery series!" — Goodreads.
A real gem... a page-turner!" — St. Albert Gazette ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "Action-packed drama, mystery, and suspense that keeps you intrigued till the very end!" — Goodreads ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ — Big-hearted Mabel Davison runs a busy highway motel and diner owner serving coffee and pie in the small mountain town of Blue River. Hands full as a single parent to two rambunctious boys and her orphaned niece, she isn't looking for more investigating to do. But a call from a lawyer friend shatters the calm. A distraught single mother is going to jail for assaulting police officers who don't believe that a sinister man had abducted her drug-addicted daughter. As Mabel takes on the case, she lands in the crosshairs of the local drug lord, Karl Larson. Sheriff Dan Gibson warns her that with the Drug Enforcement Agency on the prowl, Larson can't afford anyone poking around. And with the town on Larson's payroll, the fragile truce built by turning a blind eye will descend into terrible violence. As pressure mounts to force Mabel off the case, her investigation quickly falters, and then her worst nightmares come true — her niece goes missing too. — Set in an atmospheric Pacific Northwest town in the 1980s, the second standalone installment of the captivating Mabel Davison historical mystery series is "just as enjoyable and unputdownable as the first." Everyone's favorite big-hearted, amateur sleuth is back.
A powerful, intense, whammy of a debut!" — Goodreads ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "An absolute gem!" — Netgalley ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "Desperately needed!" — St. Albert Gazette ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ — In this original mystery, diner owner Mabel Davison cheerfully serves coffee and pie while single-handedly raising her two young boys in the sleepy mountain town of Blue River. Her quiet routine gets rocked when a teen girl, who had passed through the diner, is murdered and her body dumped at a local sawmill. Sheriff Dan Gibson looks no further than the teen's black boyfriend, Winston Washington, a known drug dealer. Mabel fears Dan's only trying to keep the peace in a town rife with racism, and her big heart won't let that stand. He warns her to stop digging, too afraid to catch the attention of a local drug lord who rules this land with an iron hand. But as Mabel's unlikely investigation draws sinister interest from the gang, the killer gets closer too. — Get this atmospheric historical mystery set in the 1980s with a gripping twist "FANTASTIC... easy to-get-lost-in mystery series!" — Goodreads.
In a fast-paced race to catch a serial killer… I could not put the book down till the final word. Few books have scared me in the way that this series has. It is a nail-biting thriller!" — Kim Zoby, Readers' Favorite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wiltzen has hit a home run with his latest effort! The folksy small-town setting serves to disarm the reader as the tension begins to creep further and further to an intense crescendo." — Phillip Zozzaro, US Review of Books RECOMMENDED "A haunting tale... Excellent!" — D. Donovan, Midwest Review of Books RECOMMENDED -- With Mabel's Diner and Motel practically empty, a man surprises Mabel on her dark porch, setting into motion events that could either unite her family or tear it apart. Restarting her missing girls' cold case, she gets nowhere fast until she desperately questions a Larson gang member she helped put in prison. His sordid tale is more lies and threats than truth. But the clues he gives point to her past, and she uncovers to her horror, a serial killer on the hunt. And it could be a man she thought she knew. With the community in flux, still angry at her for dismantling a drug ring many locals profited from, Mabel struggles to maintain dear friendships in a town falling apart. Then when Mabel needs the men in her life the most, they leave her, one by one, until the last man, the serial killer, remains. -- Set in an atmospheric Pacific Northwest town in the 1980s, the third standalone installment of the thrilling Mabel Davison historical mystery series exposes the deep "layers of good and evil (that) lie beneath the surface of what seems to be a safe haven." Everyone's favorite big-hearted, single mom and waitress, Mabel Davison, is back.
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