Here’s a new book releasing later this month.
About the Book
Book: Pint of No Return
Author: Dana Mentink
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release date: May 25, 2021
The first in new dessert cozy mystery series! A murder in town is bound to shake things up…
After her divorce from her thrice-married embezzler husband, Trinidad Jones is finally ready for a fresh start. So when she’s left one of ex’s businesses in Upper Sprocket, Oregon, she decides to pack up her dog, cash in her settlement, and open her dream business: the Shimmy and Shake Shop, introducing the world to her monster milkshakes. And even with a couple sticky situations underway, namely that the other two ex-wives also call Sprocket home, Trinidad’s life seems to be churning along smoothly.
That is, until she discovers her neighbor, the Popcorn King, head down in his giant popcorn kettle. When one of Trinidad’s fellow ex-wives is accused of the murder and Upper Sprocket descends into mayhem, it’s going to take a supersized scoop of courage to flush out the killer.
BOOK EXCERPT
He pulled a clunky video camera from his backpack and his twin immediately grabbed a spoon and began speaking into it as if it was a microphone.
“This is Carlos Martin reporting live from the Shimmy and Shake where an ice cream phenomenon is about to be born,” he pronounced in a booming baritone.
Trinidad laughed. “I didn’t think people used video cameras anymore.”
Carlos grinned. “They don’t. We saw it at the flea market for two bucks along with a bunch of old history stuff and home videos no one will ever watch. We just thought it’d be fun to mess around with it since Diego wants to be a news reporter someday.”
“And a physicist,” his brother added.
“It’s good to have goals,” Trinidad said. “So, the shake gets a thumbs up from the news crew then? We’ll skip the sparklers and call it the Fourth of July Freakshake. What do you think about adding a hunk of red, white and blue nutty brownie star stuck in the marshmallow?”
Diego smirked at her. “Is adding brownies a bad thing, like…ever?”
All three of them considered.
About the Author
Dana Mentink is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and a Holt Medallion winner. She is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Harvest House, and Poisoned Pen Press. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching third grade. Mostly, she loves to be home with Papa Bear, teen bear cubs affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo, Junie, the nutty terrier, and a chubby box turtle. You can connect with Dana via her website at danamentink.com, on Facebook, YouTube (Author Dana Mentink) and Instagram (dana_mentink.)
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