Donis Casey

Donis Casey

Vicki Delany

Oklahoma and Canada come to Redondo Beach when regional mystery authors Donis Casey and Vicki Delany discuss their latest works. A third generation Oklahoman, Donis draws on family and history for her novels of frontierswoman Alafair Tucker. From The Old Buzzard Had It Coming to Wrong Hill to Die On, Alafair, her husband, their large brood and neighbors strive to farm in early 20th Century Oklahoma, and solve the periodic homicide.

Canadian author Vicki has two series – the Smith & Winters series with BC Constable Molly Smith, and the historical Klondike mysteries – as well as several stand-alones. More Than Sorrow is an adult gothic thriller set in the past and present, and A winter kill is a young adult mystery featuring a freshly-minted Ontario constable.

Location: Street: 2810 Artesia Blvd City: Redondo Beach, Province: California Postal Code: 90278 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Donis Casey signs Crying Blood.

"Powerful as a blue norther sweeping across the Creek Nation, Crying Blood is a gripping entry in Donis Casey's superb Alafair Tucker series. Casey depicts family ties that uplift and support and family ties broken by anger in a poignant, lyrical, authentic novel of early day Oklahoma" --Carolyn Hart Crying Blood is a thoroughly engrossing evocation of life on a self-sufficient 1915 Oklahoma farm. In Alafair Tucker, mother of ten, Donis Casey has created a clear-eyed woman of her time: pre-ERA, accepting of her place in a male-dominated society, but not hampered by it because she well knows the value of her contributions to her family’s well-being. This is my first meeting with Alafair Tucker and her family. It will not be my last. -- Margaret Maron In the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his brother James, and their sons, go on a hunting trip to the derelict farm his stepfather had bought years before. Instead of a quail, Shaw’s dog, Buttercup, retrieves an old boot with the bones of a foot inside. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. That night, Shaw awakens to see a pair of moccasin-clad legs strolling by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, who has disappeared so completely that Shaw wonders if he imagined it. Had he also imagined the ghostly voice that called his name? After he returns home, Shaw can’t shake the memory of the disembodied legs and the ghostly voice. His concern is justified when he realizes that someone - or something - has followed him home. His dread turns to relief when he captures a young Creek Indian boy who says he is Crying Blood. The boy had followed Shaw, hoping to find a white haired man who killed his brother. Shaw ties the boy up in the barn, but during the few minutes he is left alone, someone thrusts a spear through Crying Blood’s heart. Who murdered a boy right under Shaw’s nose? The law is on the killer’s trail, but Shaw Tucker has a hunch about the identity of the white-haired man who called his name. Only Shaw’s wife, Alafair, might be able to forestall his dangerous plan. So when the opportunity arises, Shaw sends her on a wild goose chase.... (aripoisonedpen)… (more)