Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Carlene's Corner


Have you gotten a copy of FINDER! yet? It's a humorous mystery, one of my favorite books and...there's a dog in the story!


  “I need a good idea on how to kill someone,” Carol Reston said.
     David stood panting inside the front door, his face the color of slate. She could smell his acrid sweat clear across the room. Chauncy crouched at his side huffing and drooling, his large pink tongue lolling out the side of his mouth.
     Terror shot through Carol. She knew that rattlesnakes were active in the brown hills around their house. One bite could kill Chauncy. And at forty-two, David was entering heart attack country. “David, honey, are you all right?”
     His head bobbed up and down and he struggled for breath.
     “A body. In the hills. Woman. Dead.”
     “Yeah, that’s pretty good. I can work with that. Okay, you win.”
     “This isn’t about your book, Carol! It’s real!” He bent over, resting his hands on his knees, sucking in air, trying to catch his breath.
     “9-1-1. Call 9-1-1. I found a woman’s body up in the hills.” A glaze of moisture filled his eyes. “She didn’t have a face, Carol. The woman didn’t have a face.”


                                                                  


All her life, Carol Reston has wanted to be a published author. When her husband finds a dead body in the neighborhood, and Carol discovers several women have gone missing in town, she finally has something to write about. With the help of her thrice-divorced, martini-drinking, Jaguar-driving, world-traveling Aunt Sissy Montgomery, Carol locates all the women and discovers the identity of the body. In the end, Carol has a book contract, Chauncy has a new playmate, David has his dream job and Sissy has found a new calling. She’s a Finder.





My 15 Minutes of Fame


Well, as you know....or maybe not, I've been writing and publishing for many years. Novels number 10 Not for Sale, and 11, Deadly Deception came out this year. I teach writing classes at the local college, volunteer at the library bookstore, volunteer at the hospital and my BIG mostly Lab, Duke, is a pet therapy dog with Furry Friends. 

With all that going on in my life, one would think I had no more time. WRONG. Last week I shot my second commercial of the year! It sure was a fun experience and I hope to do more in the future. Here are the links;
My commercials

Enjoy - and let me know if you think I'm ready for Hollywood!

Don't forget to check out ALL of my novels and novellas at: www.amazon.com