It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Virginia Kelly, and her first mystery, TANGLED SECRETS: A GABI ESPINOSA MYSTERY, released January 2024. Her previous eight published titles are romantic suspense novels. Virginia is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Guppy Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Title: Tangled Secrets: A Gabby Espinosa Mystery (Turner’s Crossroads, Book 1)

About the book: Turner’s Crossroads, where nothing happens… Until it does.

Reeling from her husband’s murder, librarian Gabriela Espinosa took her young daughter and sought refuge in the perceived safety of her tiny hometown in the Florida Panhandle. Six years later, the murder of her best friend shatters her sense of security and threatens the walls Gabi built to protect herself from grief.

Suspicion falls on an old friend of her late father’s. Though the man is troubled, Gabi believes he’s incapable of violence. In his defense, she begins asking questions which put her at odds with the local sheriff’s department and a mysterious new deputy.

As she uncovers a tangle of complicated relationships, there’s a second murder. With fear resonating through the town’s sleepy façade, Gabi confronts a dark past that lays bare Turner’s Crossroads’ secrets, putting her, and her daughter, in danger.

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About the author:  Virginia Kelly is the author of romantic suspense, romantic adventure, and most recently, mystery. Her novels have been nominated for several awards including the RWA Golden Heart, the Holt Medallion, the Golden Quill, the Aspen Gold, and the National Reader’s Choice Award. An academic librarian, Virginia is a native of Peru and lives in Florida with her family. She’s a travel buff, loves to hike, and pretends to be a somewhat passable photographer. To learn more about Virginia and her books, visit her website at http://virginiakelly.net.