Tradition & Loyalty…both very important…

At the Matlacha Menagerie, in the warm Florida outdoors. Happy to be with my “fan base” in the early 2000s

Tradition and loyalty, I believe in both.

The official release date of my newest novel, The Grass with Greener Grass, is drawing close. TouchPoint Press set the date as August 2nd. The historically based mystery features the star of my new “Finder” series. His name is Slydell “Sly” Harrell. Sly is a rednecked-light Sherlock Holmes with a background in industrial espionage and as an investigative agent for the DOJ. The first three books in the series are written and in TouchPoint’s hands. I have eleven followup episodes in the series. Anyone who enjoys history, particularly Florida history, will love this book. It revolves around Florida’s cattle era when fortunes were amassed by participants. Visit  http://www.dlhavlin.com  to learn more about this book. The feedback from ‘first readers’ is great!

Now, about that tradition and loyalty thing. Everybody starts somewhere and I see one of my crucial starting points as having my book introduction at a unique gift store. Its name is Matlacha Menagerie. The owners Linda Kay and Larry Solinger have become great friends as well as the first to say, “I want to keep all your books here all the time.” That was fifteen plus years ago. I told them I would always premier my newest book at their store. It’s become a tradition and a loyalty that extends both ways.

The Grave with Greener Grass will get its official ‘birth’ this Saturday, July 2nd at the Menagerie. I’ll be chatting and signing from 10 AM until 3 PM. The address is 4604 SW Pine Island Road, Matlacha, FL.

Matlacha Menagerie today — 2022. I’ll be out front under a tent Saturday — come see me.

Something else that will be brand new! Look for my announcement this weekend. Starting the first week in July I’ll doing a podcast that highlights history!

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A Christmas wish…

Christmas Cookies!

 

The holidays are here! I hope you share the joy of the season with me. I know, I know, it’s difficult. The cesspool to which politics has devolved certainly impedes keeping good cheer and love for our fellow humans at the top of our thought process. Putting the international pot aside, it’s boiling, our politicians would do well to do nothing until after the first of the year. Let the season heal some of the potentially mortal wounds we’ve inflicted on ourselves the last couple of years. Let’s greet and treat each other as welcome equals. Let’s hold the disparaging words inside. For those whose primary desire is to destroy, steal, and hurt…take a vacation. I’ll do my best to understand actions that are, by my standards, incomprehensible, for a Christmas period of truce. Won’t you join me?

The Nautical Mile Expo in Cape Coral Florida was a huge success!

 

People huddling at “History Corner.” People enthusiastically view the research for DL’s books.

 

A group learning about “Florida’s Forgotten Years” at the Veranda Country Club.

 

November and December have been a whirl of activity. I’ve averaged an event every three days. Pictured above are two of them. The good–bad part is I’ve been selling out of books and have had to scramble to order them from my publishers to get them in. Taylor & Seale has been great…thanks Mary!

I’ll be out this weekend at two events. On Saturday, December 11th, I’ll be at the George Mullen Center in North Port, Florida from 10 to 3. The street address is, 1602 Kramer Way. On Sunday I’ll be at the Paradise Christmas Fair held at Laishley Park in Punta Gorda, Florida. I’ll be there from 10 until 3. Laishley Park is located at 100 Nesbit Street. That’s on the waterfront, what a grand, scenic spot for the fair.

I hope to see you there or in the near future. Check my webpage for my appearance schedule.

 

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