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Sue Ann Jaffarian, Naomi Hirahara and Connie Archer Sign in Redondo Beach

As the Berkley Prime Crime imprint celebrates its 20th anniversary, MGRB is delighted to host a trio of Prime Crime local authors. With three mystery series under her belt and a career as a paralegal, one might wonder when Sue Ann Jaffarian has downtime. Sue Ann waited until 1995 to undertake a career as a novelist, becoming a dedicated writer, and completing two novels before switching to the genre of mystery. With a background as a paralegal, writing mysteries seemed to fall into place. Ghost of a Gamble is the sixth book in the popular Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery series.

Naomi Hirahara’s first book, Summer of the Big Bachi, was not only a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize, but was also a nominee for a Macavity mystery award. Not bad for a debut! The former reporter and editor for The Rafu Shimpo wrote four more books in the Mas Arai series. Naomi’s latest book, Murder on Bamboo Lane, is the first book in the Officer Ellie Rush series, and features a 22 year-old LAPD bicycle cop. (See Sarah’s review on our website.)

Connie Archer invites readers to return to the village of Snowflake, Vermont, and Lucky Jamison’s By the Spoonful Soup Shop in A Roux of Revenge, third in the Soup Lover’s Mystery series. When a band of travelers arrives in the village and a stranger is found murdered in a vehicle by the side of the road, the past returns with a vengeance, revealing secrets, and touching the lives of many of the villagers.

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