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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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Book Signing in El Segundo!

El Segundo Author Fair  

June 6th at 3:45-4:45

El Segundo Public Library

111 W. Mariposa Ave.

El Segundo, CA

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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



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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.
 

 

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 Click here to print a copy of Laurie's Book flyer!

 






 

 
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

It's Available!
If you are looking to read the second installment in the life of Lydia Proctor and friends, it is ready for purchase!

Go to my link for  www.bbotw.com and search for either my name: Laurie Pooler Pelayo or the title A Commitment to Murder and you'll find it. More information on ISBN and ordering through on-line and brick and mortar locations coming soon!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Almost there!

Well my husband/secretary sent off the corrected proof to the publisher last Wednesday and as of this morning, the second proof will arrive back at me Thursday the 14th! I guess because my corrections were minor (20) that the turn around was almost amazing! So if I find absolutely nothing this time, and mail it back with the yellow form, it should be ready for all of you to order soon!

It will be available on the publisher's website first (see the link on my Links page) and then after about 2-4 weeks it will pop up on Amazon. It is also listed in the real Books in Print (not the Sister's in Crime imitation) and therefore will be available through places like B & N and Borders both online, and can be ordered through their stores. It is actually quicker to get it through Infinity's Buy the Book on the Web site since they will fill all orders in 24 hrs. Amazon takes a tad longer because if they don't have their requisite 2 in stock they will have to order it from Infinity first before they can ship it out. That can take from 5-7 days even with super saver shipping.

So by June 1, A Commitment to Murder will be ready to read!

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Off it goes
Well the proof is going to be mailed tomorrow back to the publisher. I only had 20 corrections, 2 of which weren't my fault, but a formatting issue. So much better than last time. I guess it's like the first born child, you make all the mistakes on that one (sorry honey) and then the other two may not need as much therapy later in life!

Two more weeks of faire and then my home life begins again. There is a whole list of stuff that needs to be done in a short amount of time - isn't that always the case? i can't even believe it is May already. Didn't I just send the book of February 10th?

Well back to work! Check me out on Facebook. I would love to add a faithful reader to my friends and family!
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