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Marguerite Ashton

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Marguerite Ashton is Founder of the popular blog Criminal Lines and Co-founder of the Crime Writers’ Panel. There she works alongside Joe Giacalone with other panel members to educate writers on the importance of showing accurate portrayals of criminal investigations and law enforcement procedures in their novels.

Her radio show, Criminal Lines Radio airs weekly, bringing together law enforcement and authors in an open forum.

She grew up in Colorado, but now resides in Wisconsin, where she is currently working on her next book. 

Her readers can visit her website at www.margueriteashton.com 
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Burned Bridges

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Mystery

Newly sober and dating the man of her dreams, Traci Collins is ready to enjoy the good life, until her new best friend, Olivia Durning, confides a dreadful secret far worse than Traci could imagine. 

Sealed by a shared bond, and unaware there is more to the secret than what she was told, Collins feels honor bound to protect her friend when a confrontation between Olivia and her childhood tormentor turns deadly. 

A mysterious text forces Traci to question Olivia's actions and re-examine her loyalties. When the answers to Traci's questions endanger a life she treasures more than her own, she must decide if friendship has a limit. For a bridge once burnt severs ties forever...
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Led By Lies

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Mystery/Thriller

*Soon To Be Republished and Again Available For Purchase*

Detective Lily Blanchette’s first case as lead investigator is big: two college students struck down by a theatrical killer. 

While politicians and the press clamor for quick closure, Lily realizes this case bears frightening similarities to her sister’s unsolved murder — a murder her father died trying to solve.

Lily’s search for answers threatens to destroy her marriage and her remaining family, but she can’t quit. To stop the killer, she must avoid becoming the next victim.

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