I don’t know how it is in your neighborhood, but it’s beautiful right now in North Mississippi! I love Autumn–there is a golden haze to the days. The trees are turning and it’s cool in the morning and rather warm in the afternoons. Perfect for driving to the lake! But, now on to last week’s Mystery Question! A bank robber’s carefully …
A New Beginning
This week I started working on a new book that will be a departure from my romantic suspense stories. It’s a cozy mystery. And in case you don’t quite know what a cozy mystery is, here’s how I describe it: a cozy mystery is all about how an amateur sleuth takes the clues and solves a murder. Said murder is usually …
More Police Blotter Reports
Today I want to tell you about the setting of the book I just finished. It’s set in Memphis, Tennessee at the Pink Palace Museum. I was invited to come and explore the underbelly of the museum…the attic and basement, and guess what? There are so many places to hide a body there! The basement was really dark and creepy …
More Posts from the Police Blotter
I thought once I finished the book I would have more time. Not so. The interview will have to wait. But isn’t this a beautiful cover for the first book in the Memphis Cold case series! I do have more Mystery Questions straight from the Police Blotter report, but first last week’s answer: 10:15 p.m. Suspicious people were reportedly doing …
The Inheritance
Deadline is looming, so it’s only the Mystery Question today, but first last week’s Dumb Criminal: The District Attorney requested all the robbery victims to come to the police station to study a lineup of five people. He placed his suspect at the end of the line. Then he asked each to step forward and say, “Give me all your …
Who is the Dumb Criminal?
I had thought I’d have time to write a proper blog this week, but after cutting 6,000 words from the story, I decided I better just put in the mysteries and get back to work. Here’s last week’s Mystery Question: A woman living in New Jersey vanished in 1991 and was reported missing after she did not report to work …
Who Did It?
Welcome back to my blog. My time hasn’t gotten any longer so, from now until I turn in the second Cold Case book, I’m only going to post these mysteries. 🙂 To recap last week’s mystery: Have you ever picked up something at a yard sale and wondered if it might be valuable? Or maybe you have a pitcher that …
Spring is Sprung
by Patrica Bradley Before I get to this week’s mystery, the winner of the $10 Amazon gift card is Sandra Orchard! Now here’s a recap on last week’s Super Sleuth: A man filed a fraudulent tax return, and the IRS promptly sent him a $10,000 refund. So figuring, Why not try my luck again? he tried again. Why did he …
Answers to My Dumb Criminal Examples
Today I am just recapping last week’s dumb criminal posts for both blogs–Thoughts on Plot and mine. And if you leave a comment on either blog, you will be entered in a drawing for a $10 Amazon gift card. I’ll announce the winner next week here. And if you leave a comment on both blogs, you’ll be entered twice. Last week’s …
Was Punxsutawney Phil Right?
Do you believe Punxsutawney Phil can predict when Spring will arrive? This year I’d like the groundhog to be right…remember last year? Brrr! Yesterday I took a walk around my block. You see, I just got my Fitbit and I only had 4,000 steps at two o’clock. My goal is 10,000 a day. Haven’t met …