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The soccer mom with a taste for murder

Congratulations. Out of the billions and billions of websites floating out there in cyberspace you've found mine.  Welcome.  And while you're here, please sign the guestbook at the bottom of the page.  By all means, express yourself. 

I am the self-proclaimed Soccer Mom with a Taste for Murder.  I punch out a novels of sex, greed and murder between laundry loads and nagging my daughter to do her homework.

My latest novel Tree Huggers is available right now, this very second. Just click here. And if you want to reduce your carbon footprint, plus save a few trees, you can download it as an e-book.

Single mom Kate Dennison finds her new reporting job at a local paper is not at all what she expected. On her first day, two men die in a fire  set by a radical group called The Forces of Nature and Kate is assigned to cover the story, including the trial of the young man charged with the crime. As she works to unearth the truth, she finds her own life is in danger and she is forced to make some difficult choices.

Read a chapter here.

ALL PROFITS I MAKE FROM THE SALE OF "TREE HUGGERS" WILL BE DONATED TO PHOENIX EMPLOYMENT MINISTRIES OF WILMINGTON.

 

BEST SELLER LIST

Yes, Tree Huggers is on the best seller list for Zumaya Publications-Number 5 with a bullet. Okay, maybe there's no bullet, but it is most definitely in the number five spot. I'm thrilled and thanks to everyone who bought a copy.

IN STORES NOW

If you like to go to a real, brick and mortor bookstore, and you live in Wilmington, NC, the nice folks at Pomegranate Books, at  4418 Park Ave. have signed copies of Tree Huggers. It's also available at Two Sisters Bookery at 318 Nutt Street, downtown at the Cotton Exchange.

Celebrate E-Book Week!

Send me an e-mail.

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My first novel Caviar Dreams  also published by Zumaya is available right now. It's chock full of sex, greed and murder. Not to mention drugs, smoking, drinking, and driving in fast cars. All the fun things that make life worth living

Buy this book now!!!!

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You betcha!

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  EVENTS

Guess what? I'm holding my next event at your house! Or at your local library or your favorite bar,. Wherever you want. It's my Cheap Thriller event. Just contact me with "Cheap Thriller" in the subject line, we'll work out the details. 

I 'm willing to drive anywhere within a 50 mile radius of Wilmington. But if you live someplace else, like Ohio or Texas or British Columbia, not to worry. I'm open to high tech communication, like webcam, chatting online, or even using the tried and true telephone.

Here's your chance to liven up your next book club meeting. Or just get back at all those friends who keep inviting you to Magic Chef parties.

Summer is the time for good books and cheap thrills. I offer both.

REVIEWS FOR TREE HUGGERS

"A gripping mystery and thriller, 'Tree Huggers' is a must for mystery fans everywhere and libraries catering to them."

Midwest Book Review

This is a good read for anyone who loves a fine thriller
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Armchair Interviews

"Great characters, excellent and exciting plot, and a little bit of romance."

Coffee Time Romance

"A firestorm of arson, greed and murder,"

Wanda Canada, author of Cape Fear Murders

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A TIE?

(Or how I went looking for Sarah Palin's $150,000 wardrobe and ended up with a tie from Dennis Kucinich and books from Ralph Nader)

In addition to donating all proceeds from Tree Huggers to Phoenix Employment Ministry, I'm also a volunteer there. With the advent of the Great Recession, we're in a double bind. There are now more homeless and nearly homeless people needing work, just as our generous donors are feeling the pinch and giving less.

So I asked the Republican National Committee for Sarah Palin's $150,000 wardrobe. They said no.

Undaunted, I decided to hold my own PEM fundraiser, selling items of clothing worn by everyone who ran for president in 2008. After many phone calls, e-mails and faxes, I ended up with three ties from Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), a autographed glossy photo of Mayor Rudy Guilanni (R-NY) and five signed books by Ralph Nader (Green Party, DC)  Ralph Nader only had two ties and wasn't about to part with either one of them.

I auctioned everything on eBay during the week of the Presidential Inauguration. We took in close to $300, with Mike Huckabee's tie going for the highest amount $187.50. And while I didn't get anything from Sarah Palin, her office called our office and e-mailed us to tell us no. Hillary Clinton's office just sent me to voice-mail and left it at that.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I found out that Republicans are very nice people. Or at least their devoted staff people are.

To celebrate, I came to my PEM volunteer shift, dressed like the woman herself, as you can see in the photo to the left. Not something I want to do every day. I felt like a hundred and fifty thousand bucks, but I had this irresistable desire to go out and shoot a moose.

  

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