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On the run from a double-cross, Las Vegas private investigator Gypsy Moran shows up unexpectedly at his sister Rhonda's house in Wink, Texas. She introduces Gypsy to one of her former students, 12-year-old Tatum McCallen, who is in need of Gypsy's services. Tatum wants to hire Gypsy to investigate his father Ryce's alleged suicide. His dad was a deputy with the Sheriff's department and was found hanged in their backyard. Tatum believes his father was murdered after he went inquiring after the disappearance of several teenage girls, all undocumented immigrants. Against his better judgment, Gypsy agrees to snoop around to see what he can find. Between dealing with his now married high school sweetheart, a sexy reporter, and hostile police officers, Gypsy has his work cut out for him.



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Lynn Chandler Willis

Award winning author Lynn Chandler Willis can now add Shamus Award finalist to her growing list of awards and recognition. She was the first woman in ten years to win the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best 1st Private Eye Novel with her debut PI novel, WINK OF AN EYE. The mystery was recently named a finalist for the prestigious Shamus Award. The book was also a Fall 2014 OKRA pick from the SIBA and was named to the long list for their Book of the Year Award. The main character, a charming, rouge named Gypsy Moran is developing quite a fan club! WINK OF AN EYE is earning rave reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, RT Times, Library Journal as well from a fast-growing legion of both serious readers as well as casual readers.

Willis's debut mystery, THE RISING, was a finalist for an INSPY Award and won top prize in the mystery category in the GRACE Award for Excellence in Faith-based fiction.

She has worked in the corporate world, broadcast journalism, the newspaper industry, and provided daycare for her nine grandchildren. But she keeps coming back to creating imaginary worlds where all sorts of interesting characters reside.

"My favorite part of fiction writing is when a character takes control," says Chandler-Willis. "As the writer, no matter how you try to manipulate them into doing what you want , to go where the plot is supposed to take them, they take the reins and go off in a totally different direction. That's when you know it's working."



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