Trouble at the Red Pueblo (38 page)
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Book Club Questions
Before we get to the book club questions, let me state that I’m glad to visit with any book clubs that invite me to do so. Where I live is pretty far from everywhere, but I’m glad to visit with your club via phone or Skype. Email me to set up a visit at [email protected] .
Here are the questions:
1. Laurie encourages Spider to get right to work on this new mystery after his mother's funeral. Have you found working or getting involved in a hobby has helped you deal with a loss?
2. Spider is frustrated with himself for being jealous of Jack. What factors (besides the ones he voices) do you think play into his dislike of Jack?
3. Did your own feelings about Jack change between Chapter Two and the end? Why?
4. Who is your favorite character? Why do you like him or her?
5. Karam, a Palestinian Muslim, teaches American history. Have you taken a class from an unlikely teacher?
6. Karam is detained by the police because of racial profiling. When do you think it’s acceptable, if ever, for law enforcement officials to engage in racial profiling?
7. What heroic qualities does Spider demonstrate? Does he demonstrate any unheroic qualities?
8. Is there any other character in the book that you consider a hero? Why?
9. Laurie has a special bond with Taffy. Have you ever experienced that kind of relationship with an animal? Have you ever lost a special pet? How did you deal with it?
10. Spider quickly accepts major changes in his life according to Jack's plan for Braces at the end of the book. What motivates him to sacrifice his own plans?
About Kane County
Though
Trouble at the Red Pueblo
is fiction, many of the places mentioned are real.
The Red Pueblo Museum
is a hidden gem that sits on the northern edge of the tiny border town of Fredonia, Arizona. If you go there, go in the afternoon so you can hear Dixon Spendlove tell how he found many of the artifacts in the museum.
The Coral Pink Sand Dunes
, just north of Kanab, is a state park that is easily accessed. It’s a great place to take kids to play.
The Western Legends Roundup
, described in the book, takes place each year the week before Labor Day. It’s a time when Kanab pays homage not only to pioneer history, but also to the legacy of movie making that Kane County enjoys.
To read about more places to visit in Kane County, go to
http://www.visitsouthernutah.com/
If you do visit Kane County, drop in at the Kanab Tourism Office. It’s on the corner of Highway 89 and 100 South. It’s painted with murals and has a statue of a buffalo out front. You can’t miss it. If you tell them you came in because you read one of Liz Adair’s books, they’ll have a gift for you. And if you ask them, they’ll give me a call, so I can pop down, and we can get a picture of me presenting you with the gift. I’d like that.
About the author
A native of New Mexico and mother of seven, Liz Adair bloomed late as a writer—her first Spider Latham Mystery was published about the time AARP added her to their mailing list. Though she lived in green, moist, northwest Washington State for forty years, most of her books are set in the southwest.
Liz returned to high plateau country in 2012 when she and her husband, Derrill, moved to Kanab, Utah. Liz had gone to high school in Kanab and neighboring Fredonia, Arizona, so moving there was like coming home. It was natural for her next book to be another Spider Latham mystery, even though ol’ Spider hadn’t inhabited one of her books for ten years. Writing about him again felt like coming home, too.
Look for more Spider Latham mysteries in the coming years. You can check out Liz’s blog at
www.sezlizadair.blogspot.com
and be sure to sign up for her newsletter.
Other books by Liz Adair
A Kane County Christmas
,
a Spider Latham Christmas novella
The McCarran Collection
,
(also in audiobook on Amazon) a romantic suspense set in Kane County, Utah
Interlude at Cottonwood Springs
, (
also in audiobook on Amazon)
historical fiction based on Liz Adair’s family history. S
et in the Great Depression, it’s about a cowboy who meets and falls in love with a socialite from New York City
Cold River
,
a romantic suspense set in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest
Hidden Spring
, a novella set in Arizona Territory in 1890
The Lodger
,
a Spider Latham Mystery set in Lincoln County, Nevada
After Goliath
,
a Spider Latham Mystery set in Lincoln County, Nevada
Snakewater Affair
, a Spider Latham Mystery set in Eastern Washington state
The Mist of Quarry Harbor
,
a romantic suspense set in Washington’s San Juan Islands
Lucy Shook’s Letters from Afghanistan
Look for a new Spider Latham mystery, Death on the Red Rocks, in the summer of 2016. Sign up for Liz Adair’s newsletter to find out news about when it is to be released.
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