Friends have asked if Frannie Shoemaker, the main character in my campground mysteries, is me. Not really. She is a retired social studies teacher who enjoys camping, loves music but is not musical, and is fascinated with history. There the similarity ends. Frannie is more outgoing. She is creative and full of ideas but not a detail person. She is diplomatic and very intuitive, useful in the mysteries she gets involved in. She is also spontaneous and easily bored.
Frannie is an only child and her father was killed in the Korean War, so she grew up as a close companion to her widowed mother, who never remarried. She and Larry have two children: Sam, a science teacher who is married to Beth, and Sally, who is a social worker in St. Louis. Sam and Beth have two children, Sarabeth (known as Sabet) 9, and Joe, 7. Sabet and Joe get to join the camping trip and the adventures in The Blue Coyote.
Frannie is short, round-faced and dark haired. She loves bright colors except pink. Her health is generally good, but she is plagued by some of the aches and pains typical of the sixties. She especially loves camping with friends, exploring all of the area attractions, and the established routines of their trips. Her motivation in helping to solve the crimes she encounters is mainly to return things to normal. Fortunately, for those around her!
Frannie is an only child and her father was killed in the Korean War, so she grew up as a close companion to her widowed mother, who never remarried. She and Larry have two children: Sam, a science teacher who is married to Beth, and Sally, who is a social worker in St. Louis. Sam and Beth have two children, Sarabeth (known as Sabet) 9, and Joe, 7. Sabet and Joe get to join the camping trip and the adventures in The Blue Coyote.
Frannie is short, round-faced and dark haired. She loves bright colors except pink. Her health is generally good, but she is plagued by some of the aches and pains typical of the sixties. She especially loves camping with friends, exploring all of the area attractions, and the established routines of their trips. Her motivation in helping to solve the crimes she encounters is mainly to return things to normal. Fortunately, for those around her!
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