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“I wanted to wish you Happy Birthday, Rhetta.” The
man began coughing deeply and was unable to go on for a few seconds. He wheezed
when he spoke next. “You see, I never forgot.”

Before she could ask who it was, she heard a click
and the hum of a dial tone. At first, she couldn’t place the raspy voice. Then
it came to her. She stared at the receiver.

Her father had just called her.                                           

 second book in
the mystery series featuring mortgage banker Rhetta McCarter hits close to
home. Sharon is a branch manager for a mortgage office of a Missouri bank. She
also owns the original Cami, the car featured in the book.

Besides
writing, Sharon’s hobbies include painting, fishing, photography, flower
gardening, and restoring muscle cars with her son, Jeff.

She
is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Southeast
Missouri Writers’ Guild, and the Missouri Writers’ Guild. Her short story,
DEATH BEE HUMBLE, will appear in the SEMO Writer’s Guild Anthology for 2012.
Her first Rhetta McCarter book,
KILLERWATT
, was nominated for a 2011
Lovey award for Best First Novel.

Sharon
has been a regular contributor to www.wheel-emag.com and was a regular
contributor to the Appaloosa Journal. She spent 30 years as an Appaloosa Horse
Club judge, where she was privileged to judge all over the US, Canada, Mexico
and Europe.

She
also spent time in the air as a flight attendant for American Airlines, fifteen
years as a real estate broker, and ten years in retail management.

Sharon
lives on the family compound near Marble Hill, Missouri, with her husband,
Bill, next door to her son, Jeff, his wife, Wendy, and her grandson, Dylan,
plus two dogs, one cat, and assorted second generation Camaros.

Watch
for Rhetta McCarter and the third book in the series,
KILLERTRUST
,
coming soon.