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The News in Small Towns Kindle Edition

by Iza Moreau (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

3.8 35 ratings

Book 1 of 4: Small Town Series

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Sue-Ann McKeown returns to her home town of Pine Oak after a crushing six months of war reporting in Iraq. Her mother has died in a tragic riding accident and her father has sold most of the family's possessions and run off to Italy. Sue-Ann herself has broken up with her long-time photographer boyfriend. And, oh, yeah, she is also suffering from a mysterious disease that makes it difficult for her to focus on her new job as reporter for The Pine Oak Courier. And it doesn't help that the office manager for the small newspaper is Sue-Ann’s old high school rival. But unexpected and mysterious things begin to happen: a dead goat is found in a dumpster, wild horses roam the woods behind Sue-Ann’s house, and a pirate radio station sends her weird, cryptic messages, convincing Sue-Ann that something terrible is about to happen in her little town. But what Sue-Ann finds runs deep into the history of Pine Oak and teaches her new and important lessons about courage, perseverance, and love—even if that love is for the last person she would have expected. Special low price, plus a bonus: this book contains Chapter 1 from the next volume in the Small Town Series, "Madness in Small Towns."

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Goldie Award finalist Iza Moreau lives in the southern United States, where she rides dressage at the fourth level and shoots target archery using both recurves and horsebows. She counts Sarah Waters, Maggie Estep, and the Bronte sisters--Acton, Currer, and Ellis--among her literary influences.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008GOTZKI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Bay Books (November 13, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 13, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1317 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0962487880

Best Sellers Rank: #1,760,726 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,847 in LGBTQ+ Mystery (Books)
- #2,010 in LGBTQ+ Mystery (Kindle Store)
- #8,115 in Lesbian Fiction

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Iza Moreau is a 2-time Rainbow Award Winner, a 2-time Lesfic Bard Winner, a Golden Crown Finalist and a 10-time Next Generation Indie Award finalist. She rides dressage at the fourth level and is adept at shooting archery. She currently lives in the U.K. in a world of her own making.

THE NEWS IN SMALL TOWNS, the first novel in the Small Town series, was a Next Generation India Award finalist in both Mystery and Regional Fiction.

The second, MADNESS IN SMALL TOWNS, was also an Indie finalist in Mystery.

SECRETS IN SMALL TOWNS was a Goldie finalist in Lesbian Mystery.

These, and the short story collection, MYSTERIES IN SMALL TOWNS, are available in both e-book and paperback formats.

Moreau is also the author of THE XYZ MYSTERIES--a series of novellas and short stories set in Miami in 1974. They feature the sister detectives Xande, Yolande, and Zoe Calhoun in 1970s Miami, Florida..

THE 5 is a literary novel about five young women's search for identity. It features one of the characters in THE XYZ MYSTERIES.

Her first Young Adult novel, SWAMP GIRL, won the Rainbow Award for best Lesbian Young Adult Novel of 2018.

Her Elodie Fontaine Mystery series features the first lesbian high school sleuth ever. The six novels in the series are available either as solo works or as 2 boxed sets of 3 novels each.

TANK BABY was the Winner of the 2020 Lesfic Bard Award for Lesbian Young Adult novels and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Award.

GHOST IN THE PIANO won the 2019 Rainbow award for Lesbian Young Adult Novel.

HORSES WILD was an honorable mention for the 2019 Rainbow Award.

DESERT GIRL is the fourth exciting entry in the Elodie Fontaine series.

BILLY'S LEGACY has Elodie trying to solve the mystery of her grandfather's will and testament.

STORMY WEATHER gives Elodie the chance to solve her first mystery and stop someone trying to blackmail a friend.

LONDON, FALLING is Izzy's first foray into literary fiction since THE 5.

PERSEPHONE'S MARE won the 2022 Lesfic Bard Award for Best Fantasy Novel. It takes place in a world where horses and magic rule.

If you like the books, please give them a nice rating or review. That kind of word of mouth is really the only way that an indie author can succeed.

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Kopper Irene

A Mystery With Horses

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2013

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I found this to be a good read for several reasons. First, it kept me interested from start to finish, interesting people doing interesting things and great plot twists. I was fascinated with the idea of a big-time reporter returning home to work with her small-town newspaper. It's no murder, maybe, but has plenty of action and an odd romantic twist that'll keep you guessing. The characters were easy to relate to, as well. Overall, just a great novel.

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G. Mulligan

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018

Very good story

Not GLBT that I can see.

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013

As far as I can tell this is not a GLBT book. If it is, please correct me. It looks like a bit of a romance/mystery/strong female character, but not what I was looking for at all. Not sure who tagged it as such, but I would think someone trying to mislead readers. Just an FYI for anyone considering purchasing.

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YaYa Mac

Great Mystery

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017

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It's hard not to like this book! adventure, mystery, budding romance sounds like an 'old' recipe, but I don't think I've read anything put together this way. I love how unapologetic the narrator is, how real she is. Great mystery, great love story, great read.

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hardsell

Terrible

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2014

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Couldn't even develop any empathy for the cat, let alone any of the humans.
Got what I paid for zero

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2014

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I enjoyed reading News in Small Towns. I've lived in north Florida all my life and liked the references to real and fictional locales. The characters were developed so that I feel as though I know Sue-Ann and I look forward to reading the sequels to see what adventures await her.

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Captain

Good read overall

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2013

The story starts a bit slow but picks up after a few chapters. I found myself skipping sentences inadvertently while not losing track of the plot. The length is good for a solid read and it leads you into wanting the next book.

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2013

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I gave this one two stars because well written does not equal interesting. With four or more books out there, someone must be reading this series; but for me it just did not resonate.

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Jhosyl

Ótimo suspense e mistério, mas o romance é meio estranho.

Reviewed in Brazil on September 5, 2017

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Eu estou colocando este livro numa categória 4, mas seriamente tentada a colocá-lo em 4.5.
A narrativa é muito bem escrita, sem dúvida a escritora sabe como prender o leitor a história.
O mistério e suspense não é realmente de tirar o folego, mas toda a investigação foi muito bem pensada e descrita, de forma que o leitor está sempre desejando descobrir qual a próxima, metódica, descoberta.
O motivo de eu não colocar este livro na categoria de cinco estrelas foi por causa do romance.
Enquanto o casal é carismático, a escritora o escreveu de uma forma um pouco quanto corrida ou estranha.
No começo da história, quando o interesse amoroso da personagem principal aparece, a escritora descreve ela como um tipo de rival.
Ela conta que as duas não brigavam, mas faziam de tudo para ser melhor do que a outra...Assim como roubavam os namorados.
E então, depois que a personagem principal volta para a cidade em que foi criada,de repente as duas estão tendo longas e intimas conversas.
Um pouco depois estão dizendo que se amam.
Outra coisa que eu não gostei foi o fato que mesmo estando juntas, uma das personagens mantem um outro relacionamento.
Enfim...Retirando o elemento de romance, que não é realmente muito presente na história, o livro é ótimo.
Fazia um tempo que eu não lia um livro em que a personagem não é super rica, como uma modelo em aparência e não consegue tirar seus olhos do interesse amoroso, ou em cada capítulo seu interesse amoroso precise aparecer Então foi uma surpresa muito agradável .
Definitivamente irei comprar o próximo volume.

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demosthenes

etwas wirr!

Reviewed in Germany on August 14, 2013

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Anfangs sind die Vorgänge ja noch nachvollziehbar, aber im Laufe der zeit werden sie immer unglaubwürdiger und unwahrscheinlicher.

Die Grundidee ist noch realistisch, der Rest aber nicht mehr und damit ist die Geschichte einfach nur "ärgerlich".

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