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Midlife Crisis Mystery #6
Frustrated in Massachusetts
I’m Holly Parker, and I’m tackling my bucket list, one state at a time. I want to visit all fifty over the next ten years or so, but so far, I’ve had the bad luck to find myself caught up in murder investigations everywhere I’ve gone.
This trip was going to be different, though. Besides getting to see the sights in Boston, Massachusetts, I was going to get to spend some time with two of my closest friends from college while I was there. Ryan and Lisa had started dating as freshmen and now, something like thirty years later, they were still together. We’d been incredibly close in college, but then our lives had gone in different directions, and I hadn’t seen them since graduation.
We had a nice dinner together, catching up on each other’s lives. I was concerned when Ryan told me the next morning that Lisa was missing. Things got much worse when her body was found. For some reason, the police seemed to think that I had a motive for Lisa’s murder. Ryan seemed to be their second favorite suspect. And once again I found myself caught up in a murder investigation when all I’d wanted was a vacation.
This trip was going to be different, though. Besides getting to see the sights in Boston, Massachusetts, I was going to get to spend some time with two of my closest friends from college while I was there. Ryan and Lisa had started dating as freshmen and now, something like thirty years later, they were still together. We’d been incredibly close in college, but then our lives had gone in different directions, and I hadn’t seen them since graduation.
We had a nice dinner together, catching up on each other’s lives. I was concerned when Ryan told me the next morning that Lisa was missing. Things got much worse when her body was found. For some reason, the police seemed to think that I had a motive for Lisa’s murder. Ryan seemed to be their second favorite suspect. And once again I found myself caught up in a murder investigation when all I’d wanted was a vacation.
130 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 11, 2025
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Diana Xarissa
230 books264 followersDiana started self-publishing in 2013 and over a decade later she now has over a hundred books available for readers. Writing remains her passion and she has no plans to stop writing in the foreseeable future.
Diana grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, and earned a history degree from Allegheny College. She met her husband, an Englishman, while living and working in Washington, DC. Following their marriage, she moved to Derbyshire. A short while later, the happy couple moved to the Isle of Man.
During their years on the island, Diana and her husband welcomed two children, and Diana completed a master’s degree in the history of the island. In 2008, the family made the decision to move to the US. Now empty-nesters, Diana and her husband are living in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, and contemplating moving somewhere that doesn’t get snow.
Diana also writes mystery/thrillers set in the not-too-distant future as Diana X. Dunn and Young Adult fiction as D.X. Dunn.
Diana grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, and earned a history degree from Allegheny College. She met her husband, an Englishman, while living and working in Washington, DC. Following their marriage, she moved to Derbyshire. A short while later, the happy couple moved to the Isle of Man.
During their years on the island, Diana and her husband welcomed two children, and Diana completed a master’s degree in the history of the island. In 2008, the family made the decision to move to the US. Now empty-nesters, Diana and her husband are living in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, and contemplating moving somewhere that doesn’t get snow.
Diana also writes mystery/thrillers set in the not-too-distant future as Diana X. Dunn and Young Adult fiction as D.X. Dunn.
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April 11, 2025
I liked this story very much except for the large amount of repetition it had.
April 27, 2025
Great read
I so enjoy this series. They are so much fun. The plots are quite simple yet engaging. The characters are also a lot and not so well defined, just enough to let us decide. Genius! Can’t wait for the next one!
I so enjoy this series. They are so much fun. The plots are quite simple yet engaging. The characters are also a lot and not so well defined, just enough to let us decide. Genius! Can’t wait for the next one!
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