Hardly Any Shooting Stars Left

<p><strong style=color: rgba(19 19 19 1)><em><u>2023 Oklahoma Book Awards Finalist</u></em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>A captivating tale of humor and mystery by an award-winning author.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>After her father's death a creative free-spirited young woman plans to leave her Oregon ranch and hometown of busybodies. But she didn't count on a corpse in her shop--or murder. Forced to create friendships with strange crabby or too-helpful neighbors she must face a murder charge and confront aching childhood memories in a town and a life stuck in the past.</p><p> </p><p>Lexi DePriest has always been a loner with a sharp wit and lack of concern about fitting in. If she could quickly sell the family ranch--her father's life's work--she'd get out of the Oregon valley but life has never been easy.</p><p> </p><p>When her crackpot neighbor shoots the drone she uses to check fences and cattle a battle begins. Nosy eyes in the tiny community are watching some malevolent--and dangerously nearby.</p><p> </p><p>With no explanation a man is found murdered in her shop and the trust she's built in herself and with a few townsfolk unravels. It takes a crabby school secretary and a Scottish welder to secretly examine murder suspects. The investigation gives her a rare choice to fit in to the home where she's always lived--but will she choose community family or herself?</p><p> </p><p>--------</p><p> </p><p><em>Hardly Any Shooting Stars Left </em>is a cozy western mystery but it is also so much more. This story while filled with suspense and intrigue also offers humor tension a fast-moving story line and the emotional struggle we have with forgiveness. Truth and grace abound in this new novel from award-winning B. K. Froman. </p>