The Mystery Starts Here

I have been busy submitting all six of my previously published books to amazon.com for their Kindle book reader and…now they are all there and ready for purchase! I’m not sure how many people use book readers, but they are coming down in price and I see more and more people - especially travelers, using them. I figured, couldn’t hurt - might help. If you’re interested, go to www.amazon for a list of my books.

I’ve been a bit lax in writing here mainly because I have three manuscripts in varying stages of completion and have been working on them. Hey, I’ve got hungry dogs to feed you know! I’m also chef cook and bottle washer, cleaning lady, dog walker and have to give some time to my precious husband, Dennis.

We had a minor trauma a couple weeks ago. Duke the rescue dog had to have a tooth pulled! Poor guy fractured his front tooth somehow, so off to the vet’s we went. Now, we COULD have had a root canal and crown put on, but…we had the vet pull that sucker. Duke didn’t care. He was back to his bouncy, loving self within a day. We were delighted to find he gained 10 pounds in the two months hes’ been with us. He’s still pretty skinny at 87 pounds, so you can imagine what he looked like when we rescued him!

Till next time….

I bought "Howdunit Forensics" from Writer’s Digest Books to use as a reference tool when writing my own mysteries. No one was more surprised than me when I wound up reading it like a novel. Why? Because it’s fascinating. The book is broken down into three large categories: The Forensics System, The Coroner and the Body, The Crime Scene and the Crime Lab. There are numerous sub-categories under each main heading and believe me, Lyle covers everything you would ever need to know when writing a mystery. Even if you’re not a writer, but simply a lover of good mysteries, you’ll enjoy this book.

Lyle writes in a style that is easy for anyone to understand and not too technical. Who else but a mystery writer or reader would enjoy reading the steps in doing an autopsy? You can in this book, Chapter 3, The Autopsy: A look Inside the Body. Want information on trace evidence? Chapter 15: Trace Evidence: Sweating the Small Stuff. I especially liked the blue-back grounded side bars citing real cases and telling how forensics helped solve the crime and convict the bad guys.

Lyle writes in a style that is easy to read and not too technical  Besides being a working doctor, he has published mysteries, and worked as a consultant to several television crime shows including Law & Order, CSI:Miami, Women’s Murder Club and Homicide,

If you write mysteries this is the one reference tool you must have on your shelf.