Murder on Flesher Pass (Montana Animal Rescue Mystery Series) by K. L. Borges
About Murder on Flesher Pass
Murder on Flesher Pass (Montana Animal Rescue Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting - Montana
Publisher : Camel Press
Publication date : October 14, 2026
Language : English
Print length : 316 pages
Paperback ISBN-10 : 168492362X
ISBN-13 : 978-1684923625
Digital ISBN-13 : 978-1684923632
ASIN : B0H1DLX1WV
RogerDog Rescue of Helena, Montana, is operated solely for the benefit of Montana dogs, no transported outsiders allowed.
When a fellow rescuer dies while completing a transport for an infamous Butte operation, Betty Mills, Kelly Boyd and Cici Vargas don't believe it was an accident. They infilter the Butte group, just in time to partake in a rescue flight from Mexico. Plans go awry and they unwittingly wind up with something that multiple suspicious characters want to get their hands on. Is it the foreign dogs themselves or something else? The body count begins to grow and the danger spreads to other RogerDogworkers.
Can they solve the mystery before it is too late?
About K.L. Borges
K.L. Borges, an Agatha Award-nominated author, moved to Montana thirty-five years ago with her husband to raise their three children alongside a series of herding dogs. Prior to becoming an author, she taught math at a private Billings high school (Go, Rams!). Borges is a member of the Billings Gem and Mineral Club and Sisters in Crime. She and her husband are often found enjoying the Montana outdoors with their two blue heelers.
INTERVIEW
1. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
The first fall after I retired from teaching high school math. It was the fall of 2022. I was completely surprised by the impulse!
2. How long does it take you to write a book?
Writing a manuscript that’s ready to send to my editor at Coffee Press takes about 8 months. Working through the editing process takes another couple of months.
3. What is your work schedule like when you're writing?
I try to write most days when I’ve got a story going. Early morning hours work the best for me-less distractions of regular life happen then.
4. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I work surrounded by wolves. Well, blue heelers, actually. My two, who are models for Sadie and Leo in my books, competitively surround my writing chair and inhabit the space under my desk. They frequently have spats over who is in what spot and it’s exciting, shall we say, to suddenly have two dogs roaring and snapping at each other with my feet in the middle.
5. How do books get published?
I submitted my first manuscript to a publisher who was willing to review un-agented work, Epicenter Press. They liked it and gave me a 3-book contract under their imprint, Camel Press.
6. Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?
Any and all experiences from life, starting at my earliest memories and running up to the current day and hour are fair game for inclusion. If I had wanted to write at an earlier age, I wouldn’t have had nearly so much to pull from! I do want to write reality-based fiction so I stick to topics I know or can learn about.
7. When did you write your first book and how old were you?
I wrote my first book, Murder in the Crazy Mountains, in 2022-2023. I was fifty-eight when I started and sixty-one when it was published in October of 2025.
8. What do you like to do when you're not writing?
Outdoor activities with the aforementioned heelers and my husband top the list. Hiking, camping, birding, rafting, rock-hounding and fishing, you name it, we like it. Most outings are a combination of these, the more the merrier!
Travel to explore new parts of the country and world is high on the list as well. Throw visiting museums, historical sights and sampling restaurants onto the list of outdoor activities!
9. What does your family think of your writing?
Haha, when I first started, they were supportive and polite but rolled their eyes, I am sure. Now that the book series is published and receiving accolades, they are realizing, “Hey, she’s a real author!” They enjoy the books and like to give me their two cents about potential story lines.
10. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
I was really surprised (and gratified) to discover how many people, including complete strangers, are enthusiastic to meet an author. It’s so much fun! In my previous incarnation as a math teacher, people were more likely to back away, fast, when hearing what I did for a living.
11. How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?
I have written three books in the Montana Animal Rescue Mysteries. Book One, Murder in the Crazy Mountains was published in October, 2025. Book Two, Murder on Flesher Pass, has a release date of October 14, 2026. Book Three, Murder at Bad Moon Canyon, is in the editing process and should be released in October, 2027.
12. Do you have any suggestions to help me become a better writer? If so, what are they?
Two things. First, if you are writing on a longer project, say a book, commit to spending time writing each day, even if it’s just for an hour.
Second, find a writing community to join and share with. I belong to the large organization Sisters in Crime and to a very small, ten-member group. Both have been invaluable in helping with me becoming a better writer and a more savvy author. Turns out that writing a book is but the first step in being an author, who knew?
13. Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?
I do hear from readers, usually via email once or twice a month. I love this! People have written to let me know how much they enjoyed meeting the characters, and how hard it was to set the book down once they started. One person told me they missed their bus stop three times in a single trip because they kept getting carried away in the story.
14. Do you like to create books for adults?
The Montana Animal Rescue Mysteries are written with adult readers in mind, but realistic as they are, they are cozy mysteries and perfectly suitable for any reader, middle-school age and up, who likes dogs, animal rescue, mysteries and Montana.
15. What do you think makes a good story?
Engaging characters. A plot that moves forward and has some surprises along the way. Humor. Realism.
16. As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
A veterinarian. I was hooked on the All Creatures Great and Small books and could conceive of no other career. My parents supported this idea with the caveat that I should get an engineering degree rather than a biology degree so as to be more employable, just in case. I had so much fun as a civil/environmental engineer I wandered off on that career path. I still think I would have loved being a vet, but channel my post-retirement animal work into volunteering at animal rescues.
17. What Would you like my readers to know?
How much I would love to meet you! My books are meant to be a gift from me to you that we can share a connection through. The character Kelly Boyd has definite similarities to author K.L. Borges beyond our shared initials. If you have enjoyed this interview, or go on to read any of the Montana Animal Rescue Mysteries, please do contact me, I would love to hear from you.
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