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Deception's Sins: A Roger Sundbee Mystery
Deception's Sins: A Roger Sundbee Mystery
Deception's Sins: A Roger Sundbee Mystery
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Deception's Sins: A Roger Sundbee Mystery

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Roger Sundbee, the tennis pro who left Indiana after uncovering the hidden stories of a small town (Freedom's Sins) has moved to Deception Island, ten miles by ferry from Seattle. It seemed the perfect place to start a new life. After failing to land a job as a reporter for the local newspaper, Roger is hired by Realtor Luke Epping, who tells him about the island eccentric, Gertie Stokes, who sits in a rocker in her front yard, a rifle on her lap, under the branch of a cedar tree that was used by vigilantes to hang her black husband, Willis fifteen years ago. She waits for their return. “When they come back, I’ll be ready,” she repeats to passersby. Danny Foster finds two metal boxes in the woods, filled with gold coins. He hides them in the basement of his home, where he also hides his sexual compulsions from his wife, Connie. Egocentric Quentin Forbes, the richest man on the island, learns of the buried coins in an 18th century ship captain's log. He schemes to buy the land where it's thought to be buried. The body of Zeke Perry, the island's coroner, is found on the beach, a gold coin lying next to his body, a rope around his neck. Roger, the last person to be seen with Zeke alive, becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Within weeks, another resident of the town is found strangled to death in an alley. Danny can no longer keep his sexual compulsions under control. He's discovered murder to be the ultimate aphrodisiac.

"Deception's Sins was a great short read. Clocking in at just over 80 pages, the book kept me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed all the quirky characters. Karen Truesdell Riehl did an excellent job with their development, especially that of lead character Roger Sundbee." Tracy Slowiak review for Readers' Favorite

"Karen Truesdell Riehl's murder mystery is a droll and witty story with a fascinating location and a rich historical backdrop. Riehl has a gift for description. She makes each person living on Deception Island seem real, with their own histories and dreams. The historical details woven into the plot are marvelous. I enjoyed reading Deception's Sins and hope to read other stories starring the multi-talented Roger Sundbee." Jack Magnus review for Readers' Favorite

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Release dateAug 29, 2015
ISBN9781310877636
Deception's Sins: A Roger Sundbee Mystery
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Karen Truesdell Riehl

Karen Truesdell Riehl's writing achievements are remarkable, given the award-winning author's lifelong battle with dyslexia. She was unable to read until the age of ten. Her published works now include a 2015 San Diego Book Awards winner, Helga: Growing Up in Hitler's Germany. Her other books include a memoir, Love and Madness: My Private Years with George C. Scott, telling of her 30-year hidden liaison with the international film star, six novels, eight plays and a radio comedy series, The Quibbles, available from ArtAge Publications at http://www.seniortheatre.com/product/the-quibbles-radio-shows/. Her children's play, Alice in Cyberland, was an award winner in the National Southwest Writers Contest. Helga was an elementary school librarian, a 1948 German immigrant, when the author met her in 1977. Asked about her experience during the war, Helga quietly revealed she had been a "Jugend," a member of Hitler's child army.Ten-year-old Helga was forced to join the Hitler Youth weekly meetings. Lies and treats were used to build her allegiance to the Fuhrer. As the war drew nearer to her home in Berlin, Helga was sent away to a Youth Training Camp. Her slow disillusionment and harrowing escape home, is a coming-of-age story of a young girl's survival of Nazi mind control. Helga: Growing Up in Hitler's Germany was a 2015 San Diego Book Awards winner. In the romance novel, Hello Again, a finalist in the 2015 San Diego Book Awards, Shannon Taggert falls in love with Nate, a graduate student teaching assistant. But there's another woman in Nate's life, Tally, the daughter of Walter, his mentor and benefactor. Before meeting Shannon, as Walter lay dying, Nate promised to marry his daughter. The Ghosts of Fort Ord was inspired by the author's month-long stay near the remains of the abandoned military base. After having lived for several years in Terre Haute, Indiana, the author was inspired to write a story about scandals in a fictional small town, Freedom's Sins. Saturday Night Dance Club, was inspired by a true story of four couples, from the 1900's to 1930's, touched by the Great War, organized crime, the Depression and the threat of another war, finding sanctuary in their weekly dance club. Drawing from her personal experience, Karen wrote Bad Girl: A Play. The Safe Haven Home for Unwed Mothers provides shelter from a judgmental society, but reveals its hypocrisy as well. The young women from all levels of society, rich and poor, share only their shame. Many overnight weekend getaways on the famous Queen Mary produced her latest novel, The Ghosts of the Queen Mary. Karen loves to hear from readers of her books. Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenisriehl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karen.riehl.52 Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KarenTruesdellRiehl

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