The labor was long but the "baby" has finally been delivered. So much going on in my life this past year and a half kept me putting the writing aside. It truly slowed the process but it was well worth the effort.
The book is available in both paperback and Kindle editions. The back cover information is below to peak your curiosity. Tulips, windmills, and of course, a body for Casey to find. It's all there in the Netherlands.
It's tulip time in the Netherlands! Casey is thrilled to be
able to accompany Evelyn and Charles and her granddaughter, Haisley, on their
business/pleasure trip to the country of tulips. The pleasure part of the trip
is a visit to the famous Keukenhof Garden. At the garden while sitting with a
sleeping Haisley, she hears a weird whistling coming from a man as he passes
by. No tune or melody. Just strange bursts of eerie whistling.
The visit is followed by a business trip to scout out a new bed and breakfast
possibility for the company her daughter and son-in-law work for. The Van der
Molen farm sits out in the countryside with a lovely farmhouse as well as three
windmills next to a stream. Jacob and Anna welcome them into their home and
discussions begin about converting it into a bed and breakfast to include
rental space in at least one of the windmills Jacob hopes to have renovated.
While exploring the grounds near the windmills, Casey hears the same eerie
whistling she heard at Keukenhof. She recognizes the man as he chases a dog who
is eager to greet her and Haisley. Casey learns the dog is named Max which
reminds her of Max Dugan, her friend and now employer in his private
investigation firm. The dog's owner is Jorin Meijer who is there to help with
the windmill restoration.
An email from Max, the man not the dog, sets Casey off into researching the
death of his father. Was it truly suicide or did someone murder him? Max is
trying to locate his father's partner Gavin who disappeared right after his father's
death. The trail has grown cold in England and he decides to join Casey in the
Netherlands. He arrives just in time to find Casey upset with the discovery of
a body.
Is the mystery surrounding the death of Max's father linked somehow to Casey's
newly discovered body? And does it all relate to events now and in the past in
the city of Chicago involving the mob and an ambitious politician whose goal is
President of the United States.
