Saturday is the Christmas Open House at the Kinderhook Treasures Gift Shop! It's a great opportunity to pick up a signed copy of my book, "The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband.” Inside the Lebanon-Laclede County Library, Lebanon, MO.

New bookstore wants to carry my book! Just ordered a few copies for it.

It’s always exciting to get another shipment of “The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husbsnd.” Even after the first printing sold out, interest in my great-grandmother’s horrific murder continues. Kent State U Press

I’m excited to announce that signed copies of “The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband” now are available at Downtown Lebanon’s new bookstore, The Book Burrow, 114 W. Commercial. Thanks to Crystal and Courtney for adding the book. Kent State U Press

Thanks to KY3’s Steve Grant (KYTV, Springfield, MO) for choosing “The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband” for the subject of an upcoming “Behind the Headlines” online feature. Kent State U Press

My interview with KY3 anchorman Steve Grant has gone live! ky3.com/2025/03/21/ky3… Kent State U Press

My Amazon book sales soared Friday after my interview with Steve Grant went live. It's been a long time since "The Potato Masher Murder" ranked as high as 91,562 on the Amazon best-seller list.

I signed newly ordered copies of "The Potato Masher Murder" this morning at our new local bookstore, The Book Burrow (Lebanon, Mo.). Thanks to Courtney and Krystal for carrying my book about my great-grandmother's violent murder. Kent State U Press

Thanks to my recent interview with KY3's Steve Grant and now that "The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband" has been selected for the May read by the Axehead Beverage Co. Book Club in Seymour, Mo., I'm back in Amazon's top 100,000!

I'm speaking to a book club this Wednesday at Axeheadbeverageco, Seymour, MO. Social hour at 6, book discussion at 7. I'll talk about "The Potato Masher Murder," the true story of my great-grandmother's brutal murder. Thanks to Andrea Rowe for the invitation. Kent State U Press

The most fun I’ve had in five years of book programs! Tonight, I spoke to the Axehead Beverage Co. Book Club in Seymour, MO, where Helen and I owned the newspaper in the 1990s. All had read "The Potato Masher Murder" and had their own theories about the case. Kent State U Press

I’m amazed and flattered that five years after my book was published, I still needed to order 10 copies of “The Potato Masher: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband” for future appearances. Thanks to the more than 1,000 readers who already have bought copies. Kent State U Press

My 40th book program since "The Potato Masher Murder" was published will be for The Institute for Lifelong Learning at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the Olin Library (lower level), Drury University, Springfield, Mo. For information: drury.edu/mature-learner… Kent State U Press

Besides a book program Tuesday at Drury University for "The Potato Masher Murder," I have three concerts this week with the Symphony of the Magic Dragon. The first was Sunday night.

Thanks to Drury University’s “The Institute of Lifelong Learning” for inviting me to talk about “The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband,” my 40th presentation since the book about my great-grandmother’s brutal murder was published. Kent State U Press