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    Art and technology: the perfect recipe for betrayal—and murder.

    Released March 19, 2024

    Coroner Fenway Stevenson is driving her boyfriend’s moving truck from California to Colorado. She and her friend Piper stop at a museum east of Vegas, only to be shocked at the financial and artistic betrayal of the artists on display in the name of innovation.

    But when the museum’s director is found dead next to the moving truck with Piper’s knife sticking out of his chest, Piper is the main suspect. Fenway must use all the tools at her disposal to find the real killer and save her friend.

    A secret marriage, an angry mistress, shady investors, not to mention the hundreds of artists who had their money stolen. There’s no shortage of suspects—but none of them owned the murder weapon. Can Fenway find the killer and save Piper before becoming the next victim?

    The early reviews are in!

    "★★★★★ You must read this book!"

    "★★★★★ Another great installation in the Fenway series!"

    "★★★★★ Completely irresistible!"

    "★★★★★ Couldn’t put it down"

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    About Paul Austin Ardoin

    Paul Austin Ardoin is the USA TODAY Bestselling Author of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries and the Woodhead & Becker Mysteries. His stories and essays have appeared in the anthologies The Paths We Tread, Turning the Tide, 12 Shots, Bottomfish, and Sweet Fancy Moses. His network security articles have been published in Channel Futures, California Computer News, and European Communications. Paul has a B.A. in Creative Writing from University of California, Santa Barbara, and he makes his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and dogs.

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    Now Available for pre-order! Woodhead & Becker series Book 4

    THE EXECUTIVE MURDER

     

    A dead billionaire. A compromised police force. And her daughter in the crosshairs.

    Disgraced federal investigator Bernadette Becker is taking a well-deserved vacation at a music festival—when a mysterious man in the crowd gives her a clue that upends her life. Soon, Bernadette is sending her family into protective custody while she an her partner, forensic toxicologist Dr. Kep Woodhead, figure out who killed a billionaire in his home. The local police are on the take, and they don't know who to trust. Uncovering clues and dodging gunfire, Woodhead and Becker cross the country chasing the killer—who is now targeting Bernadette's daughter.

    Now available for pre-order at all major retailers! 

     

    BIG NEWS & NEW RELEASE

    I’m in a brand-new crime thriller anthology—10 full novels!

     

    My first novel in the Woodhead & Becker series, The Winterstone Murder, is featured in the new anthology The Secrets We Keep—along with 9 other thrillers from bestselling authors like Meghan O’Flynn, Jack Benton, Tom Fowler, D.F. Hart, P.D. Workman, and more!

     

    Buy The Secrets We Keep from your favorite eBook retailer

    Praise for Woodhead & Becker

    "Ardoin is the real deal"

    —Mark Stay, host of The Bestseller Experiment podcast

     

    "A unique break from the standard police procedural that left me wanting more."

    —J.W. Atkinson, author of Ashes of Malice

     

    "If you enjoy deftly woven storylines, quirky but relatable characters, and 'wow, didn't see that coming' twists and turns, then I strongly recommend The Winterstone Murder."

    —D.F. Hart, author of the Vital Secrets series