Author S. Neily ... Bearing News & Gifts

... ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF DEADLY TURN,

THE SECOND MYSTERY IN MAINE

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I am feeling a strong Elf Urge as I can't gather with family and friends in person. I plan several short newsletters that include Elf sharing. I think this will work out well!

Hello! Here's my second novel. (Thank you, patient readers who've asked me often when it would arrive.)

In "Deadly Turn," Patton and her wayward Lab, Pock, and game warden Moz, return.

Find it in many Greenville, ME stores (hometown girl), all Sherman's Books stores (throughout Maine) and on line as well.

"Deadly Turn gives the forest a voice. I haven’t read a book from cover to cover in years, but this novel delivered two days of nonstop suspense. Powerful human relationships intermingle with accurate descriptions of forests, ponds, rivers and streams; birds and the people who care about them become symbols of strength and resilience. From the opening sentence to the last, despite crimes perpetrated against it, Neily captures Maine’s Northern Forest with fierce love and inspired storytelling." - Michael J. Good, Down East Nature Tours, Bar Harbor, Maine

Read the novel's opening chapters at my website.

Last spring out skiing, I found lynx tracks in the snow. (That's my finger used for scale.) I wasn't exactly sure the animal was a lynx (except anything that looks like a big kitty paw qualifies). I pulled my small, dog-eared copy of Dorcas Miller's "Track Finder" from my pack and identified not only the tracks, but the various gaits the lynx used as it hunted. I take this guide everywhere.

ELF ITEM!

I'll send the "Track Finder" to the first four people to comment on my most recent Maine Crime Writers' post. Just scroll down and start your comment with the phrase, "Tracks, please." (In the comment field please leave me your email and I'll get in touch to ask for a mailing address.)

Even if you can't snag a tracks book, this Maine Crime Writers post has links to an on-line Messiah concert that 's streaming all during the holidays and a link that shares ME sites to find good snowshoeing.

I have a wonderful, new publisher, Piscataqua Press, who's redesigned the cover of my first novel, "Deadly Trespass." (I asked for a real wolf, not a blood-thirsty looking one or a a romantic fairy tale wolf.) Tom's team really stepped up.

UPCOMING ELF ITEM. In my next holiday newsletter (next week) I will share 15 copies of the Kindle version of "Deadly Trespass." Folks can choose to receive the coupon for it or have me send it to someone else.

The final 2020 newsletter: in celebration of the birds and bats that animate the plot of "Deadly Turn," I am going to give away a half day winter birding trip (for 2) at Downeast Nature Tours. (And treat my husband Bob to a warmer one for his May birthday. Shhhh.)

Bits of Author News

My 3 year old granddaughter could not have the Halloween she'd hoped to have, so I became the Magic Mushroom Fairy, (Wearing at least 4 coats under the dress. Love a cold Maine Halloween!) And we had waay too much fun. I am now recording video Magic Mushroom Fairy stories and sending them to her. My dog is scared of the wings ...

("What's your wand made of MooMoo?" she asked. "Curtain rod, of course," I answered.)

I am a member of Maine Crime Writers, a creative, diverse community crafting Maine mayhem. Check out the Maine Crime Writers blog. Thank you!

Find out more at www.authorsandraneily.com