It's been about a year since I've written a cozy mystery. My last was the fourth Essie Cobb senior sleuth adventure GHOSTED. I typically alternate between my Pamela Barnes acoustic mysteries and Essie, so technically I'm due to produce another Pamela. However, I now have five Pamelas and four Essies. Maybe I should try another Essie so I have an even number of those. I just don't know. It would certainly be easier if I had a strong plot in my mind just percolating to come out--but I don't. For a while, I thought I was going to do a terrorist-oriented plot for Pamela with her tracking down a radical cell about to explode a dirty bomb in a large city where her husband Rocky just happened to be attending an amateur cooking contest. Unfortunately, I've gone over all the connections in my head and they don't work. I can see how Pamela could easily uncover hidden information on a supposed video announcement from a terrorist organization through her acoustic analysis skills. However, she'd no doubt use a recording that was broadcast on television which would provide the same information to all other acoustic specialists around the country--and there are some. I can't believe that she would be the only one to notice any embedded clues. I haven't totally given up on this plot line, but it's on hold until I'm certain I can bring it to fruition in a believable way.
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AuthorHi, I'm Patricia Rockwell and I write two cozy mystery series--the Pamela Barnes acoustic mysteries and the Essie Cobb senior sleuth mysteries. Archives
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