About the Author...
Teresa Trent is the author of the Pecan Bayou Mystery series that features Betsy Livingston, a single mom who writes a helpful hints column and solves murders in a tiny town in Central Texas. Teresa also authored the Piney Woods Mystery Series for Camel Press that followed Nora Alexander and her life as an innkeeper in an East Texas oil-bust town. She gets cozy with Tuck Watson, local lawman, and together they solve murders centering around the hotel's guests. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in English, Teresa taught for over a decade. She now splits her time between writing and caring for her family in Houston, Texas. |
About the Books...
The Swingting Sixties Mysteries The Twist and Shout Murder (2022) If I Had a Hammer (2023) Listen, Do You Want to Know a Secret (2024) News and Reviews... “In Teresa Trent’s second book for the Swinging Singles Series, she once again offers a unique story with an engaging cast of characters. Dot Morgan, devasted after witnessing a presidential assassination, steps into a new job, and loses a trusted ally while remaining innocent and flexing to understand the opportunities 1963 offers women. A must-read for any reader who enjoys stepping back into the ‘swinging sixties.’” — Terry Korth Fischer, Author of the Rory Naysmith Mystery Series “In author Teresa Trent’s If I Had a Hammer, President John F. Kennedy’s shocking 1963 assassination triggers a sea change in a young eye-witness. Returning to a small-town secretarial job, the heroine becomes entangled in local murder investigations. While trying to solve the crimes, she realizes new possibilities and potential. This mystery’s a nostalgic treat for babyboomers.” — Linda Lovely, author of the HOA Mysteries “Mix great music, bellbottoms, and counterculture in with one of the most turbulent times in American history for a groovy setting full of peace, love, and of course, a murder that turns secretary, Dot Morgan’s life upside down. She has to solve the mystery before someone else ends up dead. Trent’s latest, If I Had a Hammer, the second in her Swinging Sixties Mysteries, is a twisty mystery and a fun trip back to a generation that changed everything.” — Heather Weidner, Author of the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries and the Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries |
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