Dead on My Feet

Looking for a new lease on life, Nellie find herself on the dead beat. Milo is dead. And Nellie Bly has to write his obituary. Not exactly what she was hoping for when she left her post as the local weather girl in Kansas for a posh Southern California beach side community. But as more and more upstanding citizens of La Joya turn up dead in ghastly ways, Nellie and her pals at the Coastal Crier join forces with Detective Wendy Nakamura to follow the murderous trail of a ruthless cartel that traffics in endangered wildlife. When Nellie's eccentric landlady, former B-movie actress, Dame Catherine Cavendish, begins to drop hints that threaten to bring to light the dark secrets of the village, unsettling incidents begin happening at the Cavendish estate, endangering the motley crew of scribes. Greed, betrayal, vengeance, gangsters and old Hollywood glamour make for great copyâif Nellie can stay alive long enough to meet her deadline. Dead on My Feet is a quirky tongue-in-cheek adventure that will leave you breathless.

"[A] witty debut . . . Brisk pacing and a cavalcade of colorful characters keep the action on a swift path to its literally wild denouement. Hopefully, Nellie will be back soon." -Publishers Weekly

Author Patricia Broderick, using the byline Pat Broderick during her long career as an award-winning journalist, has worked in print and the broadcast media in New Hampshire, Florida and California. A native of Manchester, NH, she graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where she was news editor of the school paper. Since then, she has worked for newspapers, magazines and public television, as an anchor, producer and documentary maker. The mother of two grown daughters, she lives in San Diego with her husband, Ray Huard, a journalist.