Cat Burglar? Gentleman Thief? What happens when a stranger comes in through the window? What trouble will chase her back out afterwards?
Find out when folks tackle those secrets in the night.
Available in Large Print paper edition only.
Publisher: Knotted Road Press, Inc. (http://www.knottedroadpress.com)
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About the Authors
Rebeccca Buchanan

Rebecca Buchanan is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer. She has been published in a wide-variety of venues, but has only recently ventured into the thriller genre. She is enjoying the challenge. A complete list of her publications can be found at eternalhauntedsummer.com.
M.L. ("Matt") Buchman

USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has over 75 novels, 200 short stories, and 50 read-by-author audiobooks.
From the beginning, his powerful female heroines insisted on putting character first, then a great adventure.
PW declares of his Miranda Chase action-adventure thrillers that: "Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more." About his military romantic thrillers: "Like Robert Ludlum and Nora Roberts had a book baby."
A project manager with a geophysics degree, he's designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, solo-sailed a 50' sailboat, and bicycled solo around the world...and designs quilts. He and his wife presently live on the North Shore of Massachusetts. More at: www.mlbuchman.com.
Blaze Ward

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Blaze Ward writes Action-Thrillers about Chace Haig, Swordmistress Zhen, the Red Branch Aviation Mercenary company and others.
Additionally, he is known for science fiction in the Alexandria Station universe (Jessica Keller, The Science Officer, The Story Road, etc.) as well as several other science fiction universes, such as the Corsac Fox, the Dominion, and more.. In addition, he is the Editor and Publisher of Thrill Ride Magazine and Boundary Shock Quarterly Magazine. You can find out more at his website www.blazeward.com, as well as Facebook, Goodreads, and other places.
Matthew Hellman
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Shells Legoullon

Shells Legoullon has spent the past thirty years navigating a diverse career path. From partnering with her husband in their insurance business to building a successful indoor trampoline park, she simultaneously raised four boys and somehow managed to pursue her love of writing. In 2023, her short story, The Backwoods, was selected for Thrill Ride, The Magazine (Unlikely Partners) and was later nominated and featured for inclusion in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, 2024, and Thrill Ride: Best of 2023.
Shells is a former San Francisco North/East Bay Regional Advisor with SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and a current member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Her passions are adult thriller fiction, red wine, and dark chocolate. She and her husband live on a misty lake in the Pacific Northwest with two crazy dogs.
To learn more about Shells, go to https://shellslegoullon.com
Kim May

Kim May has always been a storyteller – just ask her mother. On second thought don't. She knows too much. Kim writes fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, historical fiction, steampunk, and a bit of poetry because she collects genres like a cat lady collects strays.
Kim's debut novel, The Moonflower, was a 2017 Whitney Award nominee. She also won first place in the Named Lands Poetry Contest with a haiku. Kim's short stories can be found in The Monster Hunter Files, Straight outta Dodge City, Eclipse Phase: After the Fall, Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel, Particular Passages, Sanctuary, several issues of Fiction River, and the upcoming Predator: Eyes of the Demon anthology.
Kim lives in Oregon where she works at an independent bookstore and watches a lot of anime. She's a retired stage actor and has a penchant for fast cars, high heels, and loose screws. To find Kim's works or to follow her on social media go to https://linktr.ee/KimMayDay.
Alison McMahan

Alison McMahan's short mysteries are in collections by Level Best Books, Wildside Press, Down-and-Out Books, Thrill Ride Magazine, and HarperCollins' Scream and Scream Again middle-grade horror anthology edited by R.L. Stine. She's a two-time Derringer finalist and listed as an "Other Distinguished Mystery Stories" authors in Best American Mystery Stories of 2018.Represented by Sandy Lu, the Book Wyrm Agency. https://alisonmcmahan.com/
Annie Reed

Annie Reed has been called “one of the best writers of her generation” and for good reason.
She’s a multiple Derringer finalist whose stories have appeared in five year’s best mystery and crime volumes, including an amazing three years in a row in the prestigious Best Mystery Stories of the Year from series editor Otto Penzler. She received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future, a Literary Fellowship from the Nevada Arts Council, and her holiday romance story “A New Home for Christmas” was chosen to appear in study materials in Japan for students preparing for college entrance exams.
She’s a frequent contributor to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Mystery, Crime & Mayhem, and Thrill Ride—The Magazine. Her novels include ROAD OF NO RETURN, A DEATH IN CUMBERLAND, and GRAY LADY’S REVENGE, part of the Gray Lady series co-written with Robert Jeschonek. She’s also an unabashed MCU fangirl.
You can find out more about this prolific writer at anniereed.wordpress.com or on Facebook at annie.reed.142.
Robert J. Binney

Seattle screenwriter Robert J. Binney has written about Joe Strummer, James Bond, joyriding with the Salt Lake City police, and his relationships with Peter Frampton, President Jimmy Carter, and Himalayan monks (though not together) for the Los Angeles Times, Kelp Journal, and other fine publications. His crime fiction has appeared in anthologies from Down & Out Books and Starlite Pulp, and he is a regular contributor to the “Mysteries to Die For” podcast. “Restoration Software” will be featured in Level Short’s upcoming The Best Private Eye Stories of 2025.
Binney is a member of the Northwest Screenwriters Guild and the Mystery Writers of America. He holds an MBA from Emory University and an MFA from University of California, Riverside. For more, see www.ThirdActMedia.com.
