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Waylaid on
Whidbey Island
A Meryl Irving Cozy Mystery
Book One
A traveling pet-sitter, named Meryl Irving, journeys to a small island in the Puget Sound to care for her friends’ gaggle of unruly pets, including a mischievous puppy, who is half Rottweiler and half Pit Bull, named Gallagher.
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Merry meets a retired detective while she is volunteering in the local library. She is recovering from a failed relationship, and he is recovering from a failed marriage. Neither is certain what to make of the other, but fate throws them together when a series of disturbing events begins, and dead bodies start piling up on the quiet island.
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Advance Reader Reviews
Laurie's writing style and subject matter are at once delightful. I dare you to close the book at your regular bedtime! After reading Waylaid on Whidbey Island the reader will be anxiously awaiting Book Two to learn what awaits the intrepid and amusing Meryl Irving.
"Herlich's first novel is a hit!” The Rouse-House Book Review
Upcoming Appearances
Monday, June 24th, 2024 7:00PM
StoryTown Radio Show
The McKinney Center
Jonesborough, TN
Tickets available at the door.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 7:00PM
jonesborough storytelling guild
stories 'n' more
international storytelling center
Jonesborough, TN
Tickets available at the door.
Monday, July 22nd, 2024 7:00PM
StoryTown Radio Show
The McKinney Center
Jonesborough, TN
Tickets available at the door.
Laurie Herlich
Author
About Laurie Herlich
Laurie Herlich spent the better part of a decade working her way up and down the West Coast as a pet-sitter, looking after dogs, cats, sheep, goats, horses, reptiles, chickens, exotic fish, and three not-so-little pigs. She fell in love with each animal character along the
way and entertained her friends with stories of their antics.
The Meryl Irving cozy mystery series is loosely based on some of her real-life adventures in pet-sitting.
Laurie followed the Lord’s leading across the country to the ‘promised land’ of rural Northeast Tennessee, where Story is everything. She writes cozy mysteries in a converted garden hut situated in her back yard.
Laurie is a regular contributor to www.christiandevotions.us. She is a Selah award winner in the online devotions category, and a Foundation award first prize winner for her novella, Waylaid on Whidbey . Laurie is also a contributor to Jonesborough, Tennessee’s StoryTown NPR Radio Show and Podcast and a storyteller with the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild.
She is hoping to have a dog of her very own someday soon.