Books and Broomsticks: April 2019

24 April 2019

Enter to Win! PANIC POINT by Bill Briscoe

PANIC POINT
Pepperman Mystery Series Book Two

BILL BRISCOE

Genre: Mystery / Crime Fiction / Stand-Alone

Publisher: self-published

Date of Publication: March 26, 2019

Number of Pages: 248

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When Earl's bride Morgan vanishes in the Smoky Mountains on their honeymoon, the former Navy SEAL is certain she's been abducted. The park rangers disagree, and after a storm washes away any potential evidence, they call off the official search. Then another man loses his daughter in the same area. Can one last lead help Earl find Morgan before he loses her forever? WATCH THE BOOK TRAILER

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Bill grew up in the oil and gas refinery town of Phillips in the Texas Panhandle. After graduating from college with a master’s degree, he spent most of his career working for a major insurance company as an agency manager and consultant.

As his retirement was on the horizon, he had an idea about a book. That story, Pepperman’s Promise, became the prequel to The Pepperman Mystery Series, and Perplexity and Panic Point, the next two books in the series, are now available.

Bill and his wife of fifty years live in West Texas.

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10 April 2019

Read the Top 11 List & Enter to Win! THE STAMP OF HEAVEN by Julia Robb

THE STAMP OF HEAVEN

JULIA ROBB

Genre: Historical Fiction / Civil War

Publisher: self-published

Date of Publication: February 19, 2019

Number of Pages: 196

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The Union Army wants former Confederate Army general Beau Kerry for alleged war crimes, but he’s hiding out where the Yankees least expect to find him: in the United States Cavalry. Beau is fighting Apaches out West and praying nobody recognizes his famous face. But Lieutenant Kerry's luck changes when he runs into Sergeant Ike Jefferson and says, "The last time I saw you, I had you bent over a barrel and I was whipping you.” Ike is not only Beau's best friend (or worst enemy, depending on the day), he's Beau's former slave -- and Ike knows there’s a $5000 price on Beau’s head. Caroline Dietrich has vengeance on her mind. Married to Colonel Wesley Dietrich, the Union fort commander, Caroline believes the best path to getting revenge against the Yankees, her husband included, is seducing her husband’s officers. Especially Beau. From the killing fields of the Civil War, to the savagery of the Indian wars, the characters are also battling each other and searching for what it means to be human.

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"Her characters are vivid, relatable, and endearing. She brings to life the rigors of frontier duty, the harsh beauty of west Texas, and the complexity of war and reconciliation. A must read!”

"Julia Robb creates a masterful tale of friendship, loyalty, cowardice, deceit, and redemption in this fascinating story set in the aftermath of the War Between the States...Not a simple western yarn, this novel will keep you thinking and asking the Big Questions long after you finish reading it.”

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1. What is a striker, as they were called in the U.S. Army?

A soldier servant, always a private. They cooked, they watched the kids, they did whatever an officer and an officer’s wife wanted them to do.

2. What was the worst thing about serving at Camp Grant, Arizona Territory, in 1870 or so?

The buildings were built of unplastered adobe, and scorpions would often fall from the ceilings. You could be sleeping and wake up to horrible pain, not on your head or face, hopefully.

3. When Apaches attacked Anglos, what were the Apaches called?

A killing party

4. Did 19th century Americans practice dental hygiene and if so, what did they use?

Yes indeed, they used toothbrushes made with pig bristles, among other things, and dental powder made with chalk, sugar, and peppermint or cloves.

5. What was an Apache camp called?

A rancheria

6. What was one of the worst afflictions for cavalry riding through the desert?

Sweat running into a soldier’s eyes. Even when a soldier wiped his forehead, and tied a bandana above the eyebrows, after a time even that couldn’t keep the sweat out, and it made the soldier’s eyes burn so painfully it was hard to see.

7. What were the Confederates often called?

Secesh

8. Who was the most famous composer of 19th century American music?

Stephen Foster, who wrote “Swanee River,” “Beautiful Dreamer,” “De Camptown Races,” “Old Black Joe,” “Old Folks at Home,” “Oh! Susanna,” “I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair.”

9. What was the name of the newspaper owned and published by Frederick Douglass?

The North Star

10. What weapon was most common among Union cavalry during the Indian Wars?

The carbine

11. What did 19th century Americans call railroads?

The cars

Julia Robb is a former journalist who writes novels set in Texas. She’s written Saint of the Burning Heart, Scalp Mountain, Del Norte, The Captive Boy, and The Stamp of Heaven.

Julia grew up on the lower Great Plains of Texas and lived in every corner of the Lone Star State, from the Rio Grande to the East Texas swamps.

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April 3-13, 2019