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If laughter is the best medicine, John Smith belongs in everyone's medicine cabinet. In In$urance to Die For, a scam artist's plan for making money off of insurance turns deadly. John Smith, an insurance investigator as ordinary and nondescript as his name, is determined to protect his company's reputation, but his investigation is frequently interrupted by his war with local crows, the gift of an uncontrollable kitten who hates him, and being signed up for a dating app by prankster poker players. He ends up with more enemies than Harry Potter and discovers that sometimes being a klutz is a life-saving skill.

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"""A slapstick mystery with heart--you'll cheer on klutzy John Smith as he dodges crows, learns to cat parent, and chases down a killer."" -Jennifer J. Chow, Lefty Award-nominated author of Hot Pot Murder  ""While the whole story was written with an air of seriousness to the mystery, the crazy things John experienced daily gave this reader plenty to laugh at throughout the entire book. ... Readers are sure to enjoy this heart-pounding, while also amusingly funny, mystery.""-Diana Coyle, Feathered Quill ""I could sum up In$urance to Die For by Charlotte Stuart in one word. Fun. ... I highly recommend this book to brighten up a dull day and put a smile on your face."" - Lucinda E Clarke, Readers' Favorite PRAISE FOR IN$URED TO THE HILT (A John Smith Mystery) ""Stuart brings fresh energy to the detective drama. The author's sense of quirky humor shines in just the right places, and that's a pleasant change of pace if you're looking for something unique in your sleuth stories ... Fans of Agatha Christie mystery books will fall in love with the new style found in 'In$ured to the Hilt: A John Smith Mystery' by Charlotte Stuart. -Tammy Ruggles, Reader Views ""I am eager to get my hands on more novels in the series, which I hope proves to be as exciting as this novel. Charlotte Stuart has planted the seeds for something entertaining, humorous, and well-paced."" -Matt Pechey, Reedsy "". . . a lighthearted and spirited look at greed, murder and insurance fraud."" -Sandy, The Reading Caf� ""Charlotte Stuart injects humor into Smith's wry observations of his situation and those around him. This is one of the hallmarks of a mystery that both titillates the imagination and leaves readers chuckling."" - D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review"

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"Charlotte Stuart PhD is an award-winning mystery writer who enjoys walking in the woods, black licorice and making people laugh. Before she started writing full time, she left a tenured faculty position to go commercial fishing in Alaska, spent a year sailing ""around the world"" in the Washington and Canadian San Juans, became a partner in a management consulting group and later a VP of HR and Training. Her current passion is for writing character-driven mysteries with twisty plots. Most include at least a dollop of humor, but she describes her ""In$urance"" series as ""Murder with a Laugh Track."" In$ured to the Hilt, the first in this series, was a semi-finalist in the Chanticleer International Mystery and Mayhem Awards and was a Reader Views Silver winner. Her Discount Detective Mysteries took a 1st place series award in the Chanticleer International Mystery and Mayhem competition. She's won or placed in a number of other competitions, including a Global Ebook Gold, A Global Book Award Bronze, and was a finalist in Foreword Indies, Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion and Eric Hoffer Awards. Charlotte lives on Vashon Island in the Pacific Northwest and is the past president of the Puget Sound Sisters in Crime and a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers."

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