Kathy McIntosh
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Kathy McIntosh is addicted—to words. She loves the way words sound and the way they look on a page.
A native Californian who enjoyed thirty years plus in Idaho, Kathy transplanted from Idaho to Tucson, abandoning her long johns and snow shovel. She shares space with a rescued Bernese Mountain Dog sometimes known as The Fat and the Furriest, and her patient husband. Kathy’s first two novels in the Havoc in Hancock humorous suspense series take place in North Idaho, territory famous for its kooky citizens. Her second series, the Adventure Calls Mysteries, chronicles the adventures of an eco-tour company. When you guide tourists through the Southwest, you expect rattlesnakes and sunburn, not murder. But for the employees of Adventure Calls Ecotours, every breathtaking destination seems to come with a body.
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Mustard's Last Stand, a Havoc in Hancock Humorous Suspense
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Mystery
An African safari camp in North Idaho? Won’t happen, not if offbeat eco-activist Roadkill can convince his brother to drop the mustard jar bearing his ex-wife’s ashes and fight the fanatical developer of the canned hunt. Together they face the wannabe big game hunter, his wacky minions and his fake preacher-in-a-pocket, a con artist on the lam. Roadkill is an environmental activist, convinced the safari camp threatens the environment and eco-systems in the mountains outside Hancock, Idaho. When Roadkill disappears, his brother Ed Mustard, a struggling screenwriter, turns amateur detective and searches for him. Mustard, four determined pregnant women, one fired security clerk on the hunt for the tweaker who assaulted her, and assorted captive African wildlife, create havoc in the small mountain town of Hancock, Idaho. This blend of mad-cap humor, odd-ball characters, light romance, and suspense makes readers laugh as it nudges them to consider what we’re doing to our environment. Readers who love Carl Hiaasen will enjoy this northwest road trip. 
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Foul Wind, a Havoc in Hancock Humorous Suspense
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Mystery
Questioning her decision to grant custody of their newborn to her ex, ecoactivist Feather Sullivan struggles to establish a new business and expand her visiting rights. She has no time to yet again save her sister’s fanny. But when a blackmailer who’d threatened investors in a nearby wind farm is found dead, Feather and her sister become suspects. When the sister disappears, Feather and a hunky PI seek answers—hindered by Feather’s meddling mother. The trail leads to a hog farm, and the meddling gets messy. And dangerous. 
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Murder, Sonoran Style, An Adventure Calls Mystery
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Mystery/Cozy
Murder in the heat of the desert. Gabe Ramsay had a plan: bury his past as a disgraced college professor, keep his secrets buried deeper, and spend his days guiding tourists through the sunbaked beauty of the Sonoran Desert. Rattlesnakes and sunburn, he expected. A murder weapon with his fingerprints on it, he did not. When a developer Gabe publicly clashed with turns up dead —stabbed with Gabe's own skinning knife—he becomes suspect number one. His only ally is Madrone Hunter, the guide company's sharp-tongued chef, who's better at reading people than she lets on. Together they have to out-sleuth a killer before the desert claims Gabe as the next victim. 
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Murder, Cottonwood Style
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Mystery/Cozy
A relaxing week off. A body on the trail. So much for vacation. Chef and tour guide Madrone Hunter just wants one peaceful week in Arizona's Red Rock country with her brother. Instead, a hike near Cottonwood turns up the body of a former client—the same client who threatened to sue Madrone and her employer into oblivion. Now Madrone's the prime suspect, and the threats aren't slowing down. She has to find the real killer before she becomes the next victim. Every acquaintance she interviews hides a secret sharper than her chef's knife. Can she serve up the truth before someone silences her for good? Adventure Calls Mysteries — where the landscapes are breathtaking, the locals are colorful, and someone always ends up dead. 
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Murder, Truth or Consequences Style
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Mystery/Cozy
In a town called Truth or Consequences, somebody's hiding both. Madrone Hunter can't catch a break - not even on vacation. A relaxing stay in New Mexico's hot springs town turns chilling the moment her host's neighbor is found dead, right after the two had fought bitterly over a property line. Police call it suicide. The victim's son calls it murder. When Madrone starts digging, she not only finds motives but a decade of rivalries, betrayals, and a blackmail scheme that someone would kill to keep buried. As the suspect list grows, so does the danger. In a town built on secrets, will the truth cost Madrone everything? 
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