RACHEL NEUBURGER

Welcome to Bocas del Toro, a remote chain of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama

While I work diligently on The Poison Garden (Baby I’m Blue), check out the first two books in the Red Frog Beach Mystery series.

Drowning Lessons, Book 1 in the Red Frog Beach Mystery Series

You are cordially invited to a destination wedding to die for…

Welcome to Bocas del Toro, a remote chain of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Five days of glorious sun and lush rainforest await the forty guests celebrating Bridezilla Olivia’s dream wedding—but will a murder sink the catered affair? Before anyone’s got time to start working on a tan, an unfortunate snorkeling accident eliminates a member of the wedding party. Maid of honor Lexie Marino smells trouble, and is thrust into the responsibility of investigating, needing to solve the case before her bestie’s trip down the aisle gets tropically derailed. The show must go on.

Lexie’s a little too tall, a little too awkward, and a little too brokenhearted, but she’s determined to nail the real killer. Can this unlikely sleuth stay afloat as she’s hit by wave after wave of wildly entertaining characters, including an alpha bride, surfing detectives, and a high school flame long forgotten? You’ll find yourself laughing until the very end of Drowning Lessons, a debut cozy mystery that makes the perfect beach read. Rub in some coconut oil, dangle your feet in the crystal-blue waters of Starfish Beach, and sip a cool drink as Lexie discovers the deductive superpowers she never knew she had.

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The Wipeout Affair, Book 2 in the Red Frog Beach Mystery Series

Home is where the heart is. Amateur sleuth, Lexie Milano, returns to tropical Bocas del Toro, and this time for good. Piña coladas, white sand beaches, and a little cabin of her own on the edge of the rainforest complete her picture of the perfect tropical future awaiting her. But if it looks too good to be true, it usually is. . . .

When the body of a beautiful wealthy local is found at an isolated surf camp, the owner calls on Lexie to help him figure out who did it in this delicious whodunit. Reluctant sleuth Lexie first turns to the police, but her sudden access to a treasure-trove of island secrets convinces her it’s time to solve another murder on her own.

Between old friends, new love on the horizon, and the added potential of shark attacks, The Wipeout Affair will leave you laughing and guessing until the very end.

The Wipeout Affair can be easily read as a stand alone.

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Drowning Lessons and The Wipeout Affair were both published in 2019 as the first two books of The Red Frog Beach Mystery Series. The third book, The Poison Garden (Baby I’m Blue) will be released in the summer of 2021.

Other projects in progress are The Evelyn Bay Murder Mystery Series and the stand-alone literary novel entitled So Pinch Me Quick.

As a playwright, I am continuously working on the trajectory of Nepenthe, a memory play about the notorious Block 24 brothel in Auschwitz, told by the poolside of a Beverly Hills mansion in 1961. This has opened up several research projects that are both fascinating and horrifying, but the stories must be told.

I am currently hiding from Coronavirus in the ancient village of Crowhurst in the south of England. I live here with my photographer husband, John, and our retired greyhound, Comet.

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