The days are growing shorter and it’s time to curl up by the fire with a good book. Looking for an exciting thriller? Please check out Amazon bestseller Instrument of the Devil ON SALE NOW FOR ONLY $1.99 ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO AMAZON PRIME MEMBERS The power grid is under attack. When beautiful widow Tawny Lindholm receives a new smartphone, the device confounds her with its mysterious, unpredictable functions. She doesn’t know dashing terrorist Kahlil Sharivar has rigged it to track…

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Neither of us was where we were supposed to be when Nissan Krakinowski and I met. He should have been in Spokane, delivering a speech about the Holocaust to an audience of 900. I should have been home in Montana, fast asleep. Yet because of missed plane connections, we both found ourselves stuck in Salt Lake City, sitting together on an airport shuttle. Although our flights did not connect, Nissan and I did connect during our chance meeting. Ten minutes together was enough to seal our…

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  This picture is the dry-erase board on my refrigerator to remind me of things I need to do. A couple of days ago, I wrote “Call Nissan.” Last June, I wrote Chance Meeting with History about a friendship that was born during a ten-minute airport shuttle ride when I had the great good fortune to sit next to Holocaust survivor Nissan Krakinowski. Sometimes someone reaches straight into your heart and you instantly know this person will impact your life…

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What do Munchkins and writing conferences have in common? To find out, skip over to my post on The Kill Zone.

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Come visit me at The Kill Zone crime writing blog where I’ll tell you a dirty story…here.

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What a great way to spend a hot July afternoon! Bad Rock Books recently hosted a lovely signing for four Montana authors. Debbie Burke, Karen Wills, Marie Martin, and Dr. Betty Kuffel chatted with old friends and new readers. Visitors dropped in to share adventures about hikes, bike rides, and raft trips in Glacier Park…and sought leisure reading after all their strenuous activities!       Bad Rock Books is a delightful shop where you can browse more than 30,000 beautifully displayed used books, along…

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Hold onto your beach chair as you get lost in a gripping summer read: Instrument of the Devil, award-winning thriller ripped from today’s headlines. Tawny Lindholm, a tour guide at Montana’s Hungry Horse Dam, doesn’t know her smartphone has been hijacked by charming Kahlil Sharivar, a terrorist who romances her while snaring her in his diabolical plot to destroy the electrical grid. Soon the feds are chasing her and her son is kidnapped. Is it too late to stop disaster? Five-star Amazon reviews rave about Instrument of the Devil: “Suspenseful,…

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Recently I kicked up my heels in New York at Book Expo America (BEA), the giant book fair for publishers, booksellers, librarians, and authors. A once-in-a-lifetime experience! My post about BEA appears on The Kill Zone. Book Expo America 2018  

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