My featured author this week is Marja McGraw. When I originally posted this, Marja had two publishers - one for each of her wonderful mystery series. Since then, she has moved to Washington state and gone on to write several more books and to self-publish them. She creates - and has recreated - all of her own covers and a little bird told me that she's currently writing her 20th novel!
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| Marja McGraw |
This is
the third in the Bogey Man Mysteries (and my personal favorite), featuring Chris and Pamela Cross, along
with their son Mikey and two Yellow Labs, Sherlock and Watson.
Marguerite Turnbal was a bestselling Gothic mystery writer in the 1950s. A little on the eccentric side, she had her home renovated, adding secret compartments. In her later years she told her twin daughters, Coral and Carol, that there was a treasure to be found, and she gave them only one clue to its whereabouts.
Over twenty years
after Marguerite’s death a young woman is murdered in the old empty house.
Chris Cross’s parents have come for a visit. His mother, Judith, and his son,
Mikey, want to solve their own mystery in true Cross family tradition. Judith,
also a little eccentric, breaks into the house after seeing strange lights and
finds the body – not quite the mystery she was hoping to find. The Bogey Man
and his family are soon gumshoeing their way through life again, looking for a
murderer and hidden treasure.
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Marja
McGraw is originally from Southern California, where she worked in both
criminal and civil law enforcement for several years.
Relocating to
Northern Nevada, she worked for the Nevada Department of Transportation. Marja also lived in Oregon where she worked
for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and owned her own business, a Tea
Room/Antique store. After a brief stop in Wasilla, Alaska, she returned to
Nevada. She’s also worked for a library and a city building department.
Marja
wrote a weekly column for a small newspaper in No. Nevada and she was the
editor for the Sisters in Crime Internet Newsletter for a year and a
half. She’s appeared on television in Nevada, and she’s also been a guest
on various radio and Internet radio shows.
She writes the Sandi Webster Mysteries and the Bogey Man Mysteries, and says that each of her mysteries contains “a
little humor, a little romance and A
Little Murder!”
Website : http://www.marjamcgraw.com/
and Blog: http://blog.marjamcgraw.com/
A bonus! Ms. McGraw has just released another mystery! It's available on Kindle at the link below and will soon be available in paperback. You won't want to miss this one!
Welcome, Marja! You've certainly accomplished a lot since this was originally posted. I've learned first hand how difficult it is to format a book and to create a cover so I am understandably in awe of what you've done.
ReplyDeleteThank you for having me in today, Pat! It's been so long since "They Call Me Ace" was first published that I'd forgotten what the original cover looked like. I'm glad I had a chance to create a new cover. :) Your Blast from the Past posts are fun. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMarja,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your continued ability to write quality mystery fiction!
What a lovely thing to say. Thank you, Jacqueline!
DeleteI like all of Marja MxGraws' mysteries. My favorite is Mysteries of Holt House, but then I'm not finished reading her latest mystery, One Adventure Too Many, so I can't say that for certain, LOL!
ReplyDeleteConsidering Mysteries...was one of my first books, and not a part of a series, that really means a lot to me. Thank you, Evelyn!
DeleteTwenty books! I hope I'm able to say that someday. Marja's books are always a treat and I look forward to them. Another fun blast from the past, Pat!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Amy! I appreciate your comment, and I have to say that I look forward to your books, too.
DeleteI'm a fan, as you know.(twenty books,Wow!)Write on...
ReplyDeleteFunny how things work out. I'm a fan of yours and I can't wait for a new book. I still don't know how I've managed to come up with 20 ideas. LOL
DeleteI can't wait to read this novel, Marja. It sounds intriguing. I've thoroughly enjoyed your books.
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