Gin Mill Grill

Sandi and Pete have earned a reputation for solving old cases, and they’re approached by a woman who’d like a 1930s crime solved. A man was brutally murdered and his brother immediately disappeared. The authorities believed the brother was their best suspect, but they weren’t able to track him down.

Case closed – or was it? A lone police officer didn’t like the results and spent the rest of his life searching for answers.

Their client’s father had tried to clear the name of Harley Glosser, the dead man’s brother, but his efforts were futile. His interest in the case? Horace and Harley Glosser were his cousins.

With the discovery of a private room in the house where the crime was committed, Sandi and Pete change their thought processes and start running down other suspects and looking at other locations, including an old speakeasy. The potential suspects are people in their nineties, so they also have to hope they’re still living.

Why would someone in the current day try to put a halt to the investigation? After all, the murder took place in the 1930s.

Circumstances are often not as they seem, and this case is no exception.

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Marja McGraw

Expect the Unexpected

Half the fun (and work) of writing mysteries is that the author can set the stage and circumstances to suit the story the way he or she wants them. That makes it sound too easy. Often when writing I set a circumstance to lead to other circumstances. Unfortunately, when I get to the crux of the matter, I often find myself taking off in a new direction.

Such was the case with “Gin Mill Grill – A Sandi Webster Mystery”. The idea for the story came from a vintage newspaper article I read wherein a man was murdered. His brother was in the house and the police were sure he was the killer, but somehow the brother managed to simply disappear, even with a police presence. I didn’t look for follow-up articles because I didn’t want to know what the outcome was. I suddenly realized that I had my own outcome to create.

Gin Mill Grill – A Sandi Webster Mystery has drama and humor, and dead bodies practically crawling out of the walls. That’s actually a play on words regarding the story, but you’d have to read it to understand. Expect the unexpected.

I write mysteries that are easy reading and contain a little humor – and a little drama. Finding the balance between the two is the most difficult part of writing for me. However, it mirrors real life. I learned early that in almost any situation you can find something to lighten the drama. Notice, I said almost. The nice thing about fiction is that we can stack the situations as we want them. Although, I have to admit that non-fiction is often more unbelievable than fiction.