Fearless Adventures by M. S. Spencer

Please welcome M. S. Spencer to Fearless Friday on Discover...What fun she's had. 

Let’s see, adventures. I’ve had so many it would beimpossible to choose just one. I’m not sure my childhood adventures qualifysince I kind of went along for the ride—things like flying one of the firstpassenger planes to Europe, then going halfway around the world to Turkey, ortaking the Queen Mary across the Atlantic to live in Paris, or tea with BarbaraHutton in Tangier.

Living in Egypt had its share of events. It was just beforethe October 1973 war broke out and foreigners weren’t permitted anywhere buttourist sites. We had taken the train to Luxor (the Temples of Karnak) and sleptthrough our stop. Terrified we’d be thrown into an Egyptian jail, we huddled onthe platform. Suddenly a delegation of the village elders appeared, greeted uslike celebrities (they loved Americans) and made sure we got to Luxor safely.  Another heart clutching moment came atcustoms when I returned from Egypt with a suitcase full of spices. Swarmed byagents, they led me to a windowless room. The agent asked me to identify whatwas in each package. I gulped and began. Halfway through my mind went blank. Istared at the agent with panicky eyes. “I…I…” He said calmly, “Cardamom. Next?”I realized he knew exactly what I had and was just toying with me.

While working for the Bureau of Reclamation, I flew a Cessnadown the Colorado River, stopping at every dam. Despite severe claustrophobia Imanaged to crawl through the bowels of the Hoover Dam on an inspection tour.

I thought the Mayan city of Chichen Itza was the coolest placein the Americas until I went to Peru. The research station deep in the Amazonjungle was the setting for my book  Orion’s Foot: Myth, Mystery, and Romance in the Amazon. I swam with pink dolphins and fishedfor piranha, watched the smallest primates on earth cavort in the trees, andthe largest rodents on earth, capybaras, graze at my feet. One of our group offour touched a plant and her fingers stuck together. Our guide took hisrazor-sharp machete and split the two digits without spilling a drop of blood! 

But probably the most dangerous thing I ever did was walkdown Amsterdam Avenue on the upper west side of Manhattan in my bare feet.

I’m excited to announce the release of my new mystery, Railroad Ties: the Marmion GroveMurders.

Blurb

When Sophie Childress discovers a letter written in 1920 bythe witness to a murder, she enlists Noah Pennyman—owner of the house where ittook place—to investigate. Who was the victim? What did the killer do with thebody—not to mention a carpetbag full of money? Together they expose a complexweb of family ties and lies that has persisted through four generations in thehistoric village of Marmion Grove. When two more corpses are unearthed, Noahand Sophie are faced with too many victims and not enough murderers.

Railroad Ties: the Marmion GroveMurders

Mystery, cozy

The Wild Rose Press,June 11, 2025

390 pp; 89,900 words

Buy link: Books2Read: https://books2read.com/railroadties/

 

About the Author

—M. S. Spencer has livedor traveled in five of the seven continents. She has published eighteen romantic suspense and mystery novels. She currently divides her time between theFlorida and Maine. 

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