THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MISSING MOTIVE: Book One by Michele Pariza Wacek - Spotlight


 Book 1 of The Redemption Detective Agency.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or maybe a gin and tonic.

Emily Hildebrandt has run into a bit of a rough patch. She’s lost her job, her fiance and her apartment. Still, she never expected to be desperate enough to accept an invitation to live with her eccentric Aunt Tilde in Redemption, Wisconsin.

But, beggars can’t be choosers. Even if part of the deal is she has to pretend to work at her aunt’s latest hair-brained scheme, The Redemption Detective Agency.

Seriously, the woman is a retired nurse. Why does she think she’s remotely qualified to run a detective agency, especially in a creepy little town like Redemption?

But, when a strange phone call suddenly thrusts them into an actual case, Emily finds herself hoping her aunt really does know what she’s doing … or an innocent person may be the one to suffer the consequences.

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Award-Winning, USA Today Bestselling Mystery Author: Everything from psychological suspense to cozies.

When Michele was 3 years old, she taught herself to read because she wanted to write stories so badly.

As you can imagine, writing has been a driving passion throughout her life. Before becoming a published fiction author, she was a professional copywriter (a copywriter writes promotional materials for businesses), had founded an international copywriting and marketing company and was a bestselling nonfiction author.

She published her first novel, The Stolen Twin, in December 2015 and hasn’t looked back. Currently, she has more than twenty books published in multiple series including:

  • A psychological suspense mystery series (that includes romance and a touch of the supernatural) called Secrets of Redemption, which has won multiple awards. This series is complete at 9 books.
  • A twisty, funny cozy mystery series, Charlie Kingsley Mysteries, that is a spin-off from the Secrets of Redemption. This series is ongoing.
  • A series of standalone psychological thrillers, that also include mystery, suspense, romance and a touch of supernatural, called The Riverview Mysteries. This series is ongoing.
  • The Redemption Detective Agency, which is a cozy mystery spin-off from the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries. This series will be starting in 2024 and is ongoing.
  • The Mysteries of Redemption, which is a psychological thriller spin-off from the Secrets of Redemption series. This series will be starting in 2024/2025 and is ongoing.

Nearly all of her mysteries are twisty whodunits that are clean (the only exceptions are Mirror Image and, to a lesser extent, The Stolen Twin). No on page sex, gore, bad language and mild violence. Her focus is on amateur female detectives (think female Sherlock Holmes).

All her series are connected. To learn more about the Riverview and Redemption universes, start here.

Both her fiction and nonfiction have been regularly featured in media outlets such as CBS, NPR, AZ-TV, USA Today, Voice America, Small Business Trends, Small Business Radio Show, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Web.com and E-Commerce Times. In addition, she’s also a USA Today Bestselling author and has won multiple awards.

She grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona, with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.

When she’s not writing, she’s usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she’s an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she’s not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr. PW is in charge of the cooking.) She shares more musings about life and writing right here on her blog.

Answers to the most frequent FAQs (including news about her latest book) you can find here.

More news and media appearances you can find here.


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