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Silent Gavel
Silent Gavel
Silent Gavel
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She’s sick to death of drama. But her new courtroom job turns to tragedy when she’s suspected of killing the judge.Lauren Besoner figured it was time to stop running from her past. Leaving Colorado to return home to Wyoming for a steady court stenographer’s position, she hoped to put her broken marriage and a string of bad dates firmly behind her. But her newfound stability shatters when she swings by to pick up the judge one morning... only to find her murdered in her own home.Shaken after calling in the cops and answering routine questions, Lauren is stunned to learn she’s the number-one suspect. And with a suspicious connection between the dead judge and Lauren’s cheating ex-husband, she has no choice but to jump on the case and pronounce herself innocent.Can Lauren track down the killer before she becomes the next victim?Silent Gavel is the thrilling first book in the Crawford Mysteries series. If you like quick-witted characters, fast-paced action, and classic murder puzzles, then you’ll love Merissa Racine’s intriguing whodunit.Buy Silent Gavel to render a verdict today!

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Release dateDec 29, 2017
ISBN9780999303313
Silent Gavel
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Merissa Racine

Merissa Racine grew up on Long Island, New York. When she was a teenager her family moved to Miami, Florida, where she lived for several years. She left the Sunshine state and settled in an even sunnier place, Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she grew to appreciate the open spaces that the High Plains offers, and views of the Rocky Mountains.After more than 38 years of working as a court stenographer she began a new adventure, writing the novel that had been in her head, waiting for the right time to make its debut.Merissa's career in the legal profession provided the authentic flavor to her book Silent Gavel, which centers around a feisty court stenographer and her dogged determination to catch a killer.When not tapping away on her steno machine in her day job, Merissa is busy putting the finishing touches on her next novel, Shadows of Doubt.Merissa has two dogs, Maya and Roz, and she can't leave out Zelda, her cat.

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