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Release Date: August 15, 2008 Retail: $12.95 Paperback: 272 pages, 5.5"x8.5" ISBN: 10: 0-9771329-1-9 ISBN 13: 978-0-9771329-1-1 Published by ShadowDance Press, an imprint of Word Forge Books

Mission: Murder
First in the Hattie Farwell Murder Mystery Series

By Betty Kerr Orlemann

With the single impact of a hit-and-run incident, octogenarian Hattie Farwell is forever jolted out of a comfortable retirement in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and flung into the world of high-stakes political intrigue, when her best friend is killed leaving a concert in Philadelphia.

Suddenly, a grieving Hattie is drifting amid a web of deceit and the uncomfortable dynamics of the family her friend left behind. Meanwhile, the incident begins to look less like an accident and more like murder. But who would kill sweet, gentle Annie…and why? Once Hattie convinces the police to investigate, their efforts turn up more questions than answers, and her patience wears thin.

Finally, aided by Annie’s two granddaughters and her own huge dog, Wolf, Hattie sets out to pursue her theories about what might have happened to her dear friend. Between Wolf’s nose for trouble and Hattie’s determination to solve the murder no matter what it takes, she finds herself navigating an unsavory—and increasingly dangerous—path to the truth.

Tag along as America’s latest unlikely sleuth uncovers the ugly underside of political campaigns, marital infidelity, and more than one old family secret that someone will stop at nothing to keep hidden.