Shinney Forest Cloaks - Paperback

by Kieran York (Author)

In the third Royce Madison Mystery, Sheriff Madison and her deputies are searching for a missing woman. A newcomer to Timber County disappears without a trace. When there is the murder of that woman's brother, the plot most certainly thickens. Royce not only has her hands full with this crime, but there is also a planned protest against the burial of a homosexual solider. In addition, her personal life seems to be falling apart. Royce's fifteen year relationship is ending. The sheriff is now facing her midlife crisis and she fears her life will never again be happy. She longs for the return of tranquility in her Colorado mountain town. As well as tranquility's return to her life.

Author Biography

Kieran York is the author of lesbian fiction and poetry. She authored the lesbian mystery series featuring Royce Madison in the mid-1990s. Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils were reissued in 2014-2015 by Scarlet Clover Publishers LLC. In the late 1980s, York wrote a collection of lesbian short stories entitled Sugar With Spice. In 2012, her book of fiction, Appointment with a Smile, was published and was a 2013 Lambda Literary Society Award Finalist in the Romance category. Her next novel, Careful Flowers, was released in 2013. Both books were published by Blue Feather Books, and second editions republished by Scarlet Clover Publishers. In 2014, Scarlet Clover Publishers LLC, released Earthen Trinkets and Night Without Time. In 2015, Loitering on the Frontier and Touring Kelly's Poem were published. York was also a contributor in Sappho's Corner Poetry Series - Wet Violets, Volume 2; Roses Read, Volume 3; Delectable Daisies, Volume 4; and Fallen Petals, Volume 5. In 2014, her volume of poetry, Blushing Aspen, was published as the Sappho's Corner Solo Poet book of poetry. Previously, during the seventies, and eighties, Kieran worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspaper and magazine and was a magazine publisher for three years. She also wrote and performed songs with a women's band. She has been guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Musicians Series, Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, Inc. She is a member of Lambda Literary Society and Golden Crown Literary Society. She has written for Journal of Mystery Readers International. In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse readings, as well as taught poetry and creative writing workshops. York graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done - not completed, graduate work at the University of Colorado. Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, and art. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, and her guitar. Additional information is available on her website. She has a blog - Embellish Your smile at http: //kieranyork.com.