I’ve been at the Oregon State Fair for four days selling my books in the Oregon Author area. It was fun and exhausting. I met some new readers and connected with some authors so it was a good weekend. However, I came back tired and with a cold.
I have another big event this month. Oktoberfest in Mt. Angel, Oregon. I’ll be manning a NIWA (Northwest Independent Writers Association) booth with other NIWA members. We dress up in Bavarian clothing to stay in the spirit of the event. I have to try on my dresses and see if they still fit. I haven’t attended this event for a couple of years due to other commitments.
Once Oktoberfest is over, I can stay home and get more writing done. I’m currently working on the 9th book in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series. The premise for the death came from an online class I took from a Nez Perce Professor on the history of the Nez Perce. It has to do with allotments and how they are getting bought up by non-natives.
This coming weekend, I’m headed to Wallowa County to research the Hells Canyon Mule Days for the next Hawke book. I have a list of events that happen in the county and plan to slowly incorporated each one into the Gabriel Hawke Novels.
Right now you can pre-order Monologued to Death.
Book 2 in the Cuddle Farm Mysteries
When Andi Clark and her therapy dogs are invited to audition for a play at the historic Auburn Opera House, she expects a fun evening of helping local children build confidence. Instead, she meets a director whose razor-sharp tongue leaves a trail of hurt feelings wherever she goes.
Then, during a rehearsal, the director plunges from the theater’s balcony.
While Sheriff Skala follows the evidence, Andi and her best friend, Betty, trust Cocoa’s instincts. The gentle therapy dog had witnessed someone on the theater balcony before the fatal fall and caught the scent of something behind a locked door no one else thinks to question.
Between therapy animal visits to the local retirement home and hospital, Andi, Betty, and Cocoa discover a second body, proving the killer isn’t finished yet. As the suspects multiply and the danger grows, Andi realizes someone is determined to silence anyone who gets too close to the truth.
Can Cocoa sniff out the truth before the final curtain falls on another victim?
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This book releases on 10/10/26. If you wait for my next post here, I will have a link to the book on my website and you can get the ebook earlier than 10/10.
For only a few more days, you can get the first ebook box set of the Spotted Pony Casino books for $2.99.
Books 1-3 of the contemporary Native American amateur sleuth murder mystery series Spotted Pony Casino.
Disabled veteran Dela Alvaro has investigation skills from her time in the service. She digs for the truth with help from her Umatilla friends and her connections with the FBI and Tribal Police to get justice for the victims.
Poker Face
As interim head of security at the Spotted Pony Casino, disabled veteran, Dela Alvaro, needs to find out who killed a casino accountant or lose her job.
House Edge
Dela Alvaro is not only trying to keep her job by discovering the killer before word spreads about the murder, but she also has to deal with FBI Special Agent Quinn Pierce butting heads with her high school sweetheart who has returned to the reservation as a tribal policeman.
Double Down
A vengeful cop, an innocent suspect, and a dog and donkey security alarm. Can the head of casino security, Dela Alvaro, prove her innocence or will she go to jail for doing a favor?