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"Flood Risk" Author Sandy Nork on Milford House Mysteries & Histories

September 04, 2026

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A stolen mandolin leads insurance investigator Valerie Sloan on a chase that leads her and others from Nashville to Philadelphia in Flood Risk.

A country music legend's daughter wants the instrument back, while an obsessive collector will do anything to get his hands on it. Caught in the middle is a musician, connected to both the daughter and Valerie, and Mother Nature, who brings about a calamity of its own.

The second volume of the "Risk" series comes from Sandy Nork, who takes the reader into the Nashville music scene, as well as the city itself. The forces behind the characters--what drives Valerie in her side quests to solve crimes also include her search for self. With her erstwhile driver/sidekick Rocky Russo, Valerie navigates her own feelings, the threat of the collector's daughter, and if someone doesn't kill Valerie, the flood might.

A career in the business world, plus 23 years as a public librarian, are among the influences that bring Sandy Nork to the literary world with her debut, Special Risk, and her latest, Flood Risk on Red Haven Press. The third volume, entitled Personal Risk, is anticipated for release later in 2026. She lives in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area with her musician husband, Bill.