Reckless Mind

by Jenn Flynn-Shon

Author Shaw McLeary’s life is starting to read like a sad Chick-Lit novel. Her love life is stalled, her career is starting to suffer, and her sister, Michelle, isn’t making anything easy. Shaw gets out of Phoenix to renew her inspiration, sea-side. In Seattle, she can see her mom at the assisted living facility and make nice with Michelle. A win-win. When her mom’s next door neighbor dies, Shaw thinks nothing of it. That is until a detective at the scene starts questioning her mom about her involvement in a robbery of a ring belonging to the victim. As well as her death. But signs of dementia are showing in Betty’s answers and Shaw is afraid the detective is on a beeline path to arrest her mom. If she wants to prove her mom didn’t kill anyone, she’s going to have to explain that ring. And she might just get more help than she bargained for in proving her mom’s innocence when an old friend from home show up on her doorstep…

212 pages, Paperback

Published August 31, 2016

About the author

Jenn Shon (alt. Jenn Flynn-Shon) is an 11-times published author and sand enthusiast. To get through the perils of being uncool in sixth grade, she picked up a notebook and pen and hasn't looked back since. For decades, Jenn wrote fiction stories featuring meet-cutes. Later, romantic suspense. Now, after close to two decades of blogging her innermost thoughts, she released her first essay collection of sassy, witty, beach-inspired debauchery. You Classy Beach, Or, are mermaids always this snarky? is written by one b^d^ss GenX woman (Jenn, duh) and dropped on July 26, 2024 in paperback format (no eBook at this time.) Read it at the beach or wherever, just try to keep the sand out of your pants.

Writing for over 40 years, Jenn founded her micro-press, Writesy Press, LLC, in 2012 to publish her first novel. Published works include the Shaw McLeary Mystery Series (Reckless Abandon, Reckless Hearts, Reckless Mind), California Dreamin' Series (Carol + Chad 4-eva!, Alternate Plans, Makeup Your Mind), Creative Writing Kickstart (vol 1 & 2), 30 Chapters in 30 Days, and Ripple the Twine (retired). Her work is also seen in the anthologies: Midlife on Fire (vol 1) and Journeys to Authorship: How Wannabe Writers Can Realize their Publishing Dreams. Titles include: "Midlife Made Me Do It" and "Time, Patience, and Too Many Oxford Commas."

On a personal note, she struggles with cliché because Jenn loves long walks on the beach with her husband at sunset.

This biography is written in third person but, let's be clear, an Indie Author writes her own bio.

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shaw McLeary could be a very interesting character, however, she comes across as unemotional and sometimes uncaring in this book.
I applaud the author for tackling the nearly taboo subject of aging parents with mind altering diseases, and I fully agree that to a writer nearing a deadline, her editor is the most important person in her life.
But there just wasn't any fire to this book.
Hopefully that will change over time.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I may be prejudiced as I know the author personally, but I believe that this 3rd Shaw McLeary book is her best yet. In the realm of Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote) and Castle/Beckett, this Shaw book keeps the reader involved and wanting to know more. Shaw travels back to her hometown of Seattle to help with her mother's care and finds herself trying to solve a mystery/crime at her mother's facility.

Would not have put it down but work and eating got in the way! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Judi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best one yet!
I couldn't be more proud of my daughter for all the hard work, imagination, and love that went into this book!! A real page turner that I didn't want to end.
xo