Back in the day I was adventurous and inquisitive, too. I'm looking forward to sticking my feet in Ruth's shoes and following along as she solves the mystery. Isn't that what a good book does? Makes you feel like you're right there?
My father was in World War II and flew 26 missions embedded in the belly of a fighter plane as a bombardier. He suffered terribly from PTSD before it was ever recognized as something to be dealt with. I believe he never recovered and 'mourned' himself into an early grave. I wish he could have gotten the help he needed. He was a true American hero in every sense of the word but he never felt that way at all. Thank you for honoring my dad and others like him with your kind words and your book. I would love to read it.
I grew up as an Air Force brat and was never able to put down roots until I married my husband. I've become invested in his family roots and am really looking forward to reading Songs of Shenandoah as that was where the first of his early relative settled back in the 17th century. I live vicariously through the characters in a book and sometimes find myself sobbing uncontrollably such that I can't see the words on a page...maybe I would be good at method acting, huh? Keep up the good works and thank you for making the characters in your books so incredibly real.