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Margaret S. Hamilton
Welcome to my author website. My debut traditional mystery, What the Artist Left Behind, a 2019 Daphne Mainstream Mystery Finalist, is on submission.
In the first of the Jericho Mysteries, Lizzie Christopher takes a job as an interior design shop manager in a small Ohio college town. She relishes starting her new life in a quiet and safe community. Unfortunately, Lizzie gets more than she bargained for:
An artist’s body in her carriage house renovation site. A missing college student, last seen with the victim. Her teenage daughter the target of a bullying mean girl gang.
Stunned by recent events, Lizzie pushes herself into high gear. She works with the school administration to protect her daughter. She joins the search for the missing college student. And she snoops around town, determined to identify the artist’s killer. Lizzie’s investigations lead to a disturbing #Metoo truth, one that she is compelled to stop at great personal risk to herself and her daughter.
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Turkey Tetrazzini
During a prolonged cold winter, searching for an alternative to lasagna, I tweaked a family recipe for turkey tetrazzini with cremini mushrooms, cream cheese, parmesan and jack cheeses. Enjoy! Makes eight to ten servings. Ingredients One pound linguine Five tablespoons butter One pound cremini mushrooms, sliced or quartered Eight garlic cloves, chopped One-third cup flour…
The Story Behind the Story: "Voices in the Caves"
When I contemplated writing a story about our 2022 visit to the Dordogne region in southwest France, I made a list of everything I had liked about the area: the food, wine, castles, churches, and ruins, the rolling countryside and rivers, and the layers of history, from prehistoric caves to medieval castles and villages. In…
What I'm Reading, In No Particular Order (May 2024)
Ellen Crosby, Dodge and Burn, 2024. The fourth in Crosby’s Sophie Medina thriller series about a former international press photographer who tools around DC on her mint green Vespa solving crimes. Crosby also writes the Wine Country Mysteries, set in Virginia. Tana French, The Hunter, 2024. A first-class mystery set in Ireland exploring family ties…
Afternoons in New Orleans
Don’t you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn’t just an hour—but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands—and who knows what to do with it? Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire I found this quote painted on the wall in the entrance to Gallier House, a…