The plan this month was to post a scary or spooky scene from one of our books. I meant to. I really did. But I overthink posting scenes — the context, how scary really is it? Blah blah blah.

Also, I’m wicked busy in pre-launch work for DYING FOR NEWS, which will be released online Oct. 29, and should be available in stores by mid-November. Check out my website, maureenmilliken.com for more information.

It’s not really a scary scene, but here’s the back cover matter…

THE DEAD OF WINTER…

When newspaper owner and editor Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea’s house burns down on New Year’s Eve with an unidentified body in the charred rubble – who may or may not be her missing tenant – it’s clear the new year won’t be nice and quiet after all. So much for new year’s resolutions!

Bernie is already navigating boyfriend and police chief Pete Novotny’s increasingly challenging struggle with PTSD, so when the arson and murder investigation narrows its focus on her, she plunges into work trying to find an oasis of normalcy. Getting to the bottom of the local college’s plans for expansion is just the ticket.

Or not. What Bernie thought would be a simple story isn’t simple at all, and she begins to uncover a dark conspiracy, with tentacles that reach to every corner of Redimere, including into Pete’s troubled police department. The farther Bernie digs, the more tragic, and ultimately deadly, the consequences.