MarilynMeredith

  Isn't this a great cover? In case you don't know, it's great blue heron. It's the symbol of the supernatural element in INTERVENTION. For many years, a great blue heron would visit our front yard and dine on the gophers. Sadly, it hasn't been around for a long time.  The great blue heron has a special meaning for Native American Tempe Crabtree. If you haven't read it yet, mark your calendar for June 24 when INTERVENTION  will be free on Kindle from then until June 27. Marilyn

  On Monday, June 24, INTERVENTION, #3 in the Tempe Crabtree mystery series will be free on Kindle.  The last day is June 28. This is a fun book in the series with lots of unique characters. I drew a lot on the movie world way back in the '50s. Being star crazy, I chased movie stars to get autographs, read all the movie magazines, and the Daily news which always carried gossip about the different stars. My father worked at Paramount Studios and except for very few, had little use for the actors and actresses he observed at work. I heard interesting tidbits from him too, though it didn't dampen my enthusiasm for the screen stars. In a way, he was to blame because he took us all to the movies most Friday nights.  Amazon blurb: While Deputy Tempe Crabtree and her minister husband, Hutch, spend a romantic weekend in a mountain lodge, an unexpected blizzard takes out phone and electric services. Among the other guests are some folks from the film industry. When a guest disappe...

  Starting June 24 and going through June 28, INTERVENTION,  one of the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series will be free on Kindle. This one is set in a mountain lodge high in the mountains.  The idea came from visiting Camp Nelson in the mountains above Springville where I live. The lodge in my story is called Tapper Lodge and it only has similarities to Camp Nelson because for the story the lodge had to be much large to house all the characters. And yes, because it's Tempe Crabtree mystery, there is some Indian mysticism. Marilyn.

  INSPIRED   The Story   Some fascinating and incredible women have inspired me. None, who by the way had a physical beauty, but surely an inner beauty. Being inspired and inspiring others provides us with shared strengths giving us opportunities to be more than we are as one. Those who inspire us, in the process, influence us by their intellect, accomplishments, and wisdom. Eleanor Roosevelt and Golda Meir have been two of my role models. Author Gertrude Stein and many other good writers have influenced me. These are people who dared to go beyond the ordinary. They were not willing to accept the limitations society or family set upon them.  If we are fortunate, there are also those in our lives who inspire us, expressing belief in us. I’ve had a few such people in my life, encouraging me to never give up my dreams and ambitions. I decided long ago to keep at a safe distance people who are angry, jealous, and mean-spirited. Really. Who needs them? Who made them ...

  To get free from May 6-through 10 Amazon.com: Murder in the Worst Degree (Rocky Bluff P.D. Mysteries Book 10) eBook : Meredith, F.M.: Kindle Store This is my favorite book in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. One of my favorite characters, Officer Gordon Butler,  has a major role in this book.   Some of the suspects are old Seabee buddies of the victim who meet regularly at McDonald's for breakfast==just as many old veterans do in McDs across the country. When my husband was still alive, we often went to McD's for breakfast and visited with a group of vets. Hope  you'll take advantage of this sale. Marilyn writing as F.M. Meredith

  To buy: The Astral Gift - Kindle edition by Meredith, Marilyn. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. After writing to fictionalized family historical novels, this was my first mystery. The story is about a woman who was sexually molested as a child and  used astral projections to escape. As an adult, some of her roommate's escapades bring back the astral projection. This time she has no control over when it happens, and she witnesses things she doesn't want to see--including murder. A romance surprises the heroine, but it comes with more problems. Though I had someone tell me I must've experienced astral projection to write about it in such a convincing manner, but no I have never, nor do I want to. The closest I've come to it is in a dream, which I think had some influence on this tale.  There's a lot about a day care center, something I did have a lot of experience in a place similar to what I describe in THE ASTRAL GIFT. If you decide to ...

This tale began as a Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery, but didn't quite have the right feeling for the series.  However, it was a fun book to write and deserves readers. This one was inspired from what I learned about a long-ago flood in Springville, that took out a bridge that connected people living in the mountains to the rest of the world. (We've  had other similar floods here in our area, but this one stranded folks for quite a long time.) I had fun creating the characters, and to be honest some are based on people I've met. However, what happens is completely made-up. I love the house imagined for this story.  I hope you'll give this tale a try. Official blurb: While investigating a murder, Leslie York, the resident deputy of the mining town of Copper Creek, finds herself stranded on the wrong side of the creek when it turns into a raging torrent. Others driven from their homes by the flood gather, but one of them turns up dead. When Leslie begins to suspect the vict...