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COMING SOON!!! KIKI CURRY'S NEW THRILLER: A CROW CALLED MY NAME
A. Kaye Photo SHARON HODGES — BODY ARTIST
Todd Meier is recording the audio version of Crows Calling with KIKI at the Reading and Resource Room for the visually impaired. READING AND RADIO RESOURCE FOR
THE BLIND, INC
Whodunit? BY LINDA WARE/THE HIGHLANDER There's murder and mayhem right here in River City There was a big ice storm in Marble Falls on the day Sally Ann, a waitress at the Blue Bonnet Cafe, met up with Hank Smith, a watercolor artist from Chicago. The ice hadn't melted one bit even after Hank had devoured his chicken-fried steak and German Chocolate pie. The weather was so cold and miserable that the two strangers ended up sitting in a booth and chatting the afternoon away. That's when Sally Ann told Hank about the murder. Five years earlier, it was a hot and steamy afternoon in Marble Falls when 17-year-old Jodie Greenlee met up with a dashing, handsome, mature man named Cleveland. He told her he was married, but getting a divorce -- you know the spiel -- and the romance began. Jodie was so infatuated with the man that she told her best friend about him, including his first name. After their second encounter, Jodie discovered that the perfect man was actually not getting a divorce after all. In fact, he never even intended to. She proceeded to have what amounted to a 17-year-old's hissey fit and he ended up pulling a scarf around her neck just a bit too tight and strangled her. He cleaned the area as best he could and then took off to resume his life in the political limelight of Austin. The crime went unsolved by the Marble Falls Police Department. It wasn't until five years later, when a reporter from the Austin American Statesman and his girlfriend were staying at a bed and breakfast on Los Escondidos called Crows Calling that the unsolved crime resurfaced. It came by way of a ghostly apparition (Jodie) who whispered the name of her killer. Of course, it's fiction -- in the form of a newly released book by Kiki Curry called Crows Calling. Curry weaves a mysterious murder, the spiritual lessons of Native American culture and quirky Texans into her book. The book will appeal to those who love to laugh at Texans and Texans who love to laugh at themselves. A native Texan, now living in Dallas, Curry has been involved in the arts throughout her life. She earned more than 25 best-of-show awards for her artwork, which she sold in art fairs and galleries. She then began acting, writing sketch comedy and performing standup comedy. Her satirical, political poetry has been read on national talk radio shows, and she has been a guest on the Howard Stern Show. Crows Calling, which utilizes her knack for humor, is her first published novel. She has also written two how-to craft books. "I love the Marble Falls area," Curry said. "It is my number one place to visit." Curry said she and her family had driven from Dallas to Canyon Lake many times and, of course, they always stop at the Blue Bonnet Cafe for a meal. "One day as we were sitting in the cafe eating
and looking out at the peaceful little town, I thought that it would
be so unlikely for a brutal murder to happen in such a setting. The
idea was born, anyway, and I was off and running."
Writer Carton Stowers, Kiki Curry. Mr. Stowers endorsed KIKI'S novel,
Author, journalist, and lecturer, Paula Laroque stops
by Kiki's booth
Don't worry, KIKI is good hands of the law with Sgt.
Frank McElligot
Now, don't you feel safe knowing KIKI has been through
swat training
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