Meg and the Misguided Arsonist
by D. B. Humel

A famous artist dies of inhaling poisoned varnish.
His daughter chloroformed and the tailor’s store ablaze.
While Meg’s internal radio hears too many voices.

Meg Jamison, an accomplished mid-life artist and all-around do-gooder in the small college town of Riverside, organizes the local talent into forming an artist’s gallery row. But several of the older gallery owners rebel against this idea. Suddenly there are strange fires and explosions in the surrounding shops, stores and galleries.

Between saving a historical mansion and turning it into an art center and converted an elderly tailor with boxes of buttons into a successful artisan, Meg has her hands full
as she uses her internal radiMeg and the Misguided Arsonisto voices and the missing asthma inhaler to finally ferret out the misguidedarsonist.

D. B. Humel's Bio

D.B. HUMEL is the fiction side of SUE VIDERS who is the author of 25 nonfiction books, articles and columns for both artists and writers. Her co-authored book The Complete Writer’s Guide to HEROES and HEROINES, Sixteen Master Archetypes is used by writers world wide. And the card game DEAL a STORY, which is based on the Hero and Heroine book www.dealastory.com

Coming soon two more helpful projects for writers
1 - WHOLE WRITER
A series of short booklet, along with their companion workbook, to inspire, motive and help all writers with their craft.
2 - LET’S WRITE A STORY
Short ebooks from Viders teaching seminars and classes on writing concerns.

But all these are nonfiction and Viders wanted to try her hand at fiction, particularly cozy mysteries.

After much thought she created her avatar Meg Jamison, an older widow with two grown sons, who wanted to be an artist and was back at the local college taking art classes when her professor was murdered.

The problem was that Meg was going deaf. Oh, she could lip read, but she really couldn’t hear well and it was getting worse. So she had her ear doctor work with a computer expert and they created a set of silver earrings that contained a state-of-the-art hearing aid.

Meg was thrilled. She could hear perfectly. Too perfectly. All of a sudden she could not only hear what people were saying, she could hear their thoughts.

Viders decided that since these mystery stories were so different from her nonfiction writings that she would use her maiden name. Dorothy Beth Humel or as the cover says, D.B. Humel.

Viders hopes you enjoy Meg’s adventures. And should you have any ideas for future stories for Meg, please visit her website and let her know your ideas.