MUSE MONDAY
Please welcome my guest, Marilyn Meredith, and don't forget to enter her contest!
Hubby
and I have a weekly breakfast date with several people from our church and of
course there is lots of conversation.
One of
the couples related several tales about the time they worked as caretakers of a
summer camp. During the winter they stayed on to do necessary repairs and
maintenance. They related an incident during a huge snow storm when the owner
of the camp decided to appear unannounced with several guests in tow.
The
snow made it impossible for them to drive into the camp and the visitors
trekked through the deep snow struggling with their belongings and food they’d
brought with them to enjoy. Much got left behind.
They
also described how high the snow drifted on the two story lodge and some of the
difficulties they had to face.
It
wasn’t long before I knew I had to use all this information in a Deputy Tempe
Crabtree mystery. At other breakfasts I asked our friends more questions about
the storm and the camp itself. Some of the information I used, some I changed,
and some didn’t work for the story that formed in my head and eventually on my
computer. A Cold Death is the result.
It’s a
bit lighter than some of the other Tempe Crabtree mysteries, and certainly
colder, making it a good book to read on these hot summer days.
Thank
you so much for letting me visit on your blog today, Brenda.
Marilyn
Blurb
for A
Cold Death:
Deputy
Tempe Crabtree and her husband answer the call for help with unruly guests
visiting a closed summer camp during a huge snow storm and are trapped there
along with the others. One is a murderer.
Bio:
Marilyn
Meredith’s published book count is nearing 40. She is one of the founding
members of the San Joaquin chapter of Sister in Crime. She taught writing for
Writers Digest Schools for 10 years, and was an instructor at the prestigious
Maui Writers Retreat, and has taught at many writers’ conferences. Marilyn is a
member of three chapters of Sisters in Crime ,
Mystery Writers of America, and serves on the board of the Public Safety
Writers of America. She lives in the foothills of the Sierra, a place with many
similarities to Tempe Crabtree’s patrol area.
Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074XNP87Z/
Webpage: http://fictionforyou.com
Contest:
Once again I’m going to use the name of
the person who comments on the most blogs on my tour for a character in the
next Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery—which may be the last in the series.
