It’s August 1965, and Dot Morgan is finally getting married to the dashing reporter Ben Dalton. Her wedding day, August
14th, promises to be perfect—if only it didn’t follow Friday the 13th. What could go wrong? Planning a wedding with the
members of the Camden Chapel, Dot thinks she’s overwhelmed, but then it gets worse when a body is found on the
church lawn.

Dot is back in book #5 of the Swinging Sixties Mystery Series!

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The Swinging Sixties
Mystery Series

Dot Morgan is a secretary with an eye for homicide investigations! Her groovy deductions lead her on the trail of murder in the tiny town of Camden, Texas. Join her and a cast of down-home characters as they solve mysteries and enjoy life in the 60s.

The Henry Park
Mystery Series

Gabby Wolfe loves her life living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She’s an artist and illustrator who finds she has an unusual talent to communicate with the dead. With a little concentration, her pencil moves on it’s own, and what it reveals she never knows until she opens her eyes. Is it a spirit? Is it the killer? Is it coming for her?

The Piney Woods
Mystery Series

The historic Tunie Hotel is back open for business as Nora Alexander discovers her connection to the town of Piney Woods, Texas. With guests from this life and the next, you just never know who will be checking into The Tunie.

The Pecan Bayou
Mystery Series

Come on down to Pecan Bayou, Texas, a wonderful refuge in the Texas Hill Country. Betsy Livingston writes the Helpful Hinter column for the local newspaper and lives the small town life filled with haunted hospitals, parades, Christmas creepers and more.

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Agatha Christie, She Watched Books to the Ceiling

Do you love Agatha Christie? As a mystery author, I've spent time reading her books and watching the movies made from them. Studying Agatha Christie can only help an author who deals with killers, red herrings, clues and pacing. I met this week's author at Malice Domestic, a mystery conference in Maryland, and even though I had no room in my suitcase, had to pick up a copy of her book, Agatha Christie, She Watched. Since then it has had a prominent place on my bookshelf and I am slowly getting through the movies Teresa Peschel researched. It's like a masterclass on Agatha Christie, and great for a dark and stormy night. Agatha Christie, She Watched is a big, well illustrated book, and worth every inch it will take on your book shelf.  One Woman's Plot to Watch 201 Christie Adaptations Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband Care to match wits with Hercule Poirot? Share tea and gossip with Miss Marple? Chase spies with Tommy and Tuppence? "Agatha Christie, She Watched" will introduce you to must-see movies (and must-avoid) dogs that prove Agatha's genius depicting the hopeful and dark sides of human nature. These movies will tantalize you, mystify you, and make you laugh at the folly of humanity. Teresa Peschel watched and reviewed 201 adaptations, from the German silent movie "Adventures, Inc." (1929) to "See How They Run" and "Why Didn't They Ask Evans" (2022). Each film was rated for fidelity to the original material and its overall quality. Each review takes up two pages and comes with six cast photos, list of major actors, and known film locations. Foreign movies with English subtitles from India, France, Russia, and Japan are included. We include eight movies in which the fictional Agatha Christie solves murder mysteries, debates Poirot, battles a space wasp (in Doctor Who), and plots to kill her husband's mistress. “Agatha Christie, She Watched” is the only comprehensive collection of reviews about Christie adaptations. Use it to find the movies made from the novels you love, fill in your movie collection or host an Agatha Christie festival of your own. Book Links: Amazon | KindleUnlimited | Barnes & Noble | BookShop.org | Goodreads | BookBub | Peschel Press Music Credits Cloud Recesses https://uppbeat.io/t/dada/cloud-recesses License code: X51ZOXYCSFH8WALW
  1. Agatha Christie, She Watched
  2. Zig Zag Girl
  3. Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief
  4. Dying With a Secret
  5. A Murder of the Furies

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