E-Books from Sandra Balzo

The following books are available in e-reader format, with more on the way . . .

The Maggy Thorsen Mystery series




Kindle Originals . . .


The 5 star reviews are in: "Fireworks, death, romance"!

What I remember was being on my feet--all of a sudden on my feet -- but I didn't know how I got there.
And everyone around me, they were on their feet, too, and I could see their hands slapping together
and I could see their mouths moving, but I couldn't hear them. Couldn't hear anything
because I was standing in this place of pure light and noise, a place like nowhere I'd ever been before.
And I thought, right then: This must be what heaven is.



"Fireworks, death, and romance. Not a bad foundation for a book. Then add the TV industry and its thirst for blood on the screen, an ATF Agent charged with investigating a death during a fireworks demonstration, and a TV producer torn between her industry and doing what is right, and you'll find Sandra Balzo's new book, HEAVEN'S FIRE. Oh, I forgot to mention a traditional extended Italian family whom you'll love as they struggle to save their business. There are even a couple of nosy ex's thrown in for good measure.

Pasquale Firenze, the patriarch of the family business, Firenze Fireworks, is killed in a malfunction during the climax of the biggest fireworks extravaganza of the year. Local TV8 is on the scene and captures everything on tape--some of it so graphic that producer Wendy "Jake" Jacobus is torn between doing what's right for the station and what's right for society. As she struggles with her dilemma, Simon Aamot, the local ATF investigator, enters the scene. From that moment forward, Balzo spins a story that will glue your eyes to the pages.

And, as with any good mystery, every time you're sure you know the answers, you discover you don't."
--Randy Rawls, author of the Ace Atkins series




Short Stories

The Grass is Always Greener . . .

. . . was the first short story every written by Sandra Balzo, yet it was picked up by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (March 2003) and won both the Robert L. Fish and Macavity awards for Best Short Story. Balzo's second story, Viscery, was also published in EQMM (December 2004) and went on to win the Derringer Award and a nomination for the Macavity.

Now those edgy stories by this award-winning author, best known for her regional mysteries, are available for the first time since their original publication, bundled with an original short story, My Best Friend's Funeral.

The Grass is Always Greener:  Thou shalt love thy neighbor . . . or not

Viscery:  Where abduction meets obsession

My Best Friend's Funeral:  Joe Cardigan plants people--he's the funeral planner