My son and I were talking the other day about noises we’ve heard in years past. These sounds were never explained, so make of them what you will. However, they really happened. So pour a cup of coffee and pull up a chair. One year, it was a very cold winter, a lot of Cherokee County […]
Aug 8, 2015
Let’s Have Another Cup of Cozy
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Remember this old jingle? “Let’s have another cup of coffee. Oh, let’s have a cup of Nescafe.” That long ago ad was meant to put people in the mood for a chat, a warm, easy beginning to a new day or a friendship. That’s the sort of feeling I hope my cozy mysteries evoke. Cozies are […]
Aug 4, 2015
A Mysterious Life
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Life itself is a mystery. I never know what’s just around the corner. Neither do you. And, we never know how those mysteries will ultimately turn out. Sometimes it seems we don’t have much control of the mystery nor how it ends. Dad’s philosophy was, “Life isn’t what you make it. It’s how you take […]
Jul 29, 2015
An Interview with Darcy and Flora
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It has been a while since we’ve heard from our Roving Reporter but here she is, catching up with Darcy and Flora on the front porch of their new house in Ventris County, Oklahoma. Roving Reporter: I love your house! But, don’t you miss your old house in Levi? It had personality, character. Flora: I […]
Jul 26, 2015
Agatha and I
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Agatha Christie didn’t need them. Mary Higgins Clark doesn’t want them. G. K. Chesterton spurns them and Jeanne M. Dams doesn’t use them. My hero Mary Roberts Rinehart steered clear of them too. They are superfluous, distracting, downright disgusting and completely unnecessary. What am I talking about? Cursing and steamy scenes. These authors wrote/write riveting, absorbing mysteries. My goal is […]
Jul 17, 2015
Terror Stalks the Hillside
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This is a cozy mystery, well written, good character development and a satisfying read. Then you get to the chase scene and whoa, what happened to the cozy part. That is the misconception many readers have of cozy mysteries. Well, think again. This is a suspenseful, exciting story, filled with baffling murders. I am planning […]
