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Black Cat #5
The Statue
Kathy thought she'd take a casual jog through the beautiful streets of Salem. What she didn't count on was what she'd find hidden beneath a new friend's lawn.
The Statue is the fifth entry in the Salem Massachusetts Mini Mystery series. The start of this series is The Lucky Cat. These short stories are being written and loaded one a day from October 1 through October 31, 2014.
Lisa has lived in scenic Massachusetts since 1986, with only two brief forays out of state. One of Lisa’s ancestors was Ann Foster, who died during the Salem Witch Trials. Ann Foster was a grandmother by that time and sacrificed herself to protect her daughter and granddaughter. Ann had been born in England, came over in 1635, and was 75 by the time of the trials. Salem reached its dark depths during those trials from 1692-1693 - but since then has healed, blossomed, and shines. It now features the amazing Peabody Essex Museum, a plethora of gorgeous historic architecture, and a beautiful coastline. It's well worth a visit. If you can't go in person, take a virtual trip through Lisa's first-hand descriptions!
The Statue is the fifth entry in the Salem Massachusetts Mini Mystery series. The start of this series is The Lucky Cat. These short stories are being written and loaded one a day from October 1 through October 31, 2014.
Lisa has lived in scenic Massachusetts since 1986, with only two brief forays out of state. One of Lisa’s ancestors was Ann Foster, who died during the Salem Witch Trials. Ann Foster was a grandmother by that time and sacrificed herself to protect her daughter and granddaughter. Ann had been born in England, came over in 1635, and was 75 by the time of the trials. Salem reached its dark depths during those trials from 1692-1693 - but since then has healed, blossomed, and shines. It now features the amazing Peabody Essex Museum, a plethora of gorgeous historic architecture, and a beautiful coastline. It's well worth a visit. If you can't go in person, take a virtual trip through Lisa's first-hand descriptions!
- GenresMysteryShort Stories
12 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 4, 2014
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About the author
Lisa Shea
519 books469 followersLisa Shea is a fervent fan of honor, loyalty, and chivalry. She brings to life worlds where men and women stand shoulder to shoulder, steady in their desire to make the world a better place for all. Most of her profits are donated to support battered women's shelters.
Lisa's works are all cleanly written with no explicit intimacy and little language. They are suitable for teens and up.
Lisa has written a wide range of fiction stories. She has medieval romances, modern murder mystery novels, sci-fi adventures, Scottish regency time travel romances, dystopian stories, 1800s-era black-Indian novellas, and Blackstone Valley mysteries.
In short stories, there's a thirty-one part story-a-day mini mystery series set in Salem, Massachusetts through the month of October 2014. There's a time travel series, a Biblical-era series, a zoo mystery series, an art museum mystery series, a diner mystery series with an Asperger's heroine, a romantic proposal series, three sci-fi and two contemporary shorts.
On the non-fiction side, Lisa has written nearly 100 books. There are low carb books, relationship books, green living, journaling, ASP programming, sleep and dreams, wine, wedding and courtship traditions, Melville poetry, and history. There is also a collection of books on self-help topics like working from home, reducing stress, yoga, meditation, using Twitter, running an author signing, and conquering a fear of spiders.
Lisa also writes poetry.
Lisa has thousands of pages online to help aspiring authors learn how to develop time management, write that book, lay it out, and get it published. Visit LisaShea.com for all the details, and free to email with questions!
Namaste.
Lisa's works are all cleanly written with no explicit intimacy and little language. They are suitable for teens and up.
Lisa has written a wide range of fiction stories. She has medieval romances, modern murder mystery novels, sci-fi adventures, Scottish regency time travel romances, dystopian stories, 1800s-era black-Indian novellas, and Blackstone Valley mysteries.
In short stories, there's a thirty-one part story-a-day mini mystery series set in Salem, Massachusetts through the month of October 2014. There's a time travel series, a Biblical-era series, a zoo mystery series, an art museum mystery series, a diner mystery series with an Asperger's heroine, a romantic proposal series, three sci-fi and two contemporary shorts.
On the non-fiction side, Lisa has written nearly 100 books. There are low carb books, relationship books, green living, journaling, ASP programming, sleep and dreams, wine, wedding and courtship traditions, Melville poetry, and history. There is also a collection of books on self-help topics like working from home, reducing stress, yoga, meditation, using Twitter, running an author signing, and conquering a fear of spiders.
Lisa also writes poetry.
Lisa has thousands of pages online to help aspiring authors learn how to develop time management, write that book, lay it out, and get it published. Visit LisaShea.com for all the details, and free to email with questions!
Namaste.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
March 25, 2022
3.5 stars
October 13, 2015
This was a wonderful story
While strolling down the street. Kathy hears the sound of muscular blaring from a house along her path. She stopped to greet and tell the woman who is standing in front of the house how beautiful it is.
They engage in conversation when another neighbor walks up with his dog who starts digging at a hole and what they find in the hole is a statue? Why is it there?
While strolling down the street. Kathy hears the sound of muscular blaring from a house along her path. She stopped to greet and tell the woman who is standing in front of the house how beautiful it is.
They engage in conversation when another neighbor walks up with his dog who starts digging at a hole and what they find in the hole is a statue? Why is it there?
January 13, 2019
Moving can be traumatic
A decent little read but sadly the mystery was just so, so. Although again we got a little new snippet about the history of our PI.
Going for a walk was a good idea. The weather was lovely and the music coming out of the house she was walking past lifted her spirits even more. However when the owner's children returned from Scouts they pointed out 8 holes dug by the fence. When a passing dog digs up a statute, they discover that each hole held one. Why would someone bury 8 statutes of Saint Joseph in the garden. After all the house wasn't up for sale. Can she solve this?
A decent little read but sadly the mystery was just so, so. Although again we got a little new snippet about the history of our PI.
Going for a walk was a good idea. The weather was lovely and the music coming out of the house she was walking past lifted her spirits even more. However when the owner's children returned from Scouts they pointed out 8 holes dug by the fence. When a passing dog digs up a statute, they discover that each hole held one. Why would someone bury 8 statutes of Saint Joseph in the garden. After all the house wasn't up for sale. Can she solve this?
November 22, 2018
This is the fifth book and already the mysteries are getting a bit lame. In this short tale Kathy stumbles on a mystery while strolling the streets of Salem, where 8 St. Joseph statues have been buried in a woman's yard. Since the guilty parties seem to wander into the story it makes being PI seem like the easiest job in the world, and these are mostly Encyclopedia Brown level mysteries. I am not sure I want to read 31 of them
October 29, 2024
Kathy has been gifted two beautiful watercolor paintings that she hangs in her office.
Out on her afternoon run, Kathy hears the most amazing music ever:
It was as if Miles Davis and John Coltrane had had a love affair and created a joy-filled child.
Total Eargasm.
Stopping at the house emitting the music, Kathy encounters Jasmin. She plays the tenor saxophone.
Jasmin’s band is Jasmin and the Magic Carpet. Her sons are Tom and Sam. They’ve just come home from Boy Scouts with Mateo and his mother, Lucia.
The group runs into Mr. Danforth and his aging dachshund, Kennedy.
But where did the eight small holes in Jasmin’s yard come from? It wasn’t her two boys, and it wasn’t Kennedy…
Cute and fun. Nice, happy ending.
Out on her afternoon run, Kathy hears the most amazing music ever:
It was as if Miles Davis and John Coltrane had had a love affair and created a joy-filled child.
Total Eargasm.
Stopping at the house emitting the music, Kathy encounters Jasmin. She plays the tenor saxophone.
Jasmin’s band is Jasmin and the Magic Carpet. Her sons are Tom and Sam. They’ve just come home from Boy Scouts with Mateo and his mother, Lucia.
The group runs into Mr. Danforth and his aging dachshund, Kennedy.
But where did the eight small holes in Jasmin’s yard come from? It wasn’t her two boys, and it wasn’t Kennedy…
Cute and fun. Nice, happy ending.
November 20, 2024
This series is developing a nice group of characters. It's a cozy series in miniature, or at least short stories.
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