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Twenty year veteran of the real estate industry, Nancy Kille, writing under the name Nancy Lynn Jarvis, has
completed two murder mysteries set in Santa Cruz County. "Real estate is an interesting business," the
author says. "The stress level involved in buying or selling a home ranks right after death and
divorce. People reveal a lot about themselves during the process. The business attracts its share
of colorful practitioners, too." Their stories and Nancy's experiences provide the settings where her
realtor and part-time sleuth, Regan McHenry, works while she unravels mysteries.
Books are available from Nancy at www.GoodReadMysteries.com, through Amazon.com, in local bookstores, and by phone at (831)
427-1320. There are also large print editions available.
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The Death Contingency
In this first book in a planned series, a seller turns up dead and a realtor Regan has known for years
becomes a 'person of interest' in his death. She's convinced the authorities' focus is all wrong and
sets out to prove it.
Then there's a second death in the neighborhood. When it's ruled accidental, Regan is again at odds
with the police. She thinks its murder and thinks she knows who the murderer is - but she has to prove
a crime has been committed before anyone will take her seriously. The problem is, she doesn't want to
be right.
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Backyard Bones
Santa Cruz, California real estate agent Regan McHenry, her husband Tom Kiley, and their friend, police
ombudsman Dave Everett, are back in a new story of murder and invite you to come along for the twists and
turns of this new mystery.
It's not the first time Regan has experienced déjà-vu. But when the sensation involves finding a second
body buried where one was found just weeks before, déjà-vu takes on new meaning. Someone murdered a
girl on her seventeenth birthday and, as Regan delves into the motive behind the girl's murder, she discovers
many people are trying to hide secrets about their entanglement with the dead teenager. Regan must
figure out which of them is a murderer - and she has to do it carefully or she'll become the killer's next
victim.
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Local readers will recognize landmarks and settings in Santa Cruz, Bonny Doon, Capitola, Aptos, Boulder
Creek, and La Selva Beach. The books contain some added mystery for locals, too. The houses used
for various scenes have absent or misleading addresses, but they're real properties, and the book provides
clues about their locations. Readers who want to try some of their own sleuthing can try to guess the
real addresses and contact Nancy through her website. She'll let you know if you're right.
After earning a BA in behavioral science from San Jose State University, Nancy worked in the advertising
department of the San Jose Mercury News. A move to Santa Cruz meant a new job as a librarian
and later a stint as the business manager of Shakespeare/Santa Cruz.
Nancy's work history reflects her philosophy: people should try something radically different every few
years. Writing is her newest adventure.
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