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Grave Shift

by Blanche Day Manos and Barbara Burgess

Praise for Grave Shift


Blanche Manos lets the reader to get to the characters and weaves suspense into the story. Well written cozy mystery!
      ~ Nancy K. Grace


So nice to continue with the familiar characters I met in the The Cemetery Club. I enjoy the close relationship between mother and daughter. There is a new adventure around each corner.
      ~ Elaine Jones


Blanche Manos lets the reader to get to the characters and weaves suspense into the story. Well written cozy mystery! Grave Shift continues the Darcy/Flora mystery series of page-turning suspense and down-to-earth characters.
      The writers create a sense of being there, developing images and sensations as the mother/daughter team go about solving the mystery of buried clues and devious schemes on their land. A touch of romance completes the delightful reading experience every mystery buff seeks.
      ~ Barbara Youree, author of the award-winning Courageous Journey

Grave Shift is a fun whodunit that keeps a reader's interest. Apparently second in a series (Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery), it is easily read as a stand-alone book. Darcy and her mother, Flora, are sweet talked into investigating the 2-year-old disappearance of a local woman when they get a letter from the woman's mother asking them to help find her daughter. The author keeps you guessing right up until the end. The story is interesting and the characters are charming. With earthquakes and mountain lions, first and second husbands, a little romance, and lots of investigating, these two women are bound and determined to solve the mystery of the disappearing woman. Michelle Babb does a great job of narration on the audiobook, giving each of the individuals a unique voice. Her voice is easy to listen to and makes the listening experience a pleasant one.
      ~ Anne Rightler on Amazon.com

It may seem strange to some that a mild-mannered kindergarten teacher would become an author of cozy mysteries, but it's actually a good fit. A teacher is a word craft. So is a writer. A teacher wants the efforts of her labor to have a positive outcome. So does a writer. A teacher prays and hopes that each student has a positive take-away from her work. A writer hopes that for her readers too. A teacher would like each of the children in her classroom to achieve a satisfying life. Although she can't control that, as a writer she can control the way her books conclude!
      A native Oklahoman, Blanche has a deep familiarity with the Sooner state, so it's the logical setting for her books. Her Cherokee heritage and feeling at home in the rural settings of Oklahoma are vividly woven into the background fabric of her books. Her other published cozies include The Cemetery Club and Best Left Buried, books one and three of the Darcy & Flora Series.
      Barbara Burgess is a retired trial court administrator who says she found many good story ideas in the courtroom. One of those ideas evolved into her first suspense novel, Lethal Justice, published in 2010. She also co-authored The Cemetery Club, a mystery novel based on Cherokee history. Her father was half Cherokee and she says much of her family history involves Cherokee legend and beliefs similar to those found in Grave Shift. She has also written short fiction for Woman's World and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and freelanced for several Arkansas newspapers.