Peg Herring, Mystery Author

1. Nat King Cole: "Those ___, ___, ___ Days of Summer" (Give yourself a star if you get them in order!) 2. Chad & Jeremy "A Summer ___" 3. Percy Faith Orchestra "Theme from a Summer___" 4. The Lovin' Spoonful "Summer __ __ __" 5. "Summertime ___" Eddie Cochran 1. Lazy, crazy, hazy   www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoLogdbVS3U 2. Song    www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2XD341xHo 3. Place   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsiS-v6_6M  4. in the City  www.youtube.com/watch?v=m648v4s5sFc   5. Blues   www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWC59FJqGc  

The quiz, "Body Parts" is at the bottom of the page. You might have to scroll. With the new blog, which combines two older ones, we're expanding the Five Mystery E-books/week a little. These are books someone on my team read and enjoyed. No helping out friends in the publishing business. Just honest appraisal of our favorite sub-genres, from moderately cozy to moderately hard-boiled. South of Hell   by P.J. Parrish (part of the Louis Kincaid series)    Parrish is actually sisters. They began their Louis Kincaid series in Florida, but Louis spends a lot of time in    Michigan lately. Hell, Michigan, in this entry. Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson (part of the Walt Longmire series)    If you've seen Longmire on TV, great, but you need to read Johnson's prose to fall under the spell of this       series. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King (part of the Sherlock Holmes & Mary series)    The first of the series, in which M

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