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The Miner's Canary: a novel by [Barbara Pronin]

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"A smart heroine with a haunted past . . . a who-done-it full of twists and turns."

Haunted by a death she might have prevented, single mom Julie Goldman returns to the brooding Black Hills of South Dakota to turn the old Victorian she inherits from her aunt into a bed-and-breakfast inn. But mysterious deaths are piling up, and a series of vaguely escalating threats convince her that someone wants her gone. When daughter Lu is run off the road while riding her bike, Julie knows she must find and stop whoever has them squarely in their sights.

“A must-read. Pronin had me from word one. A fascinating, well-written story.”—L. C. Hayden, award-winning, bestselling author of the Harry Bronson Thriller Series

“I fell in love with young widow Julie Goldman and daughter Lulu immediately and wanted the best for them –but when deaths start piling up, Julie’s piecing together of improbable clues leads them into mortal danger.”—Nancy Lynn Jarvis, author of Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries and PIP Inc. Mysteries

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"A must-read. Pronin had me from word one. A fascinating, well-written story."-L. C. Hayden, award-winning, bestselling author of the Harry Bronson Thriller Series

"I fell in love with young widow Julie Goldman and daughter Lulu immediately and wanted the best for them -but when deaths start piling up, Julie's piecing together of improbable clues leads them into mortal danger."-Nancy Lynn Jarvis, author of Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries and PIP Inc. Mysteries

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Barbara Pronin is the author of six previous mysteries, including three as Barbara Nickolae, and two non-fiction books. A journalist by day, she lives in Orange County, California, where she is currently at work on a historical novel set in World War II Holland. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BBS7M1MD
Publisher ‏ : ‎ TouchPoint Press (October 25, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 879 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 326 pages

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A former journalist, Barbara Pronin was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and earned degrees in communications and drama from California State College, Los Angeles. In her serpentine career path, she took turns as an actress, a probation officer, a substitute teacher, a news editor, and a corporate communications director, all while writing six adult mysteries - three as Barbara Pronin and three as Barbara Nickolae (written with Nickolae Gerstner) - as well as two non-fiction books, a children's book on Jewish ethics, and hundreds of magazine articles. When she isn't writing, she enjoys gourmet cooking, Dodgers baseball, the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, and curling up with a good book. She lives and works in Orange County, Calif.

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Donna A. Dolan

I hope there's a sequel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 2, 2023

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By the end of the first page Ms Pronin has you and you can't stop reading. I do hope there's a sequel. I want to know how things turn out for Julie and her B and B.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 29, 2022

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This was, by far, one of the best reads I’ve had this year! It was written in friendly language with a great story line and fascinating location.
It takes place in a part of the country about which I know very little but the author took me there, introduced me to the locals and wetted my appetite to visit. Unlike so many “mysteries,” it was not otherworldly with superhuman characters, this was about characters I learned, very quickly, to know and like.
This was my introduction to this author’s work. It was a great introduction and I will look forward to more!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2022

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The Miner’s Canary had me engaged from start to finish in exploring the motives of several murder suspects along with the main character Julia Goldman. This well researched, fast paced mystery novel set in the Black Hills of South Dakota is a must read… one I thoroughly enjoyed

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Impossible to Put Down

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2023

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Julie Goldman takes a trip from where she is living in California to South Dakota to get her aunt’s affairs in order following her death. She had left there after her cousin was murdered several years ago and never returned. She was surprised to reconnect with some old friends and make some new ones. After the funeral, she returns to L.A. to find the hotel she worked at as an event planner had been sold and she was out of a job. With nothing to keep her there, she returns to Deadwood and decides to turn the Victorian home she grew up in and recently inherited into a bed and breakfast.

Strangely after her aunt’s death one of her high school friends died in a car accident. Then another woman she had met died in a freaky fall. She had also started receiving threats. The final straw was her daughter being run off the road while riding her bike. Something is amiss in Deadwood and she thinks it is connected to the murder of her cousin all those years ago. But starting her own investigation draws the attention of the killer. Can she stay alive long enough to get justice for her family and friends or will she be the killer’s next victim?

I escaped right into this story!

Julie Goldman, a widowed mother to daughter Lulu was a wonderful protagonist. She is strong, intelligent, inquisitive, and friendly with great organizational skills and a terrific mom to her daughter. Lulu is a mature 11-year-old who loves to ice skate with hopes to be an Olympian. Penny is their nanny and a great friend. She has graduated from law school and is trying to pass the California bar exam. While she is waiting for her latest test results she travels to Deadwood with Julia and Lulu. Julia meets or reconnects with several people in Deadwood. Chief of Police Banks goes above and beyond the norm to help Julie feel safe and welcome. There is a definite attraction there. Harrison Palmer was her aunt’s attorney and helps Julie with all the in and outs of her inheritance including a long-lost relative that falls out of the woodwork. I enjoyed the way all these core characters and others we meet have layers that get peeled back as the story continues.

Not everyone is happy that Julie has returned to Deadwood to stay. The type of threats she is receiving makes that point clearly known. It also has her thinking her aunt’s death may not have been from natural causes. But the threats don’t frighten her away, they make her more determined to stay and find the truth. The clues started to fall into place for me sooner than they did for Julie but let me tell you I was at 97% / Chapter Fifty-Six when I realized I was literally on the end of my seat. All of what I had been thinking was right and was playing out in a very scary way. I held my breath and was reading at breakneck speed. Ms. Pronin set up an ending that had my heart racing. I loved the epic twist.

My husband and I along with our infant son vacationed in South Dakota many years ago and it is a place we have always wanted to return. We even stayed overnight in Deadwood. I enjoyed all the descriptions of the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. Seeing them through Lulu’s eyes brought me back to exactly how I felt when I saw them for the first time. It also made me even more anxious to plan a return. Sans the murders, of course.

The Miner’s Canary is a suspenseful mystery with a slow build to a heck of a crescendo. It was truly impossible to put down and has stuck with me since I turned the final page. I have to put it on my Best Reads of 2023 list. This story is a must-read! I am not sure if the author has planned a sequel but these are characters I would gladly visit again.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 18, 2023

I really enjoyed this first in the series. This grabbed me from the start, and kept a steady pace. The setting sounds beautiful and I would love to go visit there myself. The characters are real and likable. I found the mystery interesting with how a past murder ties in with what happens in Julie's life when she comes back home to settle her aunt's estate. The mystery was excellent and kept me guessing. I will continue on with this series.

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Gloria Mattioni

A MYSTERY SET IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2023

Barbara Pronin knows how to create suspense. She does it well in this story, following a young single mother scrapping a life as an event planner in Southern California all the way to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Julie Goldman lived there as an orphaned child and does not have good memories of that time. She's haunted by the unsolved death of Kate, the older cousin she grew fond of. But now Kate's mother, her aunt Sarah, has died too and left her huge Victorian house to Julie. A 'quick trip' to settle the inheritance matters is in order. But Julie's intention will transform into the longing for a different life when her daughter Lu starts loving the place and a hint at romance spikes buried desires. Unfortunately, the idyllic picture doesn't hold on when mysterious deaths started piling up, convincing Julie that someone must want her gone.

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Mike

Great for fans of Mary Higgins Clark . . .

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2023

A wonderful blend of mystery, suspense, and romance , with a murderer hiding in plain sight.
The book's setting, the Black Hills of South Dakota, is unique and intriguing. I liked the characters so much that I was disappointed when the book ended and am hoping for a sequel.

Be sure to check out the Barbara Pronin Thrillers, as well as the three novels she co-wrote as Barbara Nickolae (with Nickolae Gerstner).

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