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AUTHOR  NameDee Ann Palmer From:Southern California, United States "I Love a Mystery" was my favorite childhood radio show. It came on after I was in bed at night, adding to the delicious intrigue and scariness of it. After the Sisters in Crime/LA meetings, my husband and I browse Canterbury Records in Pasadena. He finds all kinds of tapes of his favorite old radio shows: I have found none of mine. Although I'm basically a romance writer whose stories often include elements of suspense, mystery and thriller, those early experiences with "I Love a Mystery" led me to test the waters in pure murder and mystery. DANGEROUS MINDS AVAILABLE NOW I'm an experienced ... NEW! DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE NOW GUEST BLOGGER LIZ JASPER CRY DANCE by Kirk Mitchell VISIT TO SAN QUENTIN PRISON WAS THAT RESEARCH REALLY NECESSARY? WHAT'S UP? SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM, LONDON SUDDEN DEATH Do You Listen to Music When You Write?
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 Death in the House Today Ella drowned her mouse. When I got up this morning, I found it floating, belly up, in her water dish. The water had taken on a distinctly tan color. I've heard she does this at home with her favorite mouse, which she's had since kittenhood and which now resembles something out of a horror movie. No one knows why she does this. Maybe she figures she can't kill it any other way. Maybe she likes the taste of old catnip that seeps through the cloth to flavor the water. Who can fathom the mind of a cat? This is the first time she's attempted murder in our house. In the last two years, she's stayed with us off and on when our oldest son and his wife have been away a week or so. The new, stuffed mouse we bought to keep here has always been just that - a new, stuffed mouse. Today it is drowned. Ella is a short haired, dark tortoise shell cat with big, green eyes. She loves staying here. It's always an adjustment when she comes, however. She gives us kisses and asks for her head to be scratched, goes potty, eats a few chows and laps a little water, then she explores all the high places and ends her arrival by crawling under a bed to sleep for the next twelve hours. On this visit she's reached the point of trust where she allows us to pick her up. Perhaps this is why I found the soaked mouse this morning. Perhaps she's letting us know she feels comfortable enough now to even commit murder in this place. Who knows. Do you? Dee Ann heists2683@mypacks.net 
DARRELL AND SARAH ARE WINNERS! DARRELL JAMES won DEADLY INK's 2007 short story competition with "Trust a Dead Man to Keep a Secret." SARAH CHEN placed third with "Bad Boy Burn." The stories appear in an anthology released in June by DEADLY INK. DARRELL and SARAH are members of the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime, and although I don't know SARAH, I know DARRELL's a really nice guy. So how does a nice a guy write such twisted stories? You'll find the answer in my interview with him at http://www.deeannpalmer.com. Congratulations to both of them. DARRELL is certainly on a roll. Dee Ann Author of "Cry of the Bells" and "Marathon Madness" in "LAndmarked for Murder." heists2683@mypacks.net http://www.deeannpalmer.com
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CRY OF THE BELLS
LANDMARKED FOR MURDER LOS ANGELES MARATHON
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