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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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