Coal Miner's Slaughter

Death is following Matilda, and it's not going unnoticed in the small town of Goodnight, New Mexico. When she finds Inga Mueller, a local jewelry maker, drowned in a bucket of resin, Matilda's reputation is sealed as the harbinger of death. As she begins to investigate Inga's murder, she discovers Inga's darker, secret life with ties to Goodnight's prominent residents. In order to find the killer, Matilda must unlock the town's secrets, and the town isn't happy about it. As she follows the twists and turns of a mystery with a long reach, she's making enemies and dodging a killer who wants to shut her up.
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Coal Miner's Slaughter is the fourth installment of the funny small town mystery romance Goodnight Mysteries series and a spinoff of the Matchmaker Mysteries.
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Goodnight... Sometimes sweet dreams end in murder.
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"Elise Sax will win your heart." - New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis
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"Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump off the page and make crazy seem like a fun place to hang out." - New York Times bestselling author Christie Craig
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"With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse" --RT Book Reviews

"Fans of laugh-out-loud romantic suspense will enjoy this new author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie." - Booklist, on An Affair to Dismember

"A lighthearted and amusing caper with a sexy side order of romance . . . Gladie is an endearing mess of a character, and the book is fast-paced and amusing, with a large cast of quirky, small-town characters." - Kirkus Reviews, on Matchpoint
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"There's plenty for fans to enjoy in Sax's third Matchmaker installment, complete with energetic narration, zany humor and a mystery that's as engaging as the details of Gladie's love life." - RT


Genre: Cozy Mystery