FRANCES A. HOGG
Welcome to the CALLIE SADLER mystery series, set in Detroit!
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These Wee Bones -- First in the series!
A buried garment. A blind woman's visions. New flowers on an old grave.
When a neighborhood clean-up project unearths a sad secret, clues from unexpected sources pull Callie Sadler back in time to unravel an old mystery, and ultimately to discover that she isn't the only one living in the past--and that her life is in danger.
​As in all the best novels, Frances A. Hogg takes us to a place we've never been before, in this case an inner-city Detroit neighborhood where we meet a variety of living, breathing, very real characters, a true neighborhood where everyone is invested, struggling against overwhelming odds. We admire them and we struggle with them. Hogg gives us a character, in Callie Sadler, we can get behind. For a murder mystery, this novel is surprisingly heart-warming. Very well done! Very enjoyable read!
--Joseph Chafets
Dry as Bones -- the story continues!
A call in the night. A handful of teeth. An empty swimming pool.
Callie's directing the Christmas pageant at an inner-city missionary church, volunteering at the law clinic and collecting clothes for unwed teen-age mothers, all the while trying to shed a few pounds at the local recreation center! That's where she meets hapless Marlena Jessup. As busy as she is, Callie's heart won't let her stand by and watch as Marlena's young family implodes. She steps in to help, inadvertently trespassing into territory controlled by an evil she never believed existed. But Callie's not alone. The colorful characters that inhabit her world are there to help her set what is wrong, right.
Coming next in the Callie Sadler series!
Break Some Bones
A boot that's not empty. A leaking roof. An old, blind cat.
A friend asks Callie to help raise funds to repair the roof of community theater. She wants to say no. But life's like a play. When the curtain goes up it's time to get out there and break some bones.