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Kay Kendall
Kay Kendall is a long-time fan of historical novels and now writes atmospheric mysteries that capture the spirit and turbulence of the sixties. A reformed PR executive who won international awards for her projects, Kay lives in Texas with her Canadian husband, three house rabbits, and spaniel... show more

Kay Kendall is a long-time fan of historical novels and now writes atmospheric mysteries that capture the spirit and turbulence of the sixties. A reformed PR executive who won international awards for her projects, Kay lives in Texas with her Canadian husband, three house rabbits, and spaniel Wills. Terribly allergic to her bunnies, she loves them anyway! Her book titles show she's a Bob Dylan buff too. RAINY DAY WOMEN published on July 7--the second in her Austin Starr Mystery series. The E-book and paperback are available now, and the audio-book will be soon. She says, "In my mystery series featuring Austin Starr, amateur sleuth, I explore what life was like for a typical young woman--not a headline maker, not a Hanoi Jane or Angela Davis, but a moderate who nonetheless got swept up by history's tides during the turbulent sixties. All that turmoil lends itself to drama, intrigue, and murder." Stairway Press published Kendall's debut mystery, DESOLATION ROW. in 2013, as well as RAINY DAY WOMEN. DESOLATION ROW was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award in 2014 presented by Killer Nashville. A short story "Strangers on a Plane" launched in January 2015, on Kindle. It is part of a collection of 13 Kindle stories called THE PROMETHEAN SAGA. Kay is a member of Mystery Writers of America and serves as secretary of its Southwest Chapter. Also a member of International Thriller Writers, she is a contributing editors to its online monthly magazine, THE BIG THRILL. Other organizations she belongs to include Crime Writers of Canada, Writers League of Texas, Houston Writers Guild, and the Texas Association of Authors. She earned degrees in Russian history and studied the Russian language in the Soviet Union, which accounts for her being a student of the Cold War and aficionado of Russian culture.
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Celticlady's Reading Room
Celticlady's Reading Room rated it 5 years ago
After You've Gone by Kay Kendall is a story about Walter MacGregor, Wallie for short. Why Wallie, she is named after her father. She is a 23-year-old girl in 1923 who has a great sense of adventure, she loves Sherlock Holmes stories. She came across a picture of a man and has asked her father, a jud...
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debbiekrenzer rated it 9 years ago
#RAINYDAYWOMEN AVAILABLE NOW! 4 STARS! EXCELLENT READ! @KayleeKendall @StairwayPress I think what I liked most about this book wasn't that it was suspenseful, true it was a mystery. It wasn't fast paced, even though the killer seemed to be getting closer and closer to the protagonist, Austin.I ...
Celticlady's Reading Room
Celticlady's Reading Room rated it 9 years ago
t is a time of women's freedom, a time of Woodstock, Charles Manson, and the Apollo moon landing. It is 1969 an amateur sleuth, Austin Starr, along with her infant son, are on their way to clear her best friends name. Her friend, Larissa is a suspect in the death of a woman's activist leader, she se...
November News 2014
November News 2014 rated it 10 years ago
Desolation Row will keep you interested from page one because it is so cleverly written and the story pulls you in. I loved the characters of Austin Starr and Larissa the professor's daughter and the older police officer who liked words. I didn't get a real feel for Austin's husband, but Austin was ...
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