One Plus One Equals More and four other short stories

By Stephannie Tallent

Having read Agatha Christie as a child, I was under the misconception that mystery stories had to include a murder.

They don't.

Although several of these short stories do have murders, the stories run the gamut from a holiday gone wrong to a woman starting a second career as a penetration security tester.

Stories include the title story, One Plus One Equals More; Saltwater; The Final Test of Maria Ramirez; Winning The Playa Real Bluffs Holiday Hop; and Of Cats and Assassins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephannie Tallent
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781942655336

Stephannie Tallent

Stephannie Tallent is a 1989 West Point graduate. Since then she's served in the Army as a Military Intelligence officer, gotten a Zoology degree, went to vet school, worked as a small animal veterinarian, and designed and published knitting patterns and books.Throughout all that she's always wanted to be a writer, and she's finally put all her type A, soft-spoken, liberal, invisible middle-aged woman focus on that goal, writing everything from fantasy to science fiction to mysteries to romance.Check out her website at www.stephannietallent.com.

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