Dead of Summer
The Laurel Highlands seem idyllic, but for Trooper First Class Jim Duncan and Fayette County assistant public defender Sally Castle, it's anything but peaceful.

Len Taylor lives for the 4-H, but he has a nasty habit. He's abrasive, abusive, and generally rubs everyone the wrong way. So it's not really a surprise when someone confronts him about it – except that the confrontation ended with Len stabbed through the throat with a hay hook. Now Jim Duncan and Sally Castle have to figure out whether a family feud, embezzlement, or poor volunteer management led to Len's untimely death – or was he just a victim of the brutal summer heat gone wrong?

This story was originally published at Mystericale.com in the April 2014 issue.
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Dead of Summer
The Laurel Highlands seem idyllic, but for Trooper First Class Jim Duncan and Fayette County assistant public defender Sally Castle, it's anything but peaceful.

Len Taylor lives for the 4-H, but he has a nasty habit. He's abrasive, abusive, and generally rubs everyone the wrong way. So it's not really a surprise when someone confronts him about it – except that the confrontation ended with Len stabbed through the throat with a hay hook. Now Jim Duncan and Sally Castle have to figure out whether a family feud, embezzlement, or poor volunteer management led to Len's untimely death – or was he just a victim of the brutal summer heat gone wrong?

This story was originally published at Mystericale.com in the April 2014 issue.
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Overview

The Laurel Highlands seem idyllic, but for Trooper First Class Jim Duncan and Fayette County assistant public defender Sally Castle, it's anything but peaceful.

Len Taylor lives for the 4-H, but he has a nasty habit. He's abrasive, abusive, and generally rubs everyone the wrong way. So it's not really a surprise when someone confronts him about it – except that the confrontation ended with Len stabbed through the throat with a hay hook. Now Jim Duncan and Sally Castle have to figure out whether a family feud, embezzlement, or poor volunteer management led to Len's untimely death – or was he just a victim of the brutal summer heat gone wrong?

This story was originally published at Mystericale.com in the April 2014 issue.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940149692859
Publisher: Mary Sutton
Publication date: 06/11/2014
Series: The Laurel Highlands Mysteries
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 879,648
File size: 383 KB

About the Author

Liz Milliron is the crime fiction pen name for Mary Sutton.

Mary has been making up stories, and creating her own endings for other people's stories, for as long as she can remember. After ten years, she decided that making things up was far more satisfying than writing software manuals, and took the jump into fiction.

She writes the HERO'S SWORD middle-grade fantasy series as M.E. Sutton and finds a lot of inspiration in the lives of her own kids. A lifelong mystery fan, she also writes crime fiction, including THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS MYSTERIES, under the pen name Liz Milliron. Her short fiction has been published at Uppagus.com, Mystericale.com, and in LUCKY CHARMS: 12 CRIME TALES (December 2013).

Like her LAUREL HIGHLANDS characters, Mary lives in Southwestern PA (but, unfortunately, she doesn't have a dog). She is a member of Sisters in Crime.

Visit her on the web at and follow her on Twitter (@mary_sutton73).
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