The Girl on the Edge of Summer ~ Paperback ~ J.M. Redmann

Micky Knight reluctantly takes on two cases, one for money, one for pity. The first is a trawl though archives to solve a century old murder, for an arrogant grandson who thinks riches should absolve his family of any sins. The other, to answer a mother s anguish as she tries to understand her daughter s suicide. Micky sees no happy ending to either case; the dusty pages of history aren t going to give up their secrets after holding them for so long. And even if she finds answers for the mother s questions, nothing will bring her daughter back. But as Micky discovers, the past is never past and a young girl can lead a complicated, even dangerous, life. The secrets, both past and present, are meant to remain hiddenonly the first murder is hard. The rest come easy. A Micky Knight Mystery"Author BiographyJ.M. Redmann is the author of a mystery series featuring New Orleans privatedetective Michele Micky Knight. Her latest book is Ill Will, which made the American Library Association GLBT Roundtable s 2013 Over the Rainbow list. Her previous book Water Mark was also on the Over the Rainbow list and won a Fore Word Gold First Place mystery award. Two of her earlier books, The Intersection of Law & Desire and Death of a Dying Man have won Lambda Literary Awards; all but her first book have been nominated. Law & Desire was an Editor s Choice of the San Francisco Chronicle and a recommended book on NPR s Fresh Air. Her books have been translated into Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian and Hebrew. She is the co-editor with Greg Herren of three anthologies, Night Shadows: Queer Horror, eWomen of the Mean Streets: Lesbian Noir, and Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir. Redmann lives in an historic neighborhood in New Orleans, at the edge of the area that flooded." The Girl on the Edge of Summer Release Date Australia: April 18th, 2017