C. N. Buchholz is a writer of poetry, memoir, mystery, suspense, and fiction. She is also a musician and vocalist for the Green Meadow Band. Her writing has been featured in short story mystery anthologies, poetry anthologies, and various newspapers and magazines. She is currently working on a series of suspense novels (The Kill Shot Series) with her cohort in crime, William J. Anderson (aka A. W. Powers). Their manuscript In Too Deep placed as a top finalist for the 2017 Freddie Award for Writing Excellence (FAWE) competition, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, Florida Chapter.  Ms. Buchholz’s story “Toe Breaker” was published in Minnesota Not So Nice, an anthology selected as a finalist for the 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for the Best Short Story Collection. Her 2023 story “Truth Be Told,” published in Hook, Line, and Sinker: The Seventh Guppy Anthology, was selected for nomination for the 2024 Best Short Story Derringer Award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Ms. Buchholz lives in the Land of 10,000 Lakes with one pony-size dog, five black cats, and one husband.

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Undercover Officer Katrina Malloy’s mission is to enter the world of drug and weapons trafficking and extract information. Her relationship with a Twin Cities ringleader spirals out of control, and she finds herself doing things undercover cops should never do. By the time Katrina realizes her situation, she is In Too Deep.

The Minneapolis police chief summons rookie Officer Wes Phillips. Someone requested Wes be pulled from duty and participate in a task force. The chief is not happy about it and gives Wes one bit of advice: try not to get killed.

The task force is invested in cleaning up crime and making the Cities and their surrounding communities safe. But it has a leak and has lost members to mysterious deaths.

Katrina requested Wes. They had been friends at the Police Academy, and she knows she can trust him with her life. But the stakes rise, and her life is no longer the only one in danger. She needs Wes to come in, help shut down the illegal activities, and get her out.

Will the leak claim Wes next? Or can he help the task force and get Katrina out alive?