Linda Mickey
Born: 1951 in Beloit, Wisconsin
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Mickey lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Biography: Like her protagonist Kyle Shannon, Linda Mickey was employed by a staffing agency. After a twelve-year career in which she saw everything from knife-toting secretaries to drunken vice presidents, Mickey had plenty of motive to write a mystery series featuring a temporary office worker. She is currently employed as the office manager of a small accounting firm, dividing her time between tax returns and murder.She has also written the ebooks, ''Test Scores'' - the latest in her Kyle Shannon Mystery series, ''Chicago Dawn'', ''Life Everlasting'' and ''Pills, Party and a Prom Date.'' The second edition of her non-fiction book, ''Dollars and Sense for Writers,'' is in an eformat as well.
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Email: author@lindamickey.com
Website: http://www.lindamickey.com
Linda Mickey on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=linda+mickey
Selected Titles
| Defective goods : ISBN: 0983377812 OCLC: 877839801 Finish Off Press, Libertyville, IL : 2004. The ink is barely dry on her employer's contract with Drip Not Paint when temporary worker Kyle Shannon finds herself having coffee with a corpse. And you thought starting a new job was tough! Hired to sort out problems with customer service, Kyle soon discovers irregularities in the family-owned business aren't limited to the inventory. She investigates, only to learn that, chillingly, the murdered man had been following the same trail and now his killer is stalking her. |
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Dollars ISBN: 0516250574 OCLC: 55000707 Children's Press, New York : 2005. Welcome Books are reviewed by reading consultants before publication. Includes glossary and index. Glossary words are bolded throughout the book for easy identification and the glossary includes a pronunciation guide to help emergent readers with these new words. Grades K-4 National Social Studies Standards. Production, Distribution, and Consumption: VII. Explain the role of money in everyday life. Describe influence on economic decisions. |
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Dollars and sense for writers : ISBN: 0615273068 OCLC: 636046360 Finish Off Press, Libertyville, IL : ©2010. |
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Greased wheels : ISBN: 0983377804 OCLC: 870999657 Finish Off Press, Libertyville, IL : 2002. While on a temp assignment at the corporate offices of a large manufacturer, Kyle Shannon learns that some people will do anything to get what they want. After a county politician is found dead in a forest preserve and a treasured local landmark is threatened, Kyle examines what she thinks she knows about the people she considers friends. One of them is probably a killer. |
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Help wanted : ISBN: 0983377839 OCLC: 777687200 Finish Off Press, Libertyville, IL : ©2011. |
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Horse power : ISBN: 0595415806 OCLC: 144410590 iUniverse, Lincoln, NE : ©2006. |
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Horse power : ISBN: 0983377820 OCLC: 988499975 Finish Off Press, Libertyville, IL : 2006. |