A reputation as a small town busybody sleuth. A gum-cracking boss who keeps calling her "babe." Now a suicidal phone stalker? Great.

After solving the messy mystery of her neighbor-hood handyman’s lye-induced death, thirty-something Sophie Mae Reynolds makes preserves by day and answers phones at a crisis center by night. What better way to keep a low profile? But on her very first night, Sophie Mae gets a call from a man who is threatening suicide . . . and her. Over-hearing the caller’s irate outbursts, her morally-bankrupt boss Philip Heaven severs the line. As harassing calls to her home increase, Philip comes down with a deadly case of food poisoning. And his eerie last words keep ringing in Sophie Mae’s ears: "Threat. Meant it." Now stirring up the town with talk of murder-by-preserves, Sophie Mae and her hunky boyfriend Detective Ambrose are on a blood-red trail of rancid beets to find and stop the crafty killer.

"McRae writes about characters we really care about...Sophie Mae and her friends deserve many more adventures." -- Booklist

"Sophie Mae is a top-notch cozy heroine." -- Cozy Library

"McRae ably navigates the waters of small-town crime, establishing believable characters and capturing the charm and camaraderie of the denizens of Cadyville. This town might well be worth visiting frequently." -- Gumshoe Review

"Nicely paced without any time wasted, Heaven Preserve Us does a fine job of leading the readers through the investigation with no false starts or cheap side trips ... solid and entertaining." -- Reviewing the Evidence

 "There's something special about McRae as her stong characters and unique plot are definitely spellbinding." -- Sydney Star Observer

“McRae delivers another satisfying and clever novel with an intriguing plot—murder by botulism.” -- Fresh Fiction

Heaven Preserve Us made the International Mystery Booksellers Association bestseller list in August, 2008.

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