Photo Finished - Herbst, Lori Roberts

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Résumé :
When a visit to a Colorado dude ranch turns deadly, it's up to photographer Callie Cassidy to corral the killer... As maid of honor (aka grande dame) in her best friend's upcoming wedding, Callie wants to plan the perfect bridal shower. What could be better than a girls' trip with their posse of friends? The women jump at the idea and suggest a destination-Moonglow Ranch, a serenity retreat-slash-dude ranch owned by one friend's aunt and uncle. When they arrive, Callie is less than enthusiastic. Serenity doesn't come easily to a former investigative photojournalist. Plus, her horse is as stubborn as...well, a mule. She's warned to be on the lookout for snakes. Worst of all-gasp!-Moonglow only serves healthy food. Still, her friends are having a great time, and even Callie's golden retriever Woody and tabby cat Carl seem right at home on the ranch. For their sake, she tries to tap into her inner Zen. Then the conniving wife of the town's most powerful man interrupts the party to threaten the ranch's proprietors. Callie worries the trip is destined for disaster. Later, Callie finds the woman's body in the stable, apparently trampled by a horse. Or did she die from a snakebite? Or-as Callie suspects-could something even more sinister be at work? Answers are as difficult to find as a needle in the haystack. And when the police chief accuses the ranch owners of murder, Callie realizes she'll need to lasso the real outlaw-before the wrong people end up in the pokey....

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Lori Roberts Herbst is the author of the Callie Cassidy Mystery series. Her debut novel, Suitable for Framing, won first place in the Murder and Mayhem category at the 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and serves as secretary of the North Dallas chapter. She is also a member of the national Guppy chapter and Mystery Writers of America. A former educator, Lori spent much of her life writing, editing, and psychoanalyzing. Through thirty years of teaching journalism, advising newspaper and yearbook staffs, instructing budding photographers, and counseling teenagers, she still managed to hang on to a modicum of sanity. Then she retired and assumed her third career: author. Visit her website at www.lorirobertsherbst.com and follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads, and Bookbub....