{"product_id":"vengeance-is-mine-a-chautauqua-murder-mystery-9781723179822","title":"Vengeance Is Mine: A Chautauqua Murder Mystery","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVengeance is Mine is the fifth book in Deb Pines' traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An Agatha Christie for the text-message age,\" IndieReader calls the series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the Fourth of July in 2017 when this mystery starts with a bang. Maureen Donahue, a Black Lives Matter filmmaker and speaker at the historic Chautauqua Institution, is killed at a raucous holiday concert -- amid the orchestra's roar and audience's popping paper bags, to simulate cannon fire at the end of Tchaikovsky's \"1812 Overture.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stalker who followed Donahue to Chautauqua, a peaceful, leafy, cottage-filled, lakeside summer arts community, is quickly arrested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stalker's brother asks Mimi to help clear him. She's skeptical. She has her own wedding to plan. But, of course, the \u003ci\u003eChautauquan Daily\u003c\/i\u003e reporter and relentless snoop, can't resist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith help from her computer-savvy son Jake, Mimi sifts through layers of secrets -- of a shadowy piano teacher, a racist personal trainer and chatty chime-master, among others -- and realizes: she's been asking all the wrong questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe right ones unearth an ugly buried secret that puts Mimi close, maybe too close, to the real killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of Agatha Christie and Louise Penny and \"Only Murders in the Building\" will enjoy this twist-filled mystery \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e calls, \"An engaging mystery with a late twist and an especially satisfying ending.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7154336\"\u003eDeb Pines\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781723179822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1723179825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022040\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Women Sleuths\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeb Pines is an award-winning headline writer and copy editor for The New York Post. A former reporter, she's also a mother of two, a former committee chair of the Mystery Writers of America, New York chapter, and a special-studies teacher in the Chautauqua Institution where her novels are set. Her debut 2013 Mimi Goldman mystery, In the Shadow of Death, is a top-seller in the Institution. Her 2017 novel Beside Still Waters, was named an IndieReader-Approved Title. She lives in New York City with her husband Dave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44696384831725,"sku":"9781723179822","price":23.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c38ea3bd-c23d-44b4-a878-7fef78e17578.jpg?v=1703798294","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/vengeance-is-mine-a-chautauqua-murder-mystery-9781723179822","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}