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A Slaying Song Tonight

 

 

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  A Slaying Song Tonight, a new murder mystery available now for pre-orders!

Books will ship the first week in December - perfect for holiday gift-giving

  1932. The Great Depression lingers on. Hoover is up for re-election. But a small-town murder trial gains national recognition and eclipses the presidential race. Susannah Lou Packard is on trial for slitting Dominick Kingsley's throat. How could such a quiet woman execute such heinous deeds? And why would such a killer love the song Jingle Bells?

 

A SLAYING SONG TONIGHT is a "stand-alone" mystery - not a part of my Biscuit McKee series. Writing this book was a great adventure for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed putting in the wicked twist that (I hope) will have you guessing.

Learn more about A Slaying Song Tonight.

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The Biscuit McKee Mysteries:

 


 

   ORANGE: Meet Biscuit McKee, the librarian, and Marmalade, the orange tabby cat. They find a body on the stairs in the library. That's where Biscuit meets Bob, the town cop.

Read a sample and learn more about Orange As Marmalade.

ORANGE AS MARMALADE was available in mass market paperback through Worldwide Mystery, a division of Harlequin, but as of November 2009, they're sold out!

Good News: Worldwide Mystery just contacted me about releasing YELLOW AS LEGAL PADS. I'll let you know when it will be released - probably not until late in 2010 or early 2011 (publishing take a while)

     YELLOW: Biscuit and Bob are on their honeymoon near Savannah, when Bob is poisoned inadvertently. Marmalade, who makes comments in italics (but her people think she's only purring) tries to cheer Biscuit with some antics that end up putting Biscuit in grave danger.

Read a sample and learn more about the award winning Yellow As Legal Pads.



 

    GREEN: Biscuit tries rock-climbing and ends up watching a woman plunge to her death over the cliff. The diary of the dead woman may not be discovered in time to save Biscuit from a similar fate.

Read a sample and learn more about Green As A Garden Hose.

 

     BLUE: A flood threatens Martinsville. A body is found tangled in the wreckage of the town dock. Every married woman in town is ready to murder red-headed Easton.

Learn more about Blue As Blue Jeans.

 


     INDIGO: A kidnapping goes horribly awry, and Biscuit has to confront her private demons as she grapples with her feelings about her bipolar sister.

Learn more about Indigo as an Iris.

 

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     TAN NARANJA COMO MERMELADA: a bilingual story for children 4 to 9. Verity visits Grannie's house and comes up against a word she doesn't understand, leading her to try to keep Marmalade the cat from being eaten by Grannie!

Learn more about As Orange as Marmalade/Tan naranja como Mermelada.



click here to find out more about From the Tip of My Pen

From The Tip of My Pen is a clear-sighted, warm, and often humorous approach to increasing your writing skills.

These tips for writers (or would-be writers) are not just helpful, they are a necessary tool in the writer's toolbox. Filled with practical exercises, and easy-to-follow examples, these tips are a must for writers of fiction and non-fiction alike.

Learn more about From The Tip of My Pen.



click here to find out more about Resolution



Resolution is Fran's first book of poetry.
"In 'Resolution', the poet echoes Wordsworth's understanding of poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings originating from emotions recollected in tranquility."
Constance Baechler, Ph.D
Judge of the 2005 Georgia Writer's Association Annual Members Contest, Poetry

Learn more about Resolution.

 

 

 

Read the CoffeeTimeRomance review of ORANGE

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Read what columnist Susan Larson has to say about
Green as a Garden Hose

Read what she says about Mystery Matters

Listen to Jean Adrienne interview Fran on SoulSpeak Adventures

 

 


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Feb 3, 2010

 

 

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"Healing the world through teaching the power of gratitude"