Intervention is Back with a Glorious New Cover!




Intervention is another of the older books in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree series, also re-edited and with this wonderful cover. (Again, thanks to Lorna and Larry Collins for making this possible.)

The idea came from another newspaper interview where I learned about the Camp Nelson Lodge back in it's early days. Of course I changed the lodge.

And again, some of the characters were inspired by people I've met along the way. This was my first "locked-room" mystery, of course inspired by Agatha Christie's great locked room mysteries. 

Following is one of the reviews that completely captures the story.

Hoping to take a vacation from their jobs, Bear Creek's deputy, Tempe Crabtree, and her minister husband, Hutch Hutchinson, head for Tapper Lodge high in the Sierras. Aiming for a romantic getaway, the newlyweds are surprised to find they'll share the lodge with "movie people from Hollywood."
Academy Award winning screenwriter Mallory Benoit has assembled the group to pitch her new screenplay. Tempe and Hutch can't help but overhear when Mallory presents her guests with a script and plans a discussion the next morning of their prospective parts in the production. When a blizzard hits the area, the lodge's guests discover they are trapped at the lodge until the weather clears.
The morning brings news of no electricity, the telephone lines are down and one of them murdered Mallory Benoit.
As the only vestige of a law enforcer, Tempe takes advantage of the foul weather, keeping the suspects inside the lodge and beginning a homicide inquiry.
Tempe's Yanduchi Indian heritage and her husband's prayers affect the search for Mallory's killer.
In "Intervention," the struggle between Meredith's vividly drawn Native American heroine's heritage and her husband's religious beliefs endure like ice covering a lake separating water from air, yet existing side by side.
"Intervention" is the third Tempe Crabtree novel in the series.
Deborah Elliott-Upton

Available for Kindle and as a trade paperback.


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