A Valley to Die For

Carrie McCrite and her husband, Amos, had dreamed of retiring to a home in the Ozark mountains. After Amos dies in a hunting accident, Carrie decides to go ahead with their dream, but alone. She needs to be someone - to prove she's a capable woman who can take care of herself. Carrie meets neighbor JoAnne Har-rington, a man-hater who certainly provides an example of female independence. And there are important things to do when a stone quarry threatens to turn part of their beloved valley into heaps of gravel. The two women and their neighbors band together to fight for their valley. But someone decides JoAnne must die. Grieving over JoAnne's death, Carrie feels compelled to uncover and destroy the mystery and darkness now swirling in the valley. That's what a strong woman would do. Then Carrie's new neighbor, retired Kansas City Police Major, Henry King, warns her that she, and not JoAnne, may have been the killer's real target. But that's ridiculous - isn't it? And Henry is hiding secrets of his own. How strong can Carrie be? How much danger can she survive? It's time to find out.

Nehring's writing awards include the Governor's Award for Best Writing about the State of Arkansas, Tulsa Nightwriter of the Year Award, and the Dan Saults Award, which is given by the Ozarks Writers League for nature- or Ozarks-value writing. The American Christian Writers named Nehring Christian Writer of the Year in 1998, and the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc., named her book, DEAR EARTH, Best Non-Fiction Book and her novel, A VALLEY TO DIE FOR, Best Mystery Novel.

Research for her many magazine and newspaper features and her weekly radio program, ARKANSAS CORNER COMMUNITY NEWS, has taken the Nehrings throughout the state. For years Nehring has written non-fiction about unique people, places, and events in Arkansas. Now, in her mystery novel, A Valley to Die For, she adds appealing characters fighting for something they believe in and, it turns out, for their very lives.