Take Her to the River

* Take Her to the River is the third installment in the Macey Malloy series, which began with the Kindle Scout winner and goofy thriller Take the Body and Run * Macey Malloy has hit rock bottom. Never a serious contender for Miss Congeniality, Macey is persona non grata on campus. Macey was tried in the court of social media for her employee's murder and found guilty, even though the real killer is in custody. Her boss teeters between barely tolerating Macey, and threatening to fire her. Her mask, her dead friend's identity, was ripped off, exposing Macey as the daughter of a notorious cult leader.Macey finds that rock bottom was just a sightseeing jaunt on her trip to the depths of despair. Kayla, a delusional nurse, sings "Take Me to the River" when Macey confronts her. The girl is killed, and the murder weapon is found in Macey's coat pocket. When Macey's best friend, Leila, hears about the meeting and the song, she collapses. Leila disappears without a trace, leaving only the song and the dead nurse in her wake.While she investigates the murder, searches for Leila, and tries to hang onto her job, Macey has even more problems. Harlan is the compelling man from her past and her father's cult. He's breaching the defenses to her heart, body, and soul, but he's also keeping an explosive secret from her. Handsome and ruthless, Jeremy wants Macey as badly as the grand prize in a scavenger hunt. He'll wield any weapon in his quest to win her, including Harlan's devastating secret.With time running out, Macey and Wikket, her feline partner in crime, have their backs to the wall. Macey joins forces with an oddball group. She's not sure if they're helping her, or hindering her. The investigation will hurtle them into a desperate killer's path. Will they survive, even with Wikket's unusual brand of help?Macey Malloy Mysteries with a Chick-Lit Twist SeriesSassy Macey Malloy and her grumpy cat Wikket debuted in Take the Body and Run. The Kindle Scout winner is about a hunted woman, a handsome lawman, a have fart machine-will travel doctor, and a crime-solving cat."TAKE THE BODY AND RUN is a fast-paced ride with a sparkling character and written in a new, original voice. This is a don't-miss debut."-Carolyn Haines, USA Today bestselling author of Pluto's Snitch and Sarah Booth DelaneyThe series is fun to read in any order. Here's the list in chronological order.#0 - Prequel: Two Tickets to Paradise Macey risks her life when she's embroiled in a brutal murder, and meets her feline, crime-solving partner. The novelette is included in Gone Cat and Other Stories.#1 - Take the Body and RunThe Kindle Scout winner is a "goofy thriller" about a hunted woman, a handsome lawman, a death doctor with fart machine-will travel, and a crime-solving cat.#2 - Take a Walk on the Dead SideMacey and Wikket, her crabby cat with a nose for crime, plunge headlong into danger when a stalker targets an innocent college student. Terrified for the girl, Macey tries to help her, only to be trapped in the web of deceit with tangled links to missing women.#3: Take Her to the River Macey has to solve a murder, and find her missing friend, Leila. The investigation hurtles Macey and Wikket into a desperate killer's path. Will they survive, even with Wikket's unusual brand of help? #4: Gone Cat and Other StoriesIn the prequel novelette Two Tickets to Paradise, Macey risks her life when she's embroiled in a brutal murder and meets her feline, crime-solving partner. The novella Runnin' with the Devil Cat resumes the story right after Take Her to the River. The action continues with the short story "What the Cat Dragged In," and the novelettes Cat Scratch Fever and Gone Cat.