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Missing Mom and Missed Cue by Lynn Slaughter
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The Author
Lynn Slaughter is a successful award-winning American author of seven books, six novels and one nonfiction. She lives in Louisville in Kentucky in the USA, where she resides with her husband. Lynn has two grown up sons and five adorable grandchildren. However, she grew up in New York and Connecticut where she graduated from Smith University with a degree in Sociology, to that she added a masters.
While Lynn’s work in sociology formed an integral part of her life, in particular interacting with people from all backgrounds, she had another great passion that stemmed right back to her childhood and that was music and movement, more so the movement. Dance for Lynn was the very essence for getting up each day, juggling family life and a professional career had its challenges, but the enjoyment she got from dance outweighed the difficulties. Lynn chose to become a professional dancer specializing in modern dance, and throughout her career performed, choregraphed and taught. As a dance educator she instilled in those that she taught an ethos and understanding that the art of movement to music was to be enjoyed and cherished, just like she did.
Like most things in life, there comes a time when a new path to follow calls and for Lynn that was writing. The love of books and the art of creative writing had for some time now co-existed with her passion for both dance and people. To refine her skills in creative fictional writing Lynn enrolled on a writing course at Seton Hill University where she obtained an MFA in writing popular fiction.
So, what of Lynn’s books, well if you love mystery, blended with intrigue and an element of romance and are looking for a new author to follow then look at Lynn Slaughter’s books. So, let’s have a sneak insight in to two of her books.
A few relatively unknown facts about Lynn are, she’s addicted to chocolate, the arts and her husband’s cooking.
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The Books
Missing Mom
Sixty-two short, sharp, focused and intense chapters is what you can expect from Lynn Slaughter in this page-turning book of hers. It’s a book that’s cleverly telling two stories from different time periods that have a connection.
Noelle is a seventeen-year-old aspiring ballet dancer who has serious doubts as to her mother’s disappearance, was it suicide or something more sinister. What her investigation throws up, you’ll find absorbing, plus what of her romantic entanglement with Ravi another dancer will leave you guessing.
Savannah’s story running alongside that of Noelle’s is equally fascinating, she’s a young woman from twenty years ago, her escape from an abusive marriage has close interrelatedness with Noelle’s investigation into her mother’s circumstances.
The two stories running parallel with each other blend smartly together to bring about an interesting overall narrative. Well done, Lynn!
Missed Cue
Forty-five spine-tingling chapters of crime and mystery are exposed in this book as Lynn Slaughter takes you on an intriguing journey of what happened to the ballerina Lydia Miseau whose death on stage in the final dress rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet leaves many open-ended questions, questions homicide detective Catlin O Connor needs to answer. The autopsy report reveals no apparent cause of death, so Caitlin must not only ferret out who may have harmed the ballerina, but how they did it. Her investigations lead her to believe that the person responsible, as in most murder cases, is close at hand but getting the evidence to support her theories is proving a little tricky, especially when you consider Lydia’s messed up personal life particularly when it comes to her dalliances come affairs with married men, which never bode well for all concerned.
A clever book, well written and constructed, and worth a read, as is Missing Mom.
Other Novels
Deadly Set Up
Leisha’s Song
It Should Have Been You
While I Dance
Social Media Sites
Please visit Lynn’s webpage, where you’ll learn more about Lynn and her books. www.lynnslaughter.com
Awards
Missing Mom: Fire and Ice/Melange Books- Claymore Finalist.
Missed Cue: Melange Books 2023. NYC Big Book Award in mystery category, Silver Falchion Top Pick, Maincrest Media Book Award.
Deadly Set Up: Fire and Ice/Melange Books 2022, NYC Big Book Award Winner, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Silver Medallist, Maincrest Media Book Award, Book Excellence Award, M&M Chanticleer International Awards Finalist, Imadjinn Award Finalist, Silver Falchion Finalist.
Leisha’s Song: Fire and Ice/Melange Books 2021, Agatha Nominee, Silver Falchion Award, Moon beam Bronze Medalist, Imadjinn Award for Best YA Novel.
It Should Have Been You: Page Street, Silver Falchion Finalist.
While I Dance: Write Words, Epic Finalist.
Podcast info
This podcast you can listen to on “Talking Books” hosted by JT Crowley on all major social podcast platforms. For video content, search for “Talking Books” hosted by JT Crowley on YouTube. Additionally, you can watch it on Roku and Amazon Firestick streaming devices. To access it on your television, download the Experts and Authors app or visit www.expertsandauthors.tv online and click on “Talking Books.” Enjoy!
Thank you, Lynn, for giving me the wonderful opportunity of interviewing you about two of your amazing books. I wish you all the best with them.