He's a short excerpt from the Richmond Times -Dispatch's review of Ashes to Water:
"Annie Bartlett grew up on a lake near DeLeon (read DeLand), Fla. When she was 9, her mother committed suicide by drowning in the lake. Neither Annie nor older
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"But that's before she learns that the main suspect is her father's girlfriend, Della Shiftlet, who claims innocence and asks Annie for help. And before Leigh -- beautiful, addicted Leigh -- blows into town. And before Annie runs into old boyfriend Pete Duncan, Della's court-appointed lawyer."
Read the rest of the review here.
Anne, our bookseller who read the book (but had a standing trip to the Shakespeare festival on this date so she can't attend) told me that "Ziegler's off to a very promising start. The story was good, the characters were interesting. It was a very good read, well above the summer beach-read-level. I want to read her again, just to see where she's going..."
Here's the rest of the tour, as currently booked:
July 13, in Richmond, VA
Fountain Bookstore, Inc.
1312 E. Cary Street.
(804) 788-1594
July 21, in Richmond, VA
Page Bond Gallery
1625 West Main Street
804-359-3633
July 30, in Seattle, WA
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
117 Cherry St.
206-587-5737
July 31, in Portland, OR
Murder By the Book
3210 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
503-232-9995
August 12, in Scottdale, AZ
Poisoned Pen Bookstore
4014 North Goldwater Boulevard
(480) 947-2974
August 19, in St. Petersburg, FL
St. Petersburg Public Library
727-551-3380
August 21, in DeLand, FL
The Muse Book Shop
112 South Woodland Blvd.
(386) 734-0278
August 27, in Smithburg, MD
Smithburg Branch Public Library
66 West Water St.
301.824.7722
Sept 12 (or 14, TBA) in South Pasadena, CA
BOOK'em Mysteries
1118 Mission St
626-799-9600
Sept 18, in Fredericksburg, VA
Griffin Bookshop
721 Caroline St.
(540) 899-8041
Read this interview with Ziegler on Thrillerwriters.org.
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