Spotlight on: “Racing Can Be Murder”
Racing Can Be Murder: Nineteen stories of mayhem, murder, and mischief at the Indy 500, edited by Brenda Stewart and Tony Perona has now been published and printed by Blue River Press.
Congratulations (and many thanks) to the nineteen members of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime for their excellent short stories and to Brenda and Tony for editing this first SCISinC anthology!
The official launch date is Sunday, October 7, 2007. Copies will be available to members during the month of September – and will be available to the general public beginning in October.
The book launch party will be from 2:00-5:00pm at The Mystery Company in Carmel, Indiana. We hope you will all bring your friends and relatives to support the chapter.
Wouldn’t it be great if this first anthology makes the Indianapolis Best Seller List?
Here is the full text from the back cover of Racing Can Be Murder:
“Buckle up for this winning field of devilish plots, mayhem galore, and fast-paced fun.
Like a finely tuned engine, this collection of racing stories is a flag-to-flag winner.”
– Kit Ehrman, Author, Triple Cross
RACING CAN BE MURDER
Amidst the allure of fast cars, beautiful women, and fancy-dress balls pervades an underlying theme, mystery. This anthology is chocked-full of delicious reading. Nineteen members of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime have written stories involving malice, murder, and mayhem set in Indianapolis during the month of May’s racing madness. Tucked in between each story are real-life facts about the Indianapolis 500 mile race. The authors are an eclectic group. Chris Wright is chief meteorologist at one of the local television stations, and is the author of nine mystery books and three children’s books. Wanda Lou Willis is a folklore historian specializing in Hoosier folk tales and history, an award-winning author, and a well-known personality and speaker in Indiana. Tony Perona is a free-lance writer and the author of the Nick Bertetto mystery series. Tamera Huber is a mystery author, playwright, poet, and award-winning journalist. Brenda Robertson Stewart is a forensic artist specializing in facial reconstruction on skulls for identification purposes, and the author of the Lettie Sue Wolfe mystery series. Sheila Boneham has won multiple awards for her many books and articles about dogs and cats. Judith Skillings is a mystery novelist, playwright, and a graduate of the Bertil-Roos race-driving school. Phil Dunlap is the author of historical/police procedural novels, and P.J. Robertson is a sociologist and mystery writer. Tamara Phillips is an insurance adjuster and journalist, Andrea Smith’s Chicago police detective, Ariel Lawrence, has been featured in three published short stories, and S. M. Harding is a chef and the author of several published short stories. Lucy Coyle Schilling is a journalist who is working on a book-length version of her graduate thesis, Sherita Saffer Campbell is a published free-lance mystery writer and poet, D.B. Reddick is a policy analyst with a national insurance trade association. Debi Watson is a retired Family Nurse Practitioner, and currently works as a contributing editor to Shore Magazine. Sheila Sowder has had a long career in advertising. Jaci Muzamel is an avid race fan, photographer, and publicist, and Diana Catt is an instructor and postdoctoral research fellow at the IU School of Dentistry, and the owner/operator of a private lab for mold analysis.
