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July 28, 2015
New Release: M.L. Rowland
Releases one week from today–August 4, 2015.
Originally posted on Sisters in Crime-Colorado:
M.L. Rowland’s Murder on the Horizon, the third in the breakout series of Search and Rescue mysteries, releases August 4, 2015. The series is published by Penguin Publishing Group under its Berkeley Prime Crime label.
Murder on the Horizon returns readers to Timber Creek, where the hot, dry Santa Ana winds are blowing. But more than just the threat of wildfire endangers the tiny mountain community…
Gracie and her Search and Rescue teammates are searching along the highway in the middle of the blisteringly hot Mojave Desert when they make a grisly discovery—a trash bag containing human body parts. Not long after, Gracie’s growing friendship with a ten-year-old runaway draws her unwittingly into the secretive, hate-filled world of the boy’s family—a group of gun-toting extremists. As a wildfire roars into Timber Creek, Gracie finds herself caught up in an explosive plot that, unless she stops it, will destroy countless…
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July 20, 2015
“Murder on the Horizon” Countdown
“Murder on the Horizon,” the third book in my Search and Rescue Mystery Series featuring Gracie Kinkaid, releases August 4.
“Murder on the Horizon” as well as the first two books in the series, “Zero-Degree Murder” and “Murder Off the Beaten Path,” are available at select Barnes and Noble bookstores, and local bookstores and libraries. (If they don’t have a copy, they can order it for you.) Both soft cover and e-versions are also available at http://www.barnesandnoble.com and http://www.amazon.com.
Happy reading!
July 16, 2015
The Arc of the Moral Universe…
“The arc of the moral universe is long,
but it bends towards justice.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr.
July 15, 2015
Integrity is…
Integrity is doing the right thing,
even when
no one is watching.
–C.S. Lewis
July 14, 2015
“I’m for truth…”
“I’m for truth,
no matter who tells it.
I’m for justice,
no matter who it’s for or against.”
— Malcolm X
July 13, 2015
“All the great things are simple…”
Statue of Liberty
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom,
justice,
honor,
duty,
mercy,
hope.
— Winston Churchill
July 12, 2015
Being a writer…
Being a writer means baring your soul,
expressing your deepest feelings,
capturing your most profound thoughts
on paper
for the entire world to read
and tear to shreds.
Being a writer also means
being able to bear it with grace
and
to keep writing.
July 11, 2015
In Matters of Truth and Justice
In matters of truth and justice,
there is no difference between large and small problems,
for issues concerning the treatment of people
are all the same.
— Albert Einstein
July 10, 2015
Toward the Goal of Justice
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable…
Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle;
the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
–Martin Luther King, Jr.
June 21, 2015
One of my dad’s favorite poems.
“Sea-Fever”
I must down t...
One of my dad’s favorite poems.
“Sea-Fever”
I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
John Masefield (1878-1967)
