Irene Radford, aka P.R. Frost, aka C.F. Bentley has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. A member of an endangered species, a native Oregonian who lives in Oregon, she and her husband make their home in Welches, Oregon where deer, bears, coyotes, hawks, owls, and woodpeckers feed regularly on their back deck.

A museum trained historian, Irene has spent many hours prowling pioneer cemeteries deepening her connections to the past. Raised in a military family, she grew up all over the US and learned early on that books are friends that don’t get left behind with a move. Her interests and reading range from ancient history, to spiritual meditations, to space stations, and a whole lot in between.

Her signal corps brother has launched several communications satellites on the shuttle. Watching those launches got her hooked on the ideal of humans reaching out into the universe.

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You can contact Irene through her web pages.

http://www.ireneradford.com/

http://www.prfrost.com/   or

http://www.cfbentley.com/

Email information is on each site.

Irene’s first cozy mystery is now available in the premium content section: Lacing Up For Murder .

LibraryThing.com says:

It’s always a good sign when I get so lost in a book that I look up halfway through and wonder where the time has gone!

Glenna is the manager of the Whispering River Lodge in Oregon — so named for the high-pitched noise that can be heard throughout the town as the wind blows through a nearby canyon — and she’s doing her best to keep the lodge running smoothly and her guests from a major laceworker’s convention happy when her ex-husband shows up with a group of foreign investors. Shortly after he threatens to have her fired from the Lodge, her ex-husband turns up dead, and a length of silk stolen from the convention is found to be the murder weapon. The evidence begins to mount, and Glenna finds herself at the top of the suspect list, so she turns to the Lodge’s brand-new chief of security to help her clear her name.

I have to say, I loved the cast of characters in this book. Glenna’s best friend, Joy, the former owner of the lodge, George, who “haunts” the resort, the new security chief, Craig — and even Glenna's dogs — make this a really enjoyable read. I’m usually a little wary of mystery novels because my tendency to figure out whodunnit long before the last pages (I’m not sure if that is more a product of my mental skills or my bad luck in choosing mysteries to read) but this one kept me occupied and guessing and entertained until the very end. Lacing Up For Murder is billed as the first in the Whistling River Lodge mystery series, and I’m looking forward to seeing what Irene Radford has in store for Glenna in the future.

Another, longer review can be found HERE.