Have you all seen the movie “Romancing the Stone?” I know, it’s as old as Methuselah, but I’ll never forget the opening scenes where Kathleen Turner has just finished her latest bodice-busting pot-boiler. She dancing, and crying, and almost hysterical with glee.
Well, I’m not quite that emotional, but I’ve been working on the fifth China Bohannon mystery/adventure for quite some time. Longer than it usually takes me to write a book. But at last it’s finished and I’m filled with euphoria.
This book is set in the winter, with Spokane under record cold temperatures. Check the record, by the way. Several cold temps that hold to this day were set then. (1896) Anyhow, a mail-order bride, engaged to a wealthy Spokane saloonkeeper may not be all she’s cracked up to be. As for her sister, who has been kidnapped, is she in danger or is she not? It’s up to China, Nimble, and some new friends to find out. Quick. Because seemingly minor characters are being murdered and China’s friends may be next in line.
I had a terrible time selecting a title for this one. What I came up with, in keeping with putting the number of books in the title is ⏤ta-da⏤Five Days, Five Dead.
