Martie

MURDER INHERITED: J.B. BANCROFT MYSTERIES – BOOK 1
by Martie Liter Ogborn
Women's Detective Fiction – 60,000 words
COMP: USA Today Best Selling Author
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J.B. Bancroft promised never to return to Centrel City, IL, where she was humiliated and harassed in high school. J.B. surprises herself when in 2002, she returns to pay back a favor to her lifelong friend Natasha, Operation Manager for Twinkler Trucking.

Natasha calls J.B. because a new hire, Zach, is missing. There is heated competition with Fox Transfer for a very lucrative 5-year shipping contract. Natasha is sure there is foul play. When J.B. parks in the lot of Twinkler Trucking, someone pulls her out of her cab and stuffs her in her refrigerated trailer. Even though J.B. is threatened, it is out of the question for her to leave Centrel City.

Can she help Natasha without getting herself killed? She has to find Zach, and who left her to freeze. She must know why her uncle left her the AAA Investigation business and office. Answering these questions, J.B. may discover her own identity and her future.

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