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    Taken By Surprise

    By Sean Monaghan

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    Louise Steadwell loves taking care of her nephew and niece, when her sister Jaime needs a break. Louise's quiet backwater hometown makes the perfect place for some time out.
    But when Louise witnesses a car plunging into the Machon River, the quiet backwater turns into a frenzy of emergency activity. Among the cops and fire crews and paramedics, Louise might be the only one who holds the clue to what happened.
    A clue that might just place her and her family right in harm's way.

    A thriller from Sean Monaghan, author of Big Sur.

    Cover image by Kjuby | Dreamstime.com

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTriple V Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2016
    ISBN9781370471799
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    Taken By Surprise
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    Sean Monaghan

    Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov’s, his story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles”, set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov’s Readers Poll Award, for best short story. He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award. Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music. Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov’s, his story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles”, set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov’s Readers Poll Award, for best short story. He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award. Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music.

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