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Ten Great Books by Ten Great Authors

Murder mysteries, short stories, romance, intrigue … it’s all here!

Amber Fraley
9 min readApr 2, 2022

In addition to writing here at Medium, I also write human interest articles for some regional magazines, and I’ve released a couple of books. In the spirit of solidarity, I wanted to share some recently released books by some fellow indie writers:

Murder at the Menger: A Sydney Lockhart Mystery by Kathleen Kaska

Release date: June 24, 2022. Available for pre-sale now.

It’s 1953, and detective Sydney Lockhart finds herself solving another murder in another famous hotel. The victim is a slick bookie named Johnny Pine who had his dirty fingers in pies from Texas to Florida. Sydney tracks Pine to the Menger Hotel in San Antonio where she discovers he’s been murdered in the room next to hers. And as usual, Sydney is a suspect. With her partner, Ralph Dixon, handling the case from Austin; or so she believes, Sydney is working alone in unfamiliar territory. A string of illicit deeds that trails from San Antonio to New Orleans, leads to more murder. Uncertain of whom she can trust, Sydney’s only choice is to find the killer before the killer finds her.

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Amber Fraley
Amber Fraley

Written by Amber Fraley

Writing about abortion rights, mental illness, trauma, narcissistic abuse & survival, politics. Journalist, novelist, wife, mom, Kansan, repro rights activist.

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