History Sleuth's Writings

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Writing History & Mysteries

When I'm not delving into historical research, I'm planning a character's demise.

The blog of Cindy Amrhein

Historian - Author - Abstractor

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Bread and Butter Murders 04

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Hoag Family Plot - Alabama Center Cemetery, Alabama, NY SETUP: Last time we left off with Polly's sister Julia insisting it was Polly's husband, Henry, who wanted the arsenic to kill rats, not Polly. Julia also testified that it was Henry who mixed the poison in the meal...
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Bread and Butter Murders 03

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Hoag Family Plot - Alabama Center Cemetery, Alabama, NY SETUP: At the first trial, Polly's sister Julia tried to cover for her. Julia said it was Polly's husband Henry who who asked Polly to go to druggist to get the arsenic for the rats. In part of Julia's testimony for...
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Sunday, January 05, 2014

Bread and Butter 02

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Hoag Family Plot - Alabama Center Cemetery, Alabama, NY SETUP: The Hoags moved onto the farm and away from Alabama Center in  April of 1856. At the end of May, Polly went to the Center to see Dr. Samuel Bateman, who was also a druggist, and purchased a half-ounce vial...
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Waiting for Harvey
4 of 5 stars
Waiting for Harvey
by Kim Scott
Alone, in a cabin in the woods, with a ghost. Who could ask for more in a ghost story? Harvey starts right out with a hint of foreboding in a conversation between brothers John and Erik. Already my curiosity is roused as to what happened...
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James Potter and the Curse of the Gate Keeper
3 of 5 stars
James Potter and the Curse of the Gate Keeper
by G. Norman Lippert
I randomly downloaded this on my iPad when I hit the wrong button being a bumble fingers, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I've never read fanfic before. It was pretty good. But like many other people, it still can't compare to J. K. Row...
CHIMERAS
5 of 5 stars
CHIMERAS
by E.E. Giorgi
I beta read a few chapters of a different book by this author (one that isn't out yet) so when this one was out I had to read it as it was the same character in the one a betaed a bit of--the character of Track. I have a fondness for thi...
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