"Girl with Pencil Drawing" is now available on amazon.com and audible.com for your summer listening pleasure. Teen mystery writer, Linda Maria Frank, has made her Annie Tillery Mysteries available in soft cover, e-book, and now digital audio formats.
Frank has created a teen heroine, Annie Tilley, and now, thanks to the digital audio's producer, Darlene Allen, Annie has a voice, and you can hear about her thrilling adventures in her own words. You can also talk about Annie's adventures with book discussion questions available on Goodreads.
In "The Madonna Ghost" Annie sets out with her NYPD Aunt Jill for a vacation on beautiful Fire Island. She meets Ty Egan, setting the stage for a sweet little romance. Together they set out to investigate an eerie ghost from a shipwreck on the island. As the tale of the ghost unfolds, Annie and Ty stumble upon a diabolical plot that impacts national security, threatening the life of Annie's aunt. This story has it all; mystery, romance, beach adventures and a thrilling plot.
In "Girl with Pencil, Drawing", Annie wins art lessons at a glamorous N.Y. gallery. When the director of the gallery is found murdered, the prime suspect is Annie's instructor, Francesca Gabrielli. While tracking the murderer, all the clues lead to a mysterious brownstone in Brooklyn, where they uncover a ring of art forgers and thieves, who will stop at nothing to protect their fabulous enterprise. Annie and Francesca face death by fire and water in the thrilling conclusion. It's a case of Nancy Drew meets CSI.
Frank has also created lesson plans for teachers to accompany these books. What better way to make a child a lifetime reader than to introduce them to engaging fiction?
About Linda Maria Frank: After a lifelong career teaching science at both the high school and university levels, Frank embarked on a career as an author converting case studies from her forensic science courses into credible mysteries for girls of all ages. She resides on Long Island, New York. The first two books of the Annie Tillery Mysteries are "The Madonna Ghost" and "Girl with Pencil, Drawing". Frank continues to reach out to educators proving lesson plans bases on her books, found on her website. The Mystery Writers' Workshop is a favorite at recreation centers and libraries. She does fundraising events using her adventures in authorship as a draw. Frank also is the producer of "The Writer's Dream", a local access TV show, featuring interviews with authors
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