Pecos Valley Diamond [Paperback]

Alice Duncan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2005

It’s the "Roaring ‘20s," but you wouldn’t know the era was roaring if you lived in southeastern New Mexico. Except for the occasional "flicker" at the local motion-picture palace, it might as well be 1883 as 1923. When young Annabelle Blue’s eccentric aunt Minnie begins complaining about ghosts in her home, poor Annabelle is sent out to Minnie’s isolated ranch house to aunt-sit. She’s not happy about it. She’s even less happy when she finds a dead body beside her aunt’s chicken coop and a mysterious grave in the garden of Minnie’s only close neighbor, the sullen and scarred Olin Burgess. And why is Mr. Burgess, who avoids people on general principle, suddenly lurking about spying on her? With the reluctant help of her best pal Phil Gunderson, Annabelle sets out to solve the mystery. While they’re at it, maybe they can also discover what happened to little Julia Gilbert, who disappeared off the face of the earth several years earlier.... If Annabelle and Phil don’t disappear themselves, that is.

Editorial Reviews

Review

4 Stars! I sincerely hope that the future gives me more mysteries involving this unique cast of characters. -- Huntress Reviews

About the Author

Have you ever heard of Jon Sharpe? How about Emma Craig? Rachel Wilson? Or maybe, just maybe the name Anne Robins rings a bell? Can’t place them – let us help you out a little. Jon Sharpe writes western novels. Anne Robins, Emma Craig, and Rachel Wilson all write historical romance novels. But what do all of these people have in common? Each and every one of these names is a pseudonym for the historical romance writer... Alice Duncan. We are proud to announce that Alice Duncan has signed with New Age Dimensions for a new cozy mystery series. The first book in the series is titled Pecos Valley Diamond. We look forward to publishing this brand new series from such a wonderful author. If you’re a fan of Anne, Emma, Rachel, Jon or Alice make sure you stay tuned for more books in this exciting series.

From Alice Duncan: In an effort to avoid what I knew I should be doing with my life (writing -- it sounded so hard), for several years I expressed my creative side by dancing and singing. I belonged to two professional international folk-dance groups. Dancing made for a lousy living, but it was certainly fun. I also sang in a Balkan women's choir. I got to sing the tenor drone, for the most part. HarperMonogram published my first book, ONE BRIGHT MORNING, in 1995. What's more, it won the HOLT Medallion for Best First Novel. It was a good start, but my career has been . . .rocky, is the best word for it, I guess. Publishing's a brutal business, but I've got more persistence than brains so the publishing gods haven't killed me yet, although they seem to be trying awfully darned hard, curse them.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: New Age Dimensions (April 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596110341
• ISBN-13: 978-1596110342
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,034,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In an effort to avoid what I knew I should be doing with my life (writing'it sounded so hard), for several years I expressed my creative side by dancing and singing. I belonged to two professional international folk-dance groups. Dancing made for a lousy living, but it was certainly fun. I also sang in a Balkan women's choir. I got to sing the tenor drone, for the most part. My first book, ONE BRIGHT MORNING, was published by HarperMonogram in 1995. What's more, it won the HOLT Medallion for Best First Novel. It was a good start, but my career has been . . . rocky, is the best word for it, I guess. Publishing's a brutal business, but I've got more persistence than brains so the publishing gods haven't killed me yet, although they seem to be trying awfully darned hard, curse them. In September of 1996 my herd of wild dachshunds and I moved from Pasadena, CA, to Roswell, NM, where my mother's family settled fifty years before the aliens crashed. We love it here. No smog, no crowds, no money, but I had no money in California, either, and you don't need so much of it here.