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Atomic Sunset: A Route 66 Mystery
Paperback
Series: The Jane Dougherty, Book 1
HumorMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 13 2025
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Winner - 2025 Literary Global Book Awards (Fiction-Humor)
Winner - Indies Today 2026 Best Humor
Finalist - 2025 American Writing Awards (Fiction-Satire)
Finalist --- 2026 Readers' Favorite Awards (Fiction - Humor)
Recognized for its sharp humor, atmospheric mystery, and distinctive desert noir storytelling.
Welcome to Radio Springs
When photographer Jane Dougherty's car breaks down on a forgotten stretch of Route 66, she expects dust, diner coffee, and a little small-town gossip - not a corpse in her trunk.
Stranded in Radio Springs, Arizona's quirkiest desert town, Jane turns her lens toward the mystery that's suddenly become personal. With help from the town's sharp-tongued librarian Ramona Galvin and a cast of eccentrics who've read more crime novels than they've solved crimes, Jane pieces together a trail that winds from the library stacks to the local diner and all the way out to the old canyon mines.
Everyone in Radio Springs has a story - and some will do anything to keep theirs buried.
The soda fizzes. The desert hums. And after dark, the past has a way of speaking through the static.
Atomic Sunset is a witty, small-town mystery filled with humor, heart, and a dash of desert noir. Perfect for readers who enjoy quirky fiction, bookish sleuths, offbeat conspiracies, and smart, laugh-out-loud storytelling.
5 Stars - Readers' Favorite
J.G. Macdonald excels at writing quirky but interesting characters that entertain and intrigue... I recommend Atomic Sunset to anyone who enjoys small-town mysteries, stories dealing with conspiracy theories, and offbeat humor.
- Gabriel Santos, Readers' Favorite
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