Dear Friends, readers, and writers,
My latest novel release is entitled, "MURDER AT THE BLUE OYSTER GRILL," a story featuring mystery, romance and humor.
Read all about the small-town crime in its only newspaper, the Blue Oyster Bay Banner. The story begins when the Bay Banner headlines report the death of the town's popular chef.
Who killed the cook?
In a battle of wills can the cool journalist Honey Mayhew and the hot sheriff, Eli Gibson solve a murder together without falling in love...again?
Discover the answers and perhaps more questions in my new cozy mystery release from The Wild Rose Press, MURDER AT THE BLUE OYSTER GRILL.
Just a tease here...
Honey trembled in fear. She'd always thought of herself as a brave new woman. Perhaps even possessing superwoman powers. How had she come to this, cowering in a corner of an Oyster Bay beach house? No superwoman powers in sight. The idea she might have had some was obviously just another example of her propensity for self-deception.
I hope you enjoy this contemporary novel as much as I enjoyed writing it! Check out this brief excerpt...
Honey Mayhew and her sister Cricket reached the Blue Oyster Grill on the corner of Main and Third Street, the site of the small town's only red-light intersection. They ducked under the crime scene tape in unison and made for the open door. Leo, the Deputy Sheriff, groaned but made no effort to stop them.
Eli! Eli Gibson. Honey's breath caught in her throat. The oh-so-handsome sheriff stood in the center of the restaurant, tall and solid as Florida pine. Her heart knocked against her chest in a series of jarring thumps. Nerves, she told herself. Just nerves. Any attraction she'd ever felt for the man had died long ago.
However. Frozen in place, she could not move. It had been so long since she had seen him. So many years and...tears ago.
Got to suck it up. Got to face him. Got to get the story. Her future might depend on it.
With hands on his hips and feet planted apart, the sheriff towered over the dead chef's body.
"Hey, Sheriff." Honey's greeting was barely audible and carefully casual as she stopped at Eli's side. Rather than make eye contact, she steeled herself and gazed down at the body. A chill ran through her. She'd never seen a dead body before.
Look away. Look away.
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