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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the members of the CB Writers group (looking at you, Brenda Clark, Melissa Shaw-Smith, and Angie Bullaro!), and especially Bridget and Mary Ann O’Reilly, who were Dorothy and Summer’s very first readers. Much love and gratitude also to my fellow mystery writers and blogmates at Chicks on the Case: Ellen Byron, Kellye Garrett, and Marla Cooper; my amazing agent, Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary; and of course the fabulous staff at Carina Press, in particular my champion editor, Kerri Buckley—thank you, thank you! And of course my writer’s life would not be possible without the undying support and patience of my family: my saintly husband, Rich; my mom, Jeanne; my sister, Robin (who’s promised to read this book, even though there’s a murder in it); and my incredible kids, Kimberly, Stephanie, and Rory—love you all!
Watch for the next books in THE LADIES SMYTHE & WESTIN series from Lisa Q. Mathews and Carina Press, coming soon!
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About the Author
Growing up near the beach in Connecticut, Lisa Q. Mathews prepped for her career as an author by studying ads in the back of her mom’s magazines (“We’re Looking for People to Write Children’s Books!”) and investing her hard-earned allowance in pristine spiral notebooks. She also devoured every Nancy Drew book in her summer camp library, determined to outwit the perfect girl detective. She failed, of course, but years later she had another chance.
After graduating from Williams College with a double major in English and Psychology and a typing speed of 12 wpm, Lisa headed to New York to work as an assistant to four busy editors. Soon after, she became an editor herself—of new Nancy Drew books!
It was so much fun bossing Nancy around—and maybe adding a few nasty plot twists to complicate her cases—that Lisa wrote under a pen name for other kids’ series, including Mary-Kate and Ashley and The Lizzie McGuire Mysteries. Eventually, she became Creative Director at Random House Children’s Books.
But Lisa had always secretly dreamed of writing mysteries full-time—for grown-ups. During an extended stay at her parents’ floral-themed retirement community in Southwest Florida—and a chance elevator meeting with a memorable senior—THE LADIES SMYTHE & WESTIN series was born.
A former ice dancer and mom to three grown kids, Lisa now scribbles in her notebooks from New Hampshire, where she lives with her husband, her own mom, and a crazy golden retriever named Willie. She is happy to report that she and Nancy Drew are now fast chums, and her typing speed is much improved.
To learn more about Lisa and her books, please visit her website and sign up for her newsletter at lisaqmathews.com. You can also follow her on Twitter at @lisaqmathews, friend her on Facebook, and share in her writing adventures at the group blog Chicks on the Case. Lisa hopes you’ll enjoy THE LADIES SMYTHE & WESTIN books as much as she enjoys writing them—and she looks forward to meeting you!
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IT manager Mia Connors is up to her tortoiseshell glasses in drama. A glitch in the Horseshoe Falls email system disrupts security and sends errant messages to residents of the gated community. Her best friend has disappeared. And she finds another of her friends murdered—in her office.
When the hunky new head of Horseshoe Falls security identifies Mia as the prime suspect, her anxiety level registers on the Richter scale. Eager to clear her name, this geek girl must put her high IQ to work uncovering the killer!
THE GEEK GIRL MYSTERIES continues in 2016 with A GEEK GIRL’S GUIDE TO ARSENIC.
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ISBN-13: 9781459290570
Cardiac Arrest
Copyright © 2015 by Lisa Q. Mathews
Edited by Kerri Buckley
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