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Shallow Waters – Kay Denning

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a reading from Native Oregonian Kay Jennings, in which she introduces a thrilling new mystery series set alongside Oregon’s rugged Pacific coast. A sleepy Oregon coastal village with secrets as dark as its January storms. A new police chief with his own shadowy past. The last thing Port Stirling Chief of Police Matt Horning needed on day one of his new job was for the mayor’s daughter to turn up dead in a mysterious tunnel on the Oregon beach. Horning, escaping professional troubles in Texas, accepts the vacant job in Port Stirling, Oregon, looking for a fresh start in what he thought would be a peaceful coastal town. Nothing much ever happens here…or does it? With only a ragtag county crime team to…

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Reading: Kay Jennings: Shallow Waters

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes Portland author Kay Jennings to read from her debut mystery, Shallow Waters. The last thing Port Stirling Chief of Police Matt Horning needed on day one of his new job was for the mayor’s daughter to turn up dead in a tunnel on the Oregon beach. Horning, escaping professional troubles in Texas, accepts the vacant job in Port Stirling, Oregon, looking for a fresh start in what he thought would be a sleepy coastal town. Nothing much ever happens here…or does it? With only a ragtag county crime team to assist him, Horning must match wits with a diabolical killer, the likes of which this peaceful village has never seen. For one week in wild and stormy January, Horning calls on all…

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