"I don't expect to get anything meaty from (well-known author), like I do with you and Sue Grafton."
"It's just amazing to me how you can take the perspective of such a variety of
characters, both male and female, and be so right-on with it. It's like you have been
able to inhabit their bodies, at their particular ages, and divined how they would
think and what they would say."
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"I just finished...(Hotline to Murder). Stayed up
until 1 a.m. one night reading it. I thought it was
excellent! Your characters stayed in character and
they were very believable. I liked your treatment of
responsible teens."
Catch a Falling Knife synopsis:
When her granddaughter's boyfriend, Mark, is accused of sexual harassment
soon after starting a teaching job at a small college, Lillian Morgan
tries to help him and finds that the "harassment policy from hell" could
end his career. Then a student is murdered and Mark becomes the chief suspect.
While attempting to clear Mark, Lillian forms an unlikely alliance with the
owner of a strip club and finds that life on campus isn't what it used to be
(if it ever was).
Praise forCatch a Falling Knife: "I thought you handled the sensitive issues in Catch a Falling Knife very, very well."
"This is a fast moving story featuring an
engaging senior citizen with wit,
intelligence and a few weaknesses of an
aging body. The dialogue is witty. The
problems of prejudice are clearly depicted.
The atmosphere of the retirement community,
the strip club, and the college is very
realistically portrayed."
--Barbara Buhrer
Thirteen Diamonds synopsis: Lillian Morgan is bored with life in a retirement community, but
the residents aren't as retiring as she is led to believe. One of them
drops dead at the bridge table while holding a perfect hand of
thirteen diamonds. Knowing the astronomical odds against this,
Lillian uses her mathematical background plus help from her beautiful granddaughter and
friends to prove that he was
murdered and to go after the murderer--but not everyone wants her
to find out the truth.
Praise forThirteen Diamonds: "I do love to real thrillers and this one was great. Had everything
a good thriller needs. You have a good imagination and it should be
used more. I am ready for another chiller. Get to work..."
"I couldn't put it down. I was up until 1 a.m."
"The writing is energetic and very funny, which is also a good way to describe Lillian."
My short story Hot Days, Cold Nights appears in the anthology
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime
edited by Jeffery Deaver
Aces and Knaves
a mystery about gambling and baseball cards
is temporarily available to read free online.
Also available to read in Adobe PDF format.
Contact me to receive PDF
Or Read the book online