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Good Morning America has issued it's summer reading list for 2010 and has picked the Sherri Travis Series in the top 6 Mystery series for the year!

See the list and videos at Good Morning America Book List for 2010.

Events


The Bouchercon by the Bay Mystery Conference will be at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco October 14-17 in 2010. It is a great conference and I am excited to be attending.


A Brewski for the Old Man is being released in the USA in August and my American distributor, National Book Network, has started distribution.


Margarita Nights and Sex in a Sidecar will both be released in the USA in paperback in September.


Start planning now for the Bloody Words 2011 Conference in Victoria BC June 3-5, 2011
  www.bloodywords2011.com

See the video of the 2010 Conference on You Tube at:
Bloody Words 2010 Video

























mmmmmmmm pour me one!
A Classic Margarita Recipe


A drink from the 50's, Margarita is the Mexican equivalent of the name Marjorie and is a drink made with tequila.

Wipe the rim of a Margarita glass with a lime and then twirl the rim in a plate of coarse salt for that nice salt crust.

Put 1oz. tequila, 1oz fresh squeezed lime juice and a good dollop of triple sec in a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into the chilled Margarita glass and garnish with lime. Or to make life easier (and who doesn't want life to be easy?) use an ounce of tequila and add two ounces of Margarita mix and enjoy.



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Classic "Sex in a Sidecar" Recipe



Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes
Add 2 oz of Cognac, 1/2 oz Cointreau, and 1 oz of Lemon Juice
Wet the rim of a martini glass and dip in sugar
Shake ingredients well and strain into the chilled martini glass
Serve with a lemon wedge garnish