Beth Groundwater is a new author for me. I have read 2 RM mysteries and will others. Mandy is a ranger for the Arkansas Headquarters Recreational Area (AHR There is a lot of information of the work the rangers do. RM is a combination of her boy friend and her first initial. White water rafting an...
The reason I picked up this book was to get a head start on a reading challenge for 2015, which suggested I read a book set in my home town. It was really cool to see which images I imagined and which were real places I filled in with real memories. Being set in my hometown also had some draw bac...
Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds, for the opportunity to rain on a tent. —dave barry When Mandy and Rob returned with the firewood, the horseshoe game had stopped. Gonzo was now leading the players in an echo contest. They hollered as lou...
Claire Hanover jumped, startled out of her troubled thoughts by the bemused sound of her husband’s voice. She looked out the car window and saw they still had a ways to go. Then she glanced at Roger sitting beside her, his steady hands on the steering wheel. “Sorry,” she said. “I’m anxious about ...
. . of all the liars among mankind, the fishermanis the most trustworthy. —WILLIAM SHERWOOD FOX,SILKEN LINES AND SILVER HOOKS, 1954 The next morning at a quarter after six, Mandy hunched her shoulders against the early morning chill. She walked from her car to the Salida S...
Someone had plowed the previous day’s four inches of snow off the narrow dirt road, but Claire drove slowly to avoid slipping on the frozen mud and to scan the house numbers. The scattered trailers squatting on cement blocks didn’t look much like a kingdom—more like a slum...
—Haitian Proverb After another restless night, Mandy sat at her kitchen table sipping a cup of strong coffee. She hoped it would kick her fuzzy brain into gear, though she didn’t have to go into work. Monday was one of her days off, since few boaters traveled down the river the first day of the w...