{"id":33,"date":"2015-01-08T10:59:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T17:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2015-01-08T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:43:41","slug":"the-belen-hitch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"#2 The Belen Hitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(by Pari Noskin writing as Pari Noskin Taichert)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Noskin-TheBelenHitch200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Noskin-TheBelenHitch200x300\" width=\"200\" height=\"295\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-55\" \/>Public relations consultant Sasha Solomon travels to Belen, New Mexico, to help the small town increase tourism using a former Harvey House as the main attraction. Two factions think they&#8217;ve got the key to Belen&#8217;s economic success. The train enthusiasts hope to transform the building into a bed and breakfast complete with a restored Fred Harvey restaurant. The equally vocal artists want to create a world-class gallery with the &#8220;blasphemous&#8221; art of Phillipa Petty\u2014an internationally known painter and local denizen\u2014at its center. When Sasha finds Petty&#8217;s murdered body in the artist&#8217;s studio, her life becomes much more difficult than mere press releases and returns-on-investment.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold ital\">Agatha Award Finalist: Best Novel<\/span><\/p>\n<p>available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Belen-Hitch-Sasha-Solomon-Mysteries-ebook\/dp\/B004EYTACW\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold ital\">Praise for THE BELEN HITCH:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taichert&#8217;s refusal to employ hackneyed metaphors results in descriptive passages alive with a breezy freshness. The author is word savvy and witty, and it shows to her advantage in this enjoyable tale.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<em>Mystery Scene<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taichert provides all the ingredients for a bang-up regional cozy.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<em>Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This book makes for extremely enjoyable reading. Sasha is a likeable, intelligent, quirky heroine, and the mystery she finds herself embrolied in is interesting to navigate&#8230;The lush setting of New Mexico also adds to the allure of the story. This book leaves the reader willing to go anywhere with Sasha.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<em>Romantic Times Bookclub<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A quirky heroine, off-the-wall humor, strident factions battling for control of a historic house, and elements of small-town New Mexico should endear this especially to fans of Southwestern mysteries.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<em>Library Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Belen Hitch is sure to be a hit with lovers of New Mexico mysteries and with those who like their heroines feisty but a little bit cozy.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<em>New Mexico Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(by Pari Noskin writing as Pari Noskin Taichert) Public relations consultant Sasha Solomon travels to Belen, New Mexico, to help the small town increase tourism using a former Harvey House as the main attraction. Two factions think they&#8217;ve got the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/?page_id=33\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/parinoskin.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}