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Amnesia and Cleopatra Jones
By Maggie Toussaint

In my new cozy mystery novella, “No Quarter.” Cleopatra Jones wakes up in a distant hospital with no memory of how she got there, no memory of what she did that day. She is frightened and alone. A man arrives who claims to be related, and hard on his heels a cop follows.

Handling any of these factors (amnesia, a stranger, and a policeman) would be challenging, but dealing with all three at once gives us an idea of the plucky strength in my amateur sleuth. Cleo has faced trouble before, and she’s not about to let amnesia slow her down.

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