Slipping from tree to bush, I walked as softly as my boots allowed. It’s funny how weird things looked at night, how lonely and hushed, as if the familiar landscape were an alien planet with no life on it except mine. I stopped in the shadow of the farmhouse and listened; no sound of pickax […]
Jul 18, 2022
An Apparition?
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Have you read it yet? Murder By Moonlight, newest Ned McNeil cozy mystery. It’s available on Amazon. It’s free with Kindle Unlimited. Thunder growled, ever closer. Those empty rooms of the house must surely be too dark for a proper photographing session, which was a relief, because I didn’t relish the idea of being inside […]
Jul 12, 2022
Murder By Moonlight
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Have you read the newest Ned McNeil cozy mystery? Murder by Moonlight is available on Amazon.com. Here’s an excerpt: Had hours passed since I realized I was trapped? It felt like a century. Exhausted, I realized that beating on the wall and yelling wasn’t going to help. I was in a cocoon of earth and […]
Jul 8, 2022
She Seems Familiar
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I’ve heard women say, “I don’t want to become my mother as I grow older.” How sad. If someone tells me I’m like my mom, I consider it a huge compliment. My mother and I were best friends. I think you’d have liked her. If you never had that privilege, you can get just a […]
Jul 6, 2022
A Wild and Wicked Month
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July is a hot, dry month. Right? Wrong! Or, at least, that certain July in Levi, Oklahoma isn’t hot and dry, but it is murderous. It is also the rainiest month that the good citizens of the small Oklahoma town can ever remember. For Darcy and Flora, it is one of the most dangerous. […]
