Entertainment to Die For, a Sisters in Crime Los Angeles anthology, features stories by first-time authors and multi-published authors—all are killers (on the page, anyway). I’m looking forward to reading these 18 suspenseful tales and am thrilled to have my contribution, “Destination Wedding,” included!
In “Destination Wedding,” Professor Molly and her best friend, biology professor Dr. Emma Nakamura, take time away from Mahina State University to attend the wedding of Emma’s brother. But the from the venue (a faux-Japanese ryokan in remote Sleepy Valley, California), to the guest list, to a grisly rehearsal-dinner surprise, it’s far from the uneventful vacation Molly and Emma were hoping for!
Introduction by Sisters in Crime founder and best-selling author, Sara Paretsky.
Misty Dawn, a former Hollywood psychic to the stars, knows the dark and sometimes glamorous streets of Los Angeles are full of secrets, broken promises, and dashed hopes.
The House that Vanity Built
When a young woman comes to her door because she’s lost her engagement ring and is afraid to tell her fiancé (the son of one of the world’s biggest cosmetics empires), Misty senses it’s no accident.
Together Misty Dawn and her psychic charge, Wilson Thorne, must not only sneak behind the walls of the Conroy Estate (aka The House That Vanity Built), but go beyond the veil where the luminaries have laid plans to seek revenge.
Murder, lust, and a quest for a fountain of youth are hidden inside a family’s secret, one that threatens to upend the young woman’s life, and quite possibly, Misty’s as well.
Nancy Cole Silverman’s realization that she and Edgar Allen Poe shared the same birthday sparked her lifelong interest in mystery fiction. After a very successful career in the radio industry she turned to writing, and her crime-focused novels and short stories have attracted readers throughout America. Her Carol Childs Mysteries series (Henery Press) features a single-mom whose “day job” as a reporter at a busy Los Angeles radio station often leads to long nights as a crime-solver. Silverman lives in Los Angeles with her husband and a thoroughly pampered standard poodle.
The curtain may fall on the Calla Lily Players’ first season unless Lily and Austin can find a killer on the loose in California’s wine country.
Torrential rains threaten to put a damper on The Calla Lily Players’ first outdoor theater production. When the ground suddenly shifts, buried secrets revealed amid the tangled vines put the spotlight on murder. As Lily and Austin dig deeper into the mystery, the drama unfolds onstage and off. The race is on to find a killer before opening night.
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An award-winning, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, I hope you’ll join me snooping into life’s mysteries with fun, fiction, and food—California style!
Life is an extravaganza! Figuring out how to hang tough and make the most of the wild ride is the challenge. On my way to Oahu, to join the rock musician and high school drop-out I had married in Tijuana, I was nabbed as a runaway. Eventually, the police let me go, but the rock band broke up.
Retired now, I’m still married to the same sweet guy and live with him near Palm Springs, California. I write the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery series set here in the Coachella Valley, the Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery Series set along California’s Central Coast, The Georgie Shaw Mystery series set in the OC, The Seaview Cottages Cozy Mystery Series set on the so-called American Riviera, just north of Santa Barbara, and The Calla Lily Mystery series where the murder and mayhem take place in California’s Wine Country. Won’t you join me? Sign up at: http://desertcitiesmystery.com.
Featured Image: Iris Kæmpferi, hand–colored collotype from Some Japanese Flowers (1896) by Kazumasa Ogawa. Original from the J. Paul Getty Museum.
The House on Hallowed Ground, a Misty Dawn Mystery by Nancy Cole Silverman
When Misty Dawn, a former Hollywood Psychic to the Stars, moves into an old craftsman house, she encounters the former owner, the recently deceased Hollywood set designer, Wilson Thorne.
Wilson is unaware of his circumstances, and when Misty explains the particulars of his limbo state, and how he might help himself if he helps her, he’s not at all happy. That is until young actress Zoey Chamberlain comes to Misty’s door for help.
Zoey has recently purchased The Pink Mansion, a historic Hollywood Hills home, and believes it’s haunted. But when Misty arrives to search the house, it’s not a ghost she finds, but a dead body.
The police are quick to suspect Zoey of murdering her best friend. Zoey maintains her innocence and fears her friend’s death may have been a result of the ghost…and a long-time family curse.
Together Misty and Wilson must untangle the secrets of The Pink Mansion or submit to the powers of the family curse.
Nancy Cole Silverman’s realization that she and Edgar Allen Poe shared the same birthday sparked her lifelong interest in mystery fiction. After a very successful career in the radio industry she turned to writing, and her crime-focused novels and short stories have attracted readers throughout America. Her Carol Childs Mysteries series (Henery Press) features a single-mom whose “day job” as a reporter at a busy Los Angeles radio station often leads to long nights as a crime-solver. Silverman lives in Los Angeles with her husband and a thoroughly pampered standard poodle.
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KCHC radio reporter Carol Childs is investigating a jewelry heist when she realizes her FBI boyfriend is working the same case undercover and that she may have inadvertently helped the suspect to escape. The suspect is amused by the connection and has been calling the radio station. And when a Hollywood socialite Carol believes may be connected to the case is murdered, Carol risks her relationship and her job to uncover the truth.
My name is Carol Childs, I’m a single, middle-aged mom and a reporter for a local talk radio station in Los Angeles, and I’ve got a problem. I recently got myself into the middle of a jewelry store robbery as I was covering a Beverly Hills Chocolate tour for the radio station. And if that wasn’t bad enough, I witnessed Eric, my boyfriend–my FBI boyfriend–leaving the scene of the crime only moments before on the arm of Carmen Montague, an L.A. socialite.
Like I said, I’ve got a problem. But not like you might think. I can more or less put two-and-two together and it didn’t take much to figure Eric was probably working a case. But, I have to admit, seeing him with Carmen wasn’t exactly something I could un-see, and I was curious.
Thing is, I can’t afford to be curious. As a reporter, it was my job to let my boss, Tyler Hunt know I what I knew. However, I really didn’t think it was a good idea. He’s always telling me reporters and the law enforcement make for poor bedfellows – like he’d know – and I didn’t really think it was his business. After all, despite the fact Tyler calls me the World’s Oldest Cub Reporter, I’m not without some sense and I wasn’t going to risk his reassigning me. I figured, if I needed to, I could tell him later.
Only later was when people starting dying and by then…well, I was in hot water with the station owner’s wife. You see, she thinks I’ve been compromised and wants my job. Like I said, I’ve got a problem. Without a Doubt is #3 in the Carol Childs series. If you’re new to this series, start with Shadow of a Doubt!
“Forget the shower scene in Psycho; Shadow of a Doubt will make you scared to take a bath!” – Diane Vallere, Author of the Material Witness, Style & Error, and Mad for Mod Mystery Series
About The Author
Nancy Cole Silverman credits her twenty-five years in radio for developing an ear for storytelling. After writing everything from commercial copy to news Silverman retired from radio in 2001 and founded The Equestrian News, a niche publication targeting southern California’s active equestrian community. Working on a story about America’s wild mustangs inspired Silverman to write her first novel, The Centaur’s Promise.
In the last ten years, Silverman has written numerous short stories and novelettes some of which have been produced as audio books. Silverman’s new series with Henery Press, the Carol Childs Mysteries takes place inside a busy Los Angles Radio station.
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