Bücher von Fran Stewart

Fran Stewart's love of words is evidenced by the poems in this collection. Read with your heart and experience a greater appreciation of the subtle nuances of the English language

1932 - The Great Depression lingers on. Hoover is up for re-election, but a small-town murder trial gains national attention and eclipses the presidential race. Already serving a life sentence for poisoning a state senator, Susannah Lou Packard is now on trial for slitting the throat of a state representative. How could such a quiet, demure, unprepossessing woman execute such heinous deeds?Newspaper reporter Nancy Remington resolves to uncover the story behind these crimes. Through in-depth interviews with Susannah, Nancy pieces together a tale she's certain will win journalistic acclaim, perhaps even the coveted Pulitzer Prize.But some of Susannah's facts don't add up. Are they merely little slips of the tongue, just the simple musings of a misunderstood victim? Or is Susannah hiding something? And will Nancy discover the truth in time?

Fran Stewart, award-winning and national best-selling author of the Scot Shop Mysteries and the Biscuit McKee Mystery Series, delights us with her unique take on life through these "mini-memoirs," a collection of her daily musings from the first few years of her Facebook author page. Since nobody wants to scroll back and back and back, we've compiled some of her posts from 2015, right through all of them from 2018.Whether you read it straight through or approach it more like a smorgasbord-skipping around and tasting one entry here and another there-you'll find that the Fran you meet on these pages is sometimes thoughtful, sometimes whimsical, but always thoroughly entertaining.Grab a cup of tea, sit back, and prepare to make friends with an author who always delights her readers.

Martinsville, Georgia has always been a sleepy little town, where nothing much ever happens, except a few murders... There''s a firebug in Martinsville. Town librarian Biscuit McKee isn''t too worried when a garbage bin at the grocery store is set on fire. But when it''s her beloved garden shed that goes up in flames, the fur begins to fly.Biscuit''s feline companion Marmalade comments frequently, ...Yes, I do. ... (even though her humans think she''s only purring ...Mouse droppings! ... or sneezing). She''s as baffled by all this as her humans.We could have some tuna. That would solve a lot. Distracted by a visit from Peachie, an old college friend, Biscuit pays only scant attention to a third fire, but it''s hard to ignore the dead body found in the charred remains of Connie Cartwright''s studio, where glass-blowing may have turned into homicide.

Biscuit and Bob are enjoying their honeymoon at a small hotel near Savannah, until Margaret Casperson, a wealthy friend from Martinsville, collapses against their door in the middle of the night. Why would anyone want to poison dear Margaret? Officer Colly Sloan, who sometimes wishes she were a plumber instead of a police officer, is tracking the long-lost cousin Margaret came to Savannah to find.Who we are is so often linked to family issues that span generations. This story takes us through the intricate weavings and dark secrets of several generations of the wealthy Holvers family. Biscuit and Bob are pulled into a life and death struggle.Of course, Marmalade, the orange & white tabby cat who adopted Biscuit in the first book in this series, Orange as Marmalade, manages to get in her two-cents' worth. Unknowingly, Marmalade's antics put Biscuit in grave danger.

Join national best-selling mystery writer Fran Stewart as she not only learns more about bees, but learns more about herself as she gradually faces some major fears in her life. Whether dealing with a 1,200-pound therapist or an empathetic life coach, Fran shares the strides she’s made, the setbacks she’s experienced, and the joys she’s discovered. Travel from Georgia to Australia to the moon to Italy—all from the comfort of your home—as you read this 5th volume of Fran’s beekeeping memoirs.

Things get scary for Beekeeper Fran as she gradually realizes that there's a problem brewing in her beekeeping paradise. It's possible to love bees, support bee culture, encourage others in their beekeeping journeys, and still have a major roadblock along the way.It's also possible to surmount that roadblock, as you will find when you walk this journey with best-selling mystery writer and beginning beekeeper Fran Stewart.

Continue this daily journey into the realm of bees and beekeeping as national best-selling mystery writer and beginning beekeeper Fran Stewart learns more about bees, sets up her back-deck hives, and shares her love of bees and beekeeping. The daily BeeAttitude comments from the bees add not only a sense of whimsy but also a great deal of common sense information and food for thought.

Enjoy this journey with national best-selling mystery writer and beginning beekeeper Fran Stewart as she learns about bees, prepares for her back-deck hives, and shares her knowledge (and her mistakes). A whimsical but highly informative exploration of the realm of the hobbyist beekeeper, BeesKnees is appropriate not only for people who would like to become beekeepers, but those who simply want to learn more about the magical world of bees.