Guest Post & #Giveaway – The Jammed Judges by D.S. Lang

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The Jammed Judges: Doro Banyon Historical Mysteries
Historical Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Ohio
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Debra Sue Lang (April 2, 2024)
Number of Pages – Approx. 310

 

Synopsis

 

Journey back to the Roaring Twenties in small-town America and join Doro Banyon, college librarian and armchair detective, as she confronts another mystery.

Spring in the air, and Doro is looking forward to her hometown’s May Day celebration. When her friend Aggie wins the baking contest, their celebration is short-lived because the two local lawmen—judges for the competition—fall ill after consuming extra portions of Aggie’s jam roll. Rumors run rampant, especially when the town doctor pinpoints the cause as arsenic poisoning.

With the constabulary down for the count, the two friends must unravel the mystery. As they study possibilities, Doro and Aggie find plenty of dangling threads and likely suspects. Is someone trying to make Aggie look bad or get even with her? Or do area bootleggers want the police out of their way while a big load of illegal liquor is transported through the area? Doro resolves to crack the case before more trouble hits town.

 

 

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Guest Post

 

Hello! I’m Dorothea Banyon, but I go by Doro, and I am an amateur sleuth and college librarian in small-town Ohio during the Roaring Twenties. Things don’t roar all that much in my hometown, but there’s been an unusual number of crimes! Last year, I helped bring two killers to justice.

I love mysteries, and teach a course on whodunits, so going from armchair detective to amateur sleuth has been exciting. Ev Mallow, one of our local lawmen, gave me the promotion, after I helped him with an investigation.

My latest case, The Jammed Judges, sidelines two of my usual team members: Wade Lammers, the town constable, and Ev, the campus security officer and deputy constable. That leaves my best friend and sister professor, Agatha Darwine, and me to investigate.

How and why were the local lawmen put out of commission? That’s at the heart of the mystery. I’ll say this much, poisoning is not pretty, but it isn’t fatal in their cases, either. Since they’re able to talk, Aggie and I consult with them as we pursue the culprit. Although a threatening note ups the ante, we won’t stop sleuthing because the guilty party might strike again.

 

 

About the Author

 

D.S. Lang is a former teacher, tutor, mentor, and program manager. As an only child, she often created stories to entertain herself when she didn’t have her nose in a book. She is still making up stories, but now she puts them in writing.

She writes historical mysteries set in small-town America during the Roaring Twenties. Her books feature women amateur sleuths dedicated to solving crimes, along with a team of colorful characters—often including a local lawman.

 

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3 thoughts on “Guest Post & #Giveaway – The Jammed Judges by D.S. Lang

  1. Dreaa Drake

    This sounds like a really interesting book!

  2. StoreyBook Reviews

    So happy to have you hear and spread the love for your book!

  3. D.S. Lang

    Thanks so much for having me on your blog! I appreciate it.

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