Auraria Dead

by Melody Scott

Auraria Dead is Melody Scott’s first published novel, and it tells a suspenseful and romantic tale of secrets, conspiracy, and murder, that ranges from Arizona to the hills of northwest Georgia. From the back cover: Realtor Maria Sebastian is struggling to deal with a lull in the economy, an unwilling partner she’s not sure she can trust, and a crazy cousin. She doesn’t need the complication of finding an abandoned mine on the property she’s trying to sell... nor a skeletonized corpse in the mine. Never mind that the man she think she loves is hiding things from her, and her own father may be someone totally different from the man she thought she knew! What could be worse? Don’t ask!

Auraria Dead Melody Scott May 2011 Trade paperback, 5.5” x 8.5”, 300 pp. ISBN 9781603640381 Available in print through many fine booksellers, and both print and ebook formats through Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Here's what readers say:

"[T]he driving force of Auraria Dead is the strong characters. Maria is a protagonist that is at once likeable. Her cousin Emily adds humor, her father and boyfriend are both characters with secrets unknown to Maria that readers discover right along with Maria." Full review
-- Caryn St. Clair, reviewing for MysteriesGalore.com

"Melody Scott's debut book is worth the read."
--Randy Rawls, author of the Ace Edwards, Dallas PI series

"[A] solid comfortable read with quite a few twists and turns and a heroine readers care about. Hopefully, 'Auraria Dead: A Maria Sebastian Mystery' is the start of a new series. If so, it gets off with a great rock solid beginning." Full review
--Kevin Tipple, author and reviewer

"Come to Georgia for this charming Southern mystery. The characters of Auraria Dead are original and intelligent."
-- Margaret H. Fenton, author of Little Lamb Lost

“Melody Scott has combined a cozy read with adventures of greed happening right under our noses every day.”
-- Susan Polonus Mucha, author of Die Before Your Eyes and Deadly Deception

“Plan on reading this one all the way through without stopping.”
--Ron DeLaby, author of The Butterfly Man and Boogie