Hello, everyone. The Christmas season is officially here. Are you wondering what to buy for that special person in your life who likes to read? For baby boomers who grew up loving the Nancy Drew books, we wrote two PG rated mysteries about our teenage sleuth, Nancy Keene. The books are: "The Ghost in the Plantation" and "The Buried Treasure on Route 66". Both are available in print on Amazon.com
Merry Christmas and Happy Reading,
Lewis Hathaway
Friday, November 29, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
The Missing Bachelor Farmer: A Nancy Keene Mystery
Our latest Nancy Keene Mystery is here! The Missing Bachelor Farmer is available at all your favorite ebook providers today. You're sure to love Nancy's latest escapades as she travels to Minnesota in search of Lake Wobegon and looking for some Fall color and finds that she can't stay far from sleuthing!
The husband and wife writing team of Louise Hathaway are at it again in their latest homage to the Nancy Drew series. The opening scene of this book has Nancy Keene, a teenage sleuth, longing for the change in seasons since she and her father moved to Santa Ana, California from their home in upstate New York. She tries to prepare for an outside Halloween party in the 90 degree weather of Southern California, with ashes from a nearby brush fire raining down on her while she tries to paint headstones. She and father listen to “A Prairie Home Companion” that night, just as they do together every Saturday at 6:00 PM. Nancy talks her father into taking her on a pilgrimage to Minnesota in search of the fictional town of Lake Wobegon and they end up as members of a search party when a bachelor farmer goes missing. You don’t have to be a Nancy Drew fan to enjoy this book: it is also a travelogue that takes you on a tour of the Twin Cities’ landmarks and also the real towns that Garrison Keillor partly bases his “Lake Wobegon” upon.
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The Missing Bachelor Farmer: A Nancy Keene Mystery
The husband and wife writing team of Louise Hathaway are at it again in their latest homage to the Nancy Drew series. The opening scene of this book has Nancy Keene, a teenage sleuth, longing for the change in seasons since she and her father moved to Santa Ana, California from their home in upstate New York. She tries to prepare for an outside Halloween party in the 90 degree weather of Southern California, with ashes from a nearby brush fire raining down on her while she tries to paint headstones. She and father listen to “A Prairie Home Companion” that night, just as they do together every Saturday at 6:00 PM. Nancy talks her father into taking her on a pilgrimage to Minnesota in search of the fictional town of Lake Wobegon and they end up as members of a search party when a bachelor farmer goes missing. You don’t have to be a Nancy Drew fan to enjoy this book: it is also a travelogue that takes you on a tour of the Twin Cities’ landmarks and also the real towns that Garrison Keillor partly bases his “Lake Wobegon” upon.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Nancy Drew's Relationship With Her Father
I've always been fascinated by the relationship between Nancy Drew and her father. It's obvious that they absolutely adore each other; and it's an especially close bond because Nancy's mother had died.
Her father is a "cool Dad" who gives Nancy lots of space. He's the furthest thing from a "helicopter parent". In fact, there are times when he's conveniently off on business trips while she's trying to solve one of her cases; being left solely under the supervision of either their maid or one of her friend's parents. When I was girl and read how many times that she was in danger with the bad guys chasing after her, I kept asking myself, "When is her father going to come rescue her?"
It really is quite remarkable to me that a father of a teenager would give his daughter so much trust and freedom, especially considering the time when the early Nancy Drew books were written in the 1930's. Was her father one of the first "feminist" male characters in American fiction? The fact that a man was actually the writer in the early Nancy Drew books is especially fascinating.
Her father is a "cool Dad" who gives Nancy lots of space. He's the furthest thing from a "helicopter parent". In fact, there are times when he's conveniently off on business trips while she's trying to solve one of her cases; being left solely under the supervision of either their maid or one of her friend's parents. When I was girl and read how many times that she was in danger with the bad guys chasing after her, I kept asking myself, "When is her father going to come rescue her?"
It really is quite remarkable to me that a father of a teenager would give his daughter so much trust and freedom, especially considering the time when the early Nancy Drew books were written in the 1930's. Was her father one of the first "feminist" male characters in American fiction? The fact that a man was actually the writer in the early Nancy Drew books is especially fascinating.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Good News: Our Books Are Now In Paper and E-book Formats
Hooray!! Both of our Nancy Keene Mysteries are now available in paper and e-book formats!
Now, you no longer need an e-reader, and can read our books, "The Buried Treasure on Route 66" and "The Ghost In The Plantation", the good old-fashioned way.
Here's a link to the paperbacks
Now, you no longer need an e-reader, and can read our books, "The Buried Treasure on Route 66" and "The Ghost In The Plantation", the good old-fashioned way.
Here's a link to the paperbacks
Saturday, August 10, 2013
The Ghost in the Plantation
This humorous, PG-rated mystery about a teenager sleuth, who's very similar to Nancy Drew, is written especially for women baby boomers who grew up reading and loving the Nancy Drew series. This book takes place in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Nancy, her father and friends go there on vacation, and the concierge at their hotel dies mysteriously in Oak Alley Plantation. This is the first murder case Nancy has taken on, and she's only 16. Nancy's fun and funky Aunt Audrey joins the investigation, and they get some help from surprising real life characters. When Nancy's not having café au lait and beignets at the Café du Monde, she's being chased down Bourbon Street by a man in a hoodie who suspects she knows about Agent Q. Come ride the St. Charles streetcar through the Garden District, eat at Brennan's, listen to live jazz in Jackson Square, and learn about voodoo and ghosts with Nancy in her latest adventure.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
The Ghost in the Plantation: A Nancy Keene Mystery
Do you like Nancy Drew? Or mysteries set in New Orleans? Have you always wanted to see a Southern plantation, like the one Scarlet O'Hara lived in? Well, stay tuned. We are busy writing our latest book in our Nancy Keene series. Our new book takes place in New Orleans where Nancy searches for the killer of a concierge who was working as a docent at Oak Alley Plantation.
Look for our book, "The Ghost in the Plantation: A Nancy Keene Mystery" to come out around the end of August.
Meanwhile, here's a link for the one we've already published.
The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery
Look for our book, "The Ghost in the Plantation: A Nancy Keene Mystery" to come out around the end of August.
Meanwhile, here's a link for the one we've already published.
The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery
The challenges of being an Indie Writer
As an indie writer without an agent, one of the biggest challenges for me is marketing my books. When I tell my friends about my latest e-book, I feel guilty: I feel like I'm taking advantage of our friendship and implying that I want them to buy it.The writing part is easy. It's telling other people about my books that's difficult.
How do other indie writers deal with this?
Friday, June 21, 2013
The Buried Treasure on Route 66
Written as an homage to the Nancy Drew books, this humorous and PG-rated mystery about teenage sleuth, Nancy Keene, especially targets women baby boomers who grew up reading and loving the series. Gently poking fun at Nancy’s obscure knowledge, perfectionism, and need for control, this book concentrates and the relationship between Nancy and her father. Nancy has just turned 18, is in a serious relationship with her boyfriend, and is planning to move out of state to college. How will her father handle letting her go? Find out as Nancy, her father, and her boyfriend take a trip on Route 66, visiting several of its landmarks along the way, in search of a missing will. Not only is “The Buried Treasure on Route 66” a tip of the hat to the Nancy Drew books, it’s also a romance novel about both young love and rekindled old love.
This ebook is available at Amazon, Apple's iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, or any of your other favorite online retailers.
Humorous PG rated Nancy Drew
Do people still read "Nancy Drew" mysteries? I inherited 6 books from the series and started reading them again after 40 years. I was struck by their innocence and how they've always made me smile. I loved the relationship between Nancy and her father. I loved the words "Chum" and "Roadster". In the first books of the series, the author uses the word "Machine" instead of "Car". Is that what cars were called in the early 1930s when the books were written? They are in Nancy Drew's world.
I got the idea to write my own version of a Nancy Drew mystery after reading my inherited books, and came up with the idea: "What if Nancy lives in 2013? She could use the internet to help her solve crimes. She could have all the latest gadgets at her disposal such as iPads, iPhone, Kindles, etc. What if her blue roadster is now a blue Hybrid? What if she spent the night with Ned while her father was out of town?!! Jeepers!
This cozy mystery is not your mother's Nancy Drew Mystery: it is more like a sweet parody written by a fan (me) of the Original Text Nancy Drew Mysteries that were written in the 1930s. My story occurs in 2013:
The Buried Treasure on Route 66:
A Nancy Keene Mystery
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