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Royce Madison Mystery #5
Silver Wilderness Range
Sheriff Royce Madison is dispatched to a home on the outskirts of Timber City. The call is to remove a vagrant. Once there, Royce is perplexed. Seated outside on her own porch is an elderly woman named Daisy Barnaby. She had been the owner of that home for her entire life – and it had belonged to her family for at least a century. But now, Royce discovers, it had been turned over to the assisted living home where the octogenarian was recently sent.
Talking with the woman convinced Royce that it had all been done without Miss Barnaby’s permission. And Daisy swore that she had not signed anything relinquishing her property. Nor was she senile, she insisted. The senior citizen did not seem impaired in any way to the sheriff.
But there was more. Daisy disclosed that one of the patients residing in the Silver Wilderness Residence had been missing under dubious circumstances. Royce was not going to dismiss any crime in Timber County – real or imagined.
Miss Daisy Barnaby was a friend of Royce’s grandmother. And she had been a teacher for nearly her entire life. She had not only been Royce’s father’s teacher, but had also been Royce’s grade school teacher.
Daisy had always been a responsible citizen, and of sterling character. So was it all a mistake, an illusion? Or would the facts show that Miss Barnaby was indeed of sound mind? The sheriff had every intention of finding out.
Talking with the woman convinced Royce that it had all been done without Miss Barnaby’s permission. And Daisy swore that she had not signed anything relinquishing her property. Nor was she senile, she insisted. The senior citizen did not seem impaired in any way to the sheriff.
But there was more. Daisy disclosed that one of the patients residing in the Silver Wilderness Residence had been missing under dubious circumstances. Royce was not going to dismiss any crime in Timber County – real or imagined.
Miss Daisy Barnaby was a friend of Royce’s grandmother. And she had been a teacher for nearly her entire life. She had not only been Royce’s father’s teacher, but had also been Royce’s grade school teacher.
Daisy had always been a responsible citizen, and of sterling character. So was it all a mistake, an illusion? Or would the facts show that Miss Barnaby was indeed of sound mind? The sheriff had every intention of finding out.
237 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2017
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About the author
Kieran York
30 books13 followersAuthor of APPOINTMENT WITH A SMILE, 2012 - Blue Feather Books, 2013 Lambda Literary Award Finalist; TIMBER CITY MASKS, CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN VEILS, SUGAR WITH SPICE - short story collection, and WET VIOLETS - poetry collection contributor.
Appointment with a Smile is available through Blue Feather Books Limited. Please visit the site at www.bluefeatherbooks.com. Or through Bella Books Distribution for books or as an e-book. It is also available from Amazon. Wet Violets: Sappho's Corner Poetry Series, Volume 2, is published by UltraVioletLovePublishing and is available through UltraVioletLovePublishing or Amazon.
Kieran York worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers and magazines and was a magazine publisher for three years. She has written mainstream works including poetry and general fiction and is the author of two Royce Madison mysteries, Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short stories entitled Sugar With Spice.
During the seventies, she wrote and performed songs with a woman's band.
Kieran has been a guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Woman Musicians Series, and Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers programs. She has written for "Journal of Mystery Readers International." In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings and taught poetry and creative writing workshops.
She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado.
Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, art, and theatre. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, her guitar, and her garden.
Appointment with a Smile is available through Blue Feather Books Limited. Please visit the site at www.bluefeatherbooks.com. Or through Bella Books Distribution for books or as an e-book. It is also available from Amazon. Wet Violets: Sappho's Corner Poetry Series, Volume 2, is published by UltraVioletLovePublishing and is available through UltraVioletLovePublishing or Amazon.
Kieran York worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers and magazines and was a magazine publisher for three years. She has written mainstream works including poetry and general fiction and is the author of two Royce Madison mysteries, Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short stories entitled Sugar With Spice.
During the seventies, she wrote and performed songs with a woman's band.
Kieran has been a guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Woman Musicians Series, and Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers programs. She has written for "Journal of Mystery Readers International." In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings and taught poetry and creative writing workshops.
She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado.
Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, art, and theatre. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, her guitar, and her garden.
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December 10, 2017
Highly recommended!
Royce cares deeply for the citizens of her small mountain county. When she is faced with white-collar crime, physical abuse, medicare fraud, assault, murder and whatnot, it gets out of hand. Royce calls in help from a D.A. from out of state. A D.A. with whom she shared a history. Together they are determined to bring them to justice. Royce has many things to worry about including her gran and on top of that she is struggling with her relationship with Hertha. Things with her aren't processing well. Fear keeps her from taking the next step in their relationship. This is an intoxicating mystery with superb characters. The suspense and the action right from the start, grabs you and pulls you through the book. The twists and turns keep you riveted. I loved the small town vibe and the colorful townspeople. Find out what happens and start reading this excellent story. Kieran York has again proven what an outstanding writer she is.
Royce cares deeply for the citizens of her small mountain county. When she is faced with white-collar crime, physical abuse, medicare fraud, assault, murder and whatnot, it gets out of hand. Royce calls in help from a D.A. from out of state. A D.A. with whom she shared a history. Together they are determined to bring them to justice. Royce has many things to worry about including her gran and on top of that she is struggling with her relationship with Hertha. Things with her aren't processing well. Fear keeps her from taking the next step in their relationship. This is an intoxicating mystery with superb characters. The suspense and the action right from the start, grabs you and pulls you through the book. The twists and turns keep you riveted. I loved the small town vibe and the colorful townspeople. Find out what happens and start reading this excellent story. Kieran York has again proven what an outstanding writer she is.
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