One day I was at the grocery store, and I kept hearing someone whistling and sounding very cheerful. It seemed that the whistler was always one aisle ahead of me. I finally turned up another aisle, and there was a very little, very old woman, whistling “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” and grinning from ear to ear. I stopped her and told her that her whistling had brightened my day.

This chance meeting also sparked an idea for a story. “The Trouble with Whistling” was hatched that day and it’s now available on Amazon.com.

Sandi Webster, P.I., is having a memorable week. The cases are piling up, and she has an eighty-something woman, Tillie, and a teenage boy, Mike, suddenly left in her care. All of the distractions have left her feeling clumsy and accident-prone. 

Tillie seems to have a song to whistle for every occasion, and the young man, while mature for his age, might be a liability. However, they both aspire to the same thing; to go on ride-alongs with Sandi.

While investigating a burglary case, a man is murdered in the same neighborhood. Should Sandi take on this latest case? Or are her hands full with burglars, elderly victims and stalkers?

And why would whistling be a problem? Afterall, it’s just a form of entertainment for a happy senior citizen.

I’ve been off the grid, in a manner of speaking, for a while now. Between covid and the lockdowns (thankfully mostly over), health and family issues, and moving across the country, things haven’t been normal. It’s time for things to settle down and get back to normal (whatever that is), for all of us.

My daughter and I have moved to Mississippi and I’ve found that I love it here! I don’t think I’ll ever regret the move. Sometimes we have to make a change in our lives when led to do it. And who knows? Maybe life in this beautiful, wonderful, slower-paced life might lead to another story.

The quieter life has given me plenty of time to think and I believe it’s about time for Sandi and her husband, Pete, to make a return trip to Wolf Creek. (“Old Murders Never Die”) One of my older books was about Sandi and Pete being stranded in a deserted ghost town where Sandi dared to solve an old murder. What if she returns to the town and discovers another secret? It could be fun. I’ll have to give it a lot of thought.

Sandi solves current day cases, as in the latest story, but she has the most fun and the biggest challenges when someone approaches her with a vintage case that’s just begging to be solved.

The characters I write about are fun to work with and they seem to evolve into whoever and whatever they want to be, without much help from me. Tillie was definitely fun to create, and she reminds me of a number of seniors I’ve known throughout my life. Her great-grandson, Mike, has been involved in mysteries with his parents in The Bogey Man Mysteries. He’s grown into a mature thirteen-year-old who’s more savvy than anyone gives him credit for.

Thank you for joining me today and for letting me tell you a little about “The Trouble with Whistling” and an idea for a new story. Life is good here in Mississippi and getting better every day!

Until next time, I wish you good health and joy in your day-to-day lives.

The Sandi Webster Mysteries, The Bogey Man Mysteries, and The Accidental Gumshoe Mysteries are available from Amazon.com, along with a couple of standalone mysteries. I hope you’ll check out some entertaining stories.

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