It’s that time of year. I’m headed to Sumpter, Oregon for their annual Memorial Weekend Flea Market. Author Mary Vine asked me to join her at the Flea Market almost ten years ago and we’ve been going ever since on both Memorial weekend and Labor Day weekend. It will be interesting to see how things go. The event has been given to a new person to run.
Hubby pulled the book trailer out from under the lean-to and we discovered the tar we’d put on the roof last year didn’t weather the winter well, even being under cover.
Which meant I took a wire brush to it, to get the worst of the flaking tar off.

Then I painted it with a rubber sealant. We’re hoping this will do the job and still be there after this winter.

Not only do I have to get the trailer ready, cleaning it out- lots of dead flies- and making sure the things we need are in it, I have to get the books ready to go.
I have at least three copies of every book I have in print except for, of course, Murder of Ravens. I need to buy a whole box of those because I am constantly running out. I’m waiting for an order to show up before we leave tomorrow. My fingers are crossed it is a box with Murder of Ravens in it, since they shipped two boxes with one coming today and one tomorrow. If the books are in the one today, I hope the other one shows up before we have to leave, otherwise, I’ll load up on book two, Mouse Trail Ends.

I’m taking my laptop and the beginning of the next Spotted Pony Casino book, Down & Dirty, to work on if I’m not to tired each night. The new person in charge wants us at the booths by 8 am and leave at dusk. That means longer days than before. So we shall see how much writing I get done.
Nia is also going with me. She enjoys meeting all the people and being with me rather than left alone in the house when hubby is farming and can’t take her with him.

I’m excited to tell you that you can pre-order the ebook of Cougar’s Cache, book 12 in the Gabriel Hawke Novels. And if you would like a print book, you can order it from my website and I’ll ship an autographed copy to you as soon as I get my copies.

This double cold case and current homicide have Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Trooper Gabriel Hawke calling in favors… and exploring a childhood he shoved into the deep recesses of his mind.
While patrolling on the Snake River in Hells Canyon, Gabriel Hawke’s dog digs up a human bone. Hawke is confronted by an aunt he doesn’t remember, and he finds a canister of film when the rest of the remains are excavated. The film shows someone being killed and a rifle pointed at the photographer.
Going through missing person files, Hawke discovers the victims of the decades-old double homicide. A person connected to the original crime is murdered, giving Hawke more leads and multiple suspects.
Attending a local Powwow with his family, Hawke discovers more about his childhood and realizes his suspects have been misleading him.