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“Zero-Degree Murder”

Only two more days until my first book, “Zero-Degree Murder,” featuring Gracie Kinkaid, is released by Penguin Random House (Tuesday, January 7)!

The book is available online at Amazon (www.amazon.com) and Barnes and Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com) in both paperback and e-versions, but, don’t forget, you can request it from your brick-and-mortar bookstores as well.

Happy reading and a great big

Thank You!

to those who choose to read it.

Who the heck IS that guy?

So, since I have a new book being released in a few weeks, I Googled my name, M.L. Rowland, to see what came up, and where. Strictly research, of course.

Among the listings were some images associated with the name.

A couple were a picture of the cover of the book:

There were a few pictures from this blog, such as the one I took of the Arkansas River in Colorado a couple of years ago…

But imagine my surprise (dismay? shock?) when all this time I thought I looked like this…

Or this…

Turns out I look like this…

Yeeeeesh.

After a very little digging, I discovered that this is Sir Rowland Hill. According to the Museum of London’s website, he lived from 1495 to 1561,  was Lord Mayor of London in 1549 and, all in all, a pretty decent guy. Among other things, Sir Rowland “gained a fearsome reputation as a ‘foe to vice…’ Much of Hill’s personal energies were devoted to charitable and philanthropic causes.  He gave generously to the poor and took a personal interest in the running of [some] hospitals…”

Now at least when I look in the mirror in the morning and this face crops up, I’ll know it’s Sir Rowland and not that I had a really really rough night.

Quote of the Day – C. S. Lewis

“You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

– C. S. Lewis