Marilyn's Musings

When the publisher of the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mysteries shut its doors, I wasn't sure what would happen to all the books in the series. Good friends, Lorna and Larry Collins came to the rescue and are working on getting all the books republished. Wingbeat  is one of the first five to be published. Here is one of the early reviews:  Wing Beat is the fourth installment in the Tempe Crabtree mystery series. Marilyn Meredith once again easily transfers readers to the foothills of Bear Creek, a quiet, wooded town in the southern Sierra. And once again Deputy Tempe Crabtree has her hands full.  You would think a small town deputy married to a small town pastor would be the perfect way to spend your life. Instead, Crabtree suspects newcomers have set up shop in the mountains in order to grow marijuana. Working with narcotics, she tries to assemble enough probable cause to have a search warrant issued. When the body of a woman is discovered in an unmarked gr...

Soon, four of the first books in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series will be available, newly edited and with brand new covers. Deadly Trail is the first one. #2 Deadly Omen #3 Intervention #4 Wingbeat If you are unfamiliar with the series here is an overview: The Deputy Tempe Crabtree series Deputy Tempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of the small mountain community of Bear Creek and the surrounding area. Because she is part of the Yokut tribe, she is often called to help investigate crimes on the nearby Indian reservation. Tempe is married to a Christian pastor who worries about her soul when she uses native mysticism to aid in solving crimes. One of her most interesting cases on the reservation introduced her to the legendary Hairy Man, much like Big Foot, as well as the many spirits that linger in the painted rock shelter where pictographs of him and his family can be seen. ( Dispel the Mi st ) The Hairy Man makes appearances in oth...

My new publisher for the Rocky Bluff P.D. series had me re-edit all the older books. Quite an experience as I found that the plots were still good, but my writing style had changed a bit. And of course because they'd been written so long ago there were no cell-phones or much computer usage, nor modern forensics. Because the publisher of my Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series is fixing some problems with the older books on Amazon, I've done some re-editing of them too. So far I've finished working on Deadly Trail and Deadly Omen . I have two more to do. I'm in the middle of Wing Beat- -and it's amazing how much I've forgotten about that book. I remember it had to do with an illegal pot far way up in the mountains, and of course murder, but there's another side plot involving Pastor Hutch.  I have one more to do after that, Intervention . I'm sure besides typos and things that need changes, I'll discover some surprises too. It...

A special offer--for the price of postage, $6.50, I'll send you the first three books in my Deputy Tempe Crabtree series at no cost:  Deadly Omen, Intervention and Wing Beat.  (The actual 2nd one, Unequally Yoked, is only available from the publisher: Mundania Press and regular outlets.) Send a check to me, at PO Box 526, Springville CA 93265. (USA addresses only, please.) Or you can use Pay Pal, message me on Facebook and I'll send my email address. Tempe helps with the investigation of a murder at a Pow Wow. What Tempe and her husband Hutch planned as a romantic getaway becomes something else when a white-out blizzard snows them in and one of the other guests is missing. A pot farm hidden away in the mountains and a mysterious death keep Tempe busy. Each of these books have a bit of Indian mysticism in them. I'll autograph them, and if you want them personalized in a certain way, let me know. Marilyn