A Tremble in the Air

Orville Nesbit Mysteries #2

by James D. Macdonald

A classic country-house detective story with an occult twist. Family secrets aren't the only things buried in this drawing-room mystery featuring Orville Nesbit, psychic researcher.

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If you liked this story, Orville Nesbit investigates another case in "Ecdysis" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

James D. Macdonald was born in White Plains, New York in 1954, and raised in Bedford, New York, the son of a chemical engineer and an artist. His last significant formal education took place at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, though he passed through the University of Rochester where he learned that a degree in Medieval Studies wouldn't fit him for anything. He went off to sea "to forget," though he's forgotten exactly what. As an enlisted Boatswain's Mate in the Navy, and later as an officer, he saw the world, and discovered that three quarters of it was water. Some time later, tired of the adventure, he decided to get a job.

As Yog Sysop Macdonald ran the Science Fiction and Fantasy RoundTable on GEnie for two years ('91 to '93). He's since moved on to being Yog Sysop at SFF Net. He lives in New Hampshire, where he learned to drink Moxie and writes science fiction and fantasy for children, teenagers, and adults.

Reviews

[Barbara Townsend · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr. Macdonald weaves a who/how-dunnit novella with a unique storyline and protaganist. He works in descriptions of the characters and surrounding with vivid imagery. I look forward to reading more of his work.