Fatal Traditions

“Don’t miss this must-read Deadwood short!” ~Kristy McCaffrey, Author of The Wren and Deep Blue

There’s a real trick to catching a soul-stealing Hungarian devil made of shadow and smoke. Unfortunately, Violet Parker doesn’t know what that trick is and her aunt’s life depends on her figuring it out.

But killing is an old family tradition for her … or rather a fatal tradition.

NOTE TO READERS: When I sat down to start plotting the 11th novel in the Deadwood Mystery Series, I realized that something was missing–a transitional story needing to be told in order to wrap up the previous ten novels and prepare you for the next many books to come. At that point, FATAL TRADITIONS was born.

New Year’s Eve seemed like the perfect time to set this Deadwood Short. Violet agreed with my way of thinking, the only stipulation being that tequila was somehow involved. If she was going to explore her family’s long and blood-filled history, she needed something to make it easier to swallow what she feared filled the pages of the leather-bound book Aunt Zoe had been asking her to read for months.

If you have read the 5th book in my Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series, you know that Natalie, Cooper, and Ol’ Man Harvey are in Arizona over the New Year’s holiday trying to enjoy some sunshine while they work out some kinks. (If you haven’t read IN CAHOOTS WITH THE PRICKLY PEAR POSSE and are a fan of Cooper and Natalie and Harvey, you might want to read that story for some Arizona-inspired “heat” and chuckles.) With these three out of state, Violet and the rest of her crew are left to bring in the New Year with plenty of hilarity and chills.

I hope you enjoy this extra-long Deadwood Short about the past and future for our favorite Scharfrichter.