The third in the series of the Hummingbird Falls mysteries, The Fall Hunt follows Ellie Hastings, retired school teacher, and her beloved mutt Buddy as they find bodies, solve crimes and keep their little mountain village safe. Autumn brings beauty, fun and excitement to Hummingbird Falls, a tiny town of 800 residents. Residents play and the fall hunting season begins. But fall brings trouble, too. Bank robbers take Ellie hostage. Suffering from post-traumatic reactions, she struggles to remember a crucial clue. Police Chief Dave Shaffer searches for his officers; first Colby Conners and then Rosie O'Rourke disappear. An unexpected blizzard threatens three lost hunters and an old black bear named Scar Face. The Fall Hunt is on: Ellie hunts for her memory, Dave hunts for his officers, three lost men hunt for help, bank robbers hunt for their money, and Scar Face hunts for survival.
JOANNE CLAREY grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine with an B.A.in English Literature. She taught English in New Hampshire, New York, and Maine public schools, worked as a counselor at a maximum security forensic institution, and operated her own antique business before earning her M.Ed. and Ed.D., in Counseling and Supervision at the University of Maine. She taught Counseling and Women's Studies at the University of Southern Maine and worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice and as a consultant for over two decades.
Research articles on women's development, newsletter columns, two career training manuals for women, music lyrics and numerous other non-fiction writings preceded Clarey's fiction writing. She is the author of six fiction novels, numerous articles, short stories and poems. The Dr. Christie McMorrow thriller series, TWISTED TRUTH and SKINNED, takes place in Portland, Maine and the Hummingbird Falls mystery series, THE MYSTERIES OF HUMMINGBIRD FALLS, RIDDLED TO DEATH,THE FALL HUNT, and COLD CALL takes place in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Clarey lives in New England. Her life is enriched by her partner, two children, her grandson, four siblings, wonderful friends, challenging and supportive authors, and her writers' roundtable. In addition to writing, Clarey gives talks about writing, sits on panels at conferences, collects rocks, pans for gold, reads, creates in mixed media and loves to swim in icy mountain streams and lakes.
