Stories from the Hayloft Continued

Happy Fourth of July. I don’t know how all of you are celebrating, but we’re going to have a quiet holiday hanging out in our backyard. As you can tell from the picture above, it’s really serene with the sun coming through the trees. I can’t think of a better place in which to celebrate…

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Stories from the Hayloft

All my protagonists love the country. Whether they’ve grown up as country girls or moved to rural life as adults, each one feels at home in the quietude of a small town setting. I grew up on a farm in Northern Illinois.  Although I was an only child, I never felt alone because there was…

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Playing Pranks

I’m now beginning the second week of my blog tour for Failure Is Fatal. If you haven’t stopped by yet, you’re missing the opportunity to win a free ebook. Here’s the schedule for the tour: May 8 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW May 9 – Brooke Blogs – CHARACTER GUEST POST May 10 – Island Confidential –…

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A Tall Gal Goes Short

Good news.  Camel Press will release the third in the Eve Appel mysteries,  A Sporting Murder, in July of this year.  As a promotional and prepublicity device, Camel will offer through Amazon three short stories about Eve and Madeleine.  The stories focus on the two consignment shop owners before they set up their shop in…

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I funny…What?

Last week the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America held its annual conference.  Along with being responsible for on site regitration with my husband, Glenn Nilson, I also was a member of a panel on writing humorous mysteries. I was thrilled to be among some very talented writers: Sandra Balzo, Don Bruns, Tom Turner,…

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Official Resease Day!

And here it is.  Camel Press has officially released the second book in my Eve Appel mystery series Dead in the Water    Sabal Bay consignment shop owner Eve Appel is fit to be tied—family tied. Just as she is basking in the warmth of a renewed relationship with her long-lost Uncle Winston, disaster strikes. He…

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The Winner Is!

As many of you know, I love yard sales, consignment shops, anything that is used and secondhand, and so does my protagonist Eve Appel.  She runs a high end consignment shop in rural Florida with her best friend Madeleine Boudreau.  Eve was named after my paternal grandmother at whose side I learned to love bargains,…

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Win a copy of my book

Eve Appel, sassy gal sleuth from A Secondhand Murder will be making a second appearance soon in Dead in the Water, to be released by Camel Press in July.  To celebrate her newest adventures in the swamps of Florida, I designed a contest for my readers and for those who might like to become a reader. Many…

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Murder Is Academic – Join Me on Book Blog Tour

Murder is Academic by Lesley A. Diehl

Laura Murphy, the protagonist of Murder Is Academic lives on this beautiful lake in upstate New York.  She teaches psychology at a local college and looks forward to afternoons relaxing with friends on her dock overlooking the lake, and especially now that she’s fallen hard for a guy who teaches biology and rides a big,…

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