Jill Gardner, my heroine in
GUIDEBOOK TO MURDER quit
her job at the law office, picked up her life, and bought a coffeehouse/book
store in a small coastal California tourist town.
Risky you say? I don't think so. We are drawn to actions that at the time seem
foolish to those around us. But maybe, just maybe, it's a life path correction
that needed to be taken.
Robert Frost's
The Road Not Taken has always been my favorite poem. What
would happen if we did take the less traveled road, the one that called to our
soul? Some people are better at listening to the universe and choose well the
first time. I, on the other hand, have always been one who learns from
experience. Like my first marriage. Or a failed business.
Thomas Edison said a failed light bulb is one less way it wouldn't work. Sales
courses tell you it takes 25 no's to get a yes. Twenty-five rejections. Now
that's persistence.
I'm on a second career path right now. I built my work experience in a large
social service agency. When I left, I tried to run my own business but realized
I didn't like marketing. Funny that now, as an author, marketing is a
requirement. So I'm learning my life lessons.
Jill Gardner hasn't regretted her stop and reset. And, honestly, neither am I.
Have you ever changed your life in a small or big way?
In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is
to keep her store--Coffee, Books, and More--open and running. So why is she
caught up in the business of murder?
When Jill's elderly friend, Miss Emily, calls in a fit of pique, she already
knows the city council is trying to force Emily to sell her dilapidated old
house. But Emily's gumption goes for naught when she dies unexpectedly and
leaves the house to Jill--along with all of her problems. . .and her enemies.
Convinced her friend was murdered, Jill is finding the list of suspects longer
than the list of repairs needed on the house. But Jill is determined to uncover
the culprit--especially if it gets her closer to South Cove's finest, Detective
Greg King. Problem is, the killer knows she's on the case--and is determined to
close the book on Jill permanently. . .
About Lynn Cahoon
Lynn Cahoon's a
multi-published author. An Idaho native, her stories focus around the depth and
experience of small town life and love. Lynn's published in Chicken Soup
anthologies, explored controversial stories for the confessional magazines,
short stories in Women's World, and contemporary romantic fiction. Currently,
she's living in a small historic town on the banks of the Mississippi river
where her imagination tends to wander. She lives with her husband and four fur
babies.
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