Independence Slay

On the Fourth of July, Old Glory is flying high in Celebration Bay?until someone raises a red flag?

With Independence Day fast approaching, Liv Montgomery is swamped coordinating one of the town’s biggest festivals. In addition to the traditional July fourth events, the town stages a spooky Revolutionary War reenactment that can’t be missed. Every year, the ghost of local war hero Henry Gallantine?played by his eccentric descendant of the same name?appears at the top of the family mansion, kicking off the night’s revelries.

But Henry’s annual cameo goes awry after the ghost signals SOS instead of his traditional cue. When Liv rushes to the rescue, she finds Henry missing and a real dead body instead of a fake haunt. Now she will have to hunt down both a murderer and a missing person quickly before unwanted political fireworks ignite and someone else winds up as local history?

Shelley Freydont is the author of the Lindy Haggerty Mysteries, including A Merry Little Murder and Halloween Murder, the Katie McDonald Sudoku mysteries including Sudden Death Sudoku and Serial Killer Sudoku, and the Celebration Bay mysteries, including Foul Play at the Fair and Silent Knife. Shelley also writes popular romance novels under the name Shelley Noble. She is a past president of the New York/Tri State chapter of Sisters in Crime and a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, New Jersey Romance Writers, and Kiss of Death RWA chapter. A former professional dancer and choreographer, she recently worked on the films Mona Lisa Smile and The Game Plan.