Good news! My next book, Chestnut Cove: Devils and Daughters, will be available for sale September 26! As discussed in my previous post, this book takes place in 1958. Matt Hunter and John Stuart are now college students at Coughton Tech. Other returning Chestnut Cove characters include John’s wife, Sandra, and their young daughter, KD, as well as John’s grandmother, Kathryn Stuart, and other members of the extended Stuart family.
We also meet a major new character, Matt’s girlfriend, Elizabeth Kohler. Lizzy is an aspiring prosecutor who is as sharp as Matt and a perfect match for him. Along with her studies at Coughton Tech, she works for the school newspaper, hoping it will help her develop investigative skills which will be of use in her future career trying criminal cases.
Now that you have some idea who some of the “daughters” are, we turn to the “devils” referenced in the title. Stuart foil Vaughn Michaelson returns to stir up trouble. Then there is the mysterious murderer who opens the book’s action. Sorry, but no hints as to who that person might be. You’ll just have to read to find out, but don’t settle on who you think it is too early because there will be several twists along the way…and possibly more bodies, not to mention one or two more people who definitely qualify as devils!
If you haven’t read them yet, all my Chestnut Cove books can be found here on Amazon!
Now it’s time for me to get back to writing. I’m working on a set of short stories–which are quickly evolving into novelettes–to fill in some of the Stuart family’s activities between the conclusion of Chestnut Cove: Devils and Daughters in 1958 and the start of Chestnut Cove: Poseurs and Portraits in 1979. And yes, somewhere lurking on my “to do” list is the follow-on to Chestnut Cove: Belles and Balls. So many stories yet to tell!