Tell us about your book, Susan?
A River of Silence is
about a hearing-impaired man, Caleb Bryce, who is falsely accused and
imprisoned for the murder of a 19-month old child. This is the 3rd book in my
Detective Radhauser series. Because of pressure from both the small community
of Ashland and his boss, Captain Murphy, Radhauser makes the arrest, but
remains convinced Caleb Bryce is innocent. With the help of a young public
defender, who wants to prove herself to her father, a world-renown criminal
defense attorney, they set out to find the real killer and free Bryce.
The novel deals with
issues of abandonment and the effects it has on the child even after he reaches
adulthood. It also deals with alcoholism and its aftermath which can cling to
the lives it affected for decades. Mental illness and disabilities is also a
theme. And the book shows us that sometimes a person who is mentally challenged
sees life in a more beautiful way than those of us who are “normal.”
Describe your latest
book in 4 words.
Mysterious, heart-wrenching and human.
Can you share a
little bit about your current work or what is in the future for your writing?
I have just completed
the edits and handed off a stand-alone novel to Tirgearr Publishing. It is
entitled The Good Shepherd and is the story of a priest who
falls in love with one of his parishioners and she ends up being murdered. I
suspect it will release sometime in the summer of 2018.
I’m also working on
the 4th book in the Detective Winston Radhauser series. It is entitled, A
River of Shame and it is about the murders of two high school students
in what appears to be hate crimes.
And what about Susan
herself?
I was born in New Castle, Delaware and grew
up with four brothers along the banks of the Delaware River. I've been writing
poems and short stories since I could hold a pencil and was so in love with
writing that I became a creative writing major in college.
Prior to an early retirement which enabled me
to write full time, I worked as the Director of Corporate Relations for
University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. It was there I met my husband,
Andreas.
Through the writing process, I've learned
that I must be obsessed with the reinvention of self, of finding a way back to
something lost, and the process of forgiveness and redemption. These are the
recurrent themes in my work.
Andy and I, now share a quiet life in Grants
Pass, Oregon, with my growing list of fictional characters, and more books than
one person could count.
When I'm not writing, I enjoy making quilts and
stained-glass windows. I think it's a lot like writing--- telling stories with
fabric and glass.
To find out more about Susan's other books in the series and read her author page, check out the folowing link
I wish, Susan great success with A River of Silence and thank her for being my guest.
The joy of seeing your hard work come to fruition is overwhelming, the edits, the cover, (oh I love the cover part), the launch day and sharing it, Heaven. I am beyond thrilled. It spurs you on to the next book, what will it be? Who will be in it? What is the story? All the questions waiting for answers. 
