Free (Kindle DRM-free) The Extra by Elizabeth Sims [Law Student Actor Comedy Mystery]

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The Extra by long-time Writer's Digest contributor and Lambda Literary Award-winner Elizabeth Sims (ISFDB, Wikipedia) is the 2nd novel in her Rita Farmer series of humorous murder mysteries starring a single mother law student moonlighting as an actress to pay the bills, this installment finding her investigating potential shenanigans at a charitable mission which had helped her years ago when she was in need and might have changed in the meantime, free courtesy of the author herself, who is e-printing it from its 2009 edition originally out from St. Martin's Minotaur imprint.

We've also previously received the 1st in series, in case you wanted to start there, and incidentally we've gotten her creative writing advice as part of this freebie as well.

Currently free (and DRM-free) @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat… ish) free ebook thread of the day.

Enjoy!

Description
Rita Farmer knows what it feels like to be flat broke. Even now, when studying to be a lawyer, Rita is so far in debt that she has to scrounge for acting jobs to keep herself and her son afloat. Decked out in police uniform as an extra on a low-budget movie shoot, she wanders into a rough part of town and is pulled into a vicious assault. Rita chases off the two men but doesn't escape unscathed, and the boy they attacked isn't out of danger yet. His injuries could last the rest of his life.

Rita's heart goes out to him and his grandmother, Amaryllis B. Cubitt, the director of an urban mission that Rita had turned to for help years ago. But the mission has changed from its unassuming past and is now flush with secret donations and gruff guards posted at the doors. Rita can't but wonder if now Amaryllis is too proud to ask for the help she needs.

Smart and charming, Rita Farmer is back in the spotlight in The Extra, a second act that is as dazzling and delightful as the first.