Murphy's Law of Action: A Murphy Family Mysteries Short

By C. L. Moye

At the tender age of 16, Lexie Murphy learns the hard way that it sucks life doesn't come with trigger warnings. The mystery-addicted insomniac is an unapologetic snoop. She's always eavesdropping and spying on neighbors while she aspires to a life somewhere between two of her literary idols: Nancy Drew and Stephanie Plum. Her amateur sleuthing takes a dark turn over Fourth of July weekend when she witnesses a gruesome act being committed in the neighbor's recently vacated house.

She alerts the local police department, expecting appreciation for her investigative initiative. Instead, the local police make their disapproval very clear by scolding her and shutting her out of the investigation. Apparently, the real world is no place for amateur sleuths.

Incensed and thirsty for true justice, Lexie takes her crusade to the internet and shares what the police can't or won't in her anonymous Nosy Girl blog. She researches relentlessly and posts her findings in the hope that truth and justice will win the day. Will she take her fixation on justice too far? Can she make a real difference as a keyboard crusader?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clemmons Moye Publishing
• Release date: Dec 18, 2017

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Chelsea Moye

Murphy's Law of Action

A Murphy Family Mystery Short

First published by Clemmons-Moye Publishing in 2017

Copyright © Chelsea Moye, 2017

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Copyright © 2017 by CHELSEA CLEMMONS MOYE. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the author, except where permitted by law.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner and are not to be construed as real. Any real locations mentioned are used in a purely fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual events, places, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

TRIGGER WARNING(S): Bullying, Suicide, Necrophiliac Rape.

The author does not condone any of the above actions. Real life (and death) can be quite ugly sometimes. If you know someone who’s being bullied, the author encourages you to make an effort to put a stop to it