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Die Noon (Goodnight Mysteries Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Elise Sax (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 4,852 ratings
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Matilda Dare can’t sleep. Her insomnia is one more reason to move to the quirky small town of Goodnight, New Mexico after she inherits a house, a small newspaper, and two old dogs there. But despite the Goodnight name, Matilda still spends hers wide awake, and she has good reason after a reporter is murdered. With a mystery to solve, she begins to investigate the town and uncovers more suspects than she knows what to do with.

Meanwhile, the hottie cowboy sheriff is doing his own investigation into Matilda, and the mysterious, handsome stranger, who just happens to live with her, is showing up in all the wrong places. As her investigation continues, danger increases, and it might end up spelling lights out for Matilda.

Die Noon is the first installment in the hilarious, romantic Goodnight Mysteries series and a spinoff of the Matchmaker Mysteries.

Goodnight… Sometimes sweet dreams end in murder.

“Elise Sax will win your heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis

“Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump off the page and make crazy seem like a fun place to hang out.”—New York Times bestselling author Christie Craig

“With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse” --RT Book Reviews

“Fans of laugh-out-loud romantic suspense will enjoy this new author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie.”—Booklist, on An Affair to Dismember
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Matchmaker Mysteries Series
Book 0: Road to Matchmaker
Book 1: An Affair to Dismember
Book 2: Citizen Pain
Book 3: The Wizards of Saws
Book 4: Field of Screams
Book 5: From Fear to Eternity
Book 6: West Side Gory
Book 7: Scareplane
Book 8: It Happened One Fright
Book 9: The Big Kill
Book 10: It's a Wonderful Knife
Book 11: Ship of Ghouls
 
Goodnight Mysteries Series (A Matchmaker Mysteries Spinoff Series)
Book 1: Die Noon
 
Five Wishes Series
Book 1: Going Down
Book 2: Man Candy
Book 3: Hot Wired
Book 4: Just Sacked
Book 5: Wicked Ride

Three More Wishes Series
Book 1: Blown Away
Book 2: Inn & Out
Book 3: Quick Bang

Standalone Books 
Bounty
Switched
Forever Now
Moving Violations

About the Author

Elise Sax writes hilarious happy endings. She worked as a journalist, mostly in Paris, France for many years but always wanted to write fiction. Finally, she decided to go for her dream and write a novel. She was thrilled when An Affair to Dismember, the first in the Matchmaker Mysteries series, was sold at auction. Elise is an overwhelmed single mother of two boys in Southern California. She's an avid traveler, a swing dancer, an occasional piano player, and an online shopping junkie. Friend her on Facebook: facebook.com/ei.sax.9 Send her an email: elisesax@gmail.com You can also visit her website: elisesax.com And sign up for her newsletter to know about new releases and sales: elisesax.com/mailing-list.php

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CZFX542
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ 13 Lakes Publishing (August 7, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 7, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2786 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
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USA Today bestselling author Elise Sax used to work as a journalist, mostly in Paris, France. She took a detour from journalism and became a private investigator before writing her first novel. She lives in Southern California with her two sons. She loves to hear from her readers.

Don’t hesitate to contact her at elisesax@gmail.com, and sign up for her newsletter at http://elisesax.com/mailing-list.php to get notifications of new releases and sales.

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Jeanie Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious cozy mystery
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2019
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Die Noon, the first book in the Goodnight Mysteries by Elise Sax is a hilarious cozy mystery placed in the southwest. While much of the humor is zany, it is all fun, but the murder plot is serious. Matilda Dare had become a lightening rod for disaster even before she inherited her uncle's home and small town newspaper. Her earlier misadventures, recounted in An Affair to Dismember the first book in the Match Maker series featuring Gladie Burger, gave her plenty of reason to leave California for her new home in Goodnight. Goodnight is best known for what happened to Daisy the Giraffe and for invasion by space aliens.
When one of her employees dies right before her eyes, Matilda feels compelled to find the culprit. Silly human can be a turn-off but Elise Sax hits just the right note to keep me laughing with great characters and a good mystery.
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Bea
4.0 out of 5 stars A very smart lady
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2021
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A quick read that was funny and intriguing. Trying to follow the story line and figure out who did it. I will look for the next book since this one ends with a question.
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Kim H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Plot & Humor
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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When I hear or read something funny I laugh. But this book had me laughing almost hysterically and one of the funniest books I have ever read. If Elise decides to give up writing books, she can most definitely take up being a stand up comic or a writer for one. The book is about Matilda who while dealing with her soon to be ex-husband learns she inherited a house and newspaper from a relative. Almost from the beginning, things start happening in Goodnight, New Mexico. Matilda begins learning how to write newspaper articles from her three employees when one of them dies with more than a few potential suspects. Throughout the story, whenever Matilda meets someone new, the person makes an off the wall comment about her being a such and such person. Matilda has a tendency to get nervous in certain situations and her banter and actions are also very funny. The story is wrapped up in the end with one remaining mystery not solved which the author tells us upfront, but you won’t know which one it is until the epilogue. If you want a good mystery with lots of humor, I highly recommend this book.
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Billie L. McClure
3.0 out of 5 stars Left in the Lurch
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2020
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I liked this book, in a fun and strange sort of way. The premise is a little believable...woman moves to new town after inheriting a newspaper. Since her life is already in turmoil, why not start out somewhere new? The characters are interesting. Murder is involved. Two very different but intriguing men are involved. Alien interest is a part of the plot. I'm the type that likes a good ending, or at least a conclusion. Instead, I was introduced to an unsolved and unresolved ending. It's interesting enough that I didn't put it down, but maybe not enough curiosity to read the continuing odyssey.
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Jerry Fincher
5.0 out of 5 stars EXTREMELY EXCELLENT
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
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Loved every minute of it. The story was strong and captivating. The characters were believable and interesting. At times it made me anxious but that’s because I
Am ADHD and so was Matilda.
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Ellen Oceanside
4.0 out of 5 stars FUN STORY TO READ
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2019
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Matilda has moved to Goodnight, New Mexico, the new owner of a large house. Then being informed it also was the Gazette newspaper, which has never made a profit. The paper was an albatross, could she learn what to do in being a reporter. A dead reporter and learning how to investigate, along with the sheriff who is investigating her. The quirky people in this town add to the story. Her books are fun to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down!
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019
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Goodnight, New Mexico. A town with UFO sighting by the entire populace. A town that hung a Giraffe named Daisy in the 1880's after she killed a handler. The town where Matilda Dare has inherited a house and a newspaper business. The same Matilda Dare who was committed to a rubber room by her husband after he killed and dismembered into tiny pieces his neighbor and got Matilda committed???

When Matilda arrives in Goodnight, her reputation has preceded her only it is the most convoluted miscounting of information that even Matilda tries to quit correcting people and tell them she has lived there for 30 years.

Between a murder of one of 4 other newspaper employees and attempted murder of the lead reporter, necessity makes Matilda improve rapidly as the newest member of the staff. If only she wasn't distracted by the hunky sheriff or a hunky tenant, or the boobs on the man at the swimming pool, or the bruised and bloodied girl who appears in the woods behind her building and disappears as quickly, or...

I decided to try this book not really knowing any of this, and boy am I glad I gave it a chance! The author has written hilarious characters, over the top situations, and a darn good mystery. I didn't want to put down, and when it was finished I immediately ordered the next book in the series. It was that good! Take a chance and check it out for yourself. A fun book and more to come! Nice. 😁
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RoseEllen
5.0 out of 5 stars at first I wasn’t sure I was going to like it
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2022
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But suddenly by the middle of the story it really began to work. At first I hadn’t been all that fond of most of the characters. As the story came together i think the writing/storytelling improved; i think the bonding among the characters really helped with that as well. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the books to find out the whole story about the girl in the old UFO t-shirt.
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Ángeles Ruiz Bañuelos
2.0 out of 5 stars Its ok
Reviewed in Mexico on April 16, 2024
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Krupa Chirravoori
5.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a laugh riot, thoroughly enjoyable
Reviewed in India on July 23, 2021
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So happy to have discovered this book and author through the Fussy Librarian recommendations.

First things first - I found exactly 5 editing/proofreading errors in this book, which is nothing when you see other self-published works. So, well done on that. And allow me to point out that 15 YO Jack's last name has changed in Part V without explanation.

Now, for the main content - I loved the writing style, it made me laugh so many times! I enjoyed the main character Ms. Dare and her clumsy recent past. While there are loads of unresolved questions as the book ends, I am glad that the author hasn't tackled them all already, because the book was happening already. And besides, it would be nice to have these slowly covered in the subsequent books. The author has definitely whetted my appetite for more.

The foundation has been laid very well to develop more storylines, spin-offs and the characters themselves. Can't wait to read more in the series, as well as check out others by the author.
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mazaroju
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2020
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Really enjoyed this book. Characters are charming and endearing and Matilda is hilarious. It was the perfect length and really enjoyed the ending. Can’t wait to continue with the next book in this series. Bravo!
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Perkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters,great story,very funny
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2020
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Matilda Dare inherited a house in Goodnight a small crazy town in New Mexico. The story has aliens, attempted murders,fish pedicures, and handsome men all besotted with Matilda. What's not to like? If the town doesn't exist I wish it did. This book really lifted my mood but I was sad that it ended without solving the biggest mystery. I,ll be happy to read more in the series.
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Toots Sullivan
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
Reviewed in Australia on March 11, 2020
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This book is just soooo crazy I loved it! It has everything and so much more if you want a cozy Murder that isn’t very cozy, a small town in the middle of nowhere, hints of romance a weird and wonderful backstory with a giraffe, unique people and a good place to inherit and start a new life. It’s great! True humour
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