Synopsis for “Gasoline and Matches: A Lyndy Martinez Story”

Do you remember dial-up internet, chatting with friends on AOL instant messenger or renting VHS tapes at Blockbuster Video? If you don’t, that’s okay. In this retro adventure forty-something mom Lyndy Martinez is adjusting to an upgraded lifestyle in the mountains with her successful boyfriend Dr. Kyle Ellis. Having to balance responsibilities of raising a kid, being a perfect partner to Kyle and dodging his petty ex means The Spitfire has her hands full. Everyone knows sooner or later, her old ways will come creeping back in. When Rita Lovelace sends a desperate client her way, Lyndy contemplates taking on the challenge of locating the missing teenager. To recover key evidence, she’ll have to do battle with a towing company run by the Russian Mob, a BMW driving school administrator from the third circle of hell and find a way to escape an abandoned gold mine that is literally miles deep. In the B-plot, Debbie Kowalski, the chemist has to use her extraordinary IQ and practical knowledge of mechanics to repair a stuck transmission and escape the clutches of a desert madman. But before that, she’ll need to bury someone with her own hands. So don’t go changing that channel. Oh wait, this is a book.

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