What Next for Tempe? by Marilyn Meredith
As I am finishing up my blog tour for River Spirits and finally drawing to a close on my next Rocky Bluff P.D. mystery, it's time to start thinking about the next Deputy Tempe Crabtree tale. As most authors know--we spend a lot of time thinking about our characters and what should be happening in their personal lives as well as what puzzles, mysteries, and adventures will next confront them. All I know at this point is Tempe's son Blair will get married. Since the wedding is going to take place in Morro Bay, something ought to happen there. I love Morro Bay and would love to use it as a setting. Blair is marrying a girl with Ethiopian blood--along with some Italian--how much of the Ethiopian culture should I include? Will there be a murder in Morro Bay? Something that Tempe becomes involved in? If so, why would she since she'd not a part of law enforcement there? Should Tempe be thinking about retiring? The last two books have had ghosts, spir...