Category: Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries
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KFC and Me
Traveling to a foreign country can be a wonderful thing. You meet new people, experience new customs, and see sights you’ve never seen before. If you’re a writer, you can also be inspired to write a new novel. Putting aside the tax write-off, writing about a place you’ve traveled to makes for a revisit without…
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Bewitched, Bothered, and Beheaded
Book 10 of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries debuted April 10th. I finished up the manuscript when we were in Egypt in between visiting amazing ancient temples or pyramids. Or having an amazing meal. Or chatting with a charming Egyptian or camel. I liked the camels. Very sweet. No spitting. In short, being in a…
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Bewitched, Bothered, and Beheaded
Whatever made me choose a magic trick gone wrong for the 10th book of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, Bewitched, Bothered, and Beheaded, I will never know. I don’t know the first thing about magic. And the only guillotine I’ve seen is in the movie with Connie Stevens and Dean Jones called “Two on a…
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Lee Alvarez and The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom
You never know where life is going to take you. I was reminded of that one Sunday morning quite recently, as I was sitting in a lounge chair on my back deck reading a Somerset Maugham novel on my ereader. That was when Life struck. You never know about proclamations, either. I like to say…
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Thank You, Dollycas!
Am doing a Great Escapes Blog Tour for the Drop-Dead Temple of Doom from September 6th through the 19th. Click HERE to follow me and enter the free Giveaway! I’m giving away three ebooks of The Drop Dead Temple of Doom. Prize: (3) Digital Copy – The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom (The Alvarez Family Murder…
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Tugger, the Cat, Has His Say
I don’t mean to complain, and I never, ever do. Except now. I am really annoyed I wasn’t allowed to go on the Alvarez Family’s latest adventure, The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom. True, I am in a scene or two at home, but that’s not the same. After all, I am a star. Every cat…
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Gurn Hanson speaks out about Lee Alvarez and The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom
Lee and I haven’t been married that long, less than a year. And I must say, even as a retired Navy SEAL now teaching NROTC to young cadets, I’ve never had as many adventures as I’ve had with her and the rest of the Alvarez clan. Maybe I should clarify. That would be fun adventures.…
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My Sister, Lee Alvarez, Drives me Crazy
My name is Richard Alvarez. Lee Alvarez is my older sister and more or less the star of the latest book of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom. Even though only three years separate us, Lee calls me her baby brother. So why is it I am constantly worried about her…
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Getting The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom Off and Running
For about fifteen minutes after I finished the 8th book of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, I breathed a sigh of relief and took a break. Then I got back to work. First, I sent off the manuscript to my content editor, a master at letting a writer know what should be expanded, condensed, moved,…
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A small Jungle Critter Speaks Out
I live in the jungles of Guatemala. I can’t help it that I am a small, cute frog and people want to pick me up and hold me. My mother taught me when I was just so high I had to be very careful not to let anyone do that. Something about touching my poisonous…
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The Drop-Dead Temple of Doom et al
I was just told by a friend I hadn’t written a single blog about my latest addition to the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, The Drop- Dead Temple of Doom. I didn’t realize that. You could have knocked me over with a puma. I threw in puma, because Drop-Dead takes place in the jungles of Guatemala…
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Casting Call for a Corpse
The 7th book of the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, Casting Call for a Corpse is now on preorder at Amazon.com for only $2.99 until midnight, July 31srt. Just click here for your copy. This book was a lot of fun to write. I enjoyed every minute of it. The plot certainly took me away to…