The newest book and final one in the Sanderson Saga, "Murder and Pasta Don't Mix" , by Karin Ficke Cook (Author61), will be published by PublishAmerica sometime in late July or early August.  This is when it will go live.  Official rollout will probably be sometime around Labor Day - first week in September.  Each book in this four-part series is family-oriented, but in the mystery genre and as the stories develope, the mysteries get deeper and deeper.

Northwoods Forest Mystery began in 2003 with a trip to Bemidji, Minnesota to research my story line and get a feel for the area.  I'd had the stories in my mind for a long time and when my Post Polio became more pronounced, I decided to do what I was trained for in college and write books.  Although there isn't anything about Ireland or Europe in this one, it's a good first novel.  I learned a LOT about what to do and what NOT to do when writing a novel.  Finding a publisher was NOT easy, rejection was massive and I also learned that I must be responsible for policing my own work - something I had forgotten.  These are all things we must sometimes learn the hard way when we decide to take up a new profession.  Fortunately, each successive book was better than the last. 

Death Across the Pond is the second book in the series and this takes the Sanderson family to pilgrimage to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina.  Then they go to Rome.  Things really begin to heat up with Roan Sanderson, who is a main character, inherits an ancient estate in the North of England near Bolton-by-Bowland in Lancashire.  And throw into the story a new character - an evil assassin for hire - but who is he after?  And how many of the characters does he torture and kill?

And wouldn't you know it, these folks even inherit a cottage in Ardmore, Ireland.  In The 'Ghost' in Bolton Hall, the family and friends are on a non-stop journey around Europe, especially to the home in Bolton-by-Bowland and in Ardmore, back to Minnesota and right back to England.  In the middle of all of this, there are thefts, murders and confounded police who try desperately to solve the mysteries, to no avail.  There is plenty of activity, mayhem and love stories, plus tonnes of funny happenings to make these three books lots of non-stop fun and puzzles.

But the last book, the one which completes all the story lines, is Murder and Pasta Don't Mix.  Roan inherits another property - this one in Tuscany.  His trusted family of employees must learn about wine and olive orchards, production plus global warming and how to reclaim a non-producing property into one which will provide employment and growth to an entire region.  But woven into this story are the murders of several beloved characters, betrayal of a trusted friend and stolen weapons and jewels.  I won't say how this ends..could this one also have a cliff hanger, even if it's the last book in the series?  Perhaps.

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Now, since I have shamelessly plugged my work, let's hear from the other authors.  I happen to know we have at least two others of you here.  Tell us all about your stories, your genres, etc.  What type of books, stories, poetry, etc. are you writing.  Are you published?  And how does Ireland fit into your work?  Perhaps some of the readers of this site have Irish story ideas we can work on?  Come on, join in the fun!!