Book Description:
Jan Myers has dedicated her career to helping the elderly. But after one of the elderly residents under her care mysteriously dies, Jan's career, her daughter, and everything she loves is suddenly in jeopardy. The police become involved and a law suit if filed. It's up to Jan to piece together the clues and find out what happened before it's too late!
“I could hear breathing on the line and then a man said real low, ‘Did you get my little present?’ He sounded so scary.”
“I said, ‘What present?’ And he didn’t say anything for a minute. Then he laughed and said, ‘This is Heather, isn’t it?’ I was too scared to answer but he knew who I was.”
Jan caught her breath and pulled Heather to her, hugging her tight . . .
“Did he say anything else?” Jan asked her daughter.
Heather looked at the floor. “He said, ‘Your mother kills old people.’ ”
Author Bio:
Lorraine Jeffery earned
her bachelor’s degree in English and her MLIS in library science, and managed public libraries in Texas, Ohio and
Utah for over twenty years. She has won poetry prizes in state and national
contests and has published over fifty poems in various publications, including Clockhouse, Kindred, Calliope, Ibbetson Street,and Rockhurst Review. She has published short stories in War Cry, The Standard and Segullah. Her articles have appeared in Focus on the Family, Mature Years, and
Utah’s Senior Review, as well as other publications. She is the
mother of ten children (eight adopted) and currently lives with her husband in
Orem, Utah.
Q & A with Lorraine:
Q. What inspired you to
write this book?
A. My maternal
grandmother was interested in health care, but she raised her family during the
Great Depression and had little time to pursue her dream. When she was in her
fifties, she went to school and earned her LPN and then mortgaged the
family home and bought a small health care facility for the elderly. She loved
her work, and I grew up working in the facility and hearing about the
challenges an joys of running it.
I enjoy mysteries, and
so naturally, my protagonist is the manager of a health care facility. She
finds her own strength and independence while saving both her career and the
health care facility.
Q. How do you deal with
writer's block?
A. My challenge is not
writer's block. My challenge is to make time in my busy schedule to do what I
enjoy so much.
Q. What are you
currently working on?
A. I am a first and
foremost, a poet, so I am always writing poetry. I also write essays and short
stories. I am thinking about writing another novel, but haven't settled on the
story line yet.
Q. Do you schedule your
writing time?
A. I found that
regulating time works better for me than settling goals (i.e. to finish this or
publish that). I write about eighteen hours a week, some weeks more and some weeks
less depending on my other responsibilities.
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