February Fever
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All Aboard the Murder Express
Mira James’s hot and heavy relationship with boyfriend Johnny Leeson is definitely warming up her winter. But when Johnny has to go to Portland, Oregon, for a month-longth internship, airplane-averse Mira lets her septuagenarian friend Mrs. Berns talk her into a visit. On the plus side, Mira can make the trip a tax write-off by attending the International Private Investigator Conference. On the down side, Mrs. Berns books them—much to Mira’s dismay—on the Valentine Train, a place for singles to meet and mingle.
After a few glasses of champagne and Mrs. Berns’ encouragement, Mira begins to relax and enjoy herself . . . until a fellow passenger is murdered and a snowstorm traps the train in the Rockies. If Mira can’t track down the killer, she may end up derailed—permanently.
Praise:
“Lourey skillfully mixes humor and suspense . . . the characters are wonderful and wacky, and the mile-a-minute pace never falters.”—BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW)
“The best outing yet for Mira.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS
"[An] incredible series . . . [February Fever] is a very charming story with great dialogue [and] there are more months coming, so readers definitely have something to look forward to."—SUSPENSE MAGAZINE
“I can’t wait to see what Mira does next.”—CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE
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Jess Lourey. (2015). February Fever. Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jess Lourey. 2015. February Fever. Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jess Lourey, February Fever. Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jess Lourey. February Fever. Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD, 2015.
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Jessica (Jess) Lourey is best known for her critically-acclaimed Murder-by-Month mysteries, which have earned multiple starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, thelatter calling her writing "a splendid mix of humor and suspense." A tenured professor of creative writing and sociology, Jess lives in Minneapolis with her family. Salem's Cipher, the first book in her thrilling Witch Hunt series, hits stores September 2016. You can find out more at www.JessicaLourey.com.
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All Aboard the Murder Express
Mira James’s hot and heavy relationship with boyfriend Johnny Leeson is definitely warming up her winter. But when Johnny has to go to Portland, Oregon, for a month-longth internship, airplane-averse Mira lets her septuagenarian friend Mrs. Berns talk her into a visit. On the plus side, Mira can make the trip a tax write-off by attending the International Private Investigator Conference. On the down side, Mrs. Berns books them—much to Mira’s dismay—on the Valentine Train, a place for singles to meet and mingle.
After a few glasses of champagne and Mrs. Berns’ encouragement, Mira begins to relax and enjoy herself . . . until a fellow passenger is murdered and a snowstorm traps the train in the Rockies. If Mira can’t track down the killer, she may end up derailed—permanently.
Praise:
“Lourey skillfully mixes humor and suspense . . . the characters are wonderful and wacky, and the mile-a-minute pace never falters.”—BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW)
“The best outing yet for Mira.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS
"[An] incredible series . . . [February Fever] is a very charming story with great dialogue [and] there are more months coming, so readers definitely have something to look forward to."—SUSPENSE MAGAZINE
“I can’t wait to see what Mira does next.”—CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE
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December 1, 2014
Librarian/freelance reporter/budding private eye/corpse-finder Mira James is at it again. Mira's boyfriend, Johnny, has announced that he's leaving for four months to do an environmental science internship in Portland, Oregon. She's depressed until her octogenarian buddy Mrs. Berns insists that she and Mira travel to Portland for a private investigators' conference and finds the acrophobic Mira an alternate way to travel. A special Valentine Train is heading that way, so Mira, Mrs. Berns, and their laid-back pothead friend, Jed Heitke, climb aboard. As Jed points out, at least she won't find another body in tiny Battle Lake, Minnesota, as she has every month since she moved there. Instead, she finds a body on the train. Across from Mira and Mrs. Bern's tiny sleeping compartment is a family whose young daughter, Aimee, reminds Mira of her childhood best friend, a girl who was kidnapped before Mira's eyes and never found. So when the mother is found poisoned and her husband and daughter vanish, Mira is determined to find Aimee. Terry Downs, another private eye, is already on the train, and before it's allowed to leave, still another, TV star Doghn Attenborough, shows up looking for publicity. The conductor asks the three of them to investigate. As Mira snoops around, she convinces herself the murderer is still aboard and decides that only Mrs. Berns and Jed can be trusted. When the train gets stuck in a violent snowstorm, hysteria sweeps the passengers, making the investigation even more difficult. The best outing yet for Mira (January Thaw, 2014, etc.). There's still a surfeit of eccentric characters, but the mystery keeps you guessing and sets up the sequel nicely.COPYRIGHT(2014) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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December 1, 2014
Librarian, reporter, and PI-in-training Mira James, along with her octogenarian sidekick Mrs. Berns, heads to Portland, OR, to attend the Private Investigator Conference. Mrs. Berns booked their excursion on the "Valentine Train" route, a trip for singles to meet and mingle, and they're just beginning to enjoy themselves when someone is murdered in this tenth series title (following January Thaw).
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Starred review from January 1, 2015
After Mira James' hunky boyfriend, Johnny, leaves Battle Lake, Minnesota, for Portland, Oregon, her quirky but wise octogenarian sidekick, Mrs. Berns, decides Mira should be there with him. Since Mira has a deathly fear of flying, Mrs. Berns secretly buys the two of them railway tickets to a PI conference that happens to be in Portland. True to Mrs. Berns' eccentric nature, the train is no ordinary one. It's a Valentine special, a Love Boat on the rails, where singles can meet and mingle. When passengers start disappearing and dying, rumors of a serial killer on board fill the air, and the flirty atmosphere turns to mass paranoia. To make matters worse, a blizzard has dumped a huge amount of snow, and the train is stopped dead in its tracks. In her latest mystery, Lourey skillfully mixes humor and suspense, but there's a darker edge here than in most of her other stories. Still, the characters are wonderful and wacky, and the mile-a-minute pace never falters. Another excellent addition to Lourey's very entertaining Murder-by-Month Mystery series (December Dread, 2012; January Thaw, 2013).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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All Aboard the Murder Express
Mira James’s hot and heavy relationship with boyfriend Johnny Leeson is definitely warming up her winter. But when Johnny has to go to Portland, Oregon, for a month-longth internship, airplane-averse Mira lets her septuagenarian friend Mrs. Berns talk her into a visit. On the plus side, Mira can make the trip a tax write-off by attending the International Private Investigator Conference. On the down side, Mrs. Berns books them—much to Mira’s dismay—on the Valentine Train, a place for singles to meet and mingle.
After a few glasses of champagne and Mrs. Berns’ encouragement, Mira begins to relax and enjoy herself . . . until a fellow passenger is murdered and a snowstorm traps the train in the Rockies. If Mira can’t track down the killer, she may end up derailed—permanently.
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“Lourey skillfully mixes humor and suspense . . . the characters are wonderful and wacky, and the...
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