ABSINTHE OF MALICE, A Penny Mackenzie Mystery by Pat Browning
Old crimes come back to haunt a small California town in this intriguing urban cozy. ABSINTHE OF MALICE introduces Penny Mackenzie, Lifestyle reporter for The Pearl Outrider and a cast of unforgettable characters who find their lives turned upside down when old secrets and new secrets all come to light after chance discovery of a skeleton in a cotton field leads to murder...and romance.

ISBN 9780982144312 244 pgs. 
5X8 Trade Softcover $15.95
eBook $2.99

"Browning's prose is so sharp and original. It's a beautifully crafted mystery, intertwined with life in a small town as it really is."
BETH ANDERSON winner of The Bloody Dagger Award, author of Night Sounds, Murder Online, and Second Generation

"Penny Mackenzie is marvelous as the clever, reluctant
heroine of Pat Browning's tale of murder and love in a small town."
ROBERT FATE author of the Baby Shark series

"In Absinthe Of Malice Pat Browning has created a lovable sleuth and an exciting and most unusual mystery set in a small town. I hope this is the first of many more!"
MARILYN MEREDITH author of Kindred Spirits, Calling The Dead and Judgment Fire