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Who's Publishing What: Trouble Island
On an island full of secrets is death the only escape?
Sharon Short’s gripping new suspense novel, Trouble Island (Minotaur Books), transports readers “into a world of gangsters, speakeasies, Hollywood glamor and deadly betrayals (as) a winter storm traps a dangerous group of visitors in Trouble Island’s mansion (where) all of them want the lady of the house dead. Fans of historical locked-room mysteries will inhale this mesmerizing tale of one servant’s fight to survive as she uncovers the island’s secrets," says Mindy Mejia, USA Today bestselling author of To Catch a Storm and Everything You Want Me to B.
Trouble Island is generating considerable buzz, earning a spot on The New York Times' list of the best mystery and suspense books for December. It has received strong reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist and Library Journal.
Short is the author of 15 books. She is a contributing editor to Writer’s Digest, for which she writes the column, “Level Up Your Writing (Life)” and teaches for Writer’s Digest University. She is also a three-time recipient of the Individual Excellence Award in Literary Arts from Ohio Arts Council and has been a John E. Nance Writer in Residence at Thurber House (Columbus, Ohio).
Short currently serves as President of the Midwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. As Jess Montgomery, she writes the historical Kinship Mysteries set in the 1920s and inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff.