Gerrie Ferris Finger's Blog
July 23, 2018
SUFFOLK MYSTERY AUTHORS FESTIVAL - August 4
Hello Friends and Followers
On Saturday, August 4, 2018 I will be attending the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia. I attended last year and it was loads of fun for authors, readers and attendees alike. You are welcome to browse the tables of 30 authors. Buy our books and we will sign them for you.
I will be autographing American Nights, the 6th in the Moriah Dru/Richard Lake series, and the 7th, the newly-released Wolf's Clothing. Please stop by and say hello.
I will also be on a panel with the title: My Job's Trying to Kill Me: How A Sleuth's Profession Impacts The Story. Moriah Dru is a PI child finder and Richard Lake is an Atlanta PD detective. Many have tried to kill this duo. So far they've dispatched the bad guys.
We'd love to see you August 4th.
A Synopsis of Wolf's ClothingThe 7th in the Moriah Dru/Richard Lake series begins when Atlanta's famous police dog, Buddy, is stolen from his handler's SUV. The community is anguished over the German Shepherd's disappearance. Buddy and black Lab, Jed, work with Child Trace's Moriah Dru when she's hired by the courts to find missing children. Atlanta's citizens thrilled when the two canines found children slated for the sex trade overseas and those secreted in the outbuildings of a cathedral. Dru, a former police officer, is aided in her investigations by her lover, Lieutenant Richard Lake of the Atlanta Police Department.
wolfs-clothingBut why did two men pull into one of Atlanta's toniest malls and steal a police dog, and how did they get away with it? The trail to Buddy's abductors leads to a training facility where that day the canines underwent yearly trials; to an investment scam, dubbed by the media The Wolves of Atlanta; and to a mega-church's financial chicanery. As Dru and Lake dig deeper, the bodies of the good and the bad pile up while Dru crosses her fingers one will not be Buddy.
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As always, Happy Reading!Gerrie Ferris Finger
June 24, 2018
WOLF'S CLOTHING
Hello Friends and Followers.The 7th in the Moriah Dru/Richard Lake series begins when Atlanta's famous police dog, Buddy, is stolen from his handler's SUV. The community is anguished over the German Shepherd's disappearance. Buddy and black Lab, Jed, work with Child Trace's Moriah Dru when she's hired by the courts to find missing children. Atlanta's citizens thrilled when the two canines found children slated for the sex trade overseas and those secreted in the outbuildings of a cathedral. Dru, a former police officer, is aided in her investigations by her lover, Lieutenant Richard Lake of the Atlanta Police Department.
wolfs-clothingBut why did two men pull into one of Atlanta's toniest malls and steal a police dog, and how did they get away with it? The trail to Buddy's abductors leads to a training facility where that day the canines underwent yearly trials; to an investment scam, dubbed by the media The Wolves of Atlanta; and to a mega-church's financial chicanery. As Dru and Lake dig deeper, the bodies of the good and the bad pile up while Dru crosses her fingers one will not be Buddy.
For more of my books
As always, Happy Reading!Gerrie Ferris finger
May 30, 2018
WORLD OTTER DAY
I love World Days. Today, May 30, is World Otter Day.
When my children were small and we made weekly visits to the zoos in and around our state, they always made a beeline to the otters' hangouts, which were streams and other aquatic gymnasiums. They seemingly, to me, spent their days swimming, playing and eating raw fish. Not a bad way for homo sapiens to spend their days, either. Their family is the Lutrinae. Other members of this family are honey badgers (earthworm eating stink bombs, sorry badge). martens (cute tree huggers), minks (slinky minky), polecats (Polecats!) and wolverines (I thought they belonged to the woo-woo myths of gothic horror).
From Wiki, that know-it-all site:
An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars, females are called bitches or sows, and their offspring are called pups. The collective nouns for otters are bevy, family, lodge, romp (being descriptive of their often playful nature) or, when in water, raft.
The feces of otters are typically identified by their distinctive aroma, the smell of which has been described as ranging from freshly mown hay to putrefied fish; these are known as spraints. (By any other name, they still stink.)
Until the next World Day catches my fancy, Best to all, Gerrie Ferris Finger
Author of twenty novels, seven in the Moriah Dru/Richard Lake Series.Just out #7: WOLF'S CLOTHING
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When my children were small and we made weekly visits to the zoos in and around our state, they always made a beeline to the otters' hangouts, which were streams and other aquatic gymnasiums. They seemingly, to me, spent their days swimming, playing and eating raw fish. Not a bad way for homo sapiens to spend their days, either. Their family is the Lutrinae. Other members of this family are honey badgers (earthworm eating stink bombs, sorry badge). martens (cute tree huggers), minks (slinky minky), polecats (Polecats!) and wolverines (I thought they belonged to the woo-woo myths of gothic horror).
From Wiki, that know-it-all site:
An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars, females are called bitches or sows, and their offspring are called pups. The collective nouns for otters are bevy, family, lodge, romp (being descriptive of their often playful nature) or, when in water, raft.
The feces of otters are typically identified by their distinctive aroma, the smell of which has been described as ranging from freshly mown hay to putrefied fish; these are known as spraints. (By any other name, they still stink.)
Until the next World Day catches my fancy, Best to all, Gerrie Ferris Finger
Author of twenty novels, seven in the Moriah Dru/Richard Lake Series.Just out #7: WOLF'S CLOTHING
http://ow.ly/Sydk30kgavg
May 29, 2018
WORLD BOOK DAY
I missed World Book Day this year. It was in May. Little late, but last year's offering has not changed. For me, books have been an enduring pleasure. Reading transports me to other worlds and makes me laugh and cry, has horrified and comforted.
Also reading made me a writer. Not that I thought I could create better stories and characters than writers I enjoyed reading, but as an avenue to create my own worlds.
Here are quotes gathered from Brainy Quote, FlavorWire and Good Reads. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” — Mark Haddon“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” ― Cassandra Clare“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” — Ray Bradbury
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.” ― J.K. Rowling
Happy Reading!
Also reading made me a writer. Not that I thought I could create better stories and characters than writers I enjoyed reading, but as an avenue to create my own worlds.
Here are quotes gathered from Brainy Quote, FlavorWire and Good Reads. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” — Mark Haddon“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” ― Cassandra Clare“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” — Ray Bradbury
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.” ― J.K. Rowling
Happy Reading!April 23, 2017
WORLD BOOK DAY
Today, April 23, is World Book Day. For me, books have been an enduring pleasure. Reading transports me to other worlds and makes me laugh and cry, has horrified and comforted.
Also reading made me a writer. Not that I thought I could create better stories and characters than writers I enjoyed reading, but as an avenue to create my own worlds.
Here are quotes gathered from Brainy Quote, FlavorWire and Good Reads. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” — Mark Haddon“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” ― Cassandra Clare“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” — Ray Bradbury
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.” ― J.K. Rowling
Happy Reading!
Also reading made me a writer. Not that I thought I could create better stories and characters than writers I enjoyed reading, but as an avenue to create my own worlds.
Here are quotes gathered from Brainy Quote, FlavorWire and Good Reads. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.” — Mark Haddon“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” ― Cassandra Clare“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” — Ray Bradbury
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.” ― Stephen King“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.” ― J.K. Rowling
Happy Reading!October 2, 2016
Razzing and Roaring at the Ryder Cup
I love the Ryder Cup, what golfer doesn't? I have favorite players on both sides--the Euros and the Americans, but no matter how much I admire Henrik Stenson,, I hope he loses to Jordan Spieth. But my favorite moment in this year's tumultuous games--including the arrogant bowing and shushing of the American crowd by the European players and booing of McIlroy--was when a heckler challenged a couple of European pros to a putting contest. From the crowd at a practice round, he made wise crack remarks about how they couldn't sink a 12-foot putt. So my favy Euro golfer, Henrik Stenson, grabbed David Johnson from North Dakota out of the crowd and handed him a putter. Euro Justin Rose laid a $100 bill on the grass. The crowd laughed as the amateur plumb-bobbed the putt--who does that anymore?--and took his stance. With a firm roll, Johnson sank the ball. So, how did a heckler in the crowd manage to sink a shot that two champion golfers simply couldn’t?“I closed my eyes, swallowed my puke and hit the putt,” Johnson said. “It happened to go in.”
I can relate, except I don't puke--ladies don't--but I waver a bit on key putts with cash on them.
Now back to the one-upsmanship match play exhibited by American Reed and Euro McIlroy. What would that gentleman of the game, Arnie Palmer, say?
Happy Golfing.
Gerrie Ferris Finger
I can relate, except I don't puke--ladies don't--but I waver a bit on key putts with cash on them.
Now back to the one-upsmanship match play exhibited by American Reed and Euro McIlroy. What would that gentleman of the game, Arnie Palmer, say?
Happy Golfing.
Gerrie Ferris Finger
September 26, 2016
ARNOLD PALMER - Long live The King!
Arnold Palmer made a country club sport popular for the everyman. Through his remarkable life, he never lost that personal touch. That's what made him The King.
Palmer died Sunday in Pittsburgh. He was 87.
"Arnold transcended the game of golf," Jack Nicklaus said. "He was more than a golfer... He was an icon. He was a legend. He took the game from one level to a higher level, virtually by himself. Along the way, he had millions of adoring fans.
Alastair Johnston, the CEO of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, said Palmer was admitted to the UPMC Hospital on Thursday for some cardiovascular work and weakened over the last few days.
Beyond his golf, Palmer was a pioneer in sports marketing, paving the way for scores of other athletes to reap millions from endorsements. Some four decades after his last PGA Tour win, he ranked among the highest-earners in golf. It is not an exaggeration to say there would be no modern-day PGA Tour without Arnold Palmer. Golfers would still be wearing plus-fours, coats and ties. Hmmmm, what would John Daly wear?
Palmer would hitch up his pants, drop a cigarette and attack the flags. With powerful hands wrapped around the golf club, Palmer would slash at the ball with all of his might, twist that muscular neck and squint to see where it went. "When he hits the ball, the earth shakes,"Gene Littler once said. Palmer rallied from seven shots behind to win a U.S. Open. He blew a seven-shot lead on the back nine to lose a U.S.Open. His fans lovin' him all the way.
He was never dull And he never liked being referred to as "The King," but the name stuck. "It was back in the early '60s. I was playing pretty good, winning a lot of tournaments, and someone gave a speech and referred to me as 'The King,'" Palmer said in a November 2011 interview with The Associated Press."I don't bask in it. I don't relish it. I tried for a long time to stop that and," he said, pausing to shrug, "there was no point."
He was equally successful off with golf course design, a wine collection, and apparel that included his famous logo of an umbrella. He "invented" the Arnold Palmer, an ice tea and lemonade concoction. PGA star, Padraig Harrington recalls eating in an Italian restaurant in Miami when he heard a customer order one.
"Think about it," Harrington said. "You don't go up there and order a 'Tiger Woods' at the bar. You can go up there and order an 'Arnold Palmer' in this country and the barman — he was a young man — knew what the drink was. That's in a league of your own."
A league of his own, for sure.
Gerrie Ferris Finger
With Doug Fergerson, The Associated Press
Palmer died Sunday in Pittsburgh. He was 87.
"Arnold transcended the game of golf," Jack Nicklaus said. "He was more than a golfer... He was an icon. He was a legend. He took the game from one level to a higher level, virtually by himself. Along the way, he had millions of adoring fans.
Alastair Johnston, the CEO of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, said Palmer was admitted to the UPMC Hospital on Thursday for some cardiovascular work and weakened over the last few days.
Beyond his golf, Palmer was a pioneer in sports marketing, paving the way for scores of other athletes to reap millions from endorsements. Some four decades after his last PGA Tour win, he ranked among the highest-earners in golf. It is not an exaggeration to say there would be no modern-day PGA Tour without Arnold Palmer. Golfers would still be wearing plus-fours, coats and ties. Hmmmm, what would John Daly wear?
Palmer would hitch up his pants, drop a cigarette and attack the flags. With powerful hands wrapped around the golf club, Palmer would slash at the ball with all of his might, twist that muscular neck and squint to see where it went. "When he hits the ball, the earth shakes,"Gene Littler once said. Palmer rallied from seven shots behind to win a U.S. Open. He blew a seven-shot lead on the back nine to lose a U.S.Open. His fans lovin' him all the way.
He was never dull And he never liked being referred to as "The King," but the name stuck. "It was back in the early '60s. I was playing pretty good, winning a lot of tournaments, and someone gave a speech and referred to me as 'The King,'" Palmer said in a November 2011 interview with The Associated Press."I don't bask in it. I don't relish it. I tried for a long time to stop that and," he said, pausing to shrug, "there was no point."
He was equally successful off with golf course design, a wine collection, and apparel that included his famous logo of an umbrella. He "invented" the Arnold Palmer, an ice tea and lemonade concoction. PGA star, Padraig Harrington recalls eating in an Italian restaurant in Miami when he heard a customer order one.
"Think about it," Harrington said. "You don't go up there and order a 'Tiger Woods' at the bar. You can go up there and order an 'Arnold Palmer' in this country and the barman — he was a young man — knew what the drink was. That's in a league of your own."
A league of his own, for sure.
Gerrie Ferris Finger
With Doug Fergerson, The Associated Press
September 4, 2016
Marilyn's Musings: HOW AMERICAN NIGHTS GOT ITS TITLE by Gerrie Ferris...
Marilyn's Musings: HOW AMERICAN NIGHTS GOT ITS TITLE by Gerrie Ferris...: Thanks Marilyn for inviting me to your blog and to write about my new release American Nights on August 17. American Nights is ...
August 29, 2016
AMERICAN NIGHTS .
"Saudi Arabian prince, Husam al Saliba, hires child-finder Moriah Dru to find his missing American wife, Reeve, and daughter, Shahrazad.
The investigation begin when Husam tells of falling in love with Reeve, of turning his back on his ascendancy to the Saudi power structure for the woman he loves. He talks of his king’s disapproval of him marrying and siring an infidel.
But does he really want to return to the good graces of the royal family and marry cousin Aya and be an heir to kingship? Confused Dru thinks she’s fallen into a fairy tale. After all the prince is fond of reciting tales from the Arabian Nights.
The investigation had just begun when Reeve’s parents, Lowell and Donna Cresley were killed. They hated their prince son-in-law. He is immediately suspected when the Atlanta police, in the person of Dru's lover Lt. Richard Lake, come into the case.
It’s soon evident infidelity abounds and everyone has something dreadful to hide.
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Thanks and Happy Reading!
Gerrie Ferris Finger
SHOOTING THE DEAD - New ebook
http://bit.ly/1TSL05F
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The investigation begin when Husam tells of falling in love with Reeve, of turning his back on his ascendancy to the Saudi power structure for the woman he loves. He talks of his king’s disapproval of him marrying and siring an infidel.
But does he really want to return to the good graces of the royal family and marry cousin Aya and be an heir to kingship? Confused Dru thinks she’s fallen into a fairy tale. After all the prince is fond of reciting tales from the Arabian Nights.
The investigation had just begun when Reeve’s parents, Lowell and Donna Cresley were killed. They hated their prince son-in-law. He is immediately suspected when the Atlanta police, in the person of Dru's lover Lt. Richard Lake, come into the case.
It’s soon evident infidelity abounds and everyone has something dreadful to hide.
http://amzn.to/29jOnRa
http://bit.ly/29eFsgJ
Thanks and Happy Reading!
Gerrie Ferris Finger
SHOOTING THE DEAD - New ebook
http://bit.ly/1TSL05F
http://amzn.to/1WWg7gW
July 4, 2016
AMERICAN NIGHTS - Release Date August 17 - Available for Pre-order.
"Saudi Arabian prince, Husam al Saliba, hires child-finder Moriah Dru to find his missing wife, Reeve and daughter, Shahrazad.
The investigation begin when Husam tells of falling in love with Reeve, of turning his back on his ascendancy to the Saudi power structure for the woman he loves. He talks of his king’s disapproval of him marrying and siring an infidel.
But does he really want to return to the good graces of the royal family and marry cousin Aya and be an heir to kingship? Confused Dru thinks she’s fallen into a fairy tale. After all the prince is fond of reciting tales from the Arabian Nights.
The investigation had just begun when Reeve’s parents, Lowell and Donna Cresley were killed. They hated their prince son-in-law. He is immediately suspected when the Atlanta police, in the person of Dru's lover Lt. Richard Lake, come into the case.
It’s soon evident infidelity abounds and everyone has something dreadful to hide.
Pre:order
http://amzn.to/29jOnRa
http://bit.ly/29eFsgJ
Thanks and Happy Reading!
Gerrie Ferris Finger
SHOOTING THE DEAD - New ebook
http://bit.ly/1TSL05F
http://amzn.to/1WWg7gW
The investigation begin when Husam tells of falling in love with Reeve, of turning his back on his ascendancy to the Saudi power structure for the woman he loves. He talks of his king’s disapproval of him marrying and siring an infidel.
But does he really want to return to the good graces of the royal family and marry cousin Aya and be an heir to kingship? Confused Dru thinks she’s fallen into a fairy tale. After all the prince is fond of reciting tales from the Arabian Nights.
The investigation had just begun when Reeve’s parents, Lowell and Donna Cresley were killed. They hated their prince son-in-law. He is immediately suspected when the Atlanta police, in the person of Dru's lover Lt. Richard Lake, come into the case.
It’s soon evident infidelity abounds and everyone has something dreadful to hide.
Pre:order
http://amzn.to/29jOnRa
http://bit.ly/29eFsgJ
Thanks and Happy Reading!
Gerrie Ferris Finger
SHOOTING THE DEAD - New ebook
http://bit.ly/1TSL05F
http://amzn.to/1WWg7gW
