Releasing June 11: Railroad Ties: the Marmion Grove Murders

 RELEASING JUNE 11 FROM THE WILD ROSE PRESS

RAILROAD TIES: THE MARMION GROVE MURDERS

When Sophie Childress discovers a letter written in 1920 by the witness to a murder, she enlists Noah Pennyman—owner of the house where it took place—to investigate. Who was the victim? What did the killer do with the body—not to mention a carpetbag full of money? Together they expose a complex web of family ties and lies that has persisted through four generations in the historic village of Marmion Grove. When two more corpses are unearthed, Noah and Sophie are faced with too many victims and not enough murderers.

Contemporary cozy mystery; 390 pp. It will be available at all fine online book stores.

We're Moving On Up: In the Crosshairs makes the Chanticleer Semi-Finals!

 

The 2024 M&M Mystery and Mayhem Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries!

In the Crosshairs: the Body on Leffis Key is a Semi-Finalist in Chanticleer's Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards for 2024! 

In the Crosshairs Makes Short List at Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem Awards!

 

"The Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Light-Hearted and Cozy Mysteries. The M&M Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions."

In the Crosshairs: the Body on Leffis Key has moved forward from the 2024 M&M Long List to the 2024 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. It is now in competition for 2024 M&M Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25."

Some Zelda Poems for Your Reading Pleasure

 

AD PRINCESS

 

Commercials—

Zelda was in one once

She played the sofa

No lines

But it was considered definitive

For a sofa portrayal.

 

She rested on her laurels.

FLEDGLING

 

The trapeze

Was high overhead

Zelda looked at me

Challenging.

I took the rope

In both hands

Ready to fly.

 

Zelda?

Why me?

You, who carried me over so many cliffs

Joyously

Beckoning

Why do you sit on the ground?

Why do you make me fly for you?

Because it’s time.

THE DOLDRUMS

If only

So here we are at the end

Again.

Uphill so much of the time

 

I remember so joyously the downhill slides

Whooshing, arms upraised, feet in the air, mouth wide

Squealing

Knowing you’ll be safe but loving the instant where

You’re not sure

Loving the moment at the top of the cliff

When the world is spread out like peanut butter on toast

For you and only you

To taste

 

And now

We’ve come to the bottom

The end

Clouds and light and rainbows and lightning

Have moved out of the area.

Sails luff; wind dies; the doldrums.

It is over.

 

If only.

In the Crosshairs at N N Light's Best Books of 2024

I’m so excited to be a part of N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Best Books of ‘24 Bookish Event. Come by on Thursday, December 19 to read about my latest mystery In the Crosshairs: the Body on Leffis Key. Check out all the books released in 2024 and enter the giveaway to win a $25 Amazon gift card: 

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