Living a real life while living an imaginary life…
There have been books, plays, and movies about doing just
that—The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Hello, My Name is Doris to name two.
Writers have a secret life. We live it in our heads before
ever setting it to paper. I’m often inspired by real-life and turn the
circumstances into fiction. Luckily, my life won’t be blasted across the
silver screen so you can see how nutty I am.
The Chocolate Martini Sisters Mystery Books are a prime example of real life to fiction. My sister and I toast our birthdays twice a year with a chocolate martini in the historic Peacock Room in Prescott, Arizona. The people we have met while enjoying the atmosphere have lives we'll never know, but we can imagine. Huck is our favorite bartender. In all the years we've been doing this, we've only missed having him make our drink of choice once. Our alter egos, Em and Nic (The Chocolate Martini Sisters), also toast their birthdays twice a year, only their celebrations always include a murder mystery to solve.
Twice a year, Emma
and Nicole spend a relaxing weekend at the storied Dulce Inn in Wyatt, Arizona
celebrating their birthdays. Toasting each other with a chocolate martini is
their habit. But of late, knocking heads with surly Chief Homicide Detective Guthrie
while solving murder mysteries in his town has given the sisters a reputation.
Follow The Chocolate Martini Sisters for murder, mayhem, and fun.
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It’s a birthday weekend with the gift of murder.
Recently widowed, Emma Banefield looks forward to a getaway birthday weekend with her free-wheeling sister, Nicole Earp, sipping chocolate martinis at the peaceful, historic Dulce Inn. When a rude stranger, a nasty food critic, and a madhouse of temperamental artists greet them, all hope for a tranquil weekend evaporates faster than dew on a hot desert morning.
Overlooking the riotous atmosphere is doubly hard after Em
discovers the body of a hotel guest, and a second murder affects Nic
personally. Now, entrenched in a caper that pits them against a surly
detective, they cozy up to a hotel staff hiding dangerous secrets to uncover
clues to the killer.
Using their smarts and love of all-things mystery, will the Chocolate Martini Sisters solve the crime ahead of the obstinate Chief Detective or find themselves trapped in the middle of a third murder? Candy, Cigarettes, and Murder on AMAZON
At the writers’ conference, murder tops the program.
Aspiring mystery author Emma Banefield and travel writer Nicole Earp are excited to attend a writers’ conference during their latest sisters’ getaway. Nic’s birthday should be all about relaxation, writing, and a chocolate martini to toast another trip around the sun, but the climate at the gathering rumbles like a sudden desert thunderstorm.
When sparks fly between the keynote speaker and her timid assistant over a handsome mystery author, the subtitle on this anticipated tranquil weekend spells drama. If a heated love triangle, bruised egos, and betrayal aren’t enough to upset the atmosphere, the conference banquet erupts into a drunken brawl and sends the place spinning. After a body is discovered, Nic and Em do what they do best—snoop—and become embroiled in a mystery that jumps off the pages of a true-crime bestseller.
With more than enough suspects and little time, the amateur sleuths have their hands full finding the killer. But can the competitive Chocolate Martini Sisters solve the crime before the prickly chief detective does, or will a murderer outwit them all? Reading, Writing, and Murder on AMAZON
It’s a rib cookoff…with a recipe for murder.
Nicole Earp and Emma Banefield are celebrating another birthday at the Dulce Inn with the added fun of a rib cookoff in the park of their small town. Not only are chocolate martinis in their plans, Nic is baking and has her heart set on winning the cornbread contest. But as the excitement heats, someone is stirring up trouble for the inn and its employees.
Strange occurrences at the Dulce are on the rise. Slashed tires, menacing phone calls, and unsavory characters add a vibe that threatens the sisters’ anticipated fun-filled stay. When the hot-headed hotel owner is caught wielding a bloody letter opener over a dead coworker, the sisters are embroiled in a caper to help the one person who finds their sleuthing as welcomed as a rattlesnake in her bed. But is she innocent?
In this cozy culinary mystery, these amateur sleuth sisters
are primed to find out. First, they’ll have to eliminate a host of suspects
that includes a dishonest restaurant owner, a jilted girlfriend, an ex-wife,
the barkeeper, and a masseuse with a crush. If the Chocolate Martini Sisters
can stay off the radar of the surly chief homicide detective long enough, they
can put out the fire…unless the killer burns them first. Cornbread, Ribs, and Murder on AMAZON
Lost puppies, endangered birds…
The sisters are birddogs on a murder most fowl.
The sisters are thriving like mountain sage in an Arizona autumn. Nicole’s yoga business is gaining a foothold in Wyatt. Emma’s first mystery novel is scheduled for release. But a proposed, expansive building project in the pristine area of the bird sanctuary has the small town community in an uproar. It’s Environmentalists versus Big Business, and the sisters are caught in the cross-fire.
When one of Nic’s yoga students is found dead near the planned resort, the amateur sleuths are back on the trail of a killer. Who has the most to gain from her death—the morally challenged developer, the money-grubbing boyfriend, her jealous brother, a nasty neighbor, or a co-worker with dark secrets? And where has Skittles, the dog, gone?
While the Chocolate Martini Sisters sort through the litany of villains, they’re leaving no mystery unsolved. In this small town mystery, the stakes are escalating, throwing the sisters on divergent paths that all come together at a dangerous intersection. As they unsnarl the tangled mysteries, will these amateur sleuth sisters expose the murderer before the killer finds a way to silence them? Birds, Puppies, and Murder on AMAZON
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