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Member Updates By Mary E. Labie

Welcome to our newest members of the Friends of Red Rock Canyon family! Sharon’s Slant By Sharon Schaaf Spotlight on
Local Authors
Jan Hogan &
C. A. Hartnell
Judy Barbour Greg Cayias Debra Cayias Along with the authors of “Seekers, Saints and
Scoundrels,” there are many more writers who call
Ed Cox King Dahl Stacy Dahl Las Vegas home. Friends VIP member Jan Hogan
is one of them. Jan is a sixteen year Review-Journal
Brian Davy Caroline Eliades Linda Erdely-Pierce columnist, freelance writer, book contributor,
Betsy Floit E. Jane Jackson Peter Kirk former flight attendant and now a mystery writer.

Marsha Kirk Cheeneelyn Knisley Denise M. Laurent

Barbara McCraken Julie Michler Gerald Nielsen et in 1986 in Los Angeles glad there will be more Abbey

Tony Olvido Diane E. Stephens Robert Stoldal Sand Las Vegas, “Coffee, Tea Gaddett books. Mary Labie said
or Murder?” is Jan’s first book that “the book has an excellent
Barbara Straight John Taylor Craig Thornton in her Abbey Gaddett mystery plot and little indication of
series. Abbey is a L.A. based the outcome until the end.”
Dona Thornton Eugene Unger Joseph Wade flight attendant who wants to She likes mysteries that have

Lorna Wade be a reporter and write a book. one main character and plans
She is an incredibly likeable, on reading more books in the
down-to-earth character. Abbey series.
has a tendency to say aloud what The second book in the series,
she’s thinking and saying “oops” “Coffee, Tea or Striptease?” came
Volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Red Rock Canyon
after she realizes that the words out a few months ago and Jan is
weren’t meant to be shared. She working on the third, “Coffee,
shares a special gift with her Tea or Scandal?” along with
father (a gift that the mysterious “The Ghost and Nikki Haiffen”
government agency “The Asso- based loosely on the old movie,
ciation” is very interested in) and “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.”
uses it to solve crimes. Check-out Jan’s Amazon
A book for children aged eight
When Billy-Boy Boyland meets and up and a holiday gift-giving Author Page where you’ll
Abbey during an attempted idea is Las Vegas resident C.A. also find her thriller/love story
prisoner transfer escape (the Hartnell’s mystery, “Wild Winter:
exciting book opener), he asks Christmas, Clues and Crooks.” “Hiding in Plain Sight.”
her to write a book about him. This book is the fourth in a series
Abbey makes some surprising about eleven-year-old Pete and
discoveries as she looks into Carol Ann growing up in 1950s
the lives of Boyland and heiress California.
Che York, his victim. Two of
my cohorts on “the Rock,” As the children prepare for the
Marilyn Tuvell and Mary Labie, holiday, Pete and Carol Ann plan
are mystery fans. Marilyn fund-raisers to raise money for
also enjoyed the book and is
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the Rock - Volume 6 Issue 1 Fall 2015