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Brenda Strange Mystery #3
The Missing Page: The Brenda Strange Paranormal Mystery Series, Book 3
Autograph collecting...an industry rife with forgeries, screaming teens chasing their idols, and high rollers dealing in rare historical documents.
In The Missing Page, the third book in the Brenda Strange mystery series, Brenda is thrust into a case involving a rare, handwritten manuscript that has allegedly been stolen. A man who claims that he inherited the manuscript hires Brenda to find it. But before Brenda can even get started, the man’s decapitated body turns up in Spain.
Intrigued by the case, Brenda decides to investigate the disappearance of the manuscript and her client’s gruesome murder. What Brenda doesn’t count on is the FBI getting involved, the manuscript landing in her lap, and more people losing their heads along the way.
It’s a heart-pounding race against time for Brenda to find the killers and prevent her own head from being offed. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is haunting Brenda and Malfour House, and a diary from Brenda’s mother reveals a secret within her own family that shakes Brenda’s inner soul....
In The Missing Page, the third book in the Brenda Strange mystery series, Brenda is thrust into a case involving a rare, handwritten manuscript that has allegedly been stolen. A man who claims that he inherited the manuscript hires Brenda to find it. But before Brenda can even get started, the man’s decapitated body turns up in Spain.
Intrigued by the case, Brenda decides to investigate the disappearance of the manuscript and her client’s gruesome murder. What Brenda doesn’t count on is the FBI getting involved, the manuscript landing in her lap, and more people losing their heads along the way.
It’s a heart-pounding race against time for Brenda to find the killers and prevent her own head from being offed. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is haunting Brenda and Malfour House, and a diary from Brenda’s mother reveals a secret within her own family that shakes Brenda’s inner soul....
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Patty G. Henderson
20 books14 followersFrom the author's website: I’m a Tampa, Florida native and still live in beautiful, Palm tree-lined South Tampa. I got hooked on mystery and supernatural literature after I read Edgar Allan Poe in junior high and soon after, discovered H. P. Lovecraft. The dark side still fascinates me and I lament the loss of some of the old style literature of the greats in the genre.
I’m a firm believer in the romantic gothic element in horror and try to flavor all my books with a modern twist of the gothic. My vampire novel, SO DEAD, MY LOVE is a very strong modern day gothic written with all the trappings of the old greats. And if you are a fan of my Brenda Strange supernatural mystery series, then you’ll see a hint of the gothic in those books as well. The first book in the series is THE BURNING OF HER SIN, followed by TANGLED AND DARK and THE MISSING PAGE. The fourth book in the series, XIMORA, was published in 2009 by Black Car Publishing.
And on the opposite end of the spectrum, I also dearly love a good "cozy" mystery. No ghosts or ghoulies, just a good old-fashioned mystery with nary a drop of blood, violence or sex. I have many favorite cozy mystery books and authors I enjoy tremendously, like Juliet Blackwell, Ellery Adams, Lorna Barrett and a host of others!
I've also written a book in a favorite genre of mine.....Gothic Historical Romances. My brand new lesbian Gothic Historical Romance, THE SECRET OF LIGHTHOUSE POINTE, is a total homage to the old, campy paperback Gothics available at drugstores, department stores, grocery stores and every place paperback books were sold in the 1960s and 1970s. In my Gothic books, though, the girl gets the girl!
When I’m not writing or thinking of plot lines in my head, I love spending time with my family, coffee shops, fine wine and enjoying being out in the weekend evenings under the soothing power of the moon. I love thunderstorms with rolling thunder and the quiet beauty of cemetery. There is also lots more room for cats in my home. One can never have enough felines. I’ve had cats since I can remember and fondly recall each one with love for all the joy they brought me. I also create book covers and still enjoy collecting and detailing model cars which is something I began doing since I was child. I have a nice collection of little cars made of “white metal” which are highly collectible. During the year, you might find me at a local car show, snapping pics of my favorite cars of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
I’m a firm believer in the romantic gothic element in horror and try to flavor all my books with a modern twist of the gothic. My vampire novel, SO DEAD, MY LOVE is a very strong modern day gothic written with all the trappings of the old greats. And if you are a fan of my Brenda Strange supernatural mystery series, then you’ll see a hint of the gothic in those books as well. The first book in the series is THE BURNING OF HER SIN, followed by TANGLED AND DARK and THE MISSING PAGE. The fourth book in the series, XIMORA, was published in 2009 by Black Car Publishing.
And on the opposite end of the spectrum, I also dearly love a good "cozy" mystery. No ghosts or ghoulies, just a good old-fashioned mystery with nary a drop of blood, violence or sex. I have many favorite cozy mystery books and authors I enjoy tremendously, like Juliet Blackwell, Ellery Adams, Lorna Barrett and a host of others!
I've also written a book in a favorite genre of mine.....Gothic Historical Romances. My brand new lesbian Gothic Historical Romance, THE SECRET OF LIGHTHOUSE POINTE, is a total homage to the old, campy paperback Gothics available at drugstores, department stores, grocery stores and every place paperback books were sold in the 1960s and 1970s. In my Gothic books, though, the girl gets the girl!
When I’m not writing or thinking of plot lines in my head, I love spending time with my family, coffee shops, fine wine and enjoying being out in the weekend evenings under the soothing power of the moon. I love thunderstorms with rolling thunder and the quiet beauty of cemetery. There is also lots more room for cats in my home. One can never have enough felines. I’ve had cats since I can remember and fondly recall each one with love for all the joy they brought me. I also create book covers and still enjoy collecting and detailing model cars which is something I began doing since I was child. I have a nice collection of little cars made of “white metal” which are highly collectible. During the year, you might find me at a local car show, snapping pics of my favorite cars of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
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July 4, 2018
Great series! took me a bit longer to finish but finally did because this storyline was more scary and a bit dark:- very good writing,if anyone is looking for romance head the other way it's all brush over conversation but in a pretty decent way - the author did splendid when writing in terms of paranormal activity and the supernatural stuff for this plot twists because everything did show during the storytelling. My only downside was the sad ending but i do encourage readers to get into this great series!
July 13, 2015
The most intriguing thing about this book is its being set in Tampa, with frequent mention of local landmarks (though some are misspelled, such as "Swan Avenue"!). Brenda Strange is a private investigator who gets drawn into a conspiracy involving a stolen manuscript that details a process for achieving eternal life. The process involves grisly decapitations in Spain, Key Largo, and Tampa that affect Brenda directly and indirectly. This book is an interesting take on events that could happen in this quirky state in the vein of Carl Hiasson and other Florida writers.
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