Despite all the delays, Small Town Lies is finally out! I came back from lunch and had the first few copies, although not enough for me to dash to the Tuesday Night quilters group and give them their copies. However, I do have just enough to take on my trip this week, so that’s good. I’ve put the link into Amazon here although it is available in other venues, too (http://amzn.to/15M5WlP). Now of course, as timing would have it, I leave on Friday, don’t come back until the end of the month, and have to immediately plunge into a two-week project. That means I can’t set the little launch party I was planning until after that. With all the postponements, I didn’t dare set a date until I knew for sure when the book was ready. I had what turned out to be a pre-release party because the book wasn’t available in April as I had hoped.

At any rate, I’ll get Chapter One posted to the web site, but the essence of the book is that Gabriel Thatcher (Gabe) is the town Romeo and the story opens with Justin Kendall, Helen Crowder’s son-in-law, finding the body. Death appears to have been from a blow to the head and the simple truth is that there is no shortage of suspects. Helen, who is a widow and a quilter, has lived in Wallington, GA all her life, and in fact, is from a fourth-generation family. Justin, who has moved from Baltimore for the sake of his wife, Tricia, is new to small towns and definitely new to the deep South. The ensuing investigation uncovers a number of secrets and lies of omission, if not commission, on the part of many people. Small Town Lies is categorized as a “cozy’, and if you aren’t familiar with that brand of mystery, it means it is G-Rated, but still a fun read, especially if you’ve ever lived in a small town.