After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she’s eager to settle down. In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. ‘Another amusing tale set in the town full of over the top zanies who’ve endeared themselves to the engaging Mira.Perfect town. Hilarious, fast paced, and madcap.’ Booklist starred review Can Mira James, covering the fair for the Battle Lake Recall, expose a deadly State Fair secret and win a blue ribbon for caging a killer? You bet your last deep fried Nut Goodie! The festival fun is riding high until the recently crowned Milkfed Mary, Queen of the Dairy, a Battle Lake native, is brutally murdered while her regal likeness is carved in butter. The Minnesota State Fair the beloved home of 4H exhibits, Midway rides, and everything on a stick. ‘Move over Janet Evanovich mystery fans have a new reason to celebrate! September Fair is fun, funny, and so cleverly written, you’ll be guessing until the very end.’ Gemma Halliday, best selling author of Beautifully written and wickedly funny.’ Harley Jane Kozak, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity award winning author of A Date You Can’t Refuse Mira soon discovers that unknown dangers are concealed under the polite exterior of this quirky small town, and revenge is a tator tot hotdish best served cold.A hip, humorous, and gripping account of small town murder, this novel is the first in a series of cozies featuring Mira James, an urban woman with rural Minnesota roots.Īn entirely engaging novel with pathos, plot twists, and quirky characters galore. Anxious to learn more about the man who had briefly stolen her heart, Mira delves into the hidden mysteries of Battle Lake, including a old land deed with ancient Ojibwe secrets, an obscure octogenarian crowd with freaky social lives, and a handful of thirtysomething high school buddies who hold bitter, decades old grudges. Right away she is offered jobs as an assistant librarian and part time reporter, and falls into an unexpected romance with a guy who seems to be the perfect man until he turns up dead between the reference stacks her tenth day on the job. Due to a dead end job and a cheating boyfriend, the Twin Cities have lost their charm, and Mira decides to begin a new life in rural Battle Lake. Minneapolitan Mira James has been taking it easy since college graduation too easy.

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