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Welcome to the website of Laurie Pooler Pelayo and her alter-ego Lydia Proctor. You'll learn about Lydia's adventures in the genealogy/murder mystery field as well as learn a little more about her creator Laurie. There are hints and tips, just pick a topic to your left and take a gander. Who knows you may decide to become a genealogist when you're done!

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A Commitment to Murder
Is READY for purchase!
    Now!

Available through www.Amazon.com and www.BBOTW.com


Lydia Proctor is back on the case - genealogy that is.  This time it's at the request of a Tri-Cities society founding member. When Jackie Grier asks Lydia to help solve a family dispute, Lydia takes the task on reluctantly. Patience becomes a virtue when Lydia has to appease Jackie and try to solve her family history problem the "right" way.

Murder, as she eventually learns, comes in many forms, both in the past and the present. 

As always Lydia has the support of her good friends, Faye, Muriel and Julia.
Join them as they make A Commitment to Murder.

ISBN: 0-7414-5302-9  - $15.95


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Available for Purchase Now!
The First in a series:
An Old Fashioned Murder
    by Laurie Pooler Pelayo


When Lydia Proctor, working mother, volunteer librarian and for hire genealogist gets an unexpected phone call her life changes. For her genealogy is a fact finding mission, with an occasional skeleton now and then. But she learns that some families contain just a few more skeletons than others when she's hired to solve a one-hundred year old crime. Did Julia’s grandfather really kill his wives or was it someone else? With the help of Lydia’s good friends Faye and Muriel, clues keep pouring in until the real murderer is discovered. It’s a challenge trying to solve An Old Fashioned Murder.

 

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ISBN: 0-7414-3579-9; ISBN 13: 978-0-7414-3579-8      
$15.95; (Trade Paperback)


...Welcome to the world of Lydia, Muriel, Faye and Julia



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April 17, 2008

READ 2008 Celebrity
It was an honor to share my love
of reading and genealogy with
others in celebration of Libraries Week.






Laurie's Blog...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Facebook addiction
Oaky so you're probably wondering what I have been doing besides blogging here at the website? Facebook. And I completely blame both my husband and oldest child for this! Everone keeps telling me what a great networking tool it is - that's somewhat true - but it is also a way to connect with old friends and new. Also it has this terribly addictin app called Farm Town. Heaven help me on that one. Every waking moment is planting crops, harvesting crops and planting new ones all over again. I can share this addiction too with my FB friends!

As for my book it is on Amazon now, but sadly it says availability in 4-6 weeks which is different than my first book which is done by the same publisher. So I need to find out why that is. So if you're on the fence on buying it, go through the publisher who's link is on my link page. Price will be the same.

Oh yeah, off to the genealogical jamboree this weekend in Burbank. Yes, I am still doing genealogy, not regularly, but as often as I can!
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Observation

I went on to Books in Print (the real one, not the Sisters in Crime version) and my book is listed. Keep in mind though that it is under both Laurie A. Pealyo and Laurie Pooler Pelayo, so when you search for it use: Pelayo, Laurie - it will come up.

Also, places like Borders and Barnes & Noble pull their books from the BIP, so I went on to check and make sure they could be ordered and do you know it takes Borders 4-8 weeks  to get my book if you order it online? The reason? They do not keep any on hand. So no matter how I feel about Amazon and their recent treatment of self-published and author originated books, I would recommend when it becomes available on Amazon you should either order through them, or my publisher's web site www.bbotw.com. Both of these will fill your order in less than 5 days. Amazon keeps 2 copies on hand at all times, not counting the used or re-used copies they make available, and bbotw of course prints as orders come in, so they are able to make them available at all time. No 4-8 week wait!

Check under the picture of my cover for the ISBN when you're ready or oder.

Thanks for all your support!

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