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    Moonrise Diner: An Amanda Dark Paranormal Mystery, #3
    Moonrise Diner: An Amanda Dark Paranormal Mystery, #3
    Moonrise Diner: An Amanda Dark Paranormal Mystery, #3
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    Moonrise Diner: An Amanda Dark Paranormal Mystery, #3

    By Russ Crossley

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    A new Amanda Dark paranormal mystery!

    For fans of the series this will be the darkest, most gut-wrenching mystery Amanda has faced yet. After her father dies a terrible family secret surfaces involving murder and sexual abuse. She and Phillip Swann travel to Moonrise Arizona seeking answers at the haunted Moonrise Diner where she confronts the ghost of her late uncle. The mystery deepens when her uncle claims his innocence and asks her to clear his name. Following the clues she is forced to deal with not only her uncle's past but a dark secret that threatens her sanity and her growing relationship with Phillip.

    An Amanda Dark mystery you won't want to miss!

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher53rd Street Publishing
    Release dateJul 5, 2014
    ISBN9781501412196
    Moonrise Diner: An Amanda Dark Paranormal Mystery, #3
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    Russ Crossley

    International selling author, Russ Crossley writes science fiction and fantasy, and mystery/suspense under the name R.G. Crossley. His latest science fiction satire set in the far future, Revenge of the Lushites, is a sequel to Attack of the Lushites released in 2011. The latest title in the series was released in the fall of 2013. Both titles are available in e-book and trade paperback. He has sold several short stories that have appeared in anthologies from various publishers including; WMG Publishing, Pocket Books, and St. Martins Press. He is a member of SF Canada and is past president of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America. He is also an alumni of the Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Master Class taught by award winning author/editors, Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Feel free to contact him on Facebook, Twitter, or his website http:www.russcrossley.com.  He loves to hear from readers  

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      Moonrise Diner - Russ Crossley

      Moonrise Diner

      An Amanda Dark paranormal mystery

      Russ Crossley

      Published by 53rd Street Publishing

      Copyright 2015 Russ Crossley

      All rights reserved

      Cover art © Andrew Bayda | Fotolia.com

      Cover designed by R. Edgewood

      Cover design and layout copyright 2015 by 53rd Street Publishing

      53rd Street Publishing

      Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

      www.53rdstreetpublishing.com

      This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

      Moonrise Diner

      The cushions of Phillip Swann's black leather executive chair sighed breaking the silence of the teak wood paneled office as he sank into the chair. Amanda Dark sat in a horseshoe shaped chair studying him from the other side of his massive glass-topped desk. His intense blue eyes were fixed on the letter he'd unfolded seconds ago after extracting it from the yellowing envelope Amanda handed him when she sat down.

      His jet-black curly hair, cut short as usual, appealed to her more every day they spent together. Her heart beat a little faster each time they met. If only he shared her deeper feelings.

      The law offices of Smythe, Wellington, Goldberg, and Thompson smelled of wood polish, which wasn't surprising since the Boston law firm had never removed the original teak paneling from the walls since it the firm first opened in 1902. Such expensive wood required constant care to maintain its gleaming, pristine appearance.

      Amanda imagined such attention to detail gave the firm's wealthy clients considerable confidence in the expertise of the firms seventy-five lawyers. Amanda eyed Phillip's square jaw, dimpled smile, and broad shoulders causing her heart to flutter.

      I certainly have confidence in the man I've loved since we met on Hook Island.

      Their first meeting had been eventful and dangerous so it wasn't a stretch to remember those events. Phillip invited her to Hook Island hoping she'd use her gift to help the ghost of the notorious pirate, Captain Henry Swann, his ancestor, to cross over to his final destination in order to free the pirate captain from his wanderings between this world and the next. And to ask Phillip's ancestor the location of a map so he could find Captain Swann's buried treasure reported to be worth a fortune.

      Since then Phillip, as an estate attorney, had teamed up with her, in her role as a paranormal investigator, to help a number of tortured souls to cross over. The jobs had been rewarding and lucrative for them both. Wealthy clients paid considerable sums for their services.

      Phillip finished reading the three-page letter then set it carefully on his desk. The document was quite old since it dated back to the nineteen fifties. She knew this because it originated in her late father's files.

      Amanda found the envelope in a file folder stuffed with power company bills dated in the early fifties she'd been about to throw away. She didn't open the envelope addressed to her father because the return address was for her Uncle Gib's place in Arizona.

      Uncle Gib, her father's older brother, had sexually abused her when she was twelve so anything he touched repulsed her. Her first thought was to burn the envelope to a pile of ash, to join her uncle who no doubt burned in hell, but something deep within her told her not to destroy this envelope. These feelings were something more than mere emotions it was important she listen to the spiritual voices calling to her.

      The postmark showed the letter was mailed from Moonrise Arizona. The date stamp in the postmark intrigued her the most because it was the day her uncle murdered his first wife, Lucy. Or at

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