tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595943656891451882024-02-08T00:22:56.799-06:00Dead HerringDead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-87083821434810521762024-01-29T01:00:00.015-06:002024-01-29T01:00:00.342-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">averick Flatts, IL</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Maverick Flatts is the fictional town where Holly
Westin and her family run their ranch in the 1800s.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span>The series begins when Cavalry soldiers storm into
Maverick Flatts hunting a fugitive. When Holly’s brother is arrested for allegedly
killing a neighbor, Holly’s on the case. Things become even more confusing when
a mysterious masked rider appears on the scene.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-52531007401579003852024-01-22T01:00:00.001-06:002024-01-22T01:00:00.135-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">o</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ndon, England<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The infamous Jack the Ripper’s hunting grounds were
in the impoverished Whitechapel district of London in 1888. Jack was accredited
with 5 vicious and grotesque murders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5vnsoUT1N6PTdV_fhEKjnm7-vlCwbm734fVXTAulr4oF2up13OvsAwKuME9KvCOOVV3D32OHzk4HU2OvY3vdG8Cteukn8Gv_UOvDHzn5vTTyLQNV7wxw2M8Rob8w7WDehM0KAnjFA3OlKuki-GiKdk9PpvLuIK92ZI72ycD_f4a9XamR-paY_KzKaKlX/s1920/London%20Jack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5vnsoUT1N6PTdV_fhEKjnm7-vlCwbm734fVXTAulr4oF2up13OvsAwKuME9KvCOOVV3D32OHzk4HU2OvY3vdG8Cteukn8Gv_UOvDHzn5vTTyLQNV7wxw2M8Rob8w7WDehM0KAnjFA3OlKuki-GiKdk9PpvLuIK92ZI72ycD_f4a9XamR-paY_KzKaKlX/w404-h227/London%20Jack.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">To this day, Jack the Ripper’s identity is unknown,
though there are numerous suspects.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">To name a handful:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Aaron Kosminski – a Whitechapel barber<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Walter Sickert – an artist<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">John Pizer - bootmaker<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Prince Albert Victor – eldest child of the Prince
and Princess of Wales<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lewis Carroll – an author<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There are various theories about the identity and
profession of Jack, as authorities are not able to agree and at one time the
number of named suspects reached over 100.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This serial killer case was the first to create a
worldwide media frenzy with interest in the killings lasting to present day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Many books, movies, Ripper walking tours and theories
have come out of this case. Will we ever have definitive evidence as to Jack
the Ripper’s true identity?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-77628605625025875092024-01-15T01:00:00.002-06:002024-01-15T01:00:00.129-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">K</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ansas
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Using
poetic license here – Obviously Kansas is a state (not a city), but it’s the
hometown of Dorothy and Toto from the Wizard of Oz books, too precious a memory
to not include in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my tribute. (L. Frank
Baum never specifies any particular town in Kansas that Dorothy lives in.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I
always loved going to the Moose Lodge when I was a child and watching this
movie while the adults partied in another room. To this day, I still own a very
old copy of this book from my childhood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjBlncrXxw8v3MurZ-X1OqCFm4IHhiZnPwdyApQlFbBcLPG8NE8OmxWWPDDs8g1l_C3PhVbo7NNBrJ7Z0JRAFdHBCW8EnB-4lFX07E-82gyySK5g7rMeB1_Ps8bVp-Ns94_PJ_gZvG4d1QMHynphMpfwtrtYzTehHGUEfTKK8eEcSqV6WEVoudBeYxmSv/s184/KS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="184" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjBlncrXxw8v3MurZ-X1OqCFm4IHhiZnPwdyApQlFbBcLPG8NE8OmxWWPDDs8g1l_C3PhVbo7NNBrJ7Z0JRAFdHBCW8EnB-4lFX07E-82gyySK5g7rMeB1_Ps8bVp-Ns94_PJ_gZvG4d1QMHynphMpfwtrtYzTehHGUEfTKK8eEcSqV6WEVoudBeYxmSv/w323-h228/KS.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-70256864859065483162024-01-08T01:00:00.001-06:002024-01-08T01:00:00.130-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p>
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MO</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcG-3fsEXWu6LV7pHvUPfwJE3482s2pdW3WQrHdWOF0NPD2kKkWuxDtisXnvWmfldaEr7HkdvsnHmBupsS2BwgfAlImdu2mtTEyqNN95EEZMK65abxjaO4ZrVayi8ETPkQNZRt8AyI6xxfiqDgQAvCUgBDlx4zzQhcDOj-Zr8wkZLcf9JUmW1lO-EUY9qF/s500/Butterfly%20people.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcG-3fsEXWu6LV7pHvUPfwJE3482s2pdW3WQrHdWOF0NPD2kKkWuxDtisXnvWmfldaEr7HkdvsnHmBupsS2BwgfAlImdu2mtTEyqNN95EEZMK65abxjaO4ZrVayi8ETPkQNZRt8AyI6xxfiqDgQAvCUgBDlx4zzQhcDOj-Zr8wkZLcf9JUmW1lO-EUY9qF/s320/Butterfly%20people.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">In 2011, a horrific tornado hit Joplin, Missouri. It
leveled buildings and killed over 150 people. Children that survived shared
stories about humanoid creatures they nicknamed “The Butterfly People”. One
common element is that as they were on the brink of death, The Butterly People
appeared before them, protecting them from the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">falling debris of the tornado.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Skeptics believe the stories are the result of mass
hysteria. Stress from near-death experiences could cause people to believe they’re
experiencing something supernatural. Or predetermined belief (since Joplin lies
within the religious belt).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Believers of the Butterfly People think they’re
really angels that the children perceived as butterflies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There are many mystery books where a house is being
remodeled and a skeleton is found behind the wall. Was the victim murdered? Can
the cold case be solved?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">Mary Helen Stefaniak can beat that claim with a
true-life twist on that old trope </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 2004, Mary Helen and her husband were tearing
down walls of an upstairs bedroom in their home— a former Stagecoach Inn. No
hidden bones or skeletons here. Instead, they discovered an exterior wall
formerly covered by lath and plaster was papered with circus posters.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_bc4rgCEkzcwnXiadwjfBYBGsQomv9mM7t1_lvAX2nmtbLosS2DIS9rtZcLUlzfrpyys1MZ_xG9uZymjkBw_J-iquwH1QukvfEcHWCa-yQkEUUZZMAISOKgFxplPQAHdNH8aYztR3EUz-V80RlYX0jQm7eIMAOvvHVmEQCng7D3WPHsm41UZsIlh6AvE/s743/Iowa%20poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="743" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_bc4rgCEkzcwnXiadwjfBYBGsQomv9mM7t1_lvAX2nmtbLosS2DIS9rtZcLUlzfrpyys1MZ_xG9uZymjkBw_J-iquwH1QukvfEcHWCa-yQkEUUZZMAISOKgFxplPQAHdNH8aYztR3EUz-V80RlYX0jQm7eIMAOvvHVmEQCng7D3WPHsm41UZsIlh6AvE/w426-h321/Iowa%20poster.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=2300"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Read
Mary Helen’s story here.</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-67908827217794141062023-12-25T15:59:00.001-06:002023-12-25T15:59:00.127-06:00HAPPY HOLIDAYS<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">MERRY CHRISTMAS</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA7HUu9X-D28j7tm0eIKNt-9kqO0WU2W2cynKhMKVgkDozhPapn2gHqNIYrg9ALJ6iHLDB5hEhH9evFdcmSFMUHSrZ-xsjsh3HB8oy7VmH9zQFXBVr6V9ykvk6TlluUJZpENU4pHmJ1XPX2vMBasFWsITQQoyxDRFPbJXf2nD6tEtd2RVX7ymI9TsNCMJ/s500/Santy%20Claus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA7HUu9X-D28j7tm0eIKNt-9kqO0WU2W2cynKhMKVgkDozhPapn2gHqNIYrg9ALJ6iHLDB5hEhH9evFdcmSFMUHSrZ-xsjsh3HB8oy7VmH9zQFXBVr6V9ykvk6TlluUJZpENU4pHmJ1XPX2vMBasFWsITQQoyxDRFPbJXf2nD6tEtd2RVX7ymI9TsNCMJ/s320/Santy%20Claus.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">AND</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRo_5NXDRY6RBvv5KmavM2WBy8GfqFbvXL6J1lLXnd_9N3GRQCPVbcwAYTZkOgnasxysjfGHe2vxnBZvtqMukKJ_zuJVf5YWpZJ5j4KeW0nHnTmgO9HqNt7dBOJA9ewTvZzLrtTsYEPXzKY4xWDQvdMBewie6bobAnSCS_r7hStb3-_gU2O_KfRzxYNRh/s500/Untitled%20design%20(3).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRo_5NXDRY6RBvv5KmavM2WBy8GfqFbvXL6J1lLXnd_9N3GRQCPVbcwAYTZkOgnasxysjfGHe2vxnBZvtqMukKJ_zuJVf5YWpZJ5j4KeW0nHnTmgO9HqNt7dBOJA9ewTvZzLrtTsYEPXzKY4xWDQvdMBewie6bobAnSCS_r7hStb3-_gU2O_KfRzxYNRh/s320/Untitled%20design%20(3).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-3656134440687019922023-12-18T01:00:00.001-06:002023-12-18T01:00:00.129-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; line-height: 115%;">H</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">enderson, NV<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My novel, <i>A
Frenzied Bid for Murder</i>, is set in Henderson, Nevada (near Las Vegas).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9zd7ly4Zl7ICe3z8adFOiW-OKcYPlQTUXSu8ofJ3kIVAkcPJjfe7j7kudvoJLv4sbIxlyNCf14BamFosQqdxOha9QAnE8FDbjdCgFWrIA-BBc3pYch2ExFvWU-Qo909f4hi7F5S88QMGRxIL7dsObCmgCbJhP5Xi1kFLnzNxXwJCNxCoW9ZFr_kAN2rg/s2000/Frenzied%20Bid%202nd%20edition-72dpi-1500x2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9zd7ly4Zl7ICe3z8adFOiW-OKcYPlQTUXSu8ofJ3kIVAkcPJjfe7j7kudvoJLv4sbIxlyNCf14BamFosQqdxOha9QAnE8FDbjdCgFWrIA-BBc3pYch2ExFvWU-Qo909f4hi7F5S88QMGRxIL7dsObCmgCbJhP5Xi1kFLnzNxXwJCNxCoW9ZFr_kAN2rg/w310-h413/Frenzied%20Bid%202nd%20edition-72dpi-1500x2000.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: font-family: Arial, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">“…A compelling mystery with an unusual theme
and compelling plot threads.”</span></span></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- --Marilyn Meredith, author of the Rocky Bluff
P.D. series</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Henderson, Nevada
resident, Venice Sinclair enjoys bargain hunting at storage locker auctions
with her best friend, Tanya. Unloading the units and sifting through their
contents make her feel like she’s on a treasure hunt.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Being the highest bidder, Venice Sinclair discovers personal
journals in a strange locker. Curiosity prevails and she soon finds herself
drawn into the dramatic tales revealed in the diaries. Getting more than she
bargained for, Venice uncovers disturbing hints about a dangerous crime. <span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> M</span>urder...</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Each tantalizing clue presents more questions than answers.
What happened to the journal writer? Who is the dead girl discussed in the
diary? Can they identity the nefarious boyfriend? And <i>where</i> is the body?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-47682590178973241682023-12-11T01:00:00.001-06:002023-12-11T01:00:00.165-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; line-height: 115%;">G</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">reen
Bay, WI<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Green Bay is host to the Writers’ Police Academy
(WPA). This mystery conference is unique in that while most conferences hold
panels and discussions on all things mystery, the WPA immerses the writer in
hands-on experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’ve attended several of the earlier WPA conferences
(my 1<sup>st</sup> was the 2011 con) when it was held in North Carolina. It was
fascinating and informative and thrilling!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shooting
range<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Driving
excursions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Prison
visits<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">K9
demonstrations<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bomb
squad demos<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fire
demos</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuOCIl4_hEhZRnZmc3bvV6LgGvcUmZROao2T0wC9PGwBAWn0FCa2BAG8mWnQF0I9fukP1OiB21w_7aZU9WusGj2N2ZECh25xBWvYrY1UMd0u8KpCrs8KfmCX8U3D0lEFZSTtlWX8vVvv6a1zO9U5X_lKFXU9201x-iZt3jqKIww4AciyuaP5LDTg3IN9b/s320/Green%20Bay%20fire.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuOCIl4_hEhZRnZmc3bvV6LgGvcUmZROao2T0wC9PGwBAWn0FCa2BAG8mWnQF0I9fukP1OiB21w_7aZU9WusGj2N2ZECh25xBWvYrY1UMd0u8KpCrs8KfmCX8U3D0lEFZSTtlWX8vVvv6a1zO9U5X_lKFXU9201x-iZt3jqKIww4AciyuaP5LDTg3IN9b/w376-h282/Green%20Bay%20fire.JPG" width="376" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Digging
a shallow grave<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ride
Alongs with the police<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Riding
in an ambulance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Riding
in a fire truck<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Walking
through a smoke-filled building<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QMeq7sOdFPU5zRFJfA8JuxZiY5cXYo7HeLYTcTdufs1f87AqNgBe7uUWNtLXKSEuSd6tqy0i_pCfv2Cahyphenhyphen4Y1NZhrwMGA1vqkgpkrBigI5wbw6N5Eshfz__oy2pTUrYvxku6qCXlk8ZTMkZoecsd5Hh7syjoNdHPO0b8KpsVOZ2PEim0pWw0lacTwZgm/s400/Green%20Bay%20smoke.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QMeq7sOdFPU5zRFJfA8JuxZiY5cXYo7HeLYTcTdufs1f87AqNgBe7uUWNtLXKSEuSd6tqy0i_pCfv2Cahyphenhyphen4Y1NZhrwMGA1vqkgpkrBigI5wbw6N5Eshfz__oy2pTUrYvxku6qCXlk8ZTMkZoecsd5Hh7syjoNdHPO0b8KpsVOZ2PEim0pWw0lacTwZgm/w384-h288/Green%20Bay%20smoke.JPG" width="384" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-62909364400022704232023-12-04T01:00:00.000-06:002023-12-04T01:00:00.275-06:00NEW RELEASE<p style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHO MURDERED THE DEVIL?</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Release Date - December 6th</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpYMbks6dFxdM3otHQgT5CKfISjD0g7Xf9GETyetALvyM3Pvh1Q4PANIuzNXgifuaH4Q3ueR-lOKWnVQKxnuwuId35EunD55CIaJ5sDFO8ERllKj3PUOPBSryibII9aHsJ5OmRlA02XmebMN8BfFy6dsHwFCo3WS3X8uPGZG2OnayLDIaHIb8QzQHNfJx/s2250/Who%20Murdered%20Devil%205%20PNG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpYMbks6dFxdM3otHQgT5CKfISjD0g7Xf9GETyetALvyM3Pvh1Q4PANIuzNXgifuaH4Q3ueR-lOKWnVQKxnuwuId35EunD55CIaJ5sDFO8ERllKj3PUOPBSryibII9aHsJ5OmRlA02XmebMN8BfFy6dsHwFCo3WS3X8uPGZG2OnayLDIaHIb8QzQHNfJx/w287-h458/Who%20Murdered%20Devil%205%20PNG.png" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: line-height: 130%;"><b>There’s no shortage
of suspects in this latest case.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: line-height: 130%;"><b>Chloe Bishop stumbles upon her husband’s body.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: line-height: 130%;"><b>Raymond Bishop is well known to the police as they’ve responded many times to
disturbances at the Bishop household.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background: line-height: 130%;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chloe is the obvious culprit, but Hazel
and Chief Rasmussen have their hands full when it seems the whole town is
lining up to confess.</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-21219410093585694302023-11-27T01:00:00.000-06:002023-11-27T01:00:00.131-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;">F</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">ort Lauderdale, FL</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mysterious
Weather<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here’s
one for the record books:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">January
19, 1977<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ft.
Lauderdale woke up to snow for the first time in recorded history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A
truly unique moment in South Florida’s history—a winter wonderland!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikACmuK0_7D8qd3NusXyckvbdWvbrn19K1TGunTOF48YKwIz5P_xBuCDiziPYz7cU0T8ZXieog9gRyeWYePMVqW09tGXpb6jp64JdgRv58U5PepU_zdccoZbpk18rnb22yocWFMi1r12pWELfFwICjJru2FV0dehM6AZoLT0xSSJS4Y-6dN-2gkgyB0wga/s500/Ft%20Lauderdale%20snow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikACmuK0_7D8qd3NusXyckvbdWvbrn19K1TGunTOF48YKwIz5P_xBuCDiziPYz7cU0T8ZXieog9gRyeWYePMVqW09tGXpb6jp64JdgRv58U5PepU_zdccoZbpk18rnb22yocWFMi1r12pWELfFwICjJru2FV0dehM6AZoLT0xSSJS4Y-6dN-2gkgyB0wga/w416-h416/Ft%20Lauderdale%20snow.png" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-82029918594395517152023-11-20T01:00:00.001-06:002023-11-20T01:00:00.130-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">E</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">dinburgh,
Scotland<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's a mystery for you:</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Why did the Scots choose their national animal to be a UNICORN?</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Who said the national animal had to be real?)</span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">It was chosen over 500 years ago, and can be spotted on many landmarks in Edinburgh.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">Greenway House is an estate on the River Dart in</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> Devon.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagOm-6atrAExptHITxEh5PO3eDaV8FOMp5R6vFI9_sjlVlwEtpg96MdlVyttW2fG4-PYIWpwILYRV0o7aTN8tCV_ViHVh9vObBmLOeVUg8BXf1dQ_AxtKopJynW8ncQq6Zj2Z57t1Fb2h4xPwLybHB4VBrMuNriJuyqktJyaKh9Gcw4xDvBYFucD8B8tS/s232/Devon%20Greenway%20House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="232" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagOm-6atrAExptHITxEh5PO3eDaV8FOMp5R6vFI9_sjlVlwEtpg96MdlVyttW2fG4-PYIWpwILYRV0o7aTN8tCV_ViHVh9vObBmLOeVUg8BXf1dQ_AxtKopJynW8ncQq6Zj2Z57t1Fb2h4xPwLybHB4VBrMuNriJuyqktJyaKh9Gcw4xDvBYFucD8B8tS/w387-h217/Devon%20Greenway%20House.jpg" width="387" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was Agatha Christie’s home and is now</span></span> owned by the National Trust.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Agatha Christie was born in 1890. Her first mystery, </span><i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles, </i>was
published in 1920. During both world wars, she served in hospital dispensaries
where she acquired a vast knowledge of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> poisons that she used in many of her
novels.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Her personal life was rife with mystery also. Christie’s famous</span> ‘disappearance’ for 11 days made international headlines.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie is accredited as the all </span>time best-selling fiction author. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">She ranks right behind
the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. She wrote 66 detective novels and
14 short story collections, most featuring Hercules Poirot or Miss Jane Marple.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Several movies and plays have been produced from</span><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> her books, including the
longest running play of all time—</span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The
Mousetrap.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-1233953812604159242023-11-06T01:00:00.000-06:002023-11-06T01:00:00.142-06:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 24pt; text-align: left;">Chicago</span>, IL<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Apparently in 2022 Chicago was considered the murder
capital of the world. That’s not why I chose to use it as the setting for my
Danby mystery series. I chose it because it’s my hometown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Danby
mystery</i> series:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfl-6n75nNQfTI3s33zbGaXb9_udDvGckhhdZn6OKFVUzvaMpsnFtUetOuMysbRVb9Ex23kukMBESo7C2IfSrEkTWINIftUL9mWFRnJy-XO3lXM_XzUy2DJyeT-PJKw6woHeAK6Cm8g-wqlFLd_2NU3BtE29lHd7TNAm_xO7RftVJznyOU8VCHpm3LStd/s2250/Hudson%20Agency%20Chgo%20Style%201410x2250%20png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfl-6n75nNQfTI3s33zbGaXb9_udDvGckhhdZn6OKFVUzvaMpsnFtUetOuMysbRVb9Ex23kukMBESo7C2IfSrEkTWINIftUL9mWFRnJy-XO3lXM_XzUy2DJyeT-PJKw6woHeAK6Cm8g-wqlFLd_2NU3BtE29lHd7TNAm_xO7RftVJznyOU8VCHpm3LStd/w207-h330/Hudson%20Agency%20Chgo%20Style%201410x2250%20png.png" width="207" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><br /></span></div><span style="line-height: 135%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iU4R0SDGAAFRE_xwN1HbVZ7PV0DZg3FXt5VCpUNBTDQrFHITQov4IURgSmsN9qGG0reNT_m_5RiUqyQWv5pjhV5Rox6-Q_AwyMTyqcg9CT646F77wgMPLSdxUpZE3uYKbXhlfYI9CGGBlmJ2X2nhuI4H1q9n6gpdcGkXQbrYrgSgf00500nLOl61y_cV/s3000/FromBeyondGrave-final%202000%20by%203000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iU4R0SDGAAFRE_xwN1HbVZ7PV0DZg3FXt5VCpUNBTDQrFHITQov4IURgSmsN9qGG0reNT_m_5RiUqyQWv5pjhV5Rox6-Q_AwyMTyqcg9CT646F77wgMPLSdxUpZE3uYKbXhlfYI9CGGBlmJ2X2nhuI4H1q9n6gpdcGkXQbrYrgSgf00500nLOl61y_cV/s320/FromBeyondGrave-final%202000%20by%203000.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptFTKPUh41CCfCAGmWF1fxH9LKp_qsbnFWmbh5EsYFVnDzjfhcZE_h7G6nBRGd6Vq5WpZs3gmEq69VH6w1hqyU75eOf2AUWo23kz69CPK6_v7g_b2H0NJWuBaQxmdtR3LfiGYHq5168E7rVxP0nhjj-KbOm5-S4Dl2XR6tJyP3-1coePVQhU2JhcV0p8p/s2250/Write%20Along%20ping.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptFTKPUh41CCfCAGmWF1fxH9LKp_qsbnFWmbh5EsYFVnDzjfhcZE_h7G6nBRGd6Vq5WpZs3gmEq69VH6w1hqyU75eOf2AUWo23kz69CPK6_v7g_b2H0NJWuBaQxmdtR3LfiGYHq5168E7rVxP0nhjj-KbOm5-S4Dl2XR6tJyP3-1coePVQhU2JhcV0p8p/w209-h333/Write%20Along%20ping.png" width="209" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 135%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-6007935019373523342023-10-30T01:00:00.000-05:002023-10-30T01:00:00.144-05:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; line-height: 115%;">B</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;">oca Raton, FL<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This sunny, South Florida city is the setting for <i>Sleuthfest</i>—an annual conference for
writers and fans of mysteries, thrillers and crime fiction. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Sleuthfest</i> is run by the Florida chapter
of the Midwest Writers of America and has been held for over 25 years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1UuLQ-RYu-5dbpxT5r6YCmDEHKpHfjar65wBpC_SrBMh3imX5blbpSjNCyg9brMdLcZbf2Wd505uymxPJflO4hvNAYRUvsdILGmT4R_-Xw7lFF879oxIF3ZFBkLT9DaTVZRxFtSipH9BbcsbOiqV5fXCWjqL91G1cvJA-S4DxOKMHqc3_8Dqi7pjOuVz/s500/Boca%20flamingo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1UuLQ-RYu-5dbpxT5r6YCmDEHKpHfjar65wBpC_SrBMh3imX5blbpSjNCyg9brMdLcZbf2Wd505uymxPJflO4hvNAYRUvsdILGmT4R_-Xw7lFF879oxIF3ZFBkLT9DaTVZRxFtSipH9BbcsbOiqV5fXCWjqL91G1cvJA-S4DxOKMHqc3_8Dqi7pjOuVz/w381-h381/Boca%20flamingo.png" width="381" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-23780977589939446252023-10-23T01:00:00.013-05:002023-10-23T01:00:00.137-05:00A – Z Cities with Mysteries – Real & Fictional<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; line-height: 130%;">A</span></b><span style="line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>ndover,
NH</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">The crime rate in Andover is much lower than the
national average. Looking at random monthly statistics, there doesn’t seem to be
a murder among them! So why did I choose Andover as the setting for my <i>Who Murdered…?</i> mystery series?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My grandfather (on my mother’s side) and his family
hailed from New Hampshire and when I sat down to write <i>Who Murdered the Ghost?</i> I searched for a cemetery for my setting
and became enchanted by Old Center Cemetery, deciding it was the perfect place
for my mystery.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“The Old Center
Cemetery in Andover, New Hampshire has been classified as one of the fifty
creepiest burial grounds in the world, supposedly haunted by ghosts.”</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Who
Murdered…?</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 130%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> mystery series:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hoping to replicate it this year!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-28646460593678391522023-09-14T13:51:00.003-05:002023-09-14T13:53:31.471-05:00French Toasted<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NEW RELEASE</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAJkMIxD4Wsn8QwuVRtNB4OEY7aKHn5xvWVUNY3s3wR3MbQhX9tQOc67W0Gl_F5KrMAx3AJPgTiub5YyAEL7md_nrgaaQ_o4ykUP1SkmSC7QS3fHXelvM_k_qbF52ylJwH4-Th8Ye9jz8wxmr0iblQTKqx_EmgcbnUFK7w6GR7K4rm_oEv_82yHGG0Elu/s2250/French%20Toasted%20JPG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAJkMIxD4Wsn8QwuVRtNB4OEY7aKHn5xvWVUNY3s3wR3MbQhX9tQOc67W0Gl_F5KrMAx3AJPgTiub5YyAEL7md_nrgaaQ_o4ykUP1SkmSC7QS3fHXelvM_k_qbF52ylJwH4-Th8Ye9jz8wxmr0iblQTKqx_EmgcbnUFK7w6GR7K4rm_oEv_82yHGG0Elu/w313-h497/French%20Toasted%20JPG.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 2nd cozy mystery in the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Short Diner Mystery series!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check it out on: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=renae+janecek" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-2110006131839092492022-12-28T14:00:00.000-06:002022-12-28T14:00:17.977-06:00Reading Challenges<p> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Gearing up for 2023 Reading Challenges.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">I'm participating in:</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">My own Reporter's Challenge on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22393369-reporter-s-challenge-2023" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Alphabet Challenge</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Yvonne's Cozy Challenge</span></b></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-50878065541693542722022-10-17T12:57:00.000-05:002022-10-17T12:57:01.179-05:00New Cozy Mystery<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Be sure to check out Renae Janecek's 1st cozy mystery.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDyYjzz_lxeBKhK_yp7sPPF3jB4vaxRhwdTQpugBfCp-2wgTILsUZKlI_9uwK9FJ4_Uey3mv0c6c7OCD1jhfenV8BRXu-C_kW58lF4qKUnDjWdmliHBTctRLUXptDizNlGsPlXo16Q-fB6raGGwBitmsKj5aEutRCI5vIo4CsOqYaRWu0W1g7c7ZYRcQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDyYjzz_lxeBKhK_yp7sPPF3jB4vaxRhwdTQpugBfCp-2wgTILsUZKlI_9uwK9FJ4_Uey3mv0c6c7OCD1jhfenV8BRXu-C_kW58lF4qKUnDjWdmliHBTctRLUXptDizNlGsPlXo16Q-fB6raGGwBitmsKj5aEutRCI5vIo4CsOqYaRWu0W1g7c7ZYRcQ=w400-h640" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Murder is on the ticket, and the order’s up!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></o:p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Reggie Bore was a rotten egg. Almost everyone in the small
Texas town had a negative interaction with him. However one encounter turned
deadly…</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></o:p><b><span style="font-size: large;">When the body of the grumpy town blackmailer is discovered behind
Lia’s family diner, her father becomes the prime suspect. Now Lia and her best
friend, Harris, need to sift through the eccentric locals to find the real
killer. Their hunt for clues is full of twists and turns and false accusations.
To make matters worse, a no-nonsense detective demands Lia stop interfering in
the investigation.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Can they solve the case before the culprit dishes out
another serving of murder? And this time it’s Lia’s name on the menu… </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>November 1st is the release date, but you can preorder now!</i></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toast-Strangled-Short-Diner-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0BGQLRPZ5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39MRSRXX3JHDW&keywords=renae+janecek&qid=1666028880&sprefix=renae+janece%2Caps%2C373&sr=8-1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Toast-Strangled-Short-Diner-Mystery-ebook</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-11067563374356246432022-04-13T14:19:00.004-05:002022-04-13T14:19:59.614-05:00<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">RELEASED IN APRIL 2022</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwym-bi5kDE4vNvAinR1RdZb5tmqawcFIkGBzw_YmYgEW5d_aSBCwjZDtJUT1RRE-1fgmJv6UtXAAVvh7bzusbp65WnPrlTGHmDqyf34ixcsBLgY8HFwOG_VSwB-e8Dj0saXDEn_lTo3GI-pYFFue17qV1gLJGBuW7qsr_mFGJGjO-hOrPrLI_wtfDQ/s2250/Write%20Along%20ping.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwym-bi5kDE4vNvAinR1RdZb5tmqawcFIkGBzw_YmYgEW5d_aSBCwjZDtJUT1RRE-1fgmJv6UtXAAVvh7bzusbp65WnPrlTGHmDqyf34ixcsBLgY8HFwOG_VSwB-e8Dj0saXDEn_lTo3GI-pYFFue17qV1gLJGBuW7qsr_mFGJGjO-hOrPrLI_wtfDQ/w253-h403/Write%20Along%20ping.png" width="253" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carl Danby returns to tackle yet
another unusual case.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dennis Bernard is thirty years old.
He believes in the family curse—many relatives never live to see their
thirty-first birthday. Worried about Dennis’ well-being, his girlfriend hires
the Hudson Detective Agency. The case is assigned to Carl Danby, but how does
one investigate a curse?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Danby hits the streets with his
tag-along sidekick, Junior. To make matters worse, the boss has also assigned a
famous mystery writer to dog their footsteps so she can observe how a private
detective operates. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;">To Danby’s dismay, the mystery
writer doesn’t quietly sit back and watch Danby and Junior at work. Instead,
she throws herself into the investigation with various theories and
explanations. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Dennis’ birthday fast
approaches, will the detective trio be able to keep him alive?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;">This story is 19,968 words with
additional material at the end of the book.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-10999259364720841082021-01-13T12:49:00.003-06:002021-01-13T12:49:54.049-06:00An Ode to 2020<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim;">2020 IN HINDSIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Twas the year 2020, when all through the land,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A global pandemic swept through unplanned.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lives put on hold per the stay-at-home order,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Trying to stop germs from crossing the border.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Corona no longer just a Mexican beer,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Narkisim; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Now it’s a deadly virus the world does fear.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Citizens in lockdown, trapped in
quarantine,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Scientists scrambling for an
effective vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Wash your hands, wear a mask, stay
six feet apart,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">And when you go shopping, disinfect
that cart!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">A run on supplies, no toilet paper
in stock,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">What a conundrum, I confess I’m in
shock.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Eating in restaurants is a thing of
the past,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">No social gatherings, how long can
this last?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Travel bans, social distance and
curbside pickup,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Is this the new norm or just a slight
hiccup?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Homemade banana bread is the newest
trend,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">As we pray for this nightmare to
finally end.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Our hair’s growing longer, we’re all
gaining weight,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">A natural occurrence as we
hibernate.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">And in-person functions are all doom
and gloom,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Now meetings are held on that
program called Zoom.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Dressed in pajamas and working
remotely,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Switch that mute button on, so the
boss doesn’t quote me.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Businesses closing, I hope they
don’t fail,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">These are desperate times, but the
check’s in the mail.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Students being taught by their
teachers through Chrome,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Who would’ve predicted e-learning
from home?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Sports cancelled, TV filming grinds
to a halt,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Who can we blame? It’s all Covid
19’s fault.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Stuck inside on the couch with
nowhere to go,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Turn to Hulu or Netflix to binge
watch a show.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The stock market rises, oh - what a
relief,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">But Las Vegas casinos shut down
causing grief.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">In Chicago, the Census cowboy is
mounted,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Urging: “Fill out your form so you
can be counted.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Thirty days in a month? Seems like sixty-four,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Is it Sunday or Monday, I can’t keep
score.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The virus runs rampant, the world is
hectic,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Make a decision – believer or
skeptic?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Switzerland’s weather produces
chocolate snow,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">While we wait and wonder is it
Donald or Joe?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Murder hornets, monkeys stealing blood
samples,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">These are some of last year’s
weirdest examples.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Natural disasters all add to our
woe,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Wildfires, earthquakes, a firenado,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Why is this all happening? Too much
to ignore,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Knock on wood and don’t ask what
else is in store.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Who killed Mr. Peanut? We have to
think hard,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I didn’t include that on my bingo
card.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">2020 is over, past time to depart,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Hello 2021, let’s have a fresh start!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Ellie Oberth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">January 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br /></span></b></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-59275773927227271142020-11-15T15:30:00.000-06:002020-11-15T15:30:16.665-06:00Book Release<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Just released...</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk97cvvE4sBTDeNHTQF5JfiIFMMKHMrPaIkPnG9RgEFWoXsTAPwwTZ-qrG7UrH4VBmvbVb_sIIrD_ovb3y_rTyUZL2zRZP8L6_zCUmklmkwdpUGOCEyf5NVMy95n5Rhe3ngwc6bMZmpUU/s2048/who+murdered+elf+JPG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk97cvvE4sBTDeNHTQF5JfiIFMMKHMrPaIkPnG9RgEFWoXsTAPwwTZ-qrG7UrH4VBmvbVb_sIIrD_ovb3y_rTyUZL2zRZP8L6_zCUmklmkwdpUGOCEyf5NVMy95n5Rhe3ngwc6bMZmpUU/s320/who+murdered+elf+JPG.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hazel Cartbell is back in her third mystery in the <i>Who Murdered...?</i> series.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's the Christmas season in Andover, NH. Hazel and Chief Rasmussen must investigate the murder of Santa's helper.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The elf has been killed, the Christmas presents stolen and Sister Marie Catherine is breathing down their necks.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Will Hazel and the chief solve the mystery and save Christmas?</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Murdered-Elf-Ellie-Oberth-ebook/dp/B08ML98SGB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=who+murdered+the+elf&qid=1605475733&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/558108" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-51929045553348750422020-11-06T01:00:00.000-06:002020-11-06T01:00:07.061-06:00NANOWRIMO<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Having a wild ride with <a href="https://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">Nanowrimo</a>...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">50,000 words in 30 days. I've been a participant since 2007 and have 'won' some and not finished some. But it's always a huge motivator to propel my stories forward.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am determined to have another 'winner' under my belt. ☺☺☺</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj144_jvqObRhGVPVQ46HjIrar2vdlCnNOES7biKuvZLI1x4e71KdzdWH_-k33BYP37J6kTpLlwdrzY9yY7Gi5zyOElemNeEyhEg11QeQLpAx-YATIpq6v_m1moSl96YX7I-XLLi1_e2iJn/s2048/Race+to+the+Finish+jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj144_jvqObRhGVPVQ46HjIrar2vdlCnNOES7biKuvZLI1x4e71KdzdWH_-k33BYP37J6kTpLlwdrzY9yY7Gi5zyOElemNeEyhEg11QeQLpAx-YATIpq6v_m1moSl96YX7I-XLLi1_e2iJn/s320/Race+to+the+Finish+jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-44443515645250725122020-10-29T12:41:00.002-05:002020-10-29T12:44:22.631-05:00Book Release<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just in time for the holidays...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Caper by Jennifer Oberth</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcH5BgoDoLzwUkBghyfvhTaTPAt-S18Bk-0mj2m5T6C3jfAj52qu6Ii6vhSGgR9gKBLPilZnFkR2TKjmYN4bAwJB8WupeLNbUe7VyiV2lEGsTUu784Svc2-Y_3Fgtutlfk70-oAs-gFNu/s2048/Christmas+Caper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcH5BgoDoLzwUkBghyfvhTaTPAt-S18Bk-0mj2m5T6C3jfAj52qu6Ii6vhSGgR9gKBLPilZnFkR2TKjmYN4bAwJB8WupeLNbUe7VyiV2lEGsTUu784Svc2-Y_3Fgtutlfk70-oAs-gFNu/s320/Christmas+Caper.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Ella’s pirate father-in-law is hosting the biggest Christmas bash Port Bass has ever seen. But when a guest is murdered, her husband is three sheets to the wind, and her boss is enamored with his new romance, it’s left up to Ella to solve the murder—quietly.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Can she enjoy the holidays while working—without pay?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This is the seventh story in the Ella Westin Mysteries and is 42,118 words.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #212529;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Caper-Ella-Westin-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B08L9QF2QS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jennifer+oberth&qid=1603992909&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1047578" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p>Dead Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486249798222220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859594365689145188.post-15969064777104888542020-08-21T00:30:00.000-05:002020-08-21T00:30:02.262-05:00Z: EVERYTHING AUTHOR FROM A – Z<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Zappia doesn’t have a series
going, but I did read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Now Entering
Addamsville</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It stars Zara Novak who is framed for a murder. Since she has
a reputation in town for being a firestarter, everyone believes she’s guilty
and she must find the real culprit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The story has supernatural elements—Zara’s
actually a firestarter hunter and she’s searching for her missing mother. But
now she has to find a killer with the help of her cousin, Artemis.</span></div>
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