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Roger Lynn Howell

As a geologist and environmental engineer, Howell spilled a million words onto paper—albeit for small and pocket-protected audiences. He started writing fiction about fifteen years ago. His novels tend to be set in the mid-century—a time of innocence, but also of prejudice and paranoia. His protagonists are strong women of the west because they are who raised him and sustained him, and who continue to inspire him. Roger is back in Colorado now with his wife and their ~~mean~~ badly misunderstood dog, Junebug.

Disrespected, unprepared, undaunted. Ada Reed heats things up in Lightning Caused

Lightning Caused

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Book 2 in the Ada Reed Mystery Series

Ada Reed must solve the mystery of an entire family who seemingly sat down in the path of a roaring forest fire and let the flames overtake them. They weren’t drunk, nor were they dead before the fire. Their car was gassed up, yet they didn’t flee. It looks like foul play, and the State Patrol sergeant is convinced he has his man – a former special-forces soldier with “Asian skills.” When Ada discovers the link between the family and the soldier’s time at the Minidoka Japanese internment camp, she fears the state cop might be right.