BEFORE THE STORMS: HURRICANE SEASON HAS STARTED IN FLORIDA

Before I moved to Florida, I never paid much attention to hurricane season in Florida. Once in a great while, a Florida Atlantic hurricane would stay alive long enough to reach Maine. The last one I'm aware of was Hurricane Bob in  1990. It was an extremely rainy storm. Several roads near my house were flooded. By the next day, however, most of the water was gone.

 The first hurricane to visit Maine that I remember happened when my family was still living in Cumberland. I don't remember the name or the year but it was a wind storm. Our house was mostly surrounded by tall pine trees and many of them were blown down across our long driveway, effectively blocking our car from reaching the road which went by our house, Skillings Road. The next day my father walked about a half mile to the nearest store to buy a few essentials needed by our large family. In those days we had no sophisticated weather computers to warn us of the impending storm and where it might land. Actually, we didn't have television so it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

This season the weather forecasters have given us a list of the possible Atlantic storms by name. I haven't checked to see if my name is one of them and how many they expect. I'll wait until the first storm is on the horizon. 
          A photo of me as a baby sitting in front of our pine-tree-filled yard.

End-of-School SUMMER SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE ONE WEEK ONLY

I've decided to hold an End-of-School Summer Special for all you readers who like to wait for the lazy days of summer to catch up on your fun reading. MURDER IS ALWAYS EVIL, eBook ed., 1st book in my Deanes Island Mysteries series will be featured in a price countdown promotion starting June 11 (my birthday) and ending June 18.

Over a 7 day  period the price will start at a Rock Bottom price of $.99 and gradually increase until it reaches it's current price of a whopping $2.99. This is a great deal because you won't have to drag a heavy book to the beach. 

Just get the FREE Kindle app for your smart phone or tablet in the Kindle Store, and download the book. Simple and easy. Don't forget. JUNE 11 on Amazon the $ .99 price starts. What a bargain!

 This is a good chance for those who haven't read the first book in the series to get acquainted with the characters and their history. Then read Book 2, MURDER BY THE DARK COVE OF DECEIT.

Available on Amazon.com

THE WHISPERINGS, working title, Book 3 of Deanes Island Mystery Series, A Noah Drinkwater Mystery

I am slowly working on the 3rd book of my Deanes Island Mysteries series. It's slow-going, and I have been struggling with the plot. I finally sat myself down and just started writing. As you may have read in one of my Facebook posts, I'm including a section about American Indian burial grounds on some of the islands off the coast of the State of Maine.

Deanes Island, my imaginary island off the Maine coast near the city of Portland Maine, is one of those islands, and one day someone wants to build a house on land which "everyone knows" has an old Indian burial ground. In order to avoid controversy. Mayor Sewall and his councilmen ask the State archaeologist for assistance. 

Meanwhile, Noah drives to the lot to learn for himself if they do have a problem. While he's looking around, he hears chanting and soon sees an old woman dressed in what appears to be a worn Indian dress. She at first ignores Noah. Then she stops, looks straight at him and tells him in so many words, no one must disturb the bones of their ancestors, or someone will die. He watches her walk away, and decides to visit the Mayor and inform him of her presence.
 

     

Deanes Island Mystery series, Book 3

Can't wait to start writing again on Book 3 of my Deanes Island Mysteries series, A Noah Drinkwater Mystery. Meanwhile, check out my blog. Susan Davis Cummings Writes Mysteries/Blogger.

Also, see my author page on Amazon/Susan Davis Cummings.

1st book in series:MURDER IS ALWAYS EVIL 

2nd book:MURDER by the DARK COVE of DECEIT 

3rd book: The WHISPERINGS (working title)

See you there and don't forget, leave a review. I love to hear what you say about my books. Good or not so good, just be honest.

Sprains and Things

Today I visited an occupational therapist at CORA Physical Therapy in Sun City Center, FL to get my right wrist and thumb back to normal. After tripping and falling on the sidewalk in front of my house in February, I was in too much pain to work on my laptop. I went back to my doctor and she suggested physical therapy. The people at CORA were friendly and very professional. I'm hoping to get rid of the pain so I can get back to writing Book 3 of my Deanes Island Mysteries series which is set in the beautiful state of Maine.

 In this third book Noah Drinkwater and his team of police officers are worrying about a disagreement over a possible Indian burial site. A visitor from "away" bought a house lot near the so-called burial site, and applied to build a house on the land. Not everyone is happy about future development in that spot, especially, the neighbors across the road because a house there would block their view of the water. Furthermore, an old woman was seen dancing and chanting near the site and threatened danger if anyone built on it. Hopefully the police can diffuse the confrontation before tempers flare and violence takes over.