Author Archives: Peggy A. Edelheit

A Sneak Peek at Volume 5.5, The Riviera Is Burning

Chapter 1 Looking Back The French term, Entr’acte means between the acts. In this case, it is a pause in my series, a brief intermission, so to speak, for a personal memoir of mine. I remember my father telling me I could … Continue reading

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Sneak Peek At Vol. 5, Mouth Of The Rat

Chapter 1 A Change Up, But Nothing’s Changed From the Boca Raton Historical Society The meaning of the name Boca Raton has always aroused curiosity. Many people wrongly assume the name is simply Rat’s Mouth. The Spanish word boca, or … Continue reading

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A Sneak Peek at Vol. 4, A Lethal Time

Chapter 1  Hey, Someone Stole My Woods! I lifted my head off the pillow when I heard a phone ringing. It was mine. I glanced at the clock. It was 6:35 a.m. I waited a beat, trying to focus, looked over at a dead-to-the-world Clay, and … Continue reading

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A Perfectly Deadly French Mystery

When I began the Samantha Jamison Mystery Series, Samantha made her debut as my protagonist in solving her husband’s death in The Puzzle in Highlands, North Carolina. Certain distinctive characters from that book went on to Volume 2, Without Any … Continue reading

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Heartless And Heartfelt, A Timely True Story

When those two words come into play in the same story, and they have countless times over and over, as an author, I am intrigued by the individuals, whether real or imagined, who get caught up in it. I also … Continue reading

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Gaining Perspective

According to the dictionary, perspective is the ability to perceive things in their actual comparative importance. And by looking at the past, you are thus able to gain perspective on the present. But what is the point of gaining an … Continue reading

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The Puzzle Desk

We were moving across town and were selling our smaller place furnished, deciding we’d move the few things we were keeping ourselves. We both had good intentions, but as time wore on with all the packing and unpacking, loading the … Continue reading

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Friends

According to one definition, a friend is a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations. That is true enough, but that obviously does not always apply, depending on the circumstances. … Continue reading

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I Remember

I remember when I was a little girl sitting on the piano bench next to my mother, my legs swinging freely because they were too short to reach the floor, enthralled, watching her hands float over the ivory keys, hearing … Continue reading

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