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New Release March 18, 2008
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Peggy Darty is the award-winning author of 27 novels, as well as numerous novellas and articles. Her credits include Random House/Waterbrook, Zondervan, Multnomah, Guideposts, Barbour, Bantam and Sunn Classic Films. She has worked in film, researched for CBS, and taught in writing workshops around the country. Peggy and her husband spend their summers in the Colorado Rockies and their winters near the Florida seashore. The first book, When the Sandpiper Calls, is a cozy mystery set in a seaside community between Panama City Beach and Fort Walton Beach, Florida. "The plot for
this mystery came to me as I was strolling the beach early one morning.
Inspiration struck and I thought, "What if I found a bottle half-buried in
sand - not an ordinary bottle - an antique green bottle like one I had seen in a
gift shop? And what if that bo Since I'm a member of the Red Hat Society, I decided to let a few Red Hat friends help my main character solve my mysteries in Summer Breeze. When I combined plot and characters, the story began to write itself - and I had a great time with it. The Red Hat ladies liked their part in the mystery series.
Pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea and curl up in a comfy chair. You'll have trouble putting Peggy's book down. When The Sandpiper Calls has a wonderful cast of characters that you will wish were real, and friends of yours!" Judi McNair, Colorado Springs, Queen, A Lotta Dazzlin' Divas, Colorado Spring, Colorado The second book in this series, When Bobbie Sang the Blues, released February 22, 2007 When Christy’s Aunt Bobbie storms into town, she brings a burst of wild wind to quiet Summer Breeze – and new life to the junk she scavenges for her trash-to-treasure shop. Her free-spirited approach to life attracts a range of characters, included crusty but charming Jack Watson. Bobbie’s battered red truck becomes a familiar sight around the coastal hamlet – loaded down with such oddities as a huge old pickle barrel – and her electric presence lights up the Blues Club in the evenings. But fun and games turn deadly when Bobbie’s notorious ex-husband is found dead in her pickle barrel. Compelling evidence mounts against Bobbie until Christy comes to her aid in tracking down the real killer. "an entertaining read with a surprise ending." from Publisher's weekly... Available in bookstores or can be ordered. Can also be ordered from online retailers. For details on When Zeffie Got a Clue, see New Release. Thanks for stopping by my website and I hope you enjoy my stories. |
