Lydia Proctor Mysteries : Using Genealogy to Solve Mysteries of the Past...

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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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El Segundo Author Fair

June 6th at 3:45-4:45

El Segundo Public Library

111 W. Mariposa Ave.

El Segundo, CA

A Commitment to Murder

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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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

Meet the Characters

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Poster Child 2008

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.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Yes, I'm alive

Well March was long, and April has been short. There is so much packed into 4 weeks sometimes I can't handle it all!

I have the last person proofing "A Commitment to Murder" and then it's ready to send back. I found very few errors, which I was incredibly proud of considering my venture last time. But one learns from their mistakes, and it looks like I did.

If it goes back the end of next week then it should be available by the end of May beginning of June. So hang in there, I swear it's coming!

3:57 pm pdt

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

It's here!

I am so pleased to report that my proof has arrived for A Commitment to Murder! I am passing one of the copies on to a friend to read and I am running through it again. With any luck there will be few corrections so the second proof will come much faster and it will be ready for purchase by May!

It looks awsome. Once again I must give kudos to my spouse for his cover work and one of my co-workers Dwight Ueda who took such great pictures. I hope that when the time comes for the book to become available that you will all want to continue on the mystery/genealogy road with Lydia and company!

More on availability soon!

8:38 am pdt

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