Peg Herring, Mystery Author

Pre-order HERE  As you probably know, I've been working on FAKE for some time, but it's almost here. I sent out a call for early reviewers, and here's what I have so far. Professional Reviewers at Literary Titan gave the book 5 stars and chose it as a notable release. Fake, by Peg Herring, offers an intriguing dive into the life of Kip Morgan, a seasoned con man forced to flee when his fraudulent schemes catch up with him. Landing in the quaint town of Bayville, Michigan, Kip finds himself in an unexpected predicament. Struggling to reconstruct his life, he stumbles upon a quirky detective agency run by two older women, a source of local amusement, who are on the lookout for an investigator. Sensing an opportunity to exploit these seemingly affluent and bored ladies, Kip uses his refined skills to secure a position with them. The narrative cleverly unfolds as Kip integrates into the agency, which is a fascinating assembly of individuals with their own concealed pasts th

BEFORE I FORGET YET AGAIN: Now is your best chance to find my entire ebook collection for a promotional price at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my books and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/ all month! #SWSale2024 #Smashwords FAKE, my new mystery, is with the copy editor after MAJOR revisions done on the advice of my content editor. While beta readers and critics alike loved the story, editors aren't paid to love anything. My editor, SS, admits she loved the book too, but she felt the story was told out of sequence. That meant a LOT of shifting paragraphs and chapters around, which means I have to be careful to make sure everything that needs to be in there is, and it's where it needs to be. Though there were times during the revisions when I wanted to pull out all my hair, I saw in each instance that SS was right. Yes, this chapter would be clearer if Jo narrated it. Yes, this phone call is more telling if it occurs in

  What's the next book?     FAKE When will it be ready?     September 1st What's it about?       Well...      I propose that we take a while to figure that out. I will try to entertain and enlighten you over the next four months--about once a week.  What will that entail?      Cover art      Character sketches      Plot teasers     Other fun stuff.  So let's begin!      The story is told by several characters. In the first section, "Fake" applies to the main character, Kip Morgan. That's not his real name, and he's not exactly an upstanding citizen. In fact, he makes his living   as a con artist. Kip is on the run from the Chicago cops when he sees an ad for an investigator. He figures he's perfect for the job, since he has valuable criminal experience...from the criminals' side. What has he got going for him?       Good looks, charm, family tradition, and chutzpah. What's against him?     We'll talk about that next week.  

  Here are the answers to the High-brow Proverb quiz in the 10-1-23 newsletter. Did you get your free copy of The Dead Detective Agency ? You will love Seamus! 1. Prudence and sagacity are the worthier condiments of intrepid courage. Discretion is the better part of valor.      2. It is fruitless to become lachrymose because of wasted lacteal fluid. Don't cry over spilled milk. 3. Freedom from guile or fraud constitutes the most excellent principal of procedure. Honesty is the best policy 4. A rotating lithoid fragment never accrues lichen. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 5. It is not proper for mendicants to be indicators of preference. Beggars can't be choosers 6. A strong feeling of affection can cause the universe to rotate on its axis. Love makes the world go 'round. 7. Folks deficient in ordinary judgment scurry into areas in which celestial beings dread to set foot. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 8. Every article which coruscates is not fa

  You might think "Christmas!" when you read that headline, but for me it's the release of SISTER SAINT, SISTER SINNER on December 15th. The launch of a new book is both exciting and nerve-wracking. I dread some mistake that I and the many editors and beta readers missed. I drive myself crazy trying to come up with exactly the right categories and keywords to make Amazon and all the other search engines offer up my book when people go looking for something new to read. I'm excited to see what readers think. I'm afraid of what readers might think. It's complicated. "So what is this book?" you might ask (Oh, please ask.) It's not a mystery per se , though it has a murder that eventually is solved. It's more a family drama that spills onto the larger, national scene. But it's not one of those "Aren't these women sweet?" books. These women take matters into their own hands. For better or for worse, they're proactive. And if