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Spirit Daughters

July 18, 2022 by

Spirit Daughters

Her mother holds the secrets to a miraculous fertility drug coveted by killers. Can Nicky keep her safe? Or is she too close to see the danger?

A Daphne Du Maurier 2023 WINNER in Mystery & Suspense!

Her mother’s unexpected return is the opening the killers need.

When Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews investigates a ruthless murder, she discovers the victim is connected to a powerful tribal fertility medicine linked to her father’s mysterious disappearance and death. But when her father died, the identity and location of the plant that produced the pivotal compound was lost. Or was it?

Determined killers are now searching for her mother, who holds the key to the rare plant and untold riches to whoever rediscovers it. Nicky is determined to protect her mother at all costs—then, the unthinkable happens. In a desperate race, Nicky and her friends track the murderers into the New Mexico high country in the depths of winter, where the suspense builds to a heart-stopping climax.

With danger and action at every turn, Spirit Daughters is a thrilling tale of murder, redemption, and family.

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About the Book

When a murder victim falls out of a closet at Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews’ feet, her investigation leads her to a powerful tribal fertility medicine. What Nicky keeps secret is this medicine was once at the center of her father’s scientific research. He’d isolated the single most-important compound in a fertility treatment worth a fortune … and one worth killing for. But when her father died, the identity and location of the plant that produced this compound was lost.

Or was it? Nicky’s estranged mother may hold the key to the plant’s rediscovery. Nicky insists she stay away because her mother is a target. Instead, she barges back into her daughter’s life, determined to help Nicky solve the murder, and heal their contentious relationship. But her mother’s return is the opening the killers need—and their fatal mistake.

No way Nicky is ever going to let anyone hurt her mother, even if it means tracking the murderers into New Mexico high country in the depths of winter. Will she bring them to justice? Or just make them disappear?

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Author: Carol Potenza
Series: Nicky Matthews Mysteries, Book 3
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Tiny Mammoth Press
Publication Year: 2022
Format: Kindle
ASIN: B0B61W1SLL
ISBN: 9781736326244
eBook Price: 5.03
“Author Carol Potenza is now on my automatic-buy list. I have read every Tony Hillerman book and, being raised in the Southwest, loved how he (and later his daughter Anne Hillerman) captured so beautifully the aura of the land and its people. Author Carol Potenza's debut novel, Hearts of the Missing, won the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best First Mystery Set in the Southwest and her sophomore novel was so good she is now on my automatic-buy list. Potenza’s second book, The Third Warrior (Tiny Mammoth Press, August 3, 2021), is every bit as enthralling as a Hillerman Leaphorn or Chee mystery novel. Potenza’s love for the New Mexico landscape comes through clearly. Additionally, she has a strong female protagonist, Nicky Matthews, an officer in the police department of the Fire-Sky people. Though not a Native American, she is trusted by the people she serves. The book combines well-conceived plot twists in which Native American mythology clashes with illegal drug distribution and human trafficking. I love the esoteric science Potenza utilizes as Nicky tracks down murderers and thieves of sacred items while she deals with past characterized by abandonment, a boss who dislikes her, a sleazy former lover, an impending financial disaster, and a new love interest. 5.0 out of 5 stars”
– SuZreader
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