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The Devil’s Music
by Pearl R. Meaker
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BLURB:
Emory Crawford doesn't do martial arts nor is she an athletic,
leggy woman who is built like a model. She's a wife, grandmother, and empty
nest lover of crafts, reading, birding and bluegrass music.
When an acclaimed scholar, best-selling author and fellow
bluegrass musician is found murdered on the Twombly College campus where her
husband teaches chemistry and forensics, Emory takes up her knitting caddy, to
help her channel the spirit of Miss Marple, and heads off to help solve the
crime.
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EXCERPT:
“Here you go, Dr. Dawson. I loved your book and I’m
looking forward to hearing you speak about it.”
“Of course you are, I’m the best speaker in the
Midwest Anthropological Studies Society.”
Archie puffed himself up.
Myra shoved a map at him, pointed out Oglethorpe
Hall where his room was, and after a few more self-promotional comments from
Archie, he and Naomi, his teaching assistant, left.
“Pompous ass.”
I heard Myra’s mutter and stifled my own giggle. It
was exactly what I was thinking.
“He really is the most arrogant man I know.”
The voice made Myra and I both jump.
I looked at the woman. Straight, shoulder length
brown hair framed a pleasant face that showed genuine concern. I glanced at her
feet. Birkenstocks peeked from beneath her long moss-green shift dress. No
wonder she’d snuck up on us.
“No problem.
Welcome to Twombly College.” I smiled. “We hope you enjoy your visit to our campus.”
“Thank you.”
She smiled in return before turning to Ms. Fordyce
at the registration table. I sat down and watched them over the top of another
brochure.
“Arrogant barely scratches the surface of Archibald
Finlay Dawson, Cameron.” Myra lowered her voice just a bit. “He’s arrogant to
the point that he never notices how many people hate him.”
“People don’t hate him.” The younger lady tucked a
wisp of hair behind her ear. “They envy him.”
“I’m not so sure there’s a difference between the
two, Cam.”
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Pearl
R. Meaker is an upper-middle-aged, short, pudgy homemaker, mother, and
grandmother who in 2002 became a writer. Initially writing fanfiction she soon
tried original fiction at the encouragement of her regular readers. She has
been a life-long lover of mystery stories and automatically went to that genre
for her first book, The Devil’s Music. She and her husband of nearly 40 years
live in central Illinois. They both love bluegrass music, playing fiddle and
banjo and singing. Pearl also does many crafts – when she’s not reading or writing - knitting, crochet,
origami, needlepoint, and cross-stitch among them. She also enjoys birding and
photography and is a former fencer.
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