Inherited Issues

The Samantha Series #4

by Claudia Whitsitt

It’s summer vacation and teacher Samantha Stitsill is up to her usual antics. She’s a fixer, and her hot detective, Jim McGrath, has lost his memory. In hopes of spurring his recovery, she plans a trip to the Wendell Gill Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, where McGrath will carve by day and woo her by night. When the trip leaves Samantha with extra time on her hands, she finds a friend in local psychologist, Katharine Nelson. Katharine joins Sam in her quest for closure and the women end up putting both their hearts and lives in jeopardy.

318 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 22, 2015

About the author

I’m the oldest of six children and the only girl. Northwest Detroit, at that time a thriving metropolis and desirable address, was my childhood home. I attended parochial schools and loved learning from the very start. A voracious reader, one of my fondest memories is keeping the hall light burning in hopes of stealing a few extra minutes of reading time each night. When my mom got wise to my tricks and closed my bedroom door, I snuck a flashlight from my dad’s toolbox, kept it hidden under my bed and replaced the batteries more than once. That single beam came in handy on many late nights with Nancy Drew.

Graduating from St. Mary of Redford high school in 1970, I attended Eastern Michigan University. After receiving my degree, I became a Special Education teacher. Early on I realized that teaching was my new “school." I learned so very much from my students and their families about hope in the face of despair, about the hidden talents each of us possess, and about how simple acts of humanity can touch and enrich lives.

I have always loved writing whether composing an educational report, a letter to one of my children, or a simple poem. My initial inspiration to write a novel came while I worked as a Special Education teacher and became involved in a mystery surrounding one of my students. As all writers do, I began playing “what if” and started putting ideas down on paper.

Since penning my first novel, Identity Issues, I am consumed with learning more about my newly discovered passion. A newbie at my first writer’s conference a few years back, I asked the question, “How do I become a better writer?” The editor, my newly adopted fairy godmother, spoke wisely. “Write some more.”

Since that time, I have written two more installments in The Samantha Series, Intimacy Issues and Internal Issues.

I've also recently released The Wrong Guy, a new adult romantic mystery loosely based on the Co-Ed killings of the late '60s.

Later in 2014, I will be releasing a stand alone work of contemporary fiction, Two of Me, and a middle grades historical fiction novel, Between the Lines.

Reviews

[Jessica Parrish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good wrap up

This book was well written and gave a nice closure to the series. I look forward to reading other books she has written.