My Current Interest

                 When your business is your life, I cannot imagine what it would be like to have that taken away from you.   This would be a difficult situation all on its own.   But when the reason for the loss is murder, I suspect that would make it even harder.                   Tricia decides to hold an event in her mystery bookstore for author Zoe Carter.   While this is a normal thing for bookstores to do, what happens during the event is not.   Ms. Carter is found murdered in the bookstore’s customer bathroom.   As the store is now a crime scene, Tricia is forbidden from entering the building, including her upstairs apartment.   Desperate to get her life back in order, Tricia must figure out who Ms. Carter’s murderer is and solve the case.                 While trying to get her shop back, Tricia runs into several other things she has to deal with.   Kimberly, Ms. Carter’s very angry niece, is found brutally attacked and beaten.   Ginny and her boyfriend keep getting foo

                 For most of this series’ twenty season run I did not watch a single episode.   There was something about it that just did not appeal to me.   I do not remember whether I thought it would be too brutal, too dreary, or something else all together, but I just did not watch.   Then one day I left the television on and an episode of Law & Order began to air.   I sat down and watched, instantly becoming hooked.   While the stories themselves were fascinating, I believe most of the credit to my new found interest belonged to Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston.                           Each episode is split into two parts.   The first half of the show involves a murder and centers around the police detectives as they investigate.   Once this is completed, the second portion shifts to the District Attorneys who are prosecuting the case.   There are times when the two groups come together, but for the most part they remain separate, performing their own defined duties.

           Not long ago I had a very rough day.   That evening I flipped through the television channels and discovered the coverage of the Sony Ericsson Open was on a day earlier than I expected.   Immediately I felt a little better.   It was as though things would come out okay as long as there is tennis to watch.   People already give me strange looks over the fact that I like tennis, so if you are rolling your eyes at me over my statement, that is okay.                 In my mind, tennis is a metaphor for life, and that is what I love about it.   In the end, success or lack of success is up to the individual, and no one else.   Yes, someone can be a better, more skilled player.   That is not up for debate.   What I mean is that if something goes badly, it is up to the individual to figure out how to end on top.   During a match there is not a team to place blame on.   Coaches are not on the court telling you what to do (although to my understanding the women can have coaches

               The wonderful thing about a series is the writer does not have to spend a lot of time explaining the main characters in each installment.   When the reader picks up the book, if they have been following the series, he or she knows what is being gotten into.   Once the cover is cracked open, it is straight into the story.                                 Aubrey Andrews Armstrong is a movie producer who has newly arrived in Lee’s town.   He walks around with his dog, Monte, and is quite the charmer.   Lee is not fooled.   When Aubrey asks to take out Aunt Nettie, and Nettie agrees, Lee becomes greatly concerned.   She does not understand why Nettie is going out with a man like him.   Lee tries to express her worries about her aunt’s new “relationship”, but those she talks to tell her not to be worried.   There is something going on, and Lee can sense it, but no one will tell her what it is.   Talk about frustrating!                 In the meantime, there is somethin