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Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder (Book One) (Under The Moonlight 1) Kindle Edition

by MaryAnn Kempher (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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It’s midnight when 28-year-old Katherine O'Brian decides to walk to a nearby 24-hour diner. She lives in Reno Nevada, a city that never sleeps; she can clearly see the diner’s lights in the distance. It’s no big deal.

Until she passes someone’s garage where a man is loading a dead body into the trunk of a car.
She runs, as if her life depends on it. Because it does.

She escapes, but he's not concerned. He knows who she is.

Katherine has two things on her to-do list: pack and clean the home where she grew up, and finally finish her degree. She's literally one class away. She has no interest in romance and no stomach for attempts on her life, but suddenly it's raining men, and she's suddenly accident prone or someone wants her dead.

NOT your typical romance, not your typical mystery.
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    Under The Moonlight
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    3 December 2014
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MaryAnn Kempher's books will test your crime solving skills. With quirky characters and witty dialogue, her books will keep you guessing, and giggling until the very end. Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder is book one in the Under The Moonlight series. MaryAnn lived for many years in Reno NV, where this book is set. She currently lives in Tampa Florida with her husband and two children.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QKNVA2I
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ M. K. Kempher (3 December 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1972 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 346 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1503112446
  • Customer Reviews:
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Best-selling author MaryAnn Kempher has created mysteries that will test your crime solving skills AND tickle your funny bone; with quirky characters and witty dialogue, her books will keep you guessing and giggling until the very end.

There are seven books in the Under the Moonlight collection. They can be read out of order and still enjoyed, but she recommends you start with her first:

Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder which is a romance/mystery, and introduces the characters you'll see in the other books, including Detective Jack Harney.

Book two, Forever Doomed, sees Detective Jack Harney aboard a cruise ship, trying to solve multiple murders before the ship returns to port.

Book three, Sweet Mystery, has Jack Harney returning to Reno to solve the murder of an ex-girlfriend.

Book four, Play Dead, has Jack Harney and his new partner, Curt Noble, trying to solve not one but two grisly murders.

Book five, Dead Last--Every year Reno hosts a huge bicycle race, hundreds enter. When Max Holland, the man everyone is betting on to win the ten thousand dollar purse, is shot dead in Jack’s office, there’s concern that racers are being targeted. Jack is discreetly hired to find the killer.

Book six, Deadly Relations, it's Jack's job to solve another murder, and a bank robbery, this time with the help of Gaga Albright.

Book seven, Dead End, another Jack Harney murder mystery and the last in this series.

And coming in Decenber 2023, book one of a planned five book new series featuring your favorite sisters, Nene and Gaga Albright.

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BigED
5.0 out of 5 stars Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder; A real page-turner!!!
Reviewed in the United States on 1 October 2013
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I found this book to be a delightful read, being the Authors 1st book I think it was very well written and I was impressed with her writing abilities. I was hooked within the 1st chapter and really enjoyed how the Author was able to write two separate stories that started worlds apart and then brought them together toward the end, this created additional suspense that kept me wanting to read more. It is full of suspense, mystery, romance, and a twist that I have never seen before in a mystery book. Having lived a few years in the Reno area I felt a connection to the main charters while reading of things that reminded me of the great city of Reno! This was an easy and fun book to read and would recommended it to everyone, even the non-romance readers like myself.

To the critic reviews here on Amazon, I just have one thing to ask. Have you written a book? I didn't think so...
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@Pkakooza
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST Read! Mystery, Danger, Drama, romance...it has it all!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2013
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I gave 5 stars because this book is so cleverly written, I was hooked from the start! I read it in 2 days because I just kept speculating about what happens next. There are a lot of romance books out there at the moment, but lets be honest, they're mostly all sex and little depth to the story lines. This book has it all! Romance, kinky sex, and a storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat! There are lots of twists and turns and when you think you've figured it out, you soon find out you haven't. There is an unbelievable twist towards the end that left my mouth hanging!
I hate reviews that reveal too much, so I won't say much about the twists, but I hope you're ready to fall in love with Scott and Katherine....and Reno! The chemistry between these 2 is sizzling hot! This author is one to look out for for sure. Looking forward to more from her.
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Heather Marsten
4.0 out of 5 stars decent story
Reviewed in the United States on 14 June 2013
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I enjoyed this mystery. Katherine O'Brien witnesses a murderer and there are several attempts on her life. In the process of surviving, she meets Scott, a fellow student, and is reunited with her sister. Each of these characters bring painful memories and experiences into the relationship. While sorting these out, there are more attempts on Katherine's life.

I enjoyed the characters and felt that the author created suspense. Some of the scenes seemed unnecessary, and confused the plot a bit. Still, there was enough story line to keep me reading and wondering about the outcome.
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Shauna
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2013
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Good story, well written! This book is a great holiday read as it's easy to follow with a good mixture of characters.
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LE Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading till the end
Reviewed in the United States on 17 June 2013
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Although slow at times, the story really pulled me in. The characters are interesting and have depth to them, although Katherine and Scott both take a little too long to get to know. The author seems to believe that it's suspenseful if she makes telling comments about things that happened in the past without finishing the thought. It's annoying, not suspenseful or even interesting. She didn't have to explain in the first character description the baggage they each have, but dragging it out the way she did is unnecessary and would have shortened the story (in a good way) if she'd done it earlier in the book. There's enough going on that the reader stays interested. The secondary characters are good, too, but I would have liked to know why Katherine and her sister Amy didn't like each other instead of having to guess until so late in the book. I didn't understand why, if they disliked each other so much, Katherine let Amy stay with her so long that she virtually moved in and yet Katherine never called her on it. It made Katherine appear weak and ineffectual, not strong character traits. Overall, though, the story is well written, interesting, and has enough real suspense it's really worth reading. I will read Mary Ann Kempher books again.
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