| FISHING, FESTIVITES & FATALITIES It’s winter in Minnesota, a wonderful time for hot chocolate, snuggly blankets, and … fishing! Katie Wilk is celebrating her first Christmas with her dad since the horrific shooting that nearly claimed his life, and when they are invited to participate in their small town’s ice-fishing tournament, they readily agree. But the ice is a treacherous place, and one of Katie’s students accidentally falls through, creating a harrowing situation and a rescue by Katie and her trained black Lab, Maverick. Later, Katie discovers the spot where Brock went into the icy water was deliberately cut, and the intended victim turns out to be one of the town’s least lovable, curmudgeonly characters. But what really pulls Katie into the thick of the investigation is that Dr. Pete Erickson, the man who makes her heart beat faster, is accused of murder. There’s no way Katie can let that go! Ignoring warnings to stay out of the case, Katie and Maverick track leads in what proves to be their trickiest investigation so far. BUY FESTIVITIES & FATALITIES HERE THE WRITE PAGE May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun rise warm upon your face May the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand. An Irish blessing my mother sang The Left Coast Crime Conference begins in Tucson and I am attending. If you should find yourself there, please look for me! I will be on a SUPERB panel, ANIMALS, at 2:45 on Saturday! PUZZLE The third and seventeenth (3/17 St. Patrick’s Day) readers who e-mail me at maryseifertcozies@gmail.com with the correct answer to my LUCKY puzzle will win an epub copy of my short story, HALLOWEEN, HOUND & HOUSESITTING ! A ROPE MAKER CUT A CORD INTO THREE PIECES. LET’S NAME THEM X, Y, AND Z. X IS THREE FEET LONG Y IS THREE FEET AND ONE-FOURTH THE LENGTH OF Z Z IS AS LONG AS X AND Y TOGETHER HOW LONG WAS THE CORD? MAY THE LUCK OF THE IRISH BE WITH YOU, and thank you all!! If you read MAVERICK, MOVIES & MURDER, RESCUES, ROGUES & RENEGADE, TINSEL, TRIALS & TRAITORS, or SANTA, SNOWFLAKES & STRYCHNINE, or FISHING, FESTIVITIES & FATALITIES and have the inclination, please leave a review with your favorite bookseller! and tell your friends. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Mary FOLLOW ME ON BOOKBUB! FOLLOW ME ON GOODREADS Totals number of states (plus DC) reporting: 17 Countries: 5 Continents: 2   Photos from Mount Jefferson and the New River in NC.THANKS RUTH!!States reporting visits: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin (and Washington D.C.)Greece, Italy, Mexico, Dominican Republic, US |