Bio
Joslyn Chase is a prize-winning author of mysteries and thrillers. Any day she can send readers to the edge of their seats, chewing their fingernails to the nub and prickling with suspense, is a good day in her book.Joslyn’s story, “Cold Hands, Warm Heart,” was chosen by Amor Towles as one of the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Fiction River Magazine, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Mystery Magazine, and Pulphouse Fiction, among others.
Known for her fast-paced suspense fiction, Joslyn’s books are full of surprising twists and delectable turns. You will find her riveting novels most anywhere books are sold.
Her love for travel has led Joslyn to ride camels through the Nubian desert, fend off monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar, and hike the Bavarian Alps. But she still believes that sometimes the best adventures come in getting the words on the page and in the thrill of reading a great story.
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The Broken Bird
One suspicious death. One key to what happened.
Innocence and malice, hatched in the same nest, ends in tragedy for one family.
Father Tonio Rinaldi helps fold back the layers exposing the rotten egg, standing by to pick up the broken pieces.
One girl holds the key to the truth. Can Father Rinaldi guide her into revealing it?
Fans of Jeffery Deaver, Ruth Rendell, and Daphne Du Maurier’s short stories will love reading The Broken Bird.
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The Broken Bird is part of the short story collection, No Rest: 14 Tales of Chilling Suspense.
Under The Blood-Red Maple
The story they all clamor for paves the gateway to hell.
It’s not the brushstrokes, composition, or her brilliant use of light and color. It’s not the agonies underlying the paint or the dream of revealing something both momentous and simple with the sweep of the brush.
It’s just the damn story.
They all clamor for it, but every time Leigh is obliged to tell it, it wears away a little piece of her soul.
Soon she will be soulless.
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**Note: Under The Blood-Red Maple is part of the short story collection, No Rest: 14 Tales of Chilling Suspense.
The Sodden Spectators
A classic mystery in Agatha Christie style.
A story of kidnapping gone horribly wrong…or maybe miraculously right.
A tale of superstition and treasure, tempered by the death of a cat.
Prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase, delivers on three delightful stories.
The Sodden Spectators
Mystery novelist Cathryn Harcourt never met a mystery she couldn’t solve…in the pages of her own books. Faced with a real-life puzzle on which hangs the happiness of two young lovers, can she find a solution before they’re forced apart?
And when the stakes rise higher than anyone imagined, can she outsmart a wily, unsuspected murderer?
Join Cathryn as she travels from Kentucky to Brazil on the tracks of a clever killer.
Plus two more stories: A Simple Glass of Water and Blessings and Curses on a
Calico Cat.
Rachmaninoff's Peasant
Two stories from prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase
View the trailer for Rachmaninoff's Peasant on Joslyn Chase's YouTube channel.
In the high-stakes world of Kristelhof Fine Arts Academy, pianist Georgia Findlay plays to win.
Not even the death of her best mentor slows her down.
The story of a cutthroat rivalry and one girl’s break from the life of a peasant in a bid for the golden crown.
What Leads A Man To Murder
Neil Anderson starts his day with two things on his lips—
a cup of strong coffee and this question: What leads a man to murder?
Before day’s end, he’ll learn more about it than he ever wanted to know.
A Touch of Native Color
A TOUCH OF NATIVE COLOR
Spurn the curse, reap the nightmare.
The name on his driver’s license was George Henry, but people called him Chief.
He had the bloodline, the heritage, the native skills. And no desire to live up to the name.
Until the day he helped murder an innocent girl.
Prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase, introduces Chief Redfish in a captivating story of murder on the Hood Canal. Fascinating historic details, incredible landscape, a tragic gypsy curse, and the fiendishly cold killing of an unsuspecting young woman all come into play, woven like an indian rug. A winner!
Adalet
She bears a scar that mars her breast. And her soul.
Adalet sees only one way to overcome the ruins of her life. Entangled in a deadly game of lies,
she stakes every last shred of herself on winning.
And the odds are not in her favor.
In a struggle between revenge and redemption, Adalet balances on a thin crust of sanity. If you love a story full of twists and suspense, take a ride with Adalet.
Furrows: The Horror of Gladwell Hollow
Furrows run deep
A countryside mental facility, isolated in the hills of rural Virginia.
An award-winning psychiatrist, reticent about revealing his methods.
An ambitious journalist, still a little green around the edges.
When the three come together under mysterious circumstances, mischief rules the day.
And it's not the benevolent kind.
Experience the thrill and horror of Gladwell Hollow and uncover the secrets of its deepest furrows.
Plus two more stories: Bedtime Story and Absolution
Tickling The Tiger & Song of The Gondolier
Another captivating pair of mystery and suspense stories from prize-winning author Joslyn Chase.
Tickling The Tiger
A young doctor, part of an elite medical task force, sets a course for adventure in Bangladesh, where she faces the harsh realities of a killer disease.
And the human element aiding and abetting it.
Virulent germs, natural disaster, and the murder of a Hindu priest combine to make Dr. Elizabeth Mason’s first tour of duty more than she bargained for.
But just what she needs.
Song of The Gondolier
He spends his days in breathtaking vistas, charming wealthy passengers with his songs and collecting fat tips.
Until the bottom fell out of his world.
Hold on tight for this backwards-told-tale of a nice man in a nasty position and how his life hangs—literally—in the balance
