She Needed Killing

by Bill Fitts

Overview

The Needed Killing Series: When James F. Crawford retired from the university he didn’t expect to become a private investigator. But Provost Rufus George wanted Crawford to investigate a suspicious death--and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. Turns out, Crawford has a knack for solving crimes. With his dog and cat as the perfect sounding board, he talks through the specifics of each case--posing questions to Tan and The Black and answering them himself. If you like your mysteries with a side of humor, give the Needed Killing Series a try.

Book 3: Crawford had never considered taking his cat to the local folk festival. But when a friend wants The Black for a photo shoot, he obliges. That a snake will be part of the shoot is just the first surprise in store for him and his pets. Snakes, fortune tellers, arsonists, blackmailers . . . this festival will be unlike any other in the history of Jemison County.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044664890
Publisher:	Bill Fitts
Publication date:	07/17/2013
Series:	Needed Killing , #3
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	275,474
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

When Bill began writing  “The Screaming Sword,” he took notes in a Marble Composition notebook and typed on a Smith-Corona portable electric typewriter. He now uses Scrivener, a word processing program designed for writers, on an iMac. He has published 3 books in Song of Narne, epic adventures in a magical world, and 6 in the Needed Killing Series, cozy mysteries with a southern flair. He’s still writing in both genres.
 
Bill and his wife, Anne Gibbons, owe an odd kind of thank-you to the 2011 tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala. They were physically unharmed, but they began to assess their needs and wants, their hopes and dreams with the visceral understanding that the future is uncertain. In 2015 Bill and Anne moved to Vero Beach, Fla. They enjoy living 9 miles from the ocean—an easy drive but out of storm surge range—and their cats enjoy the screened patio.

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Editorial Reviews

The Needed Killing Series has a pleasing premise. In each novel, and this is the third, the murder victim is obnoxious and widely disliked. This not only makes the reader feel better about the death, it also swells the number of suspects. --Don Noble, Tuscaloosa News, October 27, 2013

Bill Fitts clearly understands about secrets in small southern university towns, and his reluctant detective, James F. Crawford, is the kind of guy you'd like to join for dinner--preferably one he's prepared. --Judy Leavell, Snellville (Ga.) Arts Commission

Good series of southern mysteries. . . . Very engaging fella and it’s smartly written. I enjoy the fact it's centered around a university. The characters are fleshed out and layered as well. --KLT (Amazon)

The first two books in the series were very good, but this [third] book will make you hope that there are more people in Shelbyville who need killing! --Etfonhom (Amazon)

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