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Available April 14, 2026, from Camel Press and Epicenter Press
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Sacramentan newspaper reporter Liz Cane is honored and hopeful when the paper’s respected Capitol columnist, Eugene Holland, asks her for a ride to work. When she arrives at his home in hopes of a story for the newspaper, she finds him dead. She will need to uncover what she does not know about Holland in order to find out why he is dead and who did it.
Praise:
“A mystery with heart. A newspaper reporter becomes the news when he’s murdered in his home. Reporter Liz Cane isn’t about to let his death go unnoticed or unsolved. With a dogged pursuit of the truth, Liz discovers secrets that might be worth killing for, and she might be next if she’s not careful. Wonderful characters and the author’s journalism background is on full display.” –James L’Etoile, award-winning author of River of Lies and the Detective Nathan Parker series
“Curiosity Kills has a twisty plot that keeps the reader turning pages to the satisfying end. The intensity of the main characters combines with a compelling setting to build a tense storyline that is not only relatable but entertaining as well.” –R. Franklin James, author of the Hollis Norgan mysteries and the Johanna Hudson mysteries.
“Kathleen L. Asay has created a scorcher of a novel, where Sacramento is as much a character as the news-hardened reporters who cover it. Oppressive heat and oppressive politics both permeate the city, and Asay captures the lived-in truth of each in a novel that shows California’s capitol in all its messy glory.
“Journalist Liz Cane works for a newspaper that is becoming a hollow husk of what it once was. But her devotion to her job—and a murdered colleague—stays strong even as she works through secrets past and present to uncover the truth. Atmospheric and engaging. Curiosity Kills is not to be missed.” –Claire Booth, author of the Sheriff Hank Worth mysteries.
Title: Curiosity Kills
Author: Kathleen L. Asay
Publisher: Epicenter Press
Imprint: Camel Press
Book webpage: www.camelpress.com/curiosity-kills
BISAC #1 Code: FIC022070
BISAC #2 Code: FIC022040
BISAC #3 Code: FIC022100
Pages: 252
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Illustrations? No
Format: Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781684923366
Ebook: 9781684923397
LOC: 2025949534
Price: $17.95
Ebook: $7.99
Publication Date: 4.14.2026