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Why I Began Writing Historical Mysteries
I began writing historical mysteries just before the turn of the century because I wanted to rehabilitate a much-maligned southern bishop. A few days before Christmas I was invited, as the senior staff writer for the Diocese of Charleston, to attend the bishop’s annual party at his Broad Street home. The episcopal residence itself is a wonderful product of the city’s Board of Architectural Review,
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“His blazing red filly switched leads and spurted forward, flattening out and making up ground. Francine left the other horses behind and lunged after Miss Smith. Was there enough track left for her to catch the leader?”
― Strangers and Sojourners: A Big Percy Pletcher thriller
― Strangers and Sojourners: A Big Percy Pletcher thriller
“When the train left the station, Pletcher drove back to Possum Misery Lane as the sun was setting over Oyster Bay, hoping to spy a little on the Russian diplomatic estate.”
― Strangers and Sojourners: A Big Percy Pletcher thriller
― Strangers and Sojourners: A Big Percy Pletcher thriller
“If he sent her on her way, her mission would have been a failure. He looked at her long legs. He shook her hand, holding it a second too long.”
― Strangers and Sojourners: A Big Percy Pletcher thriller
― Strangers and Sojourners: A Big Percy Pletcher thriller
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“Past regrets may not be correctable, but sometimes for a writer the pain of his or her failure can be softened by the work of his hand.”
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“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
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Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
