This is the last day that the second Darcy and Flora cozy mystery, Grave Shift, will be free as an eBook on Amazon. If your weather has been cold and rainy, as it has here in NW Arkansas, let me tell you, a good book is the perfect way to spend these days that are growing shorter and darker as fall advances. But, you already know that!
Writing Grave Shift was such fun! It was a learning experience as I researched earthquakes and Amarillo, Texas. I love the fact that a person can read a book of fiction and discover truths, facts, history, geography, a whole slew of things that have nothing to do with fiction at all, except that they make the story more interesting. And, this is what happened in Grave Shift. As I said, it was fun to write and, I trust, fun for you to read.
What causes you to buy a book or stop in at the library and check it out? Is it the cover? Is it the title or, perhaps, the author? You’ve often heard that you can’t judge a book by its cover and that’s true, but the cover can certainly give a few hints about what’s inside. Cover pictures are vitally important. Do you look for the blurb or read what others have written about it? Or, are you one of those brave souls who decides to plunge ahead and give a book a read, just because you are curious?
So far, there are four Darcy and Flora cozies: The Cemetery Club, Grave Shift, Best Left Buried and Grave Heritage. I like writing a series because I like the characters and their sense of adventure that always leads them into danger. Besides, it’s fun to drop in on Darcy and Flora, have a cup of coffee, and see how their lives have progressed. Life doesn’t run smoothly for these two. Oh, they mean well and wouldn’t intentionally butt in to anybody else’s business, but, well, you know how it is when you just have to ravel out those knots that appear now and then, untangle some tangled threads, and try to solve those mysterious things that seem to always be going on in Levi, Oklahoma.
Not to be out-done by Darcy and Flora, Ned McNeil has her own series of moonlight books. But then, that’s another story altogether and this is the day to zero in on a retired investigative reporter and her mother and find out how two earthquakes play a large part in solving a mystery.
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