I am happy to announce that the third book in The Swinging Sixties Mystery Series is out and available on Amazon! This book truly was a labor of love as I wrote about my amateur sleuth, Dot Morgan, now working at KDUD, a radio station in 1963. I started my research by watching (this is a little embarrassing) WKRP in Cincinnati, a truly funny sitcom from the 1970s. From there I played music from 1963 in my office while I wrote and then tapped into a resource at my church. We have a retired DJ at my church, and he was willing to answer questions and then just talk about being a radio announcer, sports announcer, and moving from station to station.
But, this book is not just about radio stations. Dot has a George Clooney-ish boss who is engaged but also has time to flirt with her. Her cousin Ellie, the owner of Bluebonnets Dress Shop is supposed to be getting married, but nothing with Ellie is ever easy, and then of course, the romance is bumping along with Ben, the ambitious reporter.
When, do you say, was there time to write in a murder plot? In every paragraph.
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