Retirement is a time for knitting, gardening, and an occasional quiet lunch with friends, according to Kathleen Williamson. Her sister Andrea has an altogether different point of view. When the sisters go to the Canaan Valley to search for paintings mentioned in a document found in an old hotel once owned by their grandparentsβpaintings that might be MonetsβAndrea immediately becomes involved in tracking down a murderer. Kathleen would much rather be looking for the paintings, but she goes along with Andrea, since the victim was their hotel-keeper, murdered just down the hall from their room. The question is: Does the murder have something to do with the elusive paintings?
There are many clues and many suspects, including hotel staff, valley residents, and the mysterious foreigners who come from the Eastern Seaboard for skiing. There are also many types of dangerβicy roads, sub-zero temperatures, and a killer who doesnβt care how many people die in the attempt to make sure the right ones do.
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About the Author
HelenHaught Fanick's short stories have appeared in Women's Household, Midnight Zoo,Vermont Ink , and in various anthologies and online publications. Herarticles and photos have been published in TexasObserver, Stepping Stones , and other periodicals. Her poem, Leaf Fall , was published in Nature's Gifts , an anthology to benefitThe Nature Conservancy. She has wonseveral local and state awards, and two national awards in the Writer's DigestCompetition.
Helen'snovel, Moon Signs , Book I of the MoonMystery Series, was a quarter-finalist in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough NovelAwards and is available on Amazon. The second and third novels in the MoonMystery Series, Moonlight Mayhem andHunter's Moon , and a collection of three short stories, Bad Moon Rising , have now beenpublished. Saving Susie , a suspensenovel, reached the second level of the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awardsand was published in March 2012. Helen's other works, Spring Decision, Assignment Prague, and City Life , are also available on Amazon.
Helenis a graduate of The University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree inEnglish and lives in San Antonio with her husband.