While filming a movie on the Bear Creek Indian Reservation,
the film crew trespasses on sacred ground, threats are made against the female
stars, a missing woman is found by the Hairy Man, an actor is murdered and
Deputy Tempe Crabtree has no idea who is guilty. Once again, the elusive and
legendary Hairy Man plays an important role in this newest Deputy Tempe
Crabtree mystery.
How Tempe
Crabtree got her Name
When
I realized that I wanted a character who was part Indian, I wanted a name that sounded
Indian, but unique.
Years
ago, my sister did our family genealogy and when I read about my
great-grandmother on my father's side and all that she went through, I was
amazed by her strength and independence. Of course I'd heard about her from my
father, but I never met her.
Her
parents named her Temperance and she was called Tempe from the time she was a
little girl. She met and married Newt Crabtree in what was called Globe at the
time--now Springville where I live. She gave birth to several children who died
soon after birth. When a girl was born she called her Hope because she hoped
she’d live. (She did, and several more children were born after that, including
my grandmother.) Just living back in that time period was tough. She was a true
pioneer. When her husband died, she lived on her own for many years.
The
resident deputy that I had pictured in my mind had many of the same attributes
and personality traits that I'd learned about my great-grandmother. The more I
thought about it, the more I realized that Tempe Crabtree was the perfect name
for my heroine.
Marilyn Meredith
Marilyn
Meredith
is the author of over thirty-five published novels, including the award winning
Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series, the latest River Spirits from
Mundania Press. Marilyn is a member of three chapters of Sisters
in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the
Public Safety Writers of America. She lives in the foothills of the Sierra.
Visit her at http://fictionforyou.com and her blog at http://marilymeredith.blogspot.com/
Contest: The winner will be the
person who comments on the most blog posts during the tour.
He or she can either have a
character in my next book named after them, or choose an earlier book in the
Deputy Tempe Crabtree series—either a paper book or e-book.
You can find me tomorrow
visiting with my good friend Lorna Collins who wanted to know where I get my
inspiration after writing so many books. http://lornacollins-author.blogspot.com/
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