History Sleuth's Writings

(Revamping the blog. Please excuse the odd headings. Working on it!)

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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Monday, July 28, 2014

Meet My Character Blog Tour

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I was tagged by Teresa Cypher in the MEET MY CHARACTER BLOG TOUR. I know Teresa from the Weekend Writing Warriors blog hop. She is a talented writer and I look forward to reading her book when it releases in spring of 2015. If you want to see what her book is about and how...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 38

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Wiscoy Creek (Yes, it's a real place near where I live.) SETUP: The three girls whose twenty plus-year-old coffins washed out of the bank of the Wiscoy Creek have been identified as Lisa Appleton, Rachel McKenzie and Samantha Briggs. Samantha was a foster child at Dave's...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Milk Carton Murders 37

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My vision of Lamont, the town of The Milk Carton Murders (Photo is really Bastrop, TX, although my book is set in western NY State.) SETUP: The three girls whose twenty plus-year-old remains washed up in coffins at Wiscoy Creek have been identified as Lisa Appleton, Rachel...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Freedom To Read

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Three winners will be chosen to receive an ebook  (your choice of format MOBI or EPUB) of Bread & Butter  The Murders of Polly Frisch A 19th century true crime by Cindy Amrhein (me) and Ellen Bachorski In 1856, in the rural town of Alabama, NY one...
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  • Milk Carton Murders 21
    Okay, I lied to you last week. I said I was going to end the scene right there and jump ahead this week so as not to give too much away. I...
  • Milk Carton Murders 22
    I'm back! It's been a busy month. Last time Hal (Dave's dad) was about to be arrested by Investigator Pepper Black for the 20...
  • The Milk Carton Murders 03
    2013 March 3 Weekend Writing Warriors is a blog hop. The object is to write eight sentences from your...

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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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