The Secret of the Old Clock…The Bungalow Mystery…The Mystery of Lilac Inn…
I was twelve-years-old when I began reading Nancy Drew mysteries by Carolyn Keene. Nancy not only drew me in to her stories, making me feel like a part of them, she made me feel like one of the sleuths. And if I solved the mystery before Nancy or one of her friends, I felt especially smart.
As an adult, I enjoy writing novels and stories with elements of mystery in them. In 2002, I published my first novel, “A River of Stones.” This book, though not specifically a mystery novel, tells, as part of the story, the understood wanderings of an old man whom every child in the neighborhood knows is a vampire. The main character, Samantha, gets her very best friends to wear crosses around their necks and homespun garlic next to their skin. Of course, the vampire isn’t really a vampire, just like Mr. Green, Samantha’s other old and scary neighbor, isn’t a living scarecrow, though he dressed and moved like one on Halloween. Continue reading