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Jess Lourey

Jess Lourey
Photo by JaneBailey Photography, Inc.

Jess Lourey is the author of the Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month mysteries set in Battle Lake, Minn. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, The Loft, and a founding faculty member of the Mystery Writers of America’s MWA University. Lourey resides in St. Cloud, Minn., where she is a professor of writing and sociology. For more information, visit her online at JessLourey.com.

Watch Jess on Showcase Minnesota (08/26/09).

Watch Jess on Twin Cities Live (09/02/09).



Website:   http://www.jesslourey.com/



TITLES BY Jess Lourey

August Moon August Moon
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #4
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738713250
Pub Date: June 2008
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



Maybe it's time for me to leave this crazy town, hightail it back to Minneapolis, and become a cat-collecting, fist-shaking, asexual English professor... Furious after being stood up by local hottie ...
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December Dread December Dread
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #8
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738731889
Pub Date: October 2012
Price: $14.99
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



Silent Night, Deadly Night With Christmas just over a week away, ’tis the season for grinning sales elves on TV, maddeningly jolly Muzak, and a guilty Nut Goodie addiction. But for Mira James ...
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June Bug June Bug
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #2
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738709123
Pub Date: March 2007
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



Mira James never imagined life after college would be a doublewide trailer outside Battle Lake, Minnesota. Then again, maybe the North Country has more to offer than mosquitoes and broasted ...
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Knee High by the 4th of July Knee High by the 4th of July
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #3
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738710358
Pub Date: September 2007
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



What's so wrong with admiring from a distance? Mira's quirky puppy love for Chief Wenonga, a well-muscled fiberglass statue in her Minnesota small town, might be a safer love pursuit than online ...
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May Day May Day
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #1
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738708386
Pub Date: March 2006
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



Minneapolitan Mira James has been taking it easy since college graduation--too easy. Due to a dead-end job and a cheating boyfriend, the Twin Cities have lost their charm, and Mira decides to begin a ...
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November Hunt November Hunt
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #7
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738731360
Pub Date: March 2012
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



November in Battle Lake, Minnesota, is cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table. lt's also deer hunting season. When Tom Kicker is killed in a hunting accident, Mira James is hired to ...
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October Fest October Fest
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #6
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738726236
Pub Date: May 2011
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



Beer and polka music reign supreme at Octoberfest, Battle Lake's premier fall festival. To kick off the celebrations, the town hosts a public debate between the two congressional candidates: ...
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September Fair September Fair
The Murder-By-Month Mysteries #5
By: Jess Lourey
EAN: 9780738718729
Pub Date: September 2009
Price: $14.95
In stock? Yes, ready to ship



". . . An entirely engaging novel with pathos, plot twists, and quirky characters galore. Beautifully written and wickedly funny." —Harley Jane Kozak, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity-award ...
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