By all appearances, Oak Grove, California should be a laid-back university town. For Sheriff’s Detective Alan Bluestein and his significant other, anthropology professor Laura Mancini, the reality is far different. For starters, the professors at Oak Grove State where Laura works are on strike with no resolution on the horizon. Alan’s investigation of drunk-driving accidents by underage drinkers leads to the discovery of Oak Grove’s homegrown crime family. Laura then finds herself caught in a tug of war between two Native American tribes over an ancient skeleton. As if they didn’t have enough going on, Alan and Laura’s loyalties to family, faith, and each other are tested during the mob investigation, their trip to Chicago to meet Laura’s Italian Catholic family, a life-threatening accident, and a visit by both of their mothers—at the same time!
Family Loyalty is Book 5 of The Oak Grove Chronicles. Like the previous books, Family Loyalty is a creative blend of serious and silly involving our collaborating couple. Will all the difficulties be resolved? Don’t miss this fast-paced and engrossing story.
BIOGRAPHY While trying to figure out what she wanted to be when she grew up, Annette Schiffer found happiness and fulfillment in her personal life as a wife, mother, and now grandma, and in her professional "do gooder" life as a La Leche League Leader, wildlife rehabilitator, and college and career advisor in Tucson, Arizona, and Washington, D.C.
Now retired, Annette collaborates with husband Michael Brian Schiffer, and is channeling her vivid imagination and insights into human behavior through mystery novels.
The Schiffers' books appear in the series, The Oak Grove Chronicles. Book 1, A Buzz About Campus, Book 2, Holy Smoke!, and Book 3, A Tough Nut to Crack have been published and are available in paperback and ebook at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com. Book 4, Vintage Crimes, is now available in paperback, Kindle and Nook on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Book 5, Family Loyalty, is now available in paperback and ebook! Book 6, All's Well That Ends Well?, is also available through amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. It is the final book of this series.
Tightly plotted, the cozy mysteries are a warmhearted blend of serious and silly, delightful cozies.
Michael has branched out on his own (with lots of input from Annette) and has published Scoop of the Century, Down the Rabbit Hole, Diamonds Are Forever, and We Are the Aliens: An Archaeological Odyssey. These are all mysteries with interesting plots and characters, and in some, a touch of science fiction. We hope you'll enjoy them too!
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