An Escape Goat: A Zen Goat Mystery
by Janna Rollins
About An Escape Goat
An Escape Goat: A Zen Goat Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New Hampshire
Publisher : Level Best Books (March 12, 2024)
Print length : 265 pages
Digital ASIN : B0CW1DMVTL
After finding long-lost family through a DNA test, Callie heads to Bobwhite Hollow, New Hampshire, to meet a great-uncle she never knew existed. Charmed by the village and more than half in love with her new family, she decides to stay and open a goat yoga studio and retreat space.
When retreat guest Angilene Claudson turns up dead with a wine glass shattered at her side and Callie’s favorite goat lapping up the spill, the death is written off as an accidental overdose. But when the goat gets sick, Callie’s gut tells her it wasn’t an accident at all. With her new business on the line and a possible murderer staying in the guesthouse, Callie sets to work to uncover the truth and keep her family safe.
About Janna Rollins
When Janna Rollins isn’t writing, she likes to thumb through New England-based magazines and drool over the pictures. She has a love for red barns, goats, and genealogy. Janna can be found showing her socially awkward side on Facebook or sharing pictures of her tiny one-acre farm on Instagram. She is a member of Sister In Crime, and also writes the Hometown Hardware Mystery series as Paula Charles. Janna lives in Southwestern Washington with her husband and a whole menagerie of furry and feathered critters.
Author Links
Website: https://www.paulacharles.com
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209244230-an-escape-goat
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Author Guest Post
Goats have long been one of my favorite barnyard animals. They’re full of personality and fun antics. It’s like having a circus in your own backyard. When I was a kid, we had a few milk goats, and I was involved with FFA, so not only milked them, but showed them at the county fair. Fast forward a whole lot of years, and there is a goat in my barnyard again. Her name is Frankie, and she is a sweetie.
When I was thinking about writing a cozy mystery with a protagonist who had goats, the idea of goat yoga popped into my head and wouldn’t leave me alone, so the Zen Goat Mystery series was born. In the first book, An Escape Goat, Callie Haybeck has recently found her long lost great-uncle through the help of a DNA test kit. She flew to New Hampshire to meet him, fell in love with the area, and decided to stay. Uncle Will was all in when she presented him with her idea to open a goat yoga studio on his farm.
Bugsy is the star of the show, taking center stage on the cover. He gets up to all kinds of antics that make for some laugh out loud moments. The real Bugsy used to live in our barnyard, and I’m delighted to keep his memory alive through the pages of this series. He loved people and the moment he would hear the screen door bang, that goat would scream at the top of his lungs so that we knew he wanted his ears scratched and wouldn’t mind a carrot or two. He had us hooting with laughter all the time.
Since I was raised as a farm kid, writing a farm-based cozy feels right for me. It’s a fun trip down memory lane and I hope readers will get as much of a kick out of those crazy goats as I do. The Zen Goat is a great place to have some fun with friends and left go of a bit of stress, as long as you don’t wind up murdered behind the haystack!
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