Carol Shenold
The monster under the bed might be real.
But murder gets in the way of her fresh start, making it more of a challenge then anyone deserves. Every where she turns, she’s making more enemies then friends and the trail of murder keeps following her. Until she learns to embrace her gifts and use them to find the killer, life in Love, Texas will continue to be Privy to Murder.
This was a very enjoyable, cozy mystery. I was immediately drawn in to the little town of Love. There’s nothing like a small town where everyone knows everyone else as a background for murder. Everyone is a suspect and no one is completely innocent.
Carol Shenold does a lovely job of giving us familiarity with the characters from the get-go. Tali Cates is full of spunk and doesn’t let life get her down, no matter how many curve balls are thrown her way. She was fun to spend the weekend with, and I am looking forward to her next foray in Bloody Murder, releasing in 2008. This was a wonderful start to a great new mystery series combining a little bit of humor, small town charm, realistic characters and a solid plot that will keep you guessing.
Reviewed by Terri Dukes
irisheyes@acsalaska.net or
terri.dukes@gmail.com
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
This was a very enjoyable, cozy mystery. I was immediately drawn in to the little town of Love. There’s nothing like a small town where everyone knows everyone else as a background for murder. Everyone is a suspect and no one is completely innocent.
Carol Shenold does a lovely job of giving us familiarity with the characters from the get-go. Tali Cates is full of spunk and doesn’t let life get her down, no matter how many curve balls are thrown her way. She was fun to spend the weekend with, and I am looking forward to her next foray in Bloody Murder, releasing in 2008. This was a wonderful start to a great new mystery series combining a little bit of humor, small town charm, realistic characters and a solid plot that will keep you guessing.
Reviewed by Terri Dukes
irisheyes@acsalaska.net or
terri.dukes@gmail.com
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
Four Clover Review
Privy to Murder
Carol Shenold
ISBN: 978-0-9804133-7-3
Eternal Press
October 2007
Mystery
Ebook
Rating: 4 Klovers
Privy to Murder
Carol Shenold
ISBN: 978-0-9804133-7-3
Eternal Press
October 2007
Mystery
Ebook
Rating: 4 Klovers
Tali Cates was starting life over. Not that she had much choice. Her husband, disturbed by her admission of possessing a special gift of being able to see the dead, dropped her and their two children by the side of the road. Now she was back in her home town, living with her mother, starting a new business, wanting nothing more than a fresh start.
Privy to Murder Reviews
PRIVY TO MURDER
CAROL SHENOLD
Paranormal Mystery
Eternal Press
Sensuality Rating: Sensual
ISBN# 978-0-984133-7-3
148 pages
$5.95
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 4 Enchantments
Having recently gone through a bitter divorce, Tali Cates has moved back to her hometown of Love, Texas with her young son and angst-ridden teenage daughter. Moving in with her quirky mother, Mumsie, who speaks with the spirits and takes tarot cards seriously, Tali has her hands full with her new party planning business, Party On. After her first gig ends with the hostess' murder, Tali has to deal with the murdered woman's ghost, a suspicious town and an ex-boyfriend, J.T., who may or may not be the next love in her life. Not feeling comfortable with the gift her Mumsie takes for granted, Tali stumbles from one crisis to the next as she struggles to build her business and solve not one but two murders. Unwilling to acknowledge her spirit-seeing gift, Tali must learn to come to terms with it if she's to solve the murders and save her family.
Tali is a likeable, spunky, no-nonsense character and it's easy to sympathize with her family and business issues. I liked this book and would enjoy reading the next due out in 2008 titled Bloody Murder. I would love to see Tali and J.T. get together as well as more fleshing out of Mumsie-she has some wonderful personality quirks.
This is not a story focusing on romance, rather a cozy mystery with a touch of the paranormal. Those who like the cozy mystery genre will enjoy this one. The plot is well-done, the characters believable and the reader is kept wondering what happens next. The paranormal twist is not over-done and adds an extra element of interest to the story.
Carol Shenold is an author and teacher. Currently she is at work on her sequel to PRIVY TO MURDER; Bloody Murder due out in 2008. PRIVY TO MURDER placed in the "Frontiers in Writing" contest in 2007. Also available from Eternal Press is Carol's second novel, Fairy Dust.
Learn more about Carol Shenold at http://www.carolshenold.com
Becky Florence
Enchanting Reviews
May 2008
CAROL SHENOLD
Paranormal Mystery
Eternal Press
Sensuality Rating: Sensual
ISBN# 978-0-984133-7-3
148 pages
$5.95
eBook - Available October 2007
Rating: 4 Enchantments
Having recently gone through a bitter divorce, Tali Cates has moved back to her hometown of Love, Texas with her young son and angst-ridden teenage daughter. Moving in with her quirky mother, Mumsie, who speaks with the spirits and takes tarot cards seriously, Tali has her hands full with her new party planning business, Party On. After her first gig ends with the hostess' murder, Tali has to deal with the murdered woman's ghost, a suspicious town and an ex-boyfriend, J.T., who may or may not be the next love in her life. Not feeling comfortable with the gift her Mumsie takes for granted, Tali stumbles from one crisis to the next as she struggles to build her business and solve not one but two murders. Unwilling to acknowledge her spirit-seeing gift, Tali must learn to come to terms with it if she's to solve the murders and save her family.
Tali is a likeable, spunky, no-nonsense character and it's easy to sympathize with her family and business issues. I liked this book and would enjoy reading the next due out in 2008 titled Bloody Murder. I would love to see Tali and J.T. get together as well as more fleshing out of Mumsie-she has some wonderful personality quirks.
This is not a story focusing on romance, rather a cozy mystery with a touch of the paranormal. Those who like the cozy mystery genre will enjoy this one. The plot is well-done, the characters believable and the reader is kept wondering what happens next. The paranormal twist is not over-done and adds an extra element of interest to the story.
Carol Shenold is an author and teacher. Currently she is at work on her sequel to PRIVY TO MURDER; Bloody Murder due out in 2008. PRIVY TO MURDER placed in the "Frontiers in Writing" contest in 2007. Also available from Eternal Press is Carol's second novel, Fairy Dust.
Learn more about Carol Shenold at http://www.carolshenold.com
Becky Florence
Enchanting Reviews
May 2008
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