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Is It Time to Exit the Stage? A close brush with death in Texas has left Pinkerton agent Lilly Long wondering if the demands of the job she wanted so badly are more than she can mentally and physically endure without becoming cold and uncaring. Instead of allowing her time to reflect on her future, William Pinkerton sends her to hone her skills with renowned self-defense master, Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery, and when she and her partner, Cadence McShane, are summoned for a new assignment, she goes, despite her reservations. Their mission is close to home-just across the city-and it seems simple enough on the surface: determine if pedestrian promoter and manager J.D. Ames's death was the suicide the police claimed, or if it was murder by one of those connected with the sport, as his wife, Dora, suspects. To learn the truth, Lilly and Cade must become part of the community of endurance walkers who undertake to walk a specified number of miles in a specified time. Lilly, straight from her training with Monstery, will infiltrate the close community as Irish competitor, Lil McShane, and Cade will be her brother and trainer, Andrew. It doesn't take long to recognize the antagonism, aggression, and rivalry among both the established walkers and the new ones, hoping to make a name for themselves. How can they possibly solve a murder when there is so much conflict both on and off the track? Can Lilly learn anything useful while immersing herself in a role that seems designed to physically reduce the competitors to shadows of themselves while crushing their spirits and stealing their dreams?

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Author Penny Richards has written a murder mystery that has captured the stressful world of pedestrianism from the competitive nature of sport to the struggles of the training for such a multi-day contest. On top of that, the protagonist must not only perform as a professional athlete, but during a competition, be on the lookout for clues to identify a killer. - Harry Hall, author of the award-winning The Pedestriennes, America's Forgotten Superstars. Penny Richards vividly evokes the bygone era of competitive walking matches-and weaves in a page-turning mystery. Hasten to Their End brilliantly captures the sights and sounds of a six-day walking match, the color and excitement, recalling a time when watching people walk in circles for days was not just a form of entertainment, but a source of mystery and intrigue as well. Congratulations! - Matthew Algeo, www.malgeo.net

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Penny Richards has been writing and selling books since 1983 with more than 40 books in print. Many have made various best-seller lists and won or been nominated for industry awards. After moving to Arkansas, she decided to take a break and pursue other things on her bucket list, including hosting a B&B and Catering business. She returned to writing in 2012, moving from contemporary romance to historical inspirational romance and historical mystery. Learning to write two new, different genres was not easy, she says, but it was worth it. She loves the research and setting familiar crimes in a different time with different social conditions, mores, and settings, not to mention limited forensics. She lives with her dog Cali and writes from her home in a small rural town in Arkansas.

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