Unringing the Bell
by Author
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GENRE: Mystery
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BLURB:
In
the small town of Goose Bend, Pennsylvania, people don't forget. Especially
something as sensational as 12-year-old Jacob Gillis burning down the town.
Nineteen years later, Jacob returns, hoping for redemption. Instead, he finds
himself entangled in a murder investigation. The prosecutor, taking advantage
of Jacob's involvement with the victim's beautiful sister-in-law, threatens
Jacob with loss of career and reputation if he doesn't play by his rules. Only
by outwitting the prosecutor can Jacob save his future.
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Excerpt:
When Jacob Gillis was twelve years old, he burned down the
town of Goose Bend, Pennsylvania. The fire didn’t actually consume the entire
town – only two blocks of the four-block business section went up in flames –
but when the folks in Goose Bend spoke of the incident, they persisted in
saying that Jacob Gillis, abetted by his friend Charlie Garrett, burned down
the town.
Jacob watched Laskey walk back to the Sequoia, his limp
barely detectable, and for the thousandth time he wondered why his friend kept
what had happened to his foot a secret. But there were some places Laskey
didn’t go – formidable Laskey with his gruff manner and hard-muscled body. He
was a private person and sometimes a grizzly bear, but he had a goose-down
heart which he tried like heck to hide. But Jacob knew.
Laskey grasped the arms of his chair and pushed his feet
hard against the floor to contain himself. For a brief moment, the thought had
rushed through his head that a jail term for assaulting a DA would be worth
enduring for the pleasure of smashing Inglehook’s head against his desk.
Laskey squared his shoulders, turned around, and looked
Jacob in the eyes. “Don’t get yourself in a mess, Jake. Extrication isn’t
always possible.” He started for the door.
“Give back the painting,” he called over his shoulder. “And
Jake,” he paused and twisted around. “Don’t ever mistake pretty wrappings for
the quality of the gift inside.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Judy Higgins
was born in South Georgia where she grew up playing baseball, reading, and
taking piano lessons. To pay for her lessons, she raised chickens and sold eggs
to neighbors. She attended Mercer University for two years, and then Baylor
University from which she graduated with a BA in German. She received her MA in
German literature from The University of Michigan. After teaching German for
several years, Judy decided to become a librarian and earned an MA in Library
Science at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
Judy’s life
took an exciting turn when she left her teaching job in Pennsylvania to be Head
of Library at the Learning Center School of Qatar Foundation. She lived in
Qatar for eight years, enjoying the experience of living in a different culture
and traveling to exotic places during every vacation. Recently, she returned to
the United States and lives in Lexington, KY. Judy has two children, Julia and
Stephen, two children-in-law, Jim and Erin, and four grandchildren: Kyle, Jon,
Karina, and Addy.
Judy’s first
book, The Lady, was a finalist in the 2012 Amazon Break-out Novel Award. The
first two novels of her Bucks County Mysteries, Unringing the Bell and Bride of
the Wind are available March 1, 2018. The series is set in an imaginary small
town in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Call me Mara, the story of Ruth and Naomi,
is scheduled for publication in March, 2019.
In addition to
writing, Judy’s passions include travel, tennis, elephants, and playing the
piano.
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