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Colorado Author — Charlotte Hinger

October 26, 2009 By: Patricia

Saturday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting Charlotte Hinger when we ended up on the same Barnes & Noble mystery panel (see yesterday’s post and photos). Charlotte grew up on a farm in Kansas and was a long-time resident there. She has previously been published in short fiction, Kansas history, and a novel about life on the Kansas prairie, Come Spring.

It’s always great fun to meet new authors, and Saturday was no exception. Charlotte has an interesting background and a variety of writing experiences. Happily, we can now claim Charlotte as one of our Colorado authors. Her debut mystery novel, Deadly Descent, was recently released by Poisoned Pen Press.

Using her extensive knowledge of Western Kansas and the world of the historian, Charlotte has created a setting and a character she can write about with authority:

“In historian Lottie Albright’s Western Kansas community, false accusations threaten senatorial candidate Brian Hadley’s political career, secrets whispered to her as editor of the county history books spur a personal search for his aunt’s murderer. Ignoring warnings from her twin sister, Josie, that she is in over her head, Lottie dons a badge to have access to information. She delves into a horrifying “cold case” to prove her merits as a deputy and impresses Sheriff Sam Abbot with her ability to combine historical research methods and police procedure.”

You can read reviews of Deadly Descent at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

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Comments

  1. N A Sharpe says

    October 26, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    This book definitely sounds like one I’d like I’ll have to check it out. BTW, I love the name Poison Pen Press for publishing mystery books!

    Nancy, from Realms of Thought…

  2. Sylvia Dickey Smith says

    October 26, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Thanks for keeping us connected with great writers and great stories!

  3. The Old Silly says

    October 26, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Fascinating book premise. Love the title, too.

    Marvin D Wilson

  4. Elspeth Antonelli says

    October 26, 2009 at 10:13 am

    This sounds interesting. Thanks, Patricia!

    Elspeth

  5. Elizabeth Spann Craig says

    October 26, 2009 at 5:10 am

    This is the second time I’ve seen this book around blogdom…I love the premise behing it…think I’ll be checking it out. Thanks, Patricia!

    Elizabeth
    Mystery Writing is Murder

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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