Storytime

Tell me a story. Even now, many years later ( I mean many years) I can remember following my mom around, asking her to tell me another story. I was too young to read, so how I can remember back that many decades, I don’t know, but I still remember the absolute joy of snuggling […]

Listening to a Story

Listening to a Story

Sometimes, it’s nice to just listen to a story instead of reading it. I loved hearing a bedtime story when I was a child, and I still like to hear a good book. I’ll bet you do too. Did you know that my four Darcy and Flora cozy mysteries are available as audio books on […]

A Whisper in the Wind

A Whisper in the Wind

  My dear cousin Brian sent me copies of articles he had found which first appeared in a Tahlequah newspaper in 1913. What treasures! News from county communities included quite a few items from Etta. At that time, my mother was seven years old. It was a glimpse into life a hundred years ago. A […]

A Murky and Mysterious Past

A Murky and Mysterious Past

  He holds his head high, looking squarely at the world without shrinking. He has not had an easy life. You can tell that he hasn’t, by the battered condition of his once handsome coat. What adventures has he known? What has he seen? What caused all those scrapes and tatters? He knows, but he […]

The Making of a Mystery

The Making of a Mystery

  Do you in NW Arkansas remember the rainy March we had? Do you recall that we had two full moons in the month of March, so the second one was called a blue moon? Did you know that this natural phenomena was the inspiration for the third Ned McNeil cozy mystery?  Moonstruck and Murderous […]

Fran’s Fourth of July Feast

Fran’s Fourth of July Feast

FREE BOOK    FREE BOOK    FREE BOOK    FREE BOOK   FREE BOOK   FREE BOOK    Remember this is the last day for the second Darcy and Flora cozy mystery, Grave Shift, to be offered as a free ebook on Amazon.com. Thanks to everyone who is downloading and also buying The Cemetery Club and […]