Patricia McLinn
1) Cold open
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 7
Pub. Date
[2018].
Description
"Elizabeth Margaret "E.M." Danniher finds house hunting in Cottonwood County, Wyoming difficult, but deadly? That she never expected. In television, a cold open rolls before the credits, pitching the viewer into the news story. That's how Elizabeth and her cohorts feel after she finds a body in a house for sale. A victim with a hidden history, few suspects, and the sheriff's department not happy having Elizabeth as the closest thing they have to a...
2) Last ditch
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 4
Pub. Date
[2016].
Description
"A man in a wheelchair goes missing in rough country in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher and KWMT-TV colleague Mike Paycik immediately join the search organized by local rancher Thomas Burrell. But soon they're on a search of a different kind - a search for the truth. It takes them deep into the intricacies of the community served by the Red Sail Ditch - the irrigation system that could make a ranch viable or worthless. They...
3) Look live
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 5
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"'There's a body in my bed. A dead body.' The call from a friend staying at Sherman's newest - okay, only - B & B starts Elizabeth Margaret 'E.M.' Danniher on a twisting, turning journey where appearances not only deceive, they turn deadly. When her TV reporter friend Wardell Yardley comes to visit, they take a weekend trip to Yellowstone Park and encounter a surprising set of people, including a team-building group from social media mega-force VisageTome,...
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 9
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"In the rough country of Wyoming, sometimes cattle rustlers still get a death sentence.Official consumer advocate and unofficial Investigative reporter Elizabeth Margaret Danniher, her KWMT-TV colleague Mike Paycik, rancher Tom Burrell, and their supporting staff of idiosyncratic sleuths take on another mystery. A ranch foreman is found dead -- and, for most in Cottonwood County, the reaction is ... good riddance. Long considered guilty of a heinous...
5) Cross talk
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 9
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Prime suspect: The most annoying man in Sherman, Wyoming
That’s right, Thurston Fine, the egotistical anchor at KWMT-TV is the first person deputies want to talk to when his self-described biggest fan is found dead.
What’s Elizabeth Margaret Danniher to do? The station’s in an uproar, heading for a train wreck, and desperately needs her experience and leadership. At the same time, here’s an intriguing puzzle right in front of her …...
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015].
Description
"A Rodeo Producer, Dead in the Bull Pen. Accident or Murder? Elizabeth, until recently a top-flight national TV journalist, is regaining her footing after a dizzying demotion to tiny--and entirely foreign to her--Sherman, Wyoming. But her equilibrium faces a major challenge. The apparently accidental death -- under the hooves of rodeo bulls -- of a rodeo producer preparing for Sherman's annual Fourth of July Rodeo catches the attention of Elizabeth...
8) Body brace
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 9
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Everything can change … except murder. In the television production world, a body brace is used to shift the weight of the camera to the operator's shoulder. This allows for smoother shots than might be obtainable by handheld operation. Braces also reduce stress on the arms, which reduces tiredness and muscle cramps during filming. And, at the small-town Wyoming TV station KWMT, cameras are older and bulkier than those used in network news-gathering.
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9) Air ready
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 9
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Love and death decisions
Will murder take a break while Elizabeth Margaret Danniher sorts the future of KWMT-TV and her personal life?
Don’t count on it.
A young woman comes to Elizabeth at KWMT to solve a kind of theft Elizabeth has never encountered before. That’s challenge enough, with the TV station for sale and the top candidate to buy it known for eliminating news departments. But Elizabeth also senses there something more bothering Hailey...
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume Book 3
Pub. Date
[2014].
Description
"Shoot First... Death hits close to home for Elizabeth Danniher - or, rather, close to Hovel, as she's dubbed her decrepit rental house in rustic Sherman, Wyoming. Her elderly neighbor has killed a man apparently after her Western artifacts. As a former top-flight national TV reporter, Elizabeth knows self-defense can satisfy the legal system, yet leave her neighbor in danger. Doing what she does best - asking questions - Elizabeth sidesteps her boss...
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 6
Pub. Date
[2017].
Description
"The week between Christmas and New Year's is a notoriously slow news week. Not this year, not for Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher of KWMT-TV. After 25 years in prison, Dean Isaacs has returned to Sherman, Wyoming, and nobody knows why. The release of the convicted murderer ensures it won't be happy holidays for a number of people Elizabeth knows. A debatable accident, a scam, and two long-ago deaths swirl together with professional jealousies, family secrets,...
Author
Series
Caught dead in Wyoming volume 8
Pub. Date
[2019].
Description
"A Rodeo Producer, Dead in the Bull Pen. Accident or Murder? Elizabeth, until recently a top-flight national TV journalist, is regaining her footing after a dizzying demotion to tiny--and entirely foreign to her--Sherman, Wyoming. But her equilibrium faces a major challenge. The apparently accidental death -- under the hooves of rodeo bulls -- of a rodeo producer preparing for Sherman's annual Fourth of July Rodeo catches the attention of Elizabeth...
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