More Travels!
Summer is for vacations, even for us retired people. Well, technically, I now write books (and market them) as a job, but I’m referring to my first life and career as a physician. I’m trying to find time on the calendar for a 10-14 day driving trip to some of the national parks in my neck of the country and into Canada. Between my obligations to our local theatre board (somehow, I’m still president for the fifth year), the hospital foundation (my true love but still time-consuming with 5-6 meetings a month), and being “Boss Captain” for the biennial cabaret production in April 2025 (my third one and easier every time with fantastic committees), it is incredibly difficult to find a window of time where we can sneak away and not miss important meetings. It looks like August will work. I will MAKE it work.
One by one, I’m getting all my books transformed into audiobooks. It takes time and money but Amazon tells us that there’s a huge market for them. I occasionally listen to a book instead of reading the printed version but I find them difficult because I read much faster than the typical narrator reads. They are useful, however, when I’m on the road for a couple of hours and want something besides music for company.Â
When I was still working, I drove to Seattle once a month for a meeting and listened to books on the way up and back. The drive was a total of about 5 hours, which wasn’t quite long enough to finish a typical book and my daily commute was about 7 minutes, which made it tough to get to the end before I forgot what had happened the previous chapter. Maybe I’ll try listening to one while I’m working a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle!
Until next time, happy reading!
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Belladonna—a classic murder method in the past, but now?
Christie O’Mara has been commissioned to transform a church into a tropical island garden for a socialite’s wedding—a major event in the town she calls home again. With the help of her ditzy Aunt Doris, she creates a magical setting despite a difficult mother and a microscopic ten days’ notice.
At the exquisitely decorated country club, a groomsman’s partner collapses. When possible belladonna poisoning is mentioned in the emergency department, the family is quick to blame Christie’s Flower Shoppe. The newspaper’s headline of Killer Flowers Strike Again a few days later doesn’t help.
Christie opens her business every morning with the worry she won’t be in business long enough to celebrate her shop’s one year anniversary in the fall or do the flowers for two weddings scheduled in September.
Unless she can help the Police Chief identify someone with the real motive and means.
KILLER WEDDING, the second cozy mystery novel in the Christie’s Flower Shoppe series.
In the sunny desert landscape of Palm Desert, Julia Fairchild and her adventurous sister Carly embark on a thrilling hot air balloon ride. Little do they know, this seemingly innocent excursion will thrust them into a web of mystery and intrigue that they never could have imagined. As they float peacefully through the sky, their carefree afternoon takes a dark turn when their eyes catch sight of a lifeless body lying motionless among the unforgiving sands below.
Speculations arise when it is revealed that the deceased is believed to be a missing financier, Trevor Lundgren, who had been under investigation for unusual investment practices. Authorities were convinced that he had fled the country to escape the consequences of his actions.
However, as Julia and Carly investigate deeper, they unravel a murderous plot which puts them in the line of fire.
JOSHUA’S TREE, the seventh standalone murder mystery in the Julia Fairchild series.
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