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Fresh Pick | GHOST A LA MODE by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Fresh Pick / July 2, 2010

Granny Apples #1 September 2009 On Sale: September 1, 2009 312 pages ISBN: 0738713805 EAN: 9780738713809 Paperback $14.95 Add to Wish List Mystery Woman Sleuth, Mystery CozyBuy at Amazon.com Ghost A La Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian A new series debut from Odelia Grey mystery author Sue Ann Jaffarian Rotten to the core or the apple of his eye? Granny was famous for her award-winning apple pies-and notorious for murdering her husband Jacob at their homestead in Julian, California. The only trouble is, Granny was framed, then murdered. For more than one hundred years, Granny’s spirit has been searching for someone to help her see that justice is served—and she hits pay dirt when she pops in to a séance attended by her great-great-great-granddaughter, modern-day divorced mom Emma Whitecastle. Together, Emma and Granny Apples solve mysteries of the past—starting with Granny’s own unjust murder rap in the final days of the California Gold Rush. Along with a sprinkling of history, this spirited new mystery series features the amateur sleuth team of Emma Whitecastle and the spirit of her pie-baking great-great-great- grandmother, Granny Apples. Full of fun and lively ghostly suspense! Previous Picks

Bente Gallagher | Turning What If….Into A Novel
Author Guest / July 2, 2010

What if…? Those two words are a writer’s best tool, and have been the impetus for many a great book. What if… the world was flat (and was carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle)? What if… the South had won the Civil War? What if… Sherlock Holmes didn’t really die that day at Reichenbach Falls? What if… magic’s real and there are witches and wizards living among us, but we’re just too stupid to realize it? What if… I walked into this empty house and found a dead body? That last question was the ‘what if’ that started me on the journey of writing the first book in the Savannah Martin Southern Real Estate series. Savannah is a newly licensed Realtor in Nashville, and the idea for her story came about when I was a newly licensed Realtor in Nashville, walking into empty houses a lot. There was another ‘what if’ involved, too: What if this guy who called me out of the blue and asked me to meet him here, is really a dangerous murderer? What if I never walk out of here again? I put those two…