My readers are no doubt accustomed, though perhaps not happily, to my...um...unpunctuality. Although I have managed to publish one book a year since Dead White first came out in 2011, the schedule has slipped from spring releases all the way to November (ebook) and December (print).
When I retired three summers ago, I returned to my hometown on the prairie. Finally having writing as my "day job" gave me a bit more flexibility, but not a lot (eldercare). But I was determined to get my writing schedule back to the proper time slot: during the frigid stay-at-home (also known as cabin-fever) winter months in the Dakotas. Being cooped inside in front of my computer during the summers is a real drag.
Well, I finally made it happen! Though my brain grumbled and gnashed its exhausted synapses the whole time. (For some reason, my brain wanted a break between books.) As it is now hitting the 90s in the Dakotas, with 100s in the forecast, I hope you can all cool off (preferably by the pool or near a lake or ocean) with Dead Time. It is currently available in ebook at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. A paperback is forthcoming and will be announced here on the blog.
Here's the blurb:
It's dead time...
With everything terminally frozen in the Dakotas, Sheriff Karen Okerlund Mehaffey gets called out on a subzero Saturday morning to the local funeral home to investigate the death of a financial consultant who lived by the mantra "time is money."
Just getting to town is a challenge for a sleep-deprived Karen, made more difficult by an unexpected stowaway. But at least she and her detective-uncle Marek Okerlund dodge hosting a distant Swedish cousin who crashes their still-healing family—a member of which is suddenly threatened with a very short time on earth.
As suspects look to bolt back to their far-flung homes, Karen and Marek try to balance the job and their personal lives, with a renewed sense of the precious and fleeting nature of time, while the clock ticks down on nabbing a killer.
When I retired three summers ago, I returned to my hometown on the prairie. Finally having writing as my "day job" gave me a bit more flexibility, but not a lot (eldercare). But I was determined to get my writing schedule back to the proper time slot: during the frigid stay-at-home (also known as cabin-fever) winter months in the Dakotas. Being cooped inside in front of my computer during the summers is a real drag.
Well, I finally made it happen! Though my brain grumbled and gnashed its exhausted synapses the whole time. (For some reason, my brain wanted a break between books.) As it is now hitting the 90s in the Dakotas, with 100s in the forecast, I hope you can all cool off (preferably by the pool or near a lake or ocean) with Dead Time. It is currently available in ebook at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. A paperback is forthcoming and will be announced here on the blog.
Here's the blurb:
It's dead time...
With everything terminally frozen in the Dakotas, Sheriff Karen Okerlund Mehaffey gets called out on a subzero Saturday morning to the local funeral home to investigate the death of a financial consultant who lived by the mantra "time is money."
Just getting to town is a challenge for a sleep-deprived Karen, made more difficult by an unexpected stowaway. But at least she and her detective-uncle Marek Okerlund dodge hosting a distant Swedish cousin who crashes their still-healing family—a member of which is suddenly threatened with a very short time on earth.
As suspects look to bolt back to their far-flung homes, Karen and Marek try to balance the job and their personal lives, with a renewed sense of the precious and fleeting nature of time, while the clock ticks down on nabbing a killer.
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