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  Since Seth had no previous criminal record, we offered him a pleasant choice—the risk of having charges pressed against him or the willingness to serve fifty hours of community service, which would be supervised by his mother and our neighbor, Miss Magnolia Waters. Without delay, Magnolia found Seth a position washing dishes at the homeless shelter run by the good folks at Mount Zion Gospel Church.

  And me? Well, I got this one-of-a-kind house full of mysteries from my Granny Minna Short as well as a neighborhood full of eccentric but good friends.

  Best of all, though, I got Max.

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  Check out the next book in The Volstead Manor series, Another Hour to Kill

  About Spyglass Lane

  Spyglass Lane Mysteries is a collection of Christian cozy mysteries—modern-day whodunnits with colorful characters and plenty of wholesome romance.

  Discover other great novels at www.forgetmenotromances.com

  CBA best-selling and award-winning author, Anita Higman, has forty books published (several co-authored) for adults and children. She is a two-time finalist for a Selah Award, and she’s won a Cascade Award as well as an Inspirational Readers Choice Award for 2011 and 2013. Anita has also been honored in the past as a Barnes & Noble “Author of the Month” for Houston. Her latest coauthored book, Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe, was on the Nielsen’s best-seller list for five weeks for religious adult fiction and #6 on the CBA best-seller list for fiction (January, 2011). Anita’s novella in the compilation, Once Upon a Christmas Eve, was given a four-star review in Romantic Times Magazine and is now optioned for a movie.

  Some of Ms. Higman’s publishers are Guideposts/Summerside Press, Barbour Publishing, McGraw-Hill, Roman & Littlefield, Lillenas Drama, Moody Publishers, Abingdon Press, Standard Publishing, Bethany House, and Simon & Schuster/Howard Publishing.

  Several of Anita’s books are A Marriage in Middlebury, Texas Wildflowers, A Merry Little Christmas, Winter in Full Bloom, and Love Finds You in Humble Texas. She also has contributions in twelve nonfiction compilations.

  One of Ms. Higman’s co-authored books entitled, A Tribute to Early Texas, has a foreword by Elmer Kelton and has won a San Antonio Conservation Society Citation as well as a Westerners International Book Award. She was named a Favorite New Author in the 15th Annual Heartsong Presents Awards, and in the 16th Annual Heartsong Presents Awards her co-authored novel, Castles in the Air, was one of the winners in the Favorite Contemporary Romance category. Also Anita contributed to an animation script that won a Gold Remi Award.

  Anita’s novel, Love Finds You in Humble Texas, was chosen by Crossings Book Club and is available in hardback, large print, and Harlequin/Love Inspired editions. Anita and the novel, Love Finds You in Humble Texas were featured on The Harvest Show, a Christian program with eight million regular viewers. Love Finds You in Humble Texas has now been optioned for a movie by Mission Pictures International.

  Ms. Higman has won two awards for her contribution to literacy and has raised thousands of dollars for literacy with her book, I Can Be Anything, while serving on the board of directors of Literacy Advance of Houston.

  Anita Higman has a BA degree in the combined fields of speech communication, psychology, and art from Southern Nazarene University, and she is a member of ACFW and The Writer’s View.

  Social Media:

  Facebook: Reader Page https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAnitaHigman

  Twitter: https://twitter.com/

  Website: www.anitahigman.com

  A Marrige in Middlebury

  http://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Middlebury-Anita-Higman-ebook/dp/B00E0TN95K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425323299&sr=8-1&keywords=Anita+Higman

  A Matchmaker in Middlebury

  http://www.amazon.com/Matchmaker-Middlebury-Anita-Higman-ebook/dp/B00OMHVCX6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425323299&sr=8-2&keywords=Anita+Higman

  Love Finds You in Humble Texas

  http://www.amazon.com/Love-Finds-You-Humble-Texas-ebook/dp/B006VCM9ZK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425323299&sr=8-3&keywords=Anita+Higman

  Winter in Full Bloom

  http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Full-Bloom-Anita-Higman-ebook/dp/B00BV0FK6W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1425323299&sr=8-4&keywords=Anita+Higman

  Summer’s List

  (available now for preorder)

  http://www.amazon.com/Summers-List-Anita-Higman-ebook/dp/B00PI111LS/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1425323521&sr=8-18&keywords=Anita+Higman

  A Merry Little Christmas

  http://www.amazon.com/Merry-Little-Christmas-Songs-season-ebook/dp/B009CCG1F0/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1425323299&sr=8-7&keywords=Anita+Higman