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MaryAnn Kempher

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in Milwaukee, The United States

April 14

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Mystery, Suspense, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Agatha Christie, Janet Evanovich, and Jane Austen.

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December 2011

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I get most of my exercise these days by shaking my head. Unknown author.

Boy, can I relate, but I try to focus on what's in front of me, usually cake. Da Dum Dum.

Anyway, I'm obviously an author. I served 20 years in the US Air Force and soon after retirement came up with the idea for my first book--which I promptly discarded. It was about insurance fraud and trust me, they make it very hard to steal their money, so I had to come up with a different idea.

Book one is mostly a romantic comedy with a murder mystery thrown in, and while I think it's pretty good especially for a first book, I discovered I enjoyed writing the mystery of the book the most.

So, books two through eight are mysteries.

All the books have a lot of humor in them.

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	Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder (Under The Moonlight #1) 3.57 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Doomed (Under the Moonlight #2) 3.74 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Mystery: A Detective Jack Harney Murder Mystery (Under The Moonlight Book 3) 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Play Dead (Under the Moonlight #4) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Last: A Jack Harney Murder Mystery (Book Five) (Under The Moonlight 5) 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Relations (Book Six): (Under The Moonlight) 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Moonlight Collection 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead End: A Detective Jack Harney Murder Mystery ( Book Seven) (Under The Moonlight 7) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Smells Funny: A Detective Jack Harney Murder Mystery (Book Eight) (Under The Moonlight 8) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Smells Funny: A Jack Harney Murder Mystery (Book Eight) (Under The Moonlight) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Not my usual cup of tea, this book was recommended to me by my son. I did enjoy the book though and recommend for those looking to read something outside their normal choices.
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