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xThe funniest deputy coroner to cut up a corpse since well everx Laura LevineSorenson Wisconsins deputy coroner Mattie Winston is back on the job in a nursing home examining the body of Bernie Chasethe now former president of the Twilight Homes board of directorswho is covered in a powder used to turn liquids to solids The homes residents are certain Bernie was offing the patients who cost him too much and the patient that found him cant remember a thing Between her ongoing tug of war with Detective Hurley fulfilling her new job requirement of seeing a shrink and wrangling with the Twilight Homes board of directors Matties got her scrubbed hands full Shell need all of her outside-the-box forensic skills to crack a case thats turning out to be strangerand more dangerousthan anything shes seen before Praise for Annelise Ryan and her Mattie Winston seriesxA puzzler of a mystery What a thrill ridex Jenn McKinlay xHas it all suspense laughter a spicy dash of romance x Tess GerritsenxAnother winning mysteryx Leann Sweeney.
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Annelise Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of the popular Mattie Winston mystery series and a pseudonym for Beth Amos, who also writes the Mack's Bar Mystery series under the pseudonym Allyson K. Abbott. Beth is a real life emergency room RN living in Wisconsin. She believes laughter is the best medicine, and with the Mattie Winston series she is hoping to "medicate" the masses.For more Mattie Winston fun and to keep up with the latest news, visit www.mattiewinston.comABOUT WORKING STIFF: Stephanie Plum with a CSI twist--Annelise Ryan's new cozy mystery series introduces wisecracking nurse-turned-coroner Mattie Winston and the eccentric inhabitants of her small Wisconsin town."Ryan, the pseudonym of a Wisconsin emergency nurse, brings her professional expertise to her crisp debut." ~Publishers Weekly"Mattie Winston's life in small-town Sorenson, Wis., is anything but dull after she takes the job as deputy coroner. Mattie is klutzy and endearing, and there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments." ~ Romantic Times"A recently-divorced OR nurse accepts the job as assistant to the coroner and her first case involves the murder of her ex-husband's lover, and when her ex becomes the chief suspect, she joins forces with a hunky police detective to find the killer in a debut that is both funny and intricately-plotted." ~ Clues Unlimited"Annelise Ryan turns in a spiffy series debut with Working Stiff introducing nurse turned coroner's assis¬tant Mattie Winston. Her first crime scene is quite a challenge, however, as the prime suspect is her husband, Dr. Wonderful, and the victim is his mistress. Mattie is a wise-cracking guide to the ins-and-outs of autopsy and crime-solving while managing some pithy commentary on the current state of medical practice courtesy of the author's background as a nurse." ~ Mystery Lovers Bookshop Fall Coffee and Crime NewsletterABOUT SCARED STIFF: "When shocked trick-or-treaters discover the body of model Shannon Tolliver one Halloween night, Mattie Winston investigates in Ryan's sharp second mystery to feature the Sorenson City, Wis., deputy coroner (after 2009's Working Stiff." Publishers Weekly"Mattie Winston is a likable, humorous heroine with whom readers will readily identify." Romantic Times"This has the makings of an appealing series on multiple fronts: the forensic details will interest Patricia Cornwell readers, though the tone here is lighter, while the often slapstick humor and the blossoming romance between Mattie and Hurley will draw Evanovich fans who don't object to the cozier mood." Sue O'Brien, Booklist
