I’d like to welcome my guest author Jan Markley. Jan has two middle grade mystery books that sure look like a fun read for your children or grandchildren, hay, why not pick them up and read them yourselves? Here’s a little about Jan.Jan Markley is a Canadian children's author. She has written two funny mystery novels for middle grade readers (aged 8-12). She blogs at Three Dead Moths in my mailbox ... where writing meets life ... or life meets writing. Check out her blog - it offers tips on writing and a funny take on the life of a writer.
Her debut novel is Dead Frog on the Porch (Gumboot Books 2009) the first in the Megabyte Mystery series. Twin sisters Cyd and Jane are propelled into an international plot involving evil scientists and giant, genetically stretched frogs. Will the twins win this hilarious race to save the frog kingdom?
Her books have been called: Nancy Drew for the ipod generation. The characters use old fashioned curiosity and new technology to solve the mysteries. The books are funny, fast paced and full of suspense.
Her second
novel, which was released this fall, is Dead Bird through the Cat Door (Gumboot Books 2010).Once again, Cyd and her animal loving twin Jane are up to their bird beaks in intrigue cracking the latest Megabyte Mystery. Dead Birds? Stolen cats? C’est what? When Cyd and Jane’s cat Yin gets kidnapped – that’s when it gets personal. The director of the bird sanctuary, Aviary Finch, is stealing cats to kill birds. But why?
The twins use the latest technology and Shakespeare’s Macbeth to help crack the case. Methinks the culprits doth protest too much! Will Cyd and Jane save the sanctuary, free the birds, and return the cats to their natural habitat of their owners’ laps? It’s predator eats predator when evil meets crazy!
If you can imagine what would happen if Nancy Drew met Lady Macbeth - then you'll have a sense of what the second novel is like!
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Here are the Amazon links:
Dead Frog on the Porch
Dead Bird through the Cat Door
Amazon UK
Dead Frog on the Porch
Dead Bird through the Cat Door
Thank you for visiting with us today Jan. If you have questions for Jan please ask, she’ll be here off and on throughout the day.
Tomorrow, Marian Allen and Eel's Reverence.
