Laurie, I ordered your book back in November and read it through December. I just want to say that I had a hard time
putting it down. When I read the synopsis before I bought it I thought “A mystery book on genealogy, how entertaining
could that be?” But contrary to my initial reaction, the book really pulled me in. I was intrigued as well as learned
a whole lot about what it was like back then. I could imagine what the people the characters were researching were like and
could imagine walking down the dirt road to the general store. I highly recommend it and would defiantly read it again.
-Eric
Wells
Missouri
Websites can
be a great way to find readers for your fiction title, and the website for An Old Fashioned Murder, a mystery novel by Laurie Pooler-Pelayo, succeeds in doing just that. This site, of course, highlights
the book An Old Fashioned Murder, but it also introduces the other two (in-progress) books of the series –
a great way to keep readers eager for more, especially since the author provides excerpts from the future novels. Another
triumph of this site is how it ties the plot of the novel into the popular “real world” field of genealogy –
and its potentially ardent readership.
Infinty Publishing - Author's Gazette, March 2007
A who
dunnit with no expiration!!!
A very fun read that weaves that past with the present through 100+ years of this
multi-generational mystery. It was an awakening to follow Lydia and her friends through the pages, as they pieced together
the scraps and nuggets that genealogists and historians use to paint a vibrant film of people, places and events of the past.
Not only was I eager to discover who murdered Julia's grandmother so long ago, but it planted a yearning to know more
about how my ancestors lived; who they loved, how they lived and even all the flaws that made them human. I very much look
forward to Lydia Proctor's next journey into the past!
Christena Pazos
Nassau, Bahamas
I hope you're sitting down. I finally read the book and I really enjoyed it!
It took me about 3 days with the third day being all day. I figured out who must have done the murder. Once
I got to those final pages I didn't want to stop reading because wanted to find out if I was right or not!
Pam Spear
Redondo Beach, CA
