As some of you know, I began writing
mystery novellas a while back, and was delighted when Imajin Books published my
first Evan Dunstan mystery, Dead Man
Floating, in September, 2015. To that end, my book is currently on sale for
50% off on Smashwords this week until Mar. 11). You can use the code, RAE50,
and find the book at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/573302
I had hoped to finish the second
installment last year, but real life responsibilities got in the way. I’m now working
on the final edit and will submit the manuscript to Imajin next month.
The second novella has a Christmas
theme, and Evan’s feisty, eccentric grandmother plays a key role in what is
tentatively titled Crafty Killer. Since the setting takes place at a seniors’
Christmas craft fair, the title fits, but I’m never completely sure until I see
it on the jacket cover.
I’m also working on the third installment,
which has no title right now, but it’s a ghost story set at the post-secondary
campus where Evan works as a security guard. The story’s inspired by my real
life work in campus security, where rumors of hauntings in some of the older
buildings circulated now and then. I never saw anything, but I didn't work graveyard shifts, and that’s when the real ghost action happened,
or so I was told.
I didn’t set out to use holiday themes for
this series, but it’s worked out that way. Whether I’ll do the same for the
fourth book Is anyone’s guess. Stay tuned!
