CLASS Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Faux Finished, a cozy mystery by Dawn Dixon, winner of Malice Domestic’s William F. Deeck Grant for Unpublished Writers. She’s written for local, regional and national publications for more than 20 years and worked as a communications specialist and financial editor in corporate America.
Faux Finished is her first novel. In it, decorative painter Bridget O’Brien is working late at the Magnolia Blossom Country Club when she hears noises in the dark deserted clubhouse. Investigating, she stumbles over a body in the men’s locker room. A business woman in Chapel Hill, N.C., Bridget’s neglected her family as she dealt with personal demons. But when her estranged teenage daughter confesses to the murder, Bridget finally gets her priorities. She charges into a wacky, reckless investigation to clear her daughter’s name. But is the child really innocent? Dodging police, Bridget blitzes through clues and suspects, managing to stay on the right side of the law … just. Despite family secrets frustrating her efforts, and bonding and redemption with loved ones almost out of reach, Bridget targets the killer amid the March Madness of a UNC-Duke basketball game. The teams battle. The crowd erupts. Is Bridget in over her head?
“Faux Finished delivers what makes a cozy mystery fun: interesting characters to spend time with, a peek behind the scenes of a decorative painter’s life, loads of true Southern zaniness during a college basketball season, and a puzzle worth solving,” writes author Cathy Pickens, winner of St. Martin’s Malice Domestic Award for Best Traditional Mystery.
Dixon claims Charlotte, N.C., as home, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as her own personal utopia, although she’s residing in South Carolina’s Lowcountry for the time being. Visit her website at www.DawnDixon.net.
The book will be featured at a Moveable Feast on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 11 AM-1 PM at The Village House in Litchfield. Tickets are $30 per person and include a presentation by the author followed by lunch catered by the Divine Group of Murrells Inlet.
Reservations may be made by calling 843.235.9600 or online at www.ClassAtPawleys.com. Books will be available at the event ($20) for signing, or in advance from Litchfield Books or the publisher at www.ClassAtPawleys.com.