The Big Switch: Varney and Cedric and Death in the End Zone by Lynn Slaughter

The Author

Lynn Slaughter is a successful award-winning American author of nine books, ranging from romantic crime, fantasy and young adults. 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 College 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

The Big Switch: Varney and Cedric

This latest narrative From Lynn Salughter is dynamically told over forty-five engrossing chapters. The book is split into two parts with the first part being considerably shorter than the second. There are two main protagonists to this story Varney and Cedric. Varney has been diagnosed with V.A.D. Vampire Adjustment Disorder, he hates the taste of blood and longs to be a human boy who can go to school and play basketball during the day. Cedric on the other hand is extremely unhappy as a human and fears that he’s turning into his bully of a father, something he dearly wishes he could control and avoid. For Cedric a vampire’s powers have long interested him and the thought of becoming a vampire would be beyond his wildest dream. Camilla, a friendly witch gives Varney and Cedric the opportunity to switch places on a temporary basis, this golden opportunity is a moment not to be missed for both, but should they reveal this brief transformation to anyone, the reversal will end with immediate effect. A trial period of thirty days has been set, after that if they like their new personas, the switch will be made permanent.

Death in the End Zone

If you enjoyed Lynn’s book Missed Cue and the complex character homicide detective Caitlin O Connor, then you are going to enjoy this latest book as Caitlin grapples with the murder of two young budding footballers. Who Killed Elijah Williams a young black African American boy and Joey Mateo a white teenager whose bodies were found in a compromising position in the end zone of their high school’s football field. The story is interwoven with homosexuality, sibling squabbling; if these two aspects weren’t enough for Caitlin’s homicide team to deal with, throw in religious viewpoints, alcoholism and a whole host of complex matters especially Caitlin’s new man on the block. The cauldron around this contentious homicide case is well and truly coming to the boil. If Caitlin cannot get to the bottom of who’s behind these murders, she’ll be off the case and her reputation as a serious homicide detective will be severely damaged. She can kiss any chance of a career move goodbye. But maybe, just maybe romance could be on the upswing for her, feeling all maternal, hmm…

Other Books by Lynn Slaughter

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.

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.

Publishers

The Big Switch: Varney and Cedric.

Nightingale Books who are an imprint of Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ltd. www.pegasuspublishers.com / search author Lynn Saughter and there you’ll find the book.

Death in the end Zone, plus all her other books.

Melange Books, LLC www.melange-books.com

Podcast info

This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku, Amazon Fire Stick and Apple TV streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.

Thank you, Lynn, for giving me the wonderful opportunity of interviewing you again about two more of your amazing books. I wish you all the best with them.

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