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    Willow Bend: A Mara Hiddenbridge Mystery
    Willow Bend: A Mara Hiddenbridge Mystery
    Willow Bend: A Mara Hiddenbridge Mystery
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    Willow Bend: A Mara Hiddenbridge Mystery

    By M.D. Taverner

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    Mara Hiddenbridge, 29 year old film critic at The Villonia Voice newspaper is content to tuck herself away in a movie theater, to write screenplays that never see the light of day, and to quietly grieve the sudden death of her father. Content, or comfortably numb, perhaps.

    Her walled-off world is penetrated when she witnesses a body being recovered from her favorite writing corner in Willow Bend Park.

    Meanwhile, a Villonia Michigan Mayoral candidate she’s slated to interview about a controversial plan to draw the movie industry to the mid-western state, turns out to be Paolo Santini, the cocky, handsome contractor of Santini Family Construction, with romantic ties to her past that she’d hoped never to face again.

    Further complications arise when a strange Scotsman and ex-cop, Gabriel Mason, approaches Mara in Willow Bend with suspicions and evidence that cast her in the center of a conspiracy with more twists than any movie she’s ever seen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM.D. Taverner
    Release dateFeb 16, 2013
    ISBN9781301679461
    Willow Bend: A Mara Hiddenbridge Mystery
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    M.D. Taverner

    I was bit by the writing bug way back in 5th grade when I won the Young Authors' contest at school (still gives me chills to this day!) I was a "closet writer" of poetry in high school and in college I wrote for the University of Michigan literary journal (mostly angst-ridden, secret crush poems that will hopefully never see the light of day!)Writing has always been something in the background that I never really mention, but love. I entered a few contests and even got a few "Runner Up" prizes, like an ABC After School Special television script (remember those?) and a Writer's Digest rhyming poetry "honorable mention." So, in my late 20's I started writing a mystery novel in a night class held at Schoolcraft College and forgot about it until after I had my son 3 years ago and had the irresistible urge to write. Thanks to a supporting husband who tolerated many trips alone to Panera with my laptop and some obscure goal to finish the book, I did it! I truly hope you enjoy it and don't judge a first attempt too harshly! Right now, I'm smack dab in the middle of a Young Adult novel that has me by the heart! It's under consideration by a literary agent (woo hoo!) so cross your fingers. Hope you enjoy my first endeavor, Willow Bend. Thank you!

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