{"title":"Local Authors","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"fatal-brouhaha","title":"Fatal Brouhaha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwentysomething master barista and owner of Portland, Oregon’s popular Ground Rules coffee cart, Sage Caplin is ready to celebrate her growing business at a weekend long maker’s festival, complete with live music, a cornhole tournament, 4th of July fireworks—and murder . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition to her beloved coffees, Sage is thrilled to be expanding her offerings in collaboration with the local whiskey company that is throwing the festival. And how better to launch their new product than with fellow entrepreneurs. But among the crowd of artists and creators, Sage is surprised to spot Left Coast Grinds owner Mark Jeffries, who has it out for Ground Rules. The distillery didn’t invite Mark and they apologize. But nothing can make up for the glare Mark aims at Sage and her co-owner, Harley. And that’s just a taste of what’s to come . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon Mark incites a loud argument with Harley and is ousted from the property. But later that night, Sage finds Mark's body by the Ground Rules Subaru. She knows that when investigators learn that Harley and Mark had a history of butting heads, Harley will be a prime suspect—and she’s right. But Mark rubbed many people the wrong way, and several are at the festival. Now Sage will have to filter through secrets, grudges, and blackmail to get to the bitter truth—and as her sleuthing heats up, the closing fireworks won’t just be the ones in the sky . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"authorImages149674490X\" class=\"gallery\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"authorImage\" href=\"https:\/\/images-azf.edelweiss.plus\/ea\/RH\/images\/author\/original\/9781496744906_ai_1_97c26.jpg?width=1000\" data-lightbox=\"authorImage149674490X\" title=\"CorriAnne Photography\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/images-azf.edelweiss.plus\/ea\/RH\/images\/author\/original\/9781496744906_ai_1_97c26.jpg?width=90\" alt=\"CorriAnne Photography\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCredit: CorriAnne Photography\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contribBio\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmmeline Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the Portland, Oregon-based author of the Ground Rules Mystery Series, as well as YA novels written under the name Kelly Garrett. She is a 2020 Oregon Literary Fellow, a board member of the Northwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, and co-organizer of the Friends of Mystery's Bloody Thursday lecture series. She's also a member of Sisters-In-Crime, Willamette Writers, and SCBWI. 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But not everyone gives her a warm welcome . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGround Rules isn’t the only newcomer set to open in Portland’s grand new Button Building. Fortunately, most of the fellow micro-restaurant owners and patrons are great—with two exceptions. There’s Rose, a true-crime podcaster and active TikToker who’s pestering Sage for an interview about her estranged con-artist mother; and Bianca, the familiar and perpetually unpleasant owner of Breakfast Bandits. Bianca is abrasive to everyone, so Sage doesn’t feel singled out. . . . Until Bianca falls dead at the building’s grand opening—a to-go cup of Ground Rules coffee in her hand. Laced with Ketamine, also known as Special K.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt doesn’t help that just before she collapsed, Bianca was publicly rude to Sage. Or that Bianca’s boyfriend points the police toward Sage. Or that Rose, still hung up on investigating Sage’s mom, has declared she’ll solve the murder. Now it will be up to Sage to sift through a complex blend of motives, blackmail, and old and new rivalries to get to the truth of a very bitter brew . . .\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"abaproduct-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmmeline Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the Portland, Oregon-based author of the Ground Rules Mystery Series, as well as YA novels written under the name Kelly Garrett. She is a 2020 Oregon Literary Fellow, a board member of the Northwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, and co-organizer of the Friends of Mystery's Bloody Thursday lecture series. She's also a member of Sisters-In-Crime, Willamette Writers, and SCBWI. 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