By Elaine L. Orr
I’ve set a few books in summer and winter, but my season of choice is fall. It may have to do with the beautiful colors, but the temperatures are also pleasant after 90-plus degree weather.
I'm not sure it's a good thing that I only recently realized that books three, nine and ten aren't set in the fall. Books nine and ten are in winter (because I wanted a certain wedding to take place New Year's Eve), and book three is in spring and summer because I wanted a Fourth of July event.
Here are my fall Jolie Gentil
books (with Amazon links).
The prequel – Jolie and Scoobie’s High School Misadventures starts with Jolie's junior year, her only school year in Ocean Alley. It does span the year.
Appraisal for Murder – Jolie passes out Halloween candy as
she solves a murder
Rekindling Motives – trouble starts at Jolie and Scoobie’s 10th high school reunion on a Thanksgiving weekend
Any Port in a Storm – think Talk Like a Pirate Day (September
19th) and hurricane remnants
Trouble on the Doorstep – starts with Super Storm Sandy, the
late October storm that wasn’t officially a hurricane
Vague Images – Jolie manages to hit a deer during fall
mating season
Ground to a Halt – kidnapping at a Halloween party!
Underground in Ocean Alley -- a nurse is murdered and Aunt Madge runs for mayor
Sticky Fingered Books – October is a time for murder in the
daycare center
New Lease on Death – early October blends pumpkin spice
coffee with murder
Phoning in a Murder – football season at the high school is
not good for the marching band leader
I'm going to have to do some serious planning about books 15 and forward. Future books will occur as Jolie and Scoobie stay in their mid-thirties. Among the reasons is because Aunt Madge couldn't run a B&B into her mid-nineties! Or perhaps she could, but there are steps...
It's now fall in Illinois, where I live. Time to enjoy the mums and plan a new book.
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