to Kill
Steele Mysteries Book 1
M. Lee Prescott
Female Sleuth Mystery
Steele, a fifty-eight year old odd jobber, plays a practical joke on
her former boarding school, a joke that plunges her headlong into
kidnapping and murder. While she pretends to be an ace private
investigator, the niece of Massachusetts’ governor goes missing and
a murderer terrorizes the campus. Ricky enlists the aid of her former
roommates and together, the three create mayhem during Whitley
School’s reunion weekend, bungling along in search of the truth.
Join Ricky on her first caper and see how this humorous rollicking
mystery series got its start.
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Steele Mysteries Book 2
Steele, a fifty-eight year old odd jobber, is at it again, this time
investigating the death of the husband of a childhood friend.
Following Ron Harp’s funeral, Ricky finds herself on the wrong side
of local police as she becomes embroiled in small town politics,
uncovers long held secrets and investigates multiple murders. She
also rekindles a romance with drop dead gorgeous, Jay Harp, the
deceased’s brother. As Ricky pushes and probes, she unleashes a
killer’s rage. This first person narrative laced with wit and
humor, offers the second glimpse of this PI in action. Coming soon–
Ricky’s third adventure, Lost in Spindle City. This is one “upper
middle aged” sleuth, who has no intention of slowing down as she
closes in 60!
in Spindle City
Steele Mysteries Book 3
discovering a child prostitute on her doorstep, P.I. Ricky Steele
begins a wild search for her client’s 12-year-old friend. Her quest
plunges her deep into Spindle City’s thriving underworld of drugs
and prostitution. From there, the investigation takes her to the
city’s wealthiest neighborhoods and its exclusive country club,
worlds she happily left behind in her teens.
home turf with this outing, Ricky enlists the aid of friends like her
hunky next door neighbor, Vinnie, and Bunny, her childhood friend and
local realtor, who gets her access to the exclusive Aquinesset Club.
Running buddy, Phil Rubin, a physician, gets medical attention for
her young client, and golfer, Mark Fallon, the north end’s hottest
woodworker, pokes around where Ricky cannot go. Even her on again,
off again, lover, Jay Harp lends a hand, introducing her to Wilda, a
six foot four, martial arts trained, security specialist, who
provides critical muscle for the fifty-something P.I.
beatings, and near misses plague the intrepid sleuth as she closes in
on a killer. Join Ricky for this rollicking ride filled danger,
romance and surprise.
Steele Mysteries Book 4
Steele is on the case, this time hired to find two missed children,
who have vanished, poof! The investigation plunges her into the
underworld of child trafficking and exploitation as she moves from
dark city streets to a wealthy beach front community, where evil lies
behind a façade of gentility. Once again, Ricky is joined by her
boarding school buddies, who are visiting for the weekend. Armed with
pepper spray and stun guns, the three Rambettes jump right into the
investigation, mayhem and humor following in their wake.
this fourth book in the series, Ricky also finds love when Charlie
Bowen, or Dr. McDreamy, as her friends call him, moves into her
neighborhood and into her heart. His daughter, Mike, who wants to
learn the PI business, joins Ricky, Wilda and the gang on yet another
breathtaking adventure filled with danger, humor, pathos, and
surprise.
winning author, M. Lee Prescott loves the variety of hats she dons
when writing. As an educator, she is the author of three works of
nonfiction, Reader to Reader: Building Independence Through Peer
Partnerships, Writer to Writer: Focus on Fluency and Craft in
Multilingual Classrooms and Fluency In Focus: Comprehension
Strategies for Young Readers as well as a number of scholarly
articles in her field of literacy.
also writes in several genres of fiction—Mystery, Historical,
Western Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romance Suspense, and books
for children and young adults. Often, writers assume different pen
names for different kinds of books, but all of Lee’s fiction is
published under her name, M. Lee Prescott. She hopes readers will
seek out and enjoy all of her genres. They will discover connections
everywhere!
lives in southeastern Massachusetts on a beautiful river, where she
canoes, swims, and watches an incredible variety of wildlife pass by.
She is the mother of two sons and spends lots of time with them,
their beautiful wives, and her amazing grandchildren. When not
teaching or writing (both of which she adores), Lee’s passions
revolve around family, yoga, swimming, teaching mindfulness to
children and adults, and walking.
Amazon giftcard – 1 winner,
Copy of Gadfly – 3 winners
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