Richard Schwindt

Review: Men Lying Dead in a Field

Someone is killing psychologists. Is Dr. Michael Kurelek next?

Men Lying Dead in a Field opens with Mike Kurelek, psychology professor at Burnet College, surprised to find his father in Magnolia Bluff after the old man had spent the last year fighting in the Ukraine helping the Ukrainians repel the Russian invaders.

While Mike’s dad, who was a sniper, is waiting for clearance from the State Department to stay in the US, psychologists start showing up dead in a field outside of town.

Mike is worried perhaps his PTSD suffering father has something to do with the deaths and tries to keep him hidden from the police.

When Reece Sovern, Magnolia Bluff’s police investigator asks for Mike’s help, Mike soon discovers there is something even more nefarious at work.

Mysteries are always difficult to review, at least for me, because I don’t want to reveal too much — lest I give away the story.

Suffice it to say, Richard Schwindt has given us another exciting mystery thriller to enjoy.

Richard is an accomplished writer of fiction and non-fiction. His work ranges from psychological and relational self-help, to satire, to mysteries, to literary fiction, and to the paranormal.

Men Lying Dead in a Field is at once laugh out funny and a poignant story of the horrors of war.

This is an engaging book. One you truly don’t want to miss.

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Comments are always welcome! And until next time, happy reading!

CW Hawes is a playwright; award-winning poet; and a fictioneer, with a bestselling novel. He’s also an armchair philosopher, political theorist, social commentator, and traveler. He loves a good cup of tea and agrees that everything’s better with pizza.

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Men Lying Dead in a Field

Richard Schwindt is no stranger to writing fabulous fiction. And he’s definitely no stranger to writing marvelous mysteries.

Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles

Men Lying Dead in a Field is his second contribution to the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles series. His first book, The Shine from a Girl in the Lake, is an exciting serial killer mystery thriller and is available on Amazon.

Men Lying Dead in a Field is available on Amazon and is only 99¢ for a limited time.

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What’s It About?

Dr. Michael Kurelek is caught unawares when his father appears in Magnolia Bluff, just released from sniper duty in Ukraine.

When a stranger turns up dead shortly after, shot through the heart in a field outside of town, Mike needs to act.

His investigation will place him in the sights of a deadly adversary. Everyone has a secret, but someone is killing psychologists, and Michael Kurelek could be next on the list.

I’m looking forward to reading this ASAP. It’s going to be one heck of a mystery thriller.

If you haven’t read the fiction of Richard Schwindt, you are in for a treat. He brings to his storytelling a unique psychological insight that is based on his many years working as a social worker and as a therapist.

You can find all of his fiction and non-fiction on Amazon.

And a good place to start is with The Death in Sioux Lookout Trilogy. These are great mysteries you really don’t want to miss.

The Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles series now numbers 14 books. And more are coming. One each month.

You can start the series with Men Lying Dead in a Field, or, if you want to start at the beginning, you can do so with Death Wears a Crimson Hat.

Comments are always welcome! And until next time, happy reading!

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This week, I’m honored to be the guest on Lisette Brodey’s Writers’ Chateau. If you don’t know Lisette, she is a fellow multi-genre author. She writes Literary Fiction, RomCom, and YA.

Head on over to the Chateau and while there explore what Lisette has to offer in the way of fine reading on her site. She’s a lovely person and well worth getting to know!

I met her on Twitter through one of my favorite writers, Richard Schwindt.

Since you’ll learn quite a bit about me in the interview with Lisette, I thought I’d share a couple things about me that didn’t make it into the interview. A couple things I’m rather passionate about.

I love writing instruments. All manner of pencils: woodcased, mechanical, and lead holders. I also love all manner of pens (except ballpoints/biros): dip pens, fountain pens, rollerballs, and gel pens.

I tend to accumulate writing instruments as Midas did gold. I don’t say “collect”, because that implies some thought to the process. I don’t have a collection, per se. It is an accumulation of items that please the eye or that I like using.

Favorite woodcased pencils include those made by the General Pencil Company, because the are very good quality and made right here in the USA. I also like the pencils made by Staedtler. They’re from Germany and also very good quality.

My favorite rollerball is the Pilot Precise V5, and my favorite gel pen is the Pilot G-2. Although Pentel’s Slicci is also very nice.

My other great passion is tea. Ever since I can remember I’ve drunk tea. I have my paternal grandmother to thank for that. She also gave me my love for classical music. Which is my third great passion. The joys of drinking tea and listening to classical music have enriched my life beyond measure.

I mostly drink black tea, although I occasionally have green tea in the afternoons.

Growing up, the tea was Lipton, with Bigelow’s Constant Comment on Sundays or special occasions.

These days, I still buy Lipton, mostly for nostalgia, but loose rather than tea bags. Although my tea palate has expanded to specialty teas since those early days of my childhood.

My favorite way to make tea is the two pot method, because I think you get the best flavor that way. The loose tea is steeped in one pot, and then decanted into the second pot for serving.

Once again, I invite you to take a look at my interview on Lisette Brodey’s Writers’ Chateau.

Comments are always welcome! And until next time, happy reading!

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Seventeen Days…

…and counting! In 17 days the moving van will be here and a new adventure begins. For those of you who do not know, my wife and I are relocating to Houston, Texas.

She’s retiring on the 17th. She’s put in her time working for the man and is now looking forward to spending her days painting. And if we plan it right, she’ll make some money doing so. That, however, requires a business plan and she hasn’t gotten that far. Yet.

For me, though, all of the packing and sorting is basically a pain in the… I can’t focus! Too much of my brain’s RAM is filled up with wrapping paper, bubblewrap, and boxes.

My books are boxed. My paper (most of it, anyway) is boxed. Most of my pens are packed away. File drawers are empty and the contents packed in boxes.

In the chaos of moving, my writing world is upside down. And that is giving my creative brain conniption fits.

I want to write! And it seems all I’m getting done is an ever growing To-Do List.

Yes, I know: this, too, shall pass. But in the meantime, my brain is stamping its little foot and it’s not being very nice about the forced vacay.

It keeps trying to sidetracked me with plot ideas, story snippets, intriguing first lines — and boy are they tempting. After all, I could just pay the movers to pack everything. Right?

Every time I start thinking along those lines, my wallet throws a fit. And it has a much bigger voice.

What I’ve done to solve this little dilemma, is to type up a short story I wrote some time back. Typing and editing isn’t writing. And it isn’t very creative, but at least my brain now has something to do.

What I have managed to sneak in is time to read. I have discovered a new (to me) author. Richard Schwindt, out of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is delightfully humorous, writes about the adventures of very interesting characters, and does so with a very deft pen.

He also writes self-help non-fiction. He’s a semi-retired social worker and therapist.

Take a look at his Amazon page for some truly fab reads. I provided the link to his Amazon.ca author page, as his Amazon.com page doesn’t contain all of his oeuvre.

I’ve recently read (links are to amazon.com):

Herkimer’s Nose

Scarborough: Confidential

Sioux Lookout: Confidential

Kingston: Confidential

All four books are paranormal mysteries with intriguing occult detectives. They are only $.99 for the summer. Do pick them up. Schwindt is a delightful writer.

Now back to packing.

Comments are always welcome. And until next time, happy reading!

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