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As I write this, I am distracted because what I want to be doing is reading Maggie King’s new release Murder at the Moonshine Inn, Book #2 of the Hazel Rose Book Group Mysteries. This distraction, luckily, feeds into my subject, the appeal and hazards of mystery series. Maggie’s book serves as an example of the “appeal”; I’ve had a recent read that I’ll put in the “hazard” category. I find Hazel Rose an engaging sleuth, so I want to know what she’s up to in this new book. Yes, I am interested in and care about what happens in the life of this fictional character. The redneck flavor to the new novel interests me also, and I had to laugh when Maggie King described at her book launch party how
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Hazel Rose, the amateur sleuth in my Hazel Rose Book Group series, is a romance writer. She joins an impressive list of fictional writer sleuths. Here are just a few: Jo Bannister Dr. Clio Rees is a physician and mystery writer Ray Bradbury’s unnamed writer and amateur sleuth operates in Los Angeles, California Agatha Christie Ariadne Oliver is a mystery writer, friend of Hercule Poirot, and fan of apples. Here’s a list of the Christie novels where she appears. Natasha Cooper Willow King is a romance writer in London, England Robert Harris The Ghost Writer Susan Kandel Southern California-based Cece Caruso is a biographer of dead mystery writers and fan of vintage fashions Susan Kelly Liz Co
