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Release Day for In Defense of Delia

November 23, 2022 By: Patricia

It’s always exciting to announce the release of a new book! Here’s the short synopsis for In Defense of Delia:

1838: Delia Pritchard gets a chilly reception when she returns to Sangamon, Illinois, after a thirteen-year absence. She’s riding a Palouse stallion, is dressed like a man, has a bullet in her shoulder, and leads a horse with a seven-year-old black boy astride.
Some think Delia left at the age of sixteen because she killed her parents and set fire to their cabin with the bodies inside. It is also rumored that Delia runs with outlaws and that she shot a lawman.
When Doc Hemmer insists Delia and the boy remain in Sangamon while she recuperates from surgery, he doesn’t realize a vicious gang known as the Biedler brothers is on her trail. Preacher John Claymore, also unaware of the danger, wants to meet Doc’s patient with the beautiful eyes.
Farmer Annie Gray kills one of the Biedlers and triggers a violent response from the gang. Delia knows the brothers will be relentless. She brought this disaster down on the town and its residents. Can she save them all?

The Historical Novel Society gave Delia a nice review, including:

“Stoltey effectively blends page-turning action with quieter passages of empathetic people striving to connect to each other and grapple with the effects of life’s mistakes. Delia is particularly complex and engaging. The main plot questions find interesting answers.”

I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving, and please keep Delia in mind when you do your book shopping for holiday gifts.

Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life, Writing

Goodreads giveaway for advance review copies of In Defense of Delia

August 15, 2022 By: Patricia

As promised, I’m giving away 15 advance review copies of my new frontier fiction. In Defense of Delia is set in 1838, four years after the events of Wishing Caswell Dead. Technically, it’s not a western because the setting (central Illinois) is east of the Mississippi, but this historical novel feels like a western to …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Writing Tag: Goodreads ARC giveaway, In Defense of Delia, Pat Stoltey, Wishing Caswell Dead

Cover Art for In Defense of Delia: A Sangamon Novel

July 21, 2022 By: Patricia

I’m so pleased to show off this excellent cover for In Defense of Delia which will be released by Five Star/Cengage on November 23, 2022.     Cover design credit: Kathy Heming   Synopsis: 1838: Delia Pritchard gets a chilly reception when she returns to Sangamon, Illinois, after a thirteen-year absence. She’s riding a Palouse …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Writing Tag: In Defense of Delia, new cover art, Pat Stoltey

Review: Chasing Justice by Kathleen Donnelly

April 23, 2022 By: Patricia

When Maya Thompson returns stateside after serving in the Marine Corps and losing her K-9 partner in a traumatic event Maya feels was her fault, she joins the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Forest Service. To add to her service-related PTSD, she is present when her best friend, another officer and K-9 handler, is …Read More

Category: Books and Authors Tag: book review, Chasing Justice, Kathleen Donnelly

Book Mini-Reviews

April 6, 2022 By: Patricia

When you look for my reviews on Goodreads or Amazon, you’ll find only four- and five-star ratings. One reason is that I rarely finish a book if I don’t like it by the end of page ten. The second reason is that I don’t want to discourage a reader who might find a book right …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life Tag: Every Cloak Rolled in Blood, James Lee Burke, Jodi Burnett, mini book review, Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Renegade

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Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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