Branson and Beyond. A Country Music Lover’s Guide to Visiting Branson, Nashville and Pigeon Forge. Published in 1993 and updated in 1995, this book now details an historic time in Branson at the beginning of the 1990s boom. Walking down the darkened narrow hallways of Long’s Wax and Historical Museum, I was startled to encounter cobwebbed wax likenesses of Hitler and Mussolini. In the next cubicle stood President Ronald Reagan and Oliver North. The museum was soon demolished as new attractions moved in.

No One Dies In Branson. This was the first chance readers had to meet Emily Stone, a Tampa reporter who wasn’t happy about her assignment to cover Branson. Her job starts at a lavish party at a local mansion that ends when the host plummets to his death from the balcony. It’s not long before Emily is face-to-face with the killer. Branson residents had a good time trying to second-guess who was my model for the maniac.
“Will delight mystery fans and country music aficionados alike…,” said the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.

Evil Harmony. Emily Stone’s back to Branson where she falls in love with one of the town’s star crooners. But Marty Rose may lead a double life, and his friends keep turning up dead. Could Emily be next on the list? “Evil Harmony uses this Hitchcockian element to great effect and reminded me of Mary Higgins Clark’s work,” wrote senior editor Shawn Coyne when Evil Harmony was selected for inclusion in St. Martin’s DEAD LETTER murder mystery series.