Is it Real or Just in My Head?
Living a real life while living an imaginary life…
There have been books, plays, and movies about doing justthat—The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Hello, My Name is Doris to name two.
Writers have a secret life. We live it in our heads beforeever setting it to paper. I’m often inspired by real-life which in turn is the basis for my fiction. Luckily, my life won’t be blasted across thesilver screen so you can see how nutty I am. The discussions I have with my characters, the circumstances Iplop myself into, and people who populate my head shall remain my secret.
The Chocolate Martini Sisters Mystery books are a primeexample of real life becoming fiction. My sister and I toast our birthdays twice ayear with a chocolate martini in the historic Peacock Room in Prescott, Arizona. Our alter egos, Emand Nic, also toast their birthdays twice a year in the Azul Saloon in Wyatt, Arizona...only their celebrations alwaysinclude a murder mystery to solve.
We could do it, you know. At least in my head.
Candy, Cigarettes, and Murder, Book 1
Recently widowed, Emma Banefield looks forward to a getawaybirthday weekend with her free-wheeling sister, Nicole Earp, sipping chocolatemartinis at the peaceful, historic Dulce Inn. When a rude stranger, a nastyfood critic, and a madhouse of temperamental artists greet them, all hope for atranquil weekend evaporates faster than dew on a hot desert morning. Overlooking the riotous atmosphere is doubly hard after Emdiscovers the body of a hotel guest, and a second murder affects Nicpersonally. Now, entrenched in a caper that pits them against a surlydetective, they cozy up to a hotel staff hiding dangerous secrets to uncover cluesto the killer.
Using their smarts and love of all-things mystery, will theChocolate Martini Sisters solve the crime ahead of the obstinate ChiefDetective or find themselves trapped in the middle of a third murder?
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And now I’m super happy to reveal the next adventure of theChocolate Martini Sisters:
Reading, Writing, and Murder, Book 2
At the writers’ conference, murder tops the program.
Aspiring mystery author EmmaBanefield and travel writer Nicole Earp are excited to attend a writers’conference during their latest sisters’ getaway. Nic’s birthday should be allabout relaxation, writing, and a chocolate martini to toast another trip aroundthe sun, but the climate at the gathering rumbles like a sudden desertthunderstorm. When sparks fly between the keynote speaker and her timidassistant over a handsome mystery author, the subtitle on this anticipatedtranquil weekend spells drama. If a heated love triangle, bruised egos, andbetrayal aren’t enough to upset the atmosphere, the conference banquet eruptsinto a drunken brawl and sends the place spinning. After a body is discovered,Nic and Em do what they do best—snoop—and become embroiled in a mystery thatjumps off the pages of a true-crime bestseller.
With more than enough suspects and little time, the amateursleuths have their hands full finding the killer. But can the competitiveChocolate Martini Sisters solve the crime before the prickly chief detectivedoes, or will a murderer outwit them all?
