Not counting the individual stories I wrote and published, here is my third cover. Again, and likely each and every time going forth, this cover is the work of Streetlight Graphics. It is almost exactly the way I asked them to do it. The oval book title was their innovation.

Talking to the Dead Guys is book I wrote about our dog, who was actually named Boo Radley. She was big, she was sweet, and she was scared. I think I left the scared part out of the novel, just retained the stubbornness. If she did not want to walk one step further, she didn’t, though going home was another matter.

Anyway. One year when I tripped over a grave boundary in Lockhart’s old historical cemetery during their annual Speaking of the Dead walking tour (in the dark) I pictured Boo Radley dragging me off my feet and onto a dead body at the edge of the graveyard. Thus this cozy mystery novel was begun. The picture on the cover is of our actual dog, and the old historic jail can be seen in the top background.

Most readers enjoy this book. And it has a sequel. And I’m writing on the third in the series now.