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Let This Novel Help you Lose Weight

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 Janet Greger is my guest today and her topic is something that will interest many of us. Janet, tell us about your new book First off, I want to thank Marilyn for hosting me. I always think it’s easier to write about others than about myself. As I write this blog on my new mystery/suspense novel Murder: A New Way to Lose Weight and its prequel Coming Flu , I feel like I’m talking about myself. I guess that shows how totally immersed I became into the characters and setting as I wrote these book.  What happens in Murder: A New Way to Lose Weight? Someone in this southwestern medical school doesn’t like women. Two have been murdered already. Linda Almquist suspects the deaths are related to her investigation of Dr. Richard Varegos, a “diet doctor.” He is alleged to be recklessly endangering the lives of his obese research subjects. Maybe she’s wrong. The murders might be related to something in the past – something involving her boss the Dean. While Linda fe

One of My Favorite Characters, Ryan Strickland

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Ryan Strickland is one of my favorite characters because he has probably changed more than any character in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. In the first book, Final Respects , despite being movie star handsome, Ryan has few redeeming qualities. He appears at every accident and crime scene and loves to talk to reporters and have his photo appear in the paper. He’s known for keeping a scrapbook of all the clippings in which his name or likeness appears. Most of his fellow officers have little respect for him. Worst of all, he has a big secret he never reveals. Surprising everyone, Ryan is of great assistance to the wife of a fallen police officer. I don’t want to say anymore so I don’t spoil Final Respects for someone who wants to read the series from the beginning. What I will tell you is that Ryan matures and develops into a far more decent person from book to book. He also is given the perfect job for him, that of the Public Relations Officer for Rocky Bluf

Update on my Blog Tour

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Like Rocky Bluff, this tour has been a bit on the rocky side. Some of the problems I faced: When I asked for the name of my host's blog, I should have asked for the URL. Just putting in the name gave me some startling results. For one blog I ended up reading some love sick teens diary that consisted of more information than I need to know--and a liberal sprinkling of language I'd rather not read. I did find the proper one but had to make changes on my blog and some people never did find me that day. One host totally forgot or misinterpreted what I'd asked for and no post appeared on the blog. A lot went on in this person's life during that period so I totally understand. A couple of blog dates had to be changed--not hard to do--but it meant making changes on this blog. One thing new, though I haven't had as many repeat visitors on the blogs on my tour, I've had a lot of new people I've never seen before. (I tried to find some people I hadn't us

Jean Henry Mead Interview

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Jean Henry Mead. Marilyn: Tell us about your new novel. Jean Henry Mead: No Escape, the Sweetwater Tragedy is a Wyoming historical mystery/suspense novel based on actual history. While researchng another book, I came across the 1889 murders of a young couple who operated a road ranch on their homestead land,.I was mystified when I learned that six wealthy cattlemen, who hanged James and Ellen Averell, got away with it because they spread lies that the Averells were operating a bawdy house and rustling cattle. I researched the event on and off over the years while writing other books.  Then  George Hufsmith's non-fictoin book was published and I was able to fill in the missing details. Hufsmith was commissioned to write an opera about the hangings and wound up spending 20 years interviewing residents in the area who knew the truth about the murders. Because I didn't want to end the book sadly with their deaths, I also wro