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Susan Moore Jordan

After a lifetime as a musician—performer, teacher, musical theater director—Susan Moore Jordan wrote and published her first novel in 2013 at the age of seventy-five, and she hasn’t stopped since.

In her first four novels, the author drew from her life experiences as a voice teacher and stage director, and those books were inspired by real people she encountered.

“Companion” novels, Memories of Jake and Man with No Yesterdays were released in March and November of 2017. A departure from her earlier historical novels, these two books detail the struggles of two brothers, Andrew and Jake Cameron, whose lives were irrevocably changed by their service in the Vietnam War. Memories of Jake was the recipient of an honorable mention Red Ribbon Award from the 2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.

Recently, Jordan has embarked on a “cozy mystery” series, “The Augusta McKee Mysteries.” Book one, The Case of the Slain Soprano, was released in April, 2018 and The Case of the Disappearing Director followed in October, 2018. The Case of the Toxic Tenor was next in April of 2019, and book #4, The Case of the Purloined Professor in September, 2019. She is currently at work on the fifth book in the series. The Case of the Slain Soprano was a finalist in the 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards and a semi-finalist for the 2020 Kindle Book Awards.

All of Jordan’s books are “music-centric” (in the words of one reviewer), and readers comment on the strength of the element of music included in her work. Jordan sees writing as another way to share the music she loves, which she considers “the most powerful force in the universe.”

Articles by Susan Moore Jordan have appeared in Musical America and The Guardian, and on August 2, 2019, she appeared on Hour Three of “The Today Show” as a Super Senior.

For more information, please visit her website at www.susanmoorejordan.com

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The Case of the Slain Soprano

The Case of the Slain Soprano

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One-time opera singer Augusta McKee, professor of music on two college campuses, is successfully navigating her busy life in stiletto-shod feet—until she comes up against a shocking road block.

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The Case of the Disappearing Director
The Case of the Toxic Tenor
The Case of the Purloined Professor
The Case of the Chrysanthemum Murders

The Case of the Chrysanthemum Murders

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–And more important, are the two remaining members in danger?

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The Case of the Unearthed Evidence

The Case of the Unearthed Evidence

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Cincinnati, October 1918-- As the Spanish influenza rages around the world, a body is buried behind a residence in an upscale neighborhood and concealed from discovery. What a perfect time to hide a crime …

Cincinnati, October 1965-- Fritz, the irrepressible six-month-old puppy belonging to Professor of Music Augusta McKee and her husband of six months, Homicide Detective Malcolm Mitchell, digs up a human bone in a neighbor’s yard where a flagstone patio is being replaced. An investigation quickly determines a body was buried there forty-seven years earlier—in 1918.

 

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The Augusta McKee Mystery Series: Books 1-3

The Augusta McKee Mystery Series: Books 1-3

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a 50ish, independent, no-nonsense voice teacher in spike heels. Tough and tender, ahead of her time, and smart as all get-out, Augusta teaches at two Cincinnati colleges in the 1960s.

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Memories Of Jake

Memories Of Jake

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"MEMORIES OF JAKE" WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A RED RIBBON AWARD FROM THE 2017 WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS

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And This Shall Be for Music

And This Shall Be for Music

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Lindsey Cameron, a gifted young soprano, believes herself called to a life in music and single-mindedly focuses on pursuing a career in opera. But a life-shattering tragedy involving her two college housemates changes everything. Overwhelmed by shock and grief, Lindsey struggles to say goodbye to one friend while helping her surviving friend on his long road to recovery.

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The Case of the ‘Carousel’ Killer

The Case of the ‘Carousel’ Killer

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Augusta McKee, amateur sleuth, professor of music, and former opera singer, is invited to perform in the musical Carousel at the Pocono Playhouse in Northeastern Pennsylvania. With the encouragement of her husband, Cincinnati P.D. Homicide Detective Malcolm Mitchell, she accepts this chance to be on a stage again, in an area where she spent happy summers as a child experiencing the beauty of the mountains and the Delaware Water Gap.

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The Case of the Casanova Cantor

The Case of the Casanova Cantor

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Eugene Geller, the handsome and popular Cantor of Rockdale Temple—located in the racially tense Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati—disappears without a trace during a night of rioting in the “long, hot summer” of 1967. Was Gene a casualty of the riot? Has he run away with one of his paramours? Or has he been the victim of foul play by his long-suffering wife or an angry ex-lover or a jealous husband?

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The Case of the Bogus Beatle

The Case of the Bogus Beatle

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After an eventful Beatles concert at Crosley Field, threatening (and badly-spelled) ransom notes begin appearing from unknown persons claiming to have kidnapped George Harrison. But the Beatles’ lead guitarist is not missing. The puzzled police, including Sergeant Malcolm Mitchell, at first dismiss the messages as a bizarre hoax.

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The Case of the Ill-Fated Philanthropist

The Case of the Ill-Fated Philanthropist

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Augusta McKee, former opera singer and now a voice teacher at two colleges, and her husband, Captain of Detectives Malcolm Mitchell, stop by the private box of a friend in Cincinnati's Music Hall following a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah, only to discover multi-millionaire and philanthropist Tobias Dietrich has died. He seems at peace, and all indications point to natural causes, but not everyone is fully convinced.

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Man with No Yesterdays

Man with No Yesterdays

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MAN WITH NO YESTERDAYS IS A FINALIST IN THE 2019 WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS

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