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Friday, September 25, 2015

Introducing My New Cozy Mystery SWEET BETSY

I've published my latest cozy mystery Sweet Betsy as an ebook. It marks the fifth title in my Isabel & Alma Trumbo Cozy Mystery Series. Isabel and Alma are feisty and funny senior sisters living and sleuthing in the small town of Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, which doesn't appear on Google Maps and only in their stories. They are loosely based on a real Isabel and Alma who are my late aunts. My Isabel and Alma own a beagle named Petey Samson who they both dote on with no shame. Their first title Quiet Anchorage appeared in 2011, and the series has attracted its avid readers, God bless them, as seen by its 86 reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. I use a fair amount of humor, and all my cozies are clean reads and "fair-play" traditional mysteries. All of my cozies are also stand alone reads, so you don't have to read the earlier titles in the series. You can read the first 5-star review on Amazon (Verified Purchase): http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Isabel-Tr...

Amazon link: http://amazon.com/dp/B015AOY7J0
Barnes & Noble link:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sweet-betsy-ed-lynskey/1122646684?ean=2940150892040 
Kobo link:
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sweet-betsy
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26542593-sweet-betsy

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Two Heads Are Better Than One To Solve A Cozy Mystery

When I wrote my P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series (the latest and seventh title is After the Big Noise), I used one protagonist to do all the work of solving the mystery, usually a murder. Then I wrote the Isabel and Alma Trumbo Sister Cozy Mystery Series. Suddenly, I had to share the spotlight, so to speak, between the two protagonists. I aimed to give each lady sleuth an equal billing without one overshadowing the other. It was a balancing act, in fact. Isabel is the quiet and reserved sister while Alma is younger and also more outspoken. Their different personalities have assisted me in giving them the same amount of dialogue. They usually appear in the same scenes together although each has also had their own moments alone. I like each of the sisters, so it's easy to switch between them when I'm writing their books. Their latest cozy mystery title (#3) is The Amber Top Hat. I've written each cozy title as a stand alone, so the readers can pick up any title without having to know what all has happened before it in order to enjoy the story. I hope you'll join Isabel and Alma on their sleuthing adventures.